Following a Lead

Talk to Mysterious Statue

Quest Start

Quest Complete

(You gently place your hand on the Mysterious Statue again. This time, however, you're certain about Arel's presence here. This time, you focus on what direction they were headed... Your mind is carefully vetting all the options, and the Ant Tunnel seems like the most plausible answer...)
(Yes, that's the only route that makes sense. Arel must have taken the treasure to the Sleepywood hotel to rest, and then took the treasure into the depths of the dungeon. If you're lucky, you still have time to catch up to them.)
(...As you take your hand off the Mysterious Statue, you wonder whether you simply deduced all of that by yourself, or if the statue talked to you through your mind.)