"According to sapien , this might be a trial, remember this is only a theory, but weather this is a trial or not , the key to clearing this lies on that statue with wings holding the stone tablets with three writings..."
"Four"
A voice said
"What?"
Igris asked confused
"Ummm....There...there are four writings on the stone tablet, not three"
Vidya said while adjusting his glasses
"Where exactly is the first one and what does it say? "
Igris asked .
"Just below the third writing, there seems to be rune inscriptions, I can't see it clearly because of the distance , I would like to go closer and see if I can decipher it "
Vidya said.
"Absolutely not , I cannot let that happen"
Lucia protested ,
"we have already lost so much people just to discover that these statues move, vydril you said it yourself, we don't know what will trigger there ones, plus just one swing brought all of us Into this condition, imagine if they all decide to attack us all at once , then what "
Lucia said .
There was momentary silence, lots were going through everyone's minds , just standing and talking was burning time , no one knows how much time has passed ,they were visibly tired and hungry , some thought
" wouldn't it be a good idea to just let him go since he indicated Interest",after all no one else wants to throw away thier life,
Yet no one said anything, they all just faced down .
"Sigh, I'll go with him "
Price Garrett said
"That's even worse , we can't loose one of the royal family,my prince I can't allow that "
Lucia said
"Yes my prince , you've done a lot already for us "
Someone said .
Everyone didn't want the prince to go , and suddenly, they were willing to sacrifice themselves for him , saying they rather go instead and become meat shields .
"Huh, what kind of situation is this , suddenly everyone wants to go throw Thier lives for the prince , wait what's even more surprising was the prince was willing to sacrifice himself, what's his deal , maybe he wasn't so bad at afterall"
Igris thought .
"Everyone, I understand I can feel you care for me , but this is something I must do , it is necessary "
Garrett said .
"No my prince , we will protect you"
One person said
,"yes I will protect you my prince "
Suddenly everywhere became noisy with how everyone wanted to protect the prince .
"Oh shit , this hypocrite, he just wants to Increase his reputation, I knew he wasn't the chivalrous bastard he portrays himself to be"
Igris thought
"But I cant let you all sacrifice yourself for me , also , I wouldn't be alone , I have this artifact,"
Prince Gareth said , pulling out a golden necklace.
"This is the suns necklace, a gift my father, the king gave me, it blocks five attacks completely, and after that it gets completely destroyed, I used one earlier, so with this , I am sure I can take in any four attacks no matter how powerful"
"Well, that settles that , I assume no one else has any objections on the prince and sapien moving further"
Igris said looking around.
"Stay close sapien, the shield covers any one I deem as an ally, but you have to be within one meter from me"
Prince Gareth said.
"Ye...yes my prince "
Vidya answered.
Slowly the boys walked towards the statue, untill they got so close that they seemed very Insignificant compared to the statue sitting on the throne in front of them.
"So far everything has been going smoothly, now decipher the rune, and be careful not to touch anything, before we trigger something dangerous"
Prince Garrett said .
"Yes my prince "
Vidya said
Adjusting his glasses , vidya began deciphering the rune.