Tria was led underground by Hepri, and below the stairs laid out a concrete path with water flowing on both sides and on the walls were fire torches illuminating the quaint space as well as the large door at the end.
"What is this place?" Tria asked, fascinated with the body print of a woman embedded on the door.
"My priestess, this is the real interior layout of the temple, upstairs was built after the barrier was broken as a way to deter any intruders from stealing the resources left by my ancestors and the priestess who had built this temple."
Hepri opened the door revealing a whole community inside. This was hot sure about how the sun was shining, however, there were trees lining up a path all the way to a small triangular temple.
"Since this sub-land was desert, because of the sandstorms and heat, my tribe have always lived underground. The priestess from back then was from our tribe and she is the one who has built this temple as a shelter for our people. She was not known to the outside world, but one day due to her kind-heart act, she was discovered and then taken away," Hepri finished saying while closing his fists in anger.
Crei was feeling in a similar way as he watched Tria who was listening to Hepri solemnly. He knew the risks involving her journeying through the Unknown Land, although he should try his best to get stronger so he could do his best to protect her, leaving her on her own was not an option. At the end of it all, they will get strong together, he will not separate from his wife just for the search of power. As her husband, his presence was the most important thing at this time, because he knew how sudden this whole thing was for her, she needed him.
Crei's mind was immersed in thoughts with how he will try his best to protect his wife, as well as gain the power needed to keep his wife by his side.
"...no one has gone inside in centuries. Well, it would not allow anyone other than a priestess to enter, my ancestors had strictly reminded us of how important it was for the day another priestess was to show, we were to bring them here," Hepri was still telling Tria about the temple.
Bang! Boom! Thud!
Rumbles and dust were filling up the underground area as the sandstorm from above ground were getting stronger.
"Just what the heck is going on?" cried out Hepri, since he had lived in the Unknown Land, he had never experienced such tremor before.
"If you don't know what it is, there is no way we are going to know about it, I'll go in and find out what is waiting for me, then let's get out of here, there is another way out right?" Tria said and asked Hepri.
"Ah, yes! This tunnel will lead us to another sub-land, but it'll bring us out," he answered showing the tunnel on the side of the temple.
"Great," she answered then turned to Crei," I'll be right back."
"Hm," he answered and smiled.
Tria walked through the door and disappeared. She arrived inside a large single empty room where there was a hole in the ceiling, and there was a light shining down on the ground. At first, it looked like a normal light, but once Tria's eyes turned golden, she was able to clearly see the amount of condensed energy trapped into the light.
'So much energy, if I was to absorb all of it, I'd probably level up straight from a high saint to a low celestial...is that what this is?' she realized the purpose of the light and walked towards it.
She waved her hand into the light, and what she felt was beyond extraordinary.
'That felt so nice. It's like a warm shower of lights.'
Tria walked straight into the light and showered under the warm light as she absorbed all the particles effortlessly.
After a while, she no longer felt the relaxing and warm energy, and she could feel the intense power gathered at her core.
'This is so mystifying, how was the priestess even able to build something this. Unless she discovered it and built the temple around it...that way she would have unlimited access of energy at her disposal. That's just genius!'
Feeling refreshed, she decided to walk back outside. They had to leave this place because the sandstorm was getting stronger, however when she got back, what welcomed her was the sight of both Hepri and Chukah sitting leg-crossed on the ground with Crei's hands on their back.
Crei noticed her and nodded at her as he smiled.
"What's happening," she whispered.
"Congrats wifey, you're a celestial now, and so are your guardians, whatever it is you did in there, affected them too. I am just helping them stabilize that power since it was so sudden they were not prepared," Crei whispered back.
"Oh," Tria said in surprise, 'I guess I did absorb a lot,' she guiltily but happily thought.