Those words almost made Lith slap his own forehead, but luckily he remembered in time about the Orichalcum still covering his hands.
"Those are water creatures, but there can't be a big enough body of water body around here to sustain such a large colony. If that was the case, we should hear the underground water stream or at least smell a lot of humidity in the air. Do any of you perceive something like that?" He asked.
The group started to sniff the air like a pack of hounds.
"No. The air is drier than many places we crossed on our way here." Said Professor Gaakhu.
"Exactly. So where the heck did they come from? Why didn't we hear them coming despite the ever-present echo?"
"Those are good questions, but I can at least answer one of them." Professor Yondra said. "Teks manipulate earth. They must have made the ground softer to avoid making noise."
