Chapter 70: The Road Divides

I

They parted before the first rays of dawn; it was a cold and chilly morning that brought a new hope to this grim and colorless world. Albin stood on the top of Hill, as it was called, but it was more a burial mound than a hill, but none the less it was tall as a hill. The people had long forgotten who was buried here, so it was named Hill, maybe, because of the noble Hill family that ruled these lands since the age of the Burrow Kings. It was a custom for these placed to be called after the noble families that ruled the region, better than the names that are forgotten in merciless winds of time. And, so, thanks to that the custom survived to this day. Maybe, for an outsider it would be strange, but not for the local inhabitants of this wild and unexplored place.

The top of mound was covered in moss, so old that it changed color. The large, massive stones are still visible under the vegetation. He moved closer. The arched stone-way still stood in