After using the switch inside the GOLD LATTICE BUILDING, move to the edge and look down. Just below and to the right is a petrified guardian. He is similar to the flying warrior you encountered earlier except he has not yet come to life.

Draw weapons, step off the edge and slide down the slope below.

Immediately turn right and lock onto the guardian as he animates.

He'll take off and float through the air toward Lara.

But you can destroy him with pistols before he gets too close as long as you start shooting right away. Of course, you can also use more powerful weapons to take him down faster.

Then stand at the base of the slope where you just slid down. Face up the slope and turn slightly to the right. If you look ahead between the slope and the green rock formation on the right, you can glimpse the MYSTIC PLAQUE on its little green island. Step back to the edge and adjust Lara's angle so she's facing the stone ledge just opposite the island with the plaque. Then take a running jump to land on that ledge.

From there, take another running jump onto the island with the FIRST MYSTIC PLAQUE.

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If you can't manage the tricky jump to the stone ledge near the plaque, instead climb the rocks to the right of the guardians's alcove to get back to the start of the level. Move to the edge facing the inverted-V shaped green block.

This time, jump onto the left slope facing uphill. Slide back and grab the edge.

Drop onto the ledge below.

Then take a running jump onto the island with the FIRST MYSTIC PLAQUE.

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