You approach the statue with a slow pace, ready to run the other way if necessary. Upon reaching the pedestal it proudly stands on, you see a placard standing beside it. Upon translating the ancient text, with your awesome translating powers, you can make out; “Here stands Nikoli, beware his evil influence“.
— “What kind of name is Nikoli? And how in all of Christmas can a statue be evil, is it going to start throwing rocks at me?” dAnkan says to you with a sarcastic tone.
As soon as you both stop laughing you see the statue begin to move, almost like it heard you speak.
— “Who here disturbs my deep slumber of peace? Leave me alone, I require some peace.” The statue speaks with a mystical voice. “The two of you must surely leave, or my evil wrath you will receive.”
You take a step back, startled by what you just encountered. But with your determination to find the dragon and save Santa you hold your ground. With your weapons at the ready you once again approach the statue.
— “You will answer my questions statue; I’m not afraid.” You say as dAnkan cowers behind you. “We are in search of the mystical Drakberget, but we have no clue about its location. Reveal it to us and we will leave you be.”
— “The answer to your question is as clear as day, but to answer it, my little game you need to play. Before you on the ground, a little puzzle that I found. If you solve it, the answer to your problem will certainly appear. If not, my evil wrath you will surely fear.” The statue answers as you try to look brave.
On the ground before you, etched in the very floor, a puzzle with numbers and letters is portrayed. You could have sworn that it was not there a minute ago, but as you are talking with a statue with evil intentions who knows what it is capable of.
— “How can a statue, a thing that does not have any muscles, manage to etch a puzzle into the ground without leaving any trace. Are we sure this is not Linus playing some sort of magical hocus pocus trick on us?” dAnkan asks you with a nervous tone.
— “With how menacing this statue is, I do not think we can risk it. But come on, it is a statue, surely it has left some sort of trace for us to find right? Right…?” you answer back with an equally nervous tone.