"Old man! Old man! I'm here!" Adam walked inside the store and looked around for the old gnome. But he was nowhere in sight.
Lisa and Edward entered the store after him. The former looked around in curiosity and wonder; this was the first time she had visited this store. Meanwhile, the latter was panting like a dog.
Suddenly, a deep voice echoed in the store. "Come upstairs."
It was Berger's voice.
Adam excitedly led his friends up the spiral staircase and went to the second floor which was Berger's laboratory as well as his living quarters. There, he saw the old gnome instructing the towering adamantine golem to inscribe a mysterious formation on the ground.
Lisa approached the formation on the ground and curiously began studying it. She nudged her glasses and muttered, "This familiar binding ritual is very similar to the ones we used in the academy last week. Except, there are some minute changes in the first and fourth quadrants."
