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elder about the creatures living above! He is one of the humans who should know about it, right?”

  - “Yeah, I think so. Though he never speaks about it, you can give it a try.”

  We returned to the city’s main area. Greg went out to call for the elder. Minutes later, they both came to me.

  - “So you wish to know more about the creatures living above?” The elder man said.

  - “Yes, please! Sorry for being so curious, but I really want to know.” I said.

  - “To be honest, I want to know too!” Greg said.

  - “Well, we’ve been keeping this as a secret for some time.” The elder man said. “We have never talked about it before because we didn’t plan to return to the world above. But seeing as we are constantly running out of resources down here, we are obliged to return above no matter what. The only people who also saw them that day were the five miners and the four farmers who were working with me in the city when they attacked.”

  - “I was out of town that day… Just like many other citizens. I never got to see them for myself!” Greg said.

  - “Very well. Do you know who are the creatures that attacked the human city and took over the world above?” The elder man asked us.

  - “No!”

  - “The Guardians.”

  - “Uh, Guardians? What kind of Guardians?” I asked him.

  - “Guardians from the ocean monuments.”

  Greg and I looked at each other. Was this old man going crazy?

  - “But sir…” Greg said. “Guardians don’t breathe out of the water. They live inside the oceans!”

  - “That’s exactly what we thought that day, Greg.” The elder man said. “But believe me or not, that is the threat we are facing.”

  - “Well, thank you for your information sir.” I said. “We should be going now. We have a mission to complete.”

  - “Uh, right.” Greg said.

  We left the city clueless to what the old man had said. It didn’t make the slightest sense. But what if it was the truth?

  Day 29

  Dear Diary,

  Now we are heading towards the third monument to get more golden blocks for our mission. But Greg and I are still skeptical about the old man’s information. Guardians from the ocean monuments taking over the world above? How?

  - “Do you think he is telling the truth?” I asked Greg.

  - “To be fair, yes. The elder man has always been trustworthy and I don’t see why he would lie.”

  - “But this is… just nonsense!” I said.

  - “I know. But until we prove otherwise, we will have to go with it: some Guardians from an ocean monument somehow found a way to live outside the water and decided to take over the human world.”

  - “That is completely crazy. But I agree, let’s keep up with our mission. We need to recover your world.” I said.

  If what the old man said is true, it means we are going against an enemy which belongs to my own race: a group of Guardians who attacked the humans! If that is possible or not, I still don’t know. But I am sure we will find out soon!