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Chapter 21 - Chapter 21

It looked like Arlo became the king of those purple figures by force, he wanted to kill more, but got stopped by the abyssal voice.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF HOURS OUTSIDE OF YOUR MIND, SO IT'S A GREAT TIME TO RETURN. HOW ARE YOU NOT BORED ALREADY? (IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN HERE -_-)"

"Come on just a bit more, I recently found out a way to pop their heads with my mind" said Arlo while looking proud of himself.

"STAY HERE A SECOND LONGER AND I'LL TAKE MY POWER BACK!!!!!!" Shouted the abyssal voice with the tone of annoyance of being bored.

Arlo reluctantly obliged to the abyssal voice's wish and focused hard on leaving his mind. After a bit off effort, he managed to return to reality. He opened his eyes and noticed immediately that the voices in his head had become considerably more silent. He took a look around, but couldn't move because his body was tied up by holy magic. He saw Alfreda sitting and sleeping with her back against the wall, she was definitely keeping watch just in case he became manic again.

"Hey, wake up!!! Release me, I'm back to normal!!"

Alfreda woke up from all the noise Arlo was making and walked towards him.

"How do you expect me to believe that you're not going to rampage once I release the spell?" asked Alfreda with a questioning expression.

"Just let me out already!!! You obviously know that I'm back to normal, stop messing with me"

"Then why do you still have that crazy smile?" Said Alfreda with a smug expression.

"What?!?!? I always have this smile!!!!!! (Don't discriminate!!!!!!)" Shouted Arlo while trying his hardest to change his smile.

"Alright I'll let you out in one condition, you wear this mask instead of running around with that stupid face" said Alfreda with a disgusted expression.

Alfreda held out a dark red mask with two horns coming out of it's head, it's eyes were frowning and it had a demonic smile.

"What the hell is that!!! It basically has the same smile as me, see" said Arlo while proceeding to mimick the mask's smile.

"Fufufu, I'm glad you asked. That right there is an Oni mask, a friend gave it to me" said Alfreda while puffing out her chest and making a proud expression.

Arlo didn't care whether or not he was wearing a mask, so he agreed and Alfreda released him in return. Alfreda went back to sleep shortly after complementing his new look. Arlo also went back to his tent and lied down next to Alice for the next few hours. Alice woke up after a good rest and shook Arlo, who was pretending to sleep. Arlo got up and they both went out to pack up, Alfreda was still sleeping in her tent, so they decided to start without her. a while after they started packing, they heard a noise coming from Alfreda's tent and focused their attention towards it. Emerging out of the tent was Alfreda with messy hair and a confused expression.

"Umm… Why are you guys packing up?"

Alfreda got a small pouch out of her pocket and absorbed the whole tent with it. Arlo and Alice died inside after witnessing all their hard work being outperformed in just a few seconds.

"Wha- what is that!?!?" Shouted Alice with an amazed expression.

"Oh this little thing? It's just one of the many artifacts that I own. It's the infinity pouch!!" said Alfreda with an arrogant expression.

"Alright, give me all your stuff. I'll carry it all in this pouch"

Alfreda absorbed everything in her pouch and they got ready to head to the next room. It became quite silent on the way, so Alice started a conversation.

"Why are you wearing that scary mask, brother? I want to see your handsome face"

"But it makes me look badass!!!" Said Arlo with an exited voice.

Arlo grew to like that mask, the more he wore it and had fantasies about being an executioner, like some kid wearing their favourite superhero's costume.

"By the way Alice, thanks for doing my hair" said Alfreda with the expression of gratitude.

"No problem, Alfie. I'm actually pretty jealous of your soft and silky hair. How do you make your hair smell so good too?" said Alice with a gleeful smile.

"I actually use something a friend made for me, when washing my hair. If you want, I can get you some once we're outside"

"Whose your friend anyway?" Asked Alice with a questioning expression.

"It's a secret"

Arlo didn't care about their conversation and was busy fantasizing about doing amazing tricks while wearing hos mask. In his imagination, he was defeating demon lord Goro of the badlands and finding a treasure room full of gold and artifacts. Eventually he snapped out of it when he saw something Infront of him.

"Hey everyone, I think we found a labyrinth. Or is it a maze?"

"What's the difference between a maze and a labyrinth?" Asked Alice with a questioning expression.

"Basically a maze has multiple paths and branches, which can be quite difficult to navigate. While a labyrinth on the other hand only has a continuous path, making it relatively easy to find the exit" said Alfreda with an immodest expression.

Arlo and Alice didn't listen and were already on their way in.