JULIAN EZIO'S POV
Nakita ko ang sasakyan ni Damian na nauna nang dumating. Nag-park kami katabi nito. I saw Damian standing in the bottom of the plateau with his arms crossed on his chest, his big brown dog sits beside him.
I got outside the car after my bodyguards. Sinalubong ako ng malakas na hangin. Nilapitan ko si Damian. Tumahol si Theron at tumakbo papunta sa akin. I patted his head.
"Akala ko ba confidential 'to? Bakit dala mo pa rin yang mga yan?" tanong niya, tinutukoy ang mga bodyguards ko.
"Don't worry. I don't hire morons."
Naglakad kami papunta sa entrance ng hideout na napapaligiran ng caution tape na may nakasulat na, "Keep out! Caution!"
My bodyguards stood around the entrance. Hinakbangan namin ang mga tapes at pumasok kaming dalawa ni Damian, pati si Theron.
Damian conjured fire in his hand as a source of light. I activated my Theama to see through the dark. Naunang maglakad sa amin si Theron habang inaamoy ang paligid. Binuhat namin ang mga malalaking batong nakaharang sa daanan namin.
Memories from five years ago flashed through my mind. Kung paano kami nakipaglaban sa Owen Circle, kung paano ko nasaksihan ang ritual ni Lady Parel kina Karis at Calix, kung paano inalay ni Alvy ang buhay niya. Now that I'm here again, everything felt like it just happened yesterday.
We reached the hideout's main chamber, ang chamber ni Calix. Nakita ko pa ang mga faded markings sa sahig ng chamber, kung saan ginamit ni Fiona Parel ang dugo niya para isagawa ang ritual.
"Konti na lang at guguho na nang tuluyan ang lugar na 'to," Damian said, his voice echoed through the whole room. Tinuro niga ang mga cracks sa pader at kisame. "This place is still ruining itself even after all those years."
I scanned the whole place using my enhanced Theama. The walls are too thick, even though the sealing barriers are already lifted. I kneeled on one knee, my palm is placed on the ground. May nakikita ko sa ilalim.
"There's a chamber right below us," sinabi ko kay Damian. "Hindi ko alam, pero parang may nagkokonekta sa chamber na ito at sa chamber sa ilalim nito."
"Pero paano tayo makakapunta doon? Wala tayong earth stoitha."
"There's a small and very thin portion in the ground. I can punch a whole using my lightning stoitha."
"Baka naman gumuho 'tong buong lugar?"
"There's only one way to find out," I said. Nag-charge ako ng lightning sa kanan kong kamay. Lightning shot from my hand to the ground. Saglit na yumanig ang paligid at napaligiran ng alikabok. Nagkaroon ng lagusan papunta sa ilalim na chamber.
"Hoy, Julian! Gago ka! Paano kung gumuho nang tuluyan 'tong chamber!"
Hindi ko napinsin ang mga sigaw ni Damian at nauna akong bumaba. Sumunod sa akin si Theron. Tinignan ko ang paligid. The chambers looks untouched, no signs of destruction in here, except for the ones I just made.
Hindi katulad ng ibang chambers na nababalutan ng metal, mukhang gawa lang ito purely sa lupa. Ibig sabihin, hindi ito nasira ni Damaris. Baka nga hindi niya nalaman na may ganitong chamber.
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