As we soared through the skies, we headed west and I heard some screaming, IT WAS FROM MANDY! I spotted them and we quickly rushed to them, they seem to be fighting with some 2 horned demons.
"Big sister! We need to help them!"
"Alright!"
"C-crap! Were in a tight situation!" shouted Nile
"How're things on your side?" shouted Lilly
"Tch, damned bugs!" shouted Heph
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaah!" screamed Mandy
"Oh no! MANDY!!!!"
"We need to help her right now!"
"How can we help were all stuck battling these demons and they're at least middle grade!"
We descended quickly and I hopped off the broom from a good height, I felt my bone broke but I didn't have time to worry about that. I headed quickly to where Mandy was, she's being sucked in by several arms. I swiftly ran and sliced the arms quickly, I held out my arms to her as she was falling down into the hole and she managed to grab me.
"Y-you good?"
"Tarus! You're finally back!"
"Y-yeah I 'am! Come on let's get you up!"
I pulled her up with all my strength and we were okay. I left her in the care of big sister Agnes and I headed to the others because it looked like they needed my help in killing off those demons. I sliced off the feet of several demons to make it easier for the others.
"Get them quickly before they regenerate!"
They got the demons and it seems everyone was safe, somehow. I had to sit down somewhere because of my cracked bones and I had to wait for it to heal completely.
"Tarus! You surprised me back there!" said Nile
"Your finally back, sheesh!" shouted Lilly
"Tch, it's because of him we had to wait and get attacked by demons." sneered Heph
"Tarus, are you okay?" shouted Mandy as she ran to where I 'am
"Y-yeah I'm alright!"
"Oh my, what a cheerful bunch! Tarus, you sure have some trustworthy teammates!"
"T-thanks, I guess." I scratched my head
"T-tarus! Who's this woman with a menacing aura?"
"Menacing? Big sister Agnes is so kind!"
The others were wary of big sister and didn't dare to approach her, it's fine because it's their first time meeting. I laid down on the ground while waiting for my fractured bones to heal, I looked at the sky and I'm still astonished by the expanse of the Yggdrasil. Lilly and the others then peered their heads in front of me, they're probably curious as to what I'm doing so I tried to stand up even though my legs are a bit wobbly. Then I introduced them to big sister.
"I think it's time for introductions, meet big sister Agnes! She saved me from some demons and helped me recover."
"T-thank you big s-sister Agnes for saving Tarus..." shyly said by Lilly
"We are in your debt!" said Nile
"We appreciate what you've done for Tarus, we are grateful!" shouted Mandy and she made the others bow
"Oh my, you kids, ARE SO PRECIOUS!"
Big sister jumped into the others with her hands let out she hugged them, well I guess it's okay. After releasing them, I told them about the incident with the 4 horned demon and how I met big sister, and that I somehow attract demons.
"4 h-horns!? I've never heard anything about that!"
"So it's a tier above a high-grade demon, the elders never told us anything about 4 horned demons...."
"Well no worries, there seem to be no demons around so I guess we're fine for the time being."
"If you say so...."
"Isn't that an opening to the labyrinth?" I pointed in the direction where a cave-like opening is placed
"Correct, that should be the labyrinth of fire and if we enter that and finish the trials given to us and get safely to the altar, the witch of fire will bestow us fire crown fragments."
"Let's get going then!"
We headed to the entrance of the cave looking thing, there are several statues placed on the outside of the cave and they looked like dragons with wings. We entered the labyrinth to only hear some loud rumbling then the entrance got blocked with rocks. Out of fear I used corrosion to no avail.
"Tarus, calm down! It's normal for the entrance to the labyrinths to close up like that upon entering."
"O-oh I see, my bad."
"It's fine, you just need to calm down."
The hallway we entered suddenly lighted up with floating flames and the walls seemed just like any ordinary mine shaft or cave. As we got deeper in the temperature started to rise and the whole interior started getting hot. Big sister Agnes used her ice crown fragment to help us chill and it's very comfortable, we really owe her a ton.
"Ok, were nearing the area for the first trial, it's about jumping on platforms and lava rises from the ground quickly, I've tried this before already because this is probably my 2nd time here."
"I understand!"
We jumped on the floating rocky platforms then lava started seeping from the ground and started to rise quickly. Mandy was on the last platform and she started to lose her balance and the rock platform started crumbling beneath her, I've never used this before but I guess now is the right time.
"Weeping shadow!"
Several human-like shadows appeared and I imagined forming a bowl-like structure under Mandy and the shadows did! The shadows swiftly formed the bowl structure and Mandy landed on it, I quickly pulled in the shadows to where we were and Mandy got to safety. We let her in the middle, while I stayed in the back to assure everyone's safety. We kept on walking until we entered another room and it appeared to be a maze. If I could just use corrosion we could have gotten through this place easier but for some reason, I couldn't so we just headed in normally. The maze is very confusing, there are some areas leading to dead ends with skeletons in them which is a very gruesome sight. The longer we stayed in the maze the hotter it became, we kept running around circles until big sister Agnes found the exit.
"That's the second trial finished, we still need to finish 3 more trials."
"Is it always this difficult?"
"W-well yeah...."
I sighed. We entered the next trial and there are huge hammers attached to the ceiling and were swinging rapidly, I scouted the room and saw a lever at the end of the room, I told the others about it and it seems that the lever is the one that stops the hammers from swinging around.
"Heph, you should know what to do here." Lilly ordered Heph
"Yeah, yeah whatever."
Heph used his dagger and stuck it on the wall and then he heated up the walls and it started to melt. He then started to use his arms to dig on the melted wall and half an hour passed and he made it to the other side of the room and he pulled the lever.
"Good job Heph!"
"Nice one!"
"Tch."
The hammers stopped moving and indicated that we could move, so the others started walking while I'm at the back. When everyone else except for me got to the end, the hammers started to move again.
"C-crap!"
"Tarus!" they shouted in unison
"Little boy, grab on!"
Big sister Agnes used her ice crown fragment to form an arm, but the downside is it's slippery. I tried my best to have a good grip then I suddenly slipped, I quickly brandished the Nemax and stuck it on the wall to act as leverage, with a loud 'thunk' the sword is unsecure and is not as deep into the wall as I presumed.
"Tarus!"
"I-I'm fine somehow!"
"Were gonna get down there quickly!"
"I got a plan!"
"Oh, don't you dare say that again! Your gonna make us stressed to the max!"
"I want to try it out!"
With lava rising and almost touching the tip of my shoes and with their worried looks, I pierced deeper into the wall using the Nemax. Then when it felt secure enough, I used corrosion through the sword spreading it to the wall, I wasn't able to control the power of corrosion and I made a huge hole into the wall and started heading downwards at high speed. I fell and I bumped my head on the ground and I heard a high pitch scream coming from somewhere in the area I landed in. Then there were sounds of people sliding and bumping coming from the hole I made, it seems the others followed and slid through the very deep hole, it at least took me a whole minute just to slide through.
"Tarus, are you alright?!" Lilly shouted worriedly
"Yeah, I'm alright. Be quiet, I heard some screaming." I whispered
"Where did it come from?"
"Just a few feet from us."
The room is very dark and I couldn't see anything. Then we heard the sound of someone shouting in pain, then something metal fell to the ground. I walked a few steps forward.....to see an old lady's head rolling on the ground...I screamed out of horror.....then came chuckles of a familiar voice...
"Who do we have here.....?" said the familiar voice
"W-wha-."
I couldn't move, my legs and arms were trembling and I felt cold on the inside...
"Heeeeeeyyy, Taaaruuuuuuusss!!!"
We made eye contact and the familiar sinister smile appeared on his face...
"B-belgis...I thought you were dead....."
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Author's Note: Yes
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