Burrow in.
Such was the command given by the Priestess as one would normally ask why.
Inside of a mountain was more mountain.
Dense lands and earth contained within.
So what use would it be apart from slowing them down?
Such questions may arise in others, but the Followers of the White Mistress held utmost belief as they didn't question!
The gems on their bodies pulsed with radiance as colorful bursts of light smashed into the earth- sand and soil radiantly smashed away as, like a drill, they burrowed in.
The Priestess was in the lead with a vibrant white authority getting close to the stage of a Ruler, her main Ability Gem letting out waves of milky white radiance as it spun and drilled through.
In an instant, they began heading into the depths of the Sacred Mountain.
As for the forces that forced them into this retreat…
