It's been a... long time, honestly, I don't know how long I've been here, a month? or maybe two. I don't have a strength to even count days.
I don't know where am I or why I'm here, but I want to get out of here as quickly as possible, this place is terrible.
They give us a minimum amount of food, because of which I've lost weight.
And I'm not the only one, everyone in this cell is skinny.
Even though I'm not someone that's exactly fond of kids, but seeing them like this hurts my heart.
At first, I was able to cheer them up, by showing some magic tricks, but as the days went on they became ineffective, some kids don't respond to anything.
How did they become like this? the thing is that every day some people come here and take a few of us with them, for better or worse, they're bringing them back after about hour.
I've also been there, and it's not the best experience, they are covering our eyes with bandages, but one time they tied it somehow loosely, I could see my surroundings to some extent, but I couldn't get any information about my location.
The least I could find out was what they're doing to us, I don't know what they're up to, but for some reason, they are making us inhale some black vapour, it's not physically painful, but it gives me a terrible mental strain, it feels like something is consuming my consciousness, it's a really nasty feeling and after they're done I can't walk properly, if not for this I would run away a long ago... after careful planning of course.
Days are passing and my hopes of getting out of here are slowly becoming slimmer.
(for how long is this going to continue?)
And as if to answer my question, finally some changes occurred!
One day, the boy who was taken together with other came back by walking as if completely fine, usually, they would be half-dragged back here.
What does this mean?! did he get some kind of immunity? who this guy even is? how is he feeling right now, I need to ask him!
After talking to him, I know, he's completely fine, but he seems kind of cold...
If I remember correctly, he was here before me, that means that he was going through this longer than me, if I think positively, maybe even I'll get immunity just like him? I just have to wait and see, and before that time comes I need to make a plan, a plan to escape!
First, I need to map this place out.
I've already memorised every passage, from here to the experimenting room, but that's not enough, I need to find some way to explore this place, but how should I do that?
(What to do, what to do... ah! I can use mana!)
From the day I got here, I wasn't just lazying around, though I couldn't train my body, I was increasing my mana capacity.
(But first, I need to check something out.)
I released some mana from my palm and directed it towards the wall, when they touched, the mana has stopped, but with a bit of pressure from me, it went inside the wall, with this I know that I can tell a difference between the wall and clear path, relying solely on mana.
(Now, let's get to the business!)
I started to release a stream of mana following the passage, after hitting the wall I would change the direction.
As I go, I'm keeping a mental 3-dimensional map with parallel thought, so I won't forget it, even so, the further I go the harder it becomes to control mana.
(Soon I'll pass out so I better stop now.)
I could just get the mana, that I let out, inside of me again, but that way it wouldn't increase my capacity so much.
Days went on. More and more children acquired immunity to that thing, but I'm still not there yet.
Generally, nothing has changed, except that 'parallel thought' evolved, there was no notification or sound in my head, I just can think about 4 things at the same time.
(Better continue my exploration.)
And as usual, I released mana, but then...
(What the...!)
It started to move on its own. I still feel its location and trail, so I'm able to get the data, but why?
As the 'mana master', I can feel mana(obviously), but for that to happen it either needs to have a connection with me or something big must be happening, the stream of mana that I released is to small for me to trace it so precisely.
(This is clearly an abnormal situation.)
After a bit of thinking, with a snap '...ah!' I got an idea.
(I have skill screen!!!)
...I feel stupid that I didn't think of it before.
Ignoring these feelings I opened a skill screen and yeah there was a new skill, but for some reason, it had no name.
According to the description, it is an ability that lets me create a magical body which will obey my commands and can move on its own.
(Interesting, very interesting... but why does it have no name?)
Well, guess I'll have to name it myself.
Ok, so this skill creates a magical body, it can move on its own and also obeys me, it is made of mana so normal people can't see it, so what would be the best name for it...
After thinking some time I decided on the 'phantom'.
For now, I can only make one of these, but I'm sure their number will increase.
Now, time to continue!
I made a bit progress and I've already reached the end of the part of the dungeon that I was exploring.
I moved on the other side and shortly after found an exit... so if I went on this side in the first place it would be so much faster...
It doesn't matter! I still can't move very good, even if I found this earlier, getting out would not be possible!
...I feel dumb.
Now the problem is that the experiment room is in the opposite direction of the exit, I'm planning to escape when they take me out of this cell, but escaping alone is kind of... Well, good guys don't do that...
(...hmmm, come to think of it, Pinocchio did exactly that.)
For now, I will continue the exploration as a training.
And while doing that I made up the plan, the only thing that's left is to wait.
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I've been waiting some time and today is the day... I feel
At the same time, one lightly armed man stepped in our cell, to pick up kids.
(Come on, choose me, I've been waiting for this all along!)
Even if I'm saying that I'm almost 100% positive that he will pick me, why? because there is only 4 kid, including me, that doesn't have 'immunity'(that's what I call it).
As expected he took al four of us with him, if things go well, from today on I'll be a free man!!!
After the experimentation...
I'm feeling so refreshed that it's weird, heck I feel so energetic that I could jump up and down all day long!
Others are also like that, surprised even, but that soon died down...
The old man who was experimenting on us looked in our eyes one by one.
The first was a girl with a... well all of us had black hair so I don't really know how to describe their unique trait...
Let's do it like this, in our group of four, 2 of them is a girl, one with long hair and the other with short, and the guy was shorter than me.
The first was long-haired one, when he looked at her eyes he seemed kind of disappointed, the next was the same, third also.
Well, I kind of understand that their eyes look like that of a dead fish.
Now it's my turn.
When looking into his eyes, I felt a chill go down my spine, they were like a bottomless abyss, and then he smiled, it was a really satisfied smile...
(Does that mean that I was a success, well good for you, but I ain't gonna stay here any longer!)
After he said something about transporting me somewhere tomorrow, I really have to get out of here as quickly as possible
In the meantime, we were escorted to our cell, the lightly armed guy started to open the lock
(Ok Einhard, now or never!)
The moment he unlocked it, I instantly strengthened my body to its limits.
I kicked him in the knee, making him kneel, then I grabbed his head and banged it on the iron bars with all my might, successfully knocking him out.
(The lock is open and the guy knocked out, so far so good.)
I opened the door and said with a clear voice
"RUN."