"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Catch a tiger by the toe, If he hollers let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny and moe, This one I guess.." Hao Xuan pointed at the third path.
"Right?" he looked at Black for confirmation but found him staring at the statues once again. He smiled and gently scratched his head.
"Relax, they might be ugly but they're not dangerous."
Still holding onto his trusty glaive Hao Xuan took in a deep breath and entered the third path from the left.
The sound of his footsteps rang loudly in the empty pathway that seemed to have been carved out rock and stone. The curtain of darkness followed closely behind, maintaining a distance of 40 meters that slowly kept shrinking.
The pathway twisted and turned over 30 times, going further down into the ground. Hao Xuan kept thinking why they couldn't just make it go straight down but could find no explanation himself. Putting in lifts wasn't such a big deal here.