Alex had expected a cave on the inside, a dark room even. So when he noticed that he had arrived at a valley surrounded by tall mountains on all sides, with bright sunlight landing at the center, he was very much surprised.
He quickly sensed Time aura being employed around here as well. After focusing on it for a few seconds, he figured out that it was to slow down time as much as possible. However, the aura felt… fleeting at the moment.
He worried. How many days was he going to end up wasting on the outside while he looked for something inside?
"Leaving things out in the open like this, won't things degrade over time?" Alex asked.
"Oh no. We have a powerful time-slowing formation working full time to make sure exactly that doesn't happen," the man said. "We wouldn't dare let any of these treasures go to waste. They are quite important to us."
