…nope, no hidden rooms on the surface.
Bah. As I said, the Ancient Ruins was one area that, as a kid, always made me think I was missing something; some passageway into another area, or maybe some way of clearing the passages blocked by fallen earth, near the exit.
Ever since the first time I visited the area, walked around checking the speaking stones, got very quickly to the boss and beat it very quickly with an Elf… I always thought there should be more, and that I had to just be missing it. The feeling’s still there, which is why I’m backtracking now to check all the walls of the underground section, just in case I missed a secret passage as a kid.
The designers did something very right, here. Of all the areas in Blaze & Blade, this has to be one of my favourites.
Lioleus' Lair 
B&B said,
September 8, 2008 at 11:17 am
I thought that too.. I guess they just meant the hidden room on the second level.
Good luck with the second parts of the Palace of Immortals, etc!
lioleus said,
September 8, 2008 at 11:44 am
Which hidden room? The problem is, I never found any hidden rooms in the area.