Ten minutes ago; outside the Temple
"So how are we going to get in if we cant get through the temple door?" Princess Ara asks with a frown. The three of them stood there as time flew by. "Hey, I just thought of something." King Jero mutters as he looks up. The others follow his gaze to the top of the temple. "Are you suggesting that we get in from above?" Doctor An asks. King Jero look over at him, "do you have any other ideas?" He asks. Besides he'll do just about anything at this point. If it meant he could rescue Kila, then thinking outside the box was appropriate. "Ok...say that we manage to get up there? Who's to say there is a way in?" Princess Ara asks. Doctor An nods in agreement, his arms crossed, "I have to agree." He says. King Jero wasn't listening, "let's just say that I have a hunch. My gut says there is definitely going to be a hole at the top of that temple." He says pointing up.
Princess Ara glances up and sheild her eyes again, she turns to him and places her hands on her hips. "Fine, I can't argue with you at this point." She says. Doctor An's jaw drops, he immediatel snaps it shut, "weren't you clearly against this earlier?" He asks. Princess Ara shrugs, "I never ignore my brother's gut it' has never been wrong." She says. Doctor An sighs, but they didn't have time to sit here and wait for something to happen to Kila. "Fine, so how are we getting up...." He didn't have time to finish his sentence. Princess Ara grabs him by the waist, "hold on tight." She says. Doctor An was completely caught off guard. Before he knew it Princess Ara and King Jero was using Light Steps to get up the Temple side.
Once they reached the top, Princess Ara sits him down. Doctor An felt his manly pride crash to a million pieces as he slumps over. "Hey this is definitely proof that there's a way in." King Jero says pointing down. There was an outilne of an entrance, Doctor An stares down at it and frowns. "Great, so how do we get in there?" He asks. King Jero looks around, he was starting to get ansty, "there mus be a way to open this trap door." He mutters. "Normally trap doors can only be opened from the inside, though." Princess Ara points out. They all start thinking ehile at the same time trying to figure out a way.
"Should we blow it up?" King Jero ask releasing his mana into his hands. "Are you nuts? You'll probably blow the whole temple!" Doctor An yells. Princess Ara rolls her eyes, "don't be so dramatic, it's clear that there is now way that could happen." She says. Doctor An glares at her, "and why the hell not?" He asks. Princess Ara crosses her arms, "for one, the temple is protected by a barrier, that much is obvious. For two, even if he could blow the door open, there's no way it would cause damage to the whole temple. Jero's mana is not what it used to be." She explains. Doctor An couldn't believe that she came up with that logic, "are you kidding me? If you haven't noticed, your brother is powerful even without all his mana!" He rages. Princess Ara shrugs and they both turn from each other.
While the two of them were arguing King Jero had been looking for a way in. Something caught his attention, he noticed on the corners of the temple were four ahort pillars. He walked over to examine them, three of them were ordinary. But when he examined the last one he noticed an odd shaped circle that wasn't on the others. He reached out and pushed it in, at forst nothing happened, then the sound of doors opening caught the attention of the other two. "What the..." Doctor An stopped mid sentence as they walked over to see that the doors were open and that there was a slide leading down into the darkness. Doctor An straightens and turns as if he was leaving. "Where are you going?" King Jero asks without turning around.
Doctor An turns, "not that way." He says. King Jero and Princess Ara looks at each other and then nod, "Doctor An." Princess Ara says sweetly as she walked towards him. Doctor An takes a step back, "there's no way I'm going down that slide, and there's nothing you can say to get me to." He was not going to agree. No Way! "Is that so, not even if we remind you that Kila is down there?" Princess Ara asks. Doctor An flinchces, his gaze darting over to the entrance and back again. He swallows feeling his body tremble slightly, he didn't like things like slides that lead into darkness. But..."fuck!" He says clenching his fists, closes his eyes, ant then he runs to the entrance and jumps in. King Jero and Princess Ara follows after. They slid so fast that it wasa hard to remember how they got to the bottom.
Not only that they landed right in the middle of the temple where there were people screaming and a large beast was attacking and killing them. Doctor An spots Kila lying on a stone rectangular table, he stood and dusts himself off, "well, but it looks like we made it in time." He says feeling a sense of relief to see Kila still moving. She stops struggling, "Doctor An?" She asks. The scenes from last chapter is repeated, our three heros came to rescue Kila from the fates of becoming a sacrifice. There's a beast in their way and it didn't look like it was going to be an easy fight, "So a Sacred Temple Beast." Princess Ara says.