Rekai wakes up regaining consciousness, to find himself in a large round chamber lit by torches on the edges of the wall. Another person is lying unconscious on the ground nearby.
High above from an observation window a guard calls out, "Welcome to the maze. The gift reserved to those that wander in the king's ground"
Suddenly the dark tunnel forked into two different paths: to the left the road went further down into the darkness, while to the right the road went slightly upwards and there seemed to be a flickering light shining there.
The chatting and laughing grew louder. As he approached, he could see that this was the guardroom, and inside two well armed guards were drinking wine.
High above from an observation window a guard calls out, "Welcome to the maze. The gift reserved to those that wander in the king's ground"
At this last word, his lifted head fell back to the ground, giving way to the silence of death.
The light was clearly coming from a room that stood towards the end of the corridor.