Rika walked on, still mindful of the voice, but wanting to get this over with as soon as possible.
They walked down the stairs, wary of any potential booby traps that might have been placed in their way. The stairs went down in a spiral about ten meters down, leading them to a long tunnel that eventually led to another ancient-looking door. Cartax opened the door slowly and carefully. He slid the door slightly open, peeking in with his rifle pointing through as he slowly slit the door fully open.
They found themselves staring into a room so huge they couldn't tell where the ceiling was, as it was covered in darkness. Large pillars of stone stretched from the floor and up into the darkness. The room was surely sixty meters long or more, and it was filled with hundreds of stone shelves that were in turn filled with thousands of old books and scrolls, spreading a murky smell in the room that was lit by primitive torches that had been placed on each shelf and pillar.
"It seems we've entered the library."Cartax whispered as he looked around the room, prepared for an ambush from any direction. "Seems we have a bit of searching to do."
"Do we know what we're looking for?"Sage asked from further back in the line.
"No."Cartax responded quickly as he took a step out into the room.
"Great..."Sage sighed.
Suddenly the room was filled with the same laugh Rika had head in her head earlier. "Foolish mortals."a guttural voice laughed. "You hope to find answers, but you do not even know your own goal. You search for my Void Orb, but you will never find it."it laughed.
"Oh, we'll find it you creepy gently-carress."Cartax responded as he walked further into the room, scanning the room while holding his rifle ready to fire. "And then you'll wish your sorry ass was never created."
The voice responded with another laugh that echoed through the room. "Good luck."it said in a smug tone. The being didn't say anything more, but the group could still feel its presence.
"Alright, start looking and be on your guard. We'll search through every one of these shelves if we have to."Cartax said as he walked over to the first stone shelf.