>>5448690With all the bone pillars defeated, they are able to ride into a passage which leads out of the bone infested cave, and into the crystal filled tunnels once more.
The verticality and breakable nature of the crystal pillars have trapped many horsemen and wing users, clinging onto to them like insects in a spider’s web. The horses’ hooves easily got stuck once the pillars were shattered while segments of wings could accidentally stab into the pillars while flying.
The goblin that she rides with decides to fold up his wings completely to avoid this problem, only occasionally opening it slightly to give the horse a boost in jumping by carefully timed air blasts.
Even if he wanted to help the four other people stuck in this cave, he couldn’t - the easily crumbling nature of the pillars mean that they could doom themselves if they approach the others.
Xil and the goblin communicate telepathically while navigating the steep terrain.
[Not like that’s bad.]
[Less competition.]
{Still..}
{Why did you save me, anyway?}
[You deflected my shot]
[So that someone else]
[won’t lose]
[And what did they]
[Repay you with?]
[Nothing]
[That’s what happens]
[When you’re that naive]
[It’s all about winning]
[And people like me]
[Won’t always be there]
{So, why haven’t you let me go already?}
{Your horse could make those jumps on it’s own and you could get rid of one more racer}
[Don’t know]
[But don’t..]
{Alright.}
[…..]
{…..}
[Never got your name]
{Fhang.}
[Xil]
(Cont)