So, Tarduk, Stronius and I followed the steady, winding tunnels for quite a while, untill we reached an odd underground village filled with brown Agori. They definatly weren't from the earth tribe, and I would have suspected they were from the sand tribe untill I remembered that the sand tribe were beastial savages. These Agori were certainly not savages.

We were greeted at the entrance to the village by a toa of gravity. This toa, unlika Stronious, knew he was a toa. He said his name was Lovosk. An odd rahi ran up to him.

"This is Centinova.", he told us. The centipede rahi was very friendly, and greeted us all with a lick on the leg.

"I have never seem a rahi like this before.", I had said.

"That's because it's not a rahi.", Lovosk said, "It's from Spherus Magna, they don't call the rahi, and they are not like rahi. Rahi are made by Makuta, these creatures naturally belong here."

"Who are these Agori?", I asked, turning my attention back to the odd villagers.

"They are Agori from the sand tribe. But they are not Zesk, they are still civilized.". I looked back to see the busy Agori going about their business.

"What are you doing down here this far? We have not had any visitors at all since we arrived here very long ago.", questioned Lovosk.

"We are searching for a mysterious artifact that is said to be deep below the surface.", I told him.

"I think I know the location of what you seek.", he replied, as he began to walk toward a tunnel heading away from the village. We followed.

Soon, we came to an odd, crystaling protodermis tunnel. It went on for as far as the eye could see.

"The artifact is somewhere in these passageways.", he told us, pointing below, through the crystalized protodermis floor, showing us that there were many other tunnels below us, all crossing back and forth over an incredibly deep chasm.

"I have never explored these tunnels much.", he told us, signifying that we shouldn't look to him for directions.

I turned to look back at Stronious and Tarduk. Stronoius looked like he wanted to get out of this tunnel as fast as he could.

"What's wrong?", I asked him.

"I... I ...", he stuttered, afraid of our reaction, "I'm terribly afraid of hights.". WIth that, he looked down at the deep chasm visable below us through the transparent protodermis.

"That's ok, but unfortunatly it looks like we're going to be traveling through these tunnels a lot.", I said to him. He looked dismally at me, pondering weather to return to Roxtus, then pulled out an odd device.

He turned back to me and said, "I need to complete my map.".

I turned back to Lovosk.

"I have heard rumors about an item of legend in these tunnels, but I do not know for sure weather they are true, and if they are true, weather it is what you are looking for. But I need to get out of the village, so I will come with you. Unfortunatly, the reason I have not explored the tunnels below is that the other end of this tunnel is sealed. On the other side or the blockage, there is said to be a staircase leading down to the other protodermis tunnels. That is where we need to go. Of course, if none of you can clear the blockage, we can't go anywhere."

I considered creating a hole in the floor with my ice blades and jumping down to one of the tunnels below, but decided againts it. It could be a very bad idea. Besides, something told me Stronious wouldn't even go near the hole, never mind jump into it.

"Follow me.", Lovosk said as he walked toward the other side of the tunnel, "I'll show you the blockage."

The blockage turned out to be a solid protodermis wall. It, like the tunnel, was transparent; however, it was impossible to see that stairs, because the tunnel turned a corner after that.

Suddenly, the wall dissapeared, right into thin air.

"We have been waiting for you.", said a voice from the darkness.