The Gate we stepped into was eerily quiet. I cast detection magic, but nothing showed up. Expanding the range didn’t help either—still nothing.

"Let’s keep moving."

We continued forward until we reached a point where we had to stop.

"It’s a crossroads."

"A four-way split."

Before us were four branching paths. It seemed a bit too obvious, so I checked, but communication devices and even the necklace Elisier had given me weren’t working. In short, unless the paths merged later, we wouldn’t be able to communicate with each other.

"So, what do we do? Do we pick a path and …