Accompany

The vulture flew away right after delivering the letter while the man continued to shed some more tears.

'Yes, we can finally be saved…', the person said to himself.

He stood up immediately after thinking that and then started walking again only to arrive near a valley.

The storm had stopped by now since he was no longer in the region of great Sand storms. Regardless, he entered the valley and kept walking for a few more minutes after which he came across a gate.

The valley was quite narrow. The sandy mountains on both sides were quite tall and if one tried to look at their peaks, it would feel as if they are touching the sky.

There was a large silver gate in between the mountains. It was stacked right in between them. It was so large and wide that it stretched from one end of the mountain to the other.

And there were two other men, standing in full armor and a spear, guarding the gate, one on each side.