Conan is stuck in Stygia but Liirix can transport him using his dimensional mirror, but only if Conan will bring him the eye of a statue that is guarded by a nearby cult. Conan reluctantly agrees and seeks out the cult, finding a few of them carrying an old woman on a litter. The cultists attack Conan and he easily defeats them, but is stuck carrying the elderly woman, Shikar, to the cult's crumbling domain. She tells Conan the cult isn't feared for its power, but because they seek an unknowable truth and worship an unnamed god. She herself is approaching the end of her life and is returning to the city to die. They walk through the crumbling city and Conan slays a troll-like beast that attacks. They finally reach their destination - a statue of a great worm with the ruby placed in its for