"Vas, are you sure we shouldn't take break? You don't look well, almost tired actually." Uma Micheal says, Vas Allen shooks his head and continuing walking.
"I'm fine…" Vas Allen said with a faint smile, his body wobbling. Uma Micheal tugged on his shirt, "Just rest, me and Luc will protect you while you sleep." She says, Luc Mugen nods rapidly.
"That's sweet, but I'm fine, really." Vas Allen patted Luc Mugen head before walking ahead of them, Uma Micheal stood there but followed up behind him.
"Luc, Vas is tired, he haven't slept yet. He wasting too much mana…" Luc Mugen looks at Uma Micheal.
"How will we get him to rest?" He says, Uma Micheal shrugged and says.
"I don't know, he's too stubborn." Looking at Vas Allen's back, his body barely able to stand up on his own.
Vas Allen saw a blurry movement in the dark, he slowly moved the fire in front of them. The fire illuminated what was ahead of them, a path that's was fully red, bones scattered around the place, but this path was different, it was like a maze.
"Weird…" Vas Allen muttered to himself, he held his left hand back signaling the kids to hold onto his hand.
The maze have three different path to follow, the first path was on the left side, it was filled with bones, bones that have been buried. The second one was in the middle and coincidentally, there was rather a large pit in the middle of the path though it didn't eat up the whole path, the sides was still there but it is very thin and small, not really trustworthy. The last one was on the right side, it is clean, it haven't been ridden with bones nor was there a pit in the center.
It showed a nice clean pathway, too clean. It was rather more scary then relaxing, "A path that's too clean, especially in this hell like place is suspicious…" Vas Allen thought. He looked back at the two paths.
"But those paths look way more dangerous. So do I trust the clean path or choose one of the horrid paths? I think the answer is super clear." Vas Allen looks back at the kids.
"Hey Luc, could create a barrier that strong enough to hold all of us together?" Luc Mugen looked at Vas Allen, he pointed at the middle path where the pit was there. "That one, over there."
Luc Mugen walked in front of Vas Allen and stop, he raised his arms up and form a barrier around the pit, he lay it low where it is like a bridged, the path no longer have a hole in the center, it was now able to be cross.
"Nice job, Luc!" Vas Allen give him a head pat before advancing, Uma Micheal held onto Luc Mugen's hand.
"C'mon, let's go!" She says, Luc Mugen smile and nods his head.
The three presence could be felt by a strange creature in paradise, it started making its move toward them. Every little movement it make would shakes its surroundings. It growls and snarl, waiting to see who these three presences is.
…
"This path is really long, now I'm worry that we'll have to walk back if we hit dead end." Uma Micheal says as her eyes rolled toward Vas Allen. "And that man still haven't slept yet." She thought.
"It isn't all bad, we just have to keep on walking, that's simple really." Vas Allen says with a optimistic tone, though his body is wobbling a bit. Uma Micheal sighed as she looks toward the ground.
"Hmm?" Something caught her attention, a red flower bloomed out of the fleshy ground, there are 12 petals, the color for the petals is scarlet red, however the seeds was a mixed of white and black.
"Uhh, what did I just witnessed? Where did this flower come from?" Uma Micheal thought to herself, the lonely flower stands in front of her not making any move.
She looks back at Luc Mugen and Vas Allen to tell them what she just found but they were gone. Looking around her surroundings, she walked toward where Vas Allen and Luc Mugen were.
"Where are there?" She mutters, she bends down to touch the ground, she tries pressing her hand against it but blood wouldn't squirt out. "This the most normal thing that's not normal since I got here…" She stood back up and investigate around more.
She glimpse back at the red scarlet flower, "… Has the flower done something to me?" She peered out at the darkness of the path and it was quiet, not a squeak of noise.
"How comes there's light here, there no fire nor a way for any lights to illuminate here." She says as she stares at the red scarlet flower, this time one of it petals falls off. She walked up to the petal, with hesitation she grabs it.
"What purpose does this flower have? Do it exist just to exist here?" She got back up once more, she stood at the same spots for a while, thinking to herself.
"This place isn't the same place as that hell hole, yet I wouldn't call it safer." Putting her pointy finger on her forehead, she closed her eyes.
"Is this a trick? No, an illusions? …possibly, could it be the "Night Dreamer" A possibility, but I don't remember getting mark or curse, or whatever was it called. This place might have something to do with this flower…" She looks at the red scarlet flower, another petals fallen off.
"Is the petals like a time limit, but for what?" Her breathing was slow, she turned to see that her surroundings was no more, the platform she was standing on was floating.
Uma Micheal scratched her hairs, "This place is a trap, a box, that traps it victim in an hallucination state… at least I think it does, I'd have to look around more, from what I see, it's not much."
Uma Micheal head toward the edge of the platform, what used to be a place of something is nothing more than a board, she bends down, holding onto the ground, she gazes out at the darkness.
During this moment, she could feel a gaze looking back at her with ferocity bloodlust… she instantly pull herself back, "Did I just- Am I alone? Who was that or rather what was that? I could it bloodlust from all the way over here."
Uma Micheal stood up quickly, she brush the dust off of her, she looks back at the red scarlet flower, two of petals have fallen.
"Am I running out of time? If all the petal falls off, will that "thing" come after me? I don't even know what that "thing" look likes or is, I could only feel it bloodlust!" Uma Micheal stared at the flower with panic in her eyes, she reach out for it, wanting to ripped it out of the ground.
Her hand hover over the red scarlet flower, she held in her breath, thinking to herself, "Should I? This could either be my way out or the way to get stuck here…"
Her hand slowly moved away from the flower,
she inhaled out. "I shouldn't, but there nothing else to do, there nothing here, I don't even know where I am, where Vas and Luc?" She curled up her knees, place both of her hands on it and rest her face onto her arms.
"Where even am I…?" The red scarlet flower Patels fell once again this time near her foot, she checks to see but caught something in the corner of her eyes.
Her eyes widen as three islands made out of flesh pop up, the islands were floating, blood drips down tot he bottom and into the darkness, light shines on the three islands.
Uma Micheal looks up to see the light beaming down but it was just darkness, "Where's the light coming from?" Gazing at one of the island that was in the middle, she saw a black silhouette standing there.
A silhouette with horn, probably 4 inches long, standing at a good 7'5 ft, it whitened sharp teeth could when seen when it open it mouth.
The ribcage of the silhouette can be seen clear as days, it's build was lean yet on a skinnier side. It is standing on its two foot, there was no movement.
It just stand still staring at Uma Micheal, "That flower must've got me tripping…" she says trying to ease out her nervousness.
The two stares at eachother with silent, all of the sudden, the silhouette started moving, walking toward her.
Uma Micheal stood in fears, there she heard a voice in her head.
"Don't trust any demons you come upon…"
Uma Micheal tilted her head slightly, she could feel mucus stuck in her throat, she clears her throat before speaking.
"And- why should I trust you? You look like a demon yourself…" Uma Micheal voice gradually lowered, she just stared at the silhouette with a poker expression.
The silhouette says nothing, Uma Micheal opens her mouth once again, "Also who start a conversation with that? Why demon, are you against that race?"
The silhouette give out a sudden movement, Uma Micheal could hear the same voice telling her something.
"I am NOT just against that certain race, I am against every race!"
"Doesn't that make you a hater?" She says, the voice didn't say anything for a moment before moving on.
"Anyway…" the voice clear its throat, in a deep and stoic voice, it says to Uma Micheal.
"Do not trust any demon you come across, they are nothing but savages and beast."
"What do you mean?" Uma Michea asks.
"Demon can't comprehend emotions like you, they don't know what kindness is, what sympathy is, empathy, nothing… they would and will manipulate you, they will show you goods but not a hint of kindness or goodness behind it, they will only do stuff that will benefit them, they are selfish, true representation of selfishness!"
Uma Micheal steps backwards a little, "Why are you telling me all of this?"
The silence till the darkness once again, the silhouette bends his knees and sat down on the red grass that suddenly appears out of nowhere. The silhouette head looks toward the grass, there it hover its hand over the grass feeling the tips of it.
Uma Micheal stood there in awe, she didn't know what to do or what it was doing. The silhouette looked back at Uma Micheal, it let out a devious grins before she could hear the voice says.
"Because I can—there's nothing that's stopping me, I am just a "thing" that might tells lies or facts, I could tell you about a race whole history and yet you wouldn't distinguish my truths from a lie, I find that fascinating."
"What makes you think I'll believe you, you looks like a demon, not saying I know for sure but I had run into a few…" Uma Micheal was nervously trying to not show any weakness, without hesitation, she took a steps toward.
"That's the things, to believe me or not believe me is your choice, to think or not to think, all that lies on you, whether I'm telling the truths or lies, one wrong choice and it will cost the lives of you and your friends…"
The silhouette begins chuckling to itself.