Quickly lowering the distance between them and the ruined buildings ahead, which once must have been great and beautiful mansions, the group feels a certain tension, as they get closer. The huge temple building can easily be seen behind and looming over the former residential area. Surely there must be some guards just waiting behind the walls to spring an ambush on them, but they were prepared, and there was rather little they could do against it. But nothing happens...
When they come close to the first row of buildings, which are in a state of total devastation, the adventurers slow down and move on in a more careful fashion. If noone has attacked them yet, they probably didn't know they were coming yet, so there was no reason to not try and get in undetected.
Selvaggio hears it first, then the others also. Laughter. Not happy laughter, though, it sounds cruel and guttural. And whimpering. The sound might explain, why they havn't been spotted yet, and they must come from behind the buildings that currently shield them from view.