Tried everything can't get past the big scales and last thing said the truth is elsewhere I don't know..

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In Rite Of Truth, at the big scale the priestess asks “Indicate the one..

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You need to move to next island when you are ready gathering all of you side quests collecting chests. They used pirate gold and not the gold stole. From ancient city. Next island picks up where that left off. If you don’t careful read and remember the beginning about what “gold” was to be used, the ending does seem odd.