“Did you find something with Earth Vision?” Tista repeated the scan, but none of the spells stored in the Mouth detected magical signatures.
“Yeah, I didn’t touch anything in case they are connected to a silent alarm.” Nalrond also checked around with Life and Fire Vision, but aside from his companions, there was nothing to see.
“What you sensed on the wall are the remnants of an array.” Solus said after checking it with the Eyes. “An ancient array physically carved in the rock. It’s inactive for so long that the erosion of the stone has made most of the runes unreadable.”
“And the one on the floor is a spike pit.” Protector checked on it from a safe distance with Invigoration. “The blades inside are made of normal metal and so rusted that a breeze is enough to turn them into dust.”
“How did whoever built this place expect to kill anyone with that junk?” Tista scoffed.
“Most likely with poison.” Quylla replied. “Also, I bet that triggering the trap would have activated the dormant and until that moment undetectable array, which in turn would have caused a cave-in and sounded an alarm.
“Even if you survived the collapse of the ceiling, the constructs would have rushed here to finish you off.”
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