The Journals of Baltazar Kor: Entry 12

The Journals of Baltazar Kor: Entry 12

by Hugo Ferreira

I found paintings about the Elders, about Legendary Gladiators, about ancient demons and Apocalypses and I think that some paintings were even about the snakes. But that is a matter of another time.

Let’s go to what’s really important... my quest... I was walking slowly but I was stuck in a maze... so I was there for hours I think as inside I got no sense of time.

Then on a wall, I found something that didn’t belong there... a bright stone. But it was so incrusted that I couldn’t remove it by any means.

My head started hurting with all the thinking about how to remove the stone... that’s when I remember that I had in my hand an ax.

I hit the surrounding wall with all the strength I still had... as that the gem has fallen to the ground...