The next day.
The students were standing in front of a large cave that was heavily being guarded by Galatic soilders called mundane dressed in Navy blue and Black camouflage uniforms.
"How it's so big!" One of the students exclaimed.
"Can't wait to take pics!"
"Should we buy those dungeons shirts?" The students clammored away forgetting the existence of the teacher and the presence of Commander Jeffrey. Mike just stood at the back quietly and Rebecca constantly side eyeing him from a distance.
"Very noisy and uncultured class you have here Emi!" Jeffrey's eye twitched at the loads of disrespect the students were showing.
"Really?! l didn't notice." Emilie sarcastically replied.
"Attention!"
"Alright kids, time for the expedition of the Red dungeons. You'll be escorted by these 10 mundane soilders but worry not. There are no Augen in this planet so you'll not be attacked by anything of the sort."
"With that, let me introduce your guide. Planetary Geologist and explorer, Bill Hopper."
A middle aged man dressed in cyber punk clothes with a red hair and black eyes came from inside the cave and shot in to the air.
"Wooooo!" He shouted. "I know your excited to go down there but.... you're all going to die." A silence so strong broke out that you could hear a pin drop due to his words.
He looked around and started laughing uncontrollably." Hahaha. Joking. Joking. Joking. You think your school would let you come here if it wasn't safe?"
"Come on. Let's go. Hope you have the time of your life."
He entered the cave and the students began following him.
"Creepy old man."
"I was really scared for a moment."
"l'm gonna kill him!"
They entered the cave guided by the bright lamps on the walls and the above illuminating the whole place. Everything was red. The walls, the rocks, the water, even the plants.
"Wow. It's pretty. *snap*"
*snap*
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"As you can see his is the reason why the Red dungeons are called so." Bill tried to explain but the students were engrossed in their pictures they didn't pay attention.
"😶😞"- Bill.
"😑"- Emilie.
"Don't worry, you'll get used to it." Emilie patted Bill one the back.
"Alright let's continue." He said leading them to the next chamber.
"Wait. You aren't gonna explain why everything is red?" Mike raised his hand and students looked at him with devilish eyes.
*Gulp*
"Everything will be explained when we get to the main chamber!" Bill said.
The next chamber the same as the previous one, there was no need to stop so they continued walking until they stopped in front of a huge grand gold encrusted door with symbols of skulls and crosses together with cruxiform swords and at the very middle an omega sign with a halo over it.
"Strange.... This wasn't here yesterday!" Bill wondered as he knocked on the door but it suddenly opened wide revealing a pitch black endless darkness.
"Should we turn back?" Emilie quickly asked as she picked up a communication device trying to call but there was no signal.
"You can take back the children but l want to explore a bit more of this new chamber." Bill explained to Emilie and was about to enter but was stopped by her.
"Wait. There's no signal and we don't know what's in there so how about we first go out then come back with more soilders and equipment." She advised.
"Excuse me Miss Standford can we enter this chamber too?" Bruce the class bully asked because everyone of them wanted to enter except Mike and Emilie of course.
"I have a bad feeling about this place!" Mike thought as he peered into the abyss seemingly it was looking back to him too. He closed his eyes and shock his head. "Get a hold of yourself Michael, there's no need to be scared there's soilders here.... strong soilders with powerful kaft. Just relax." He calmed himself down and paid attention to what Bruce was saying.
"Sorry Bruce but these are unexplored parts, we cannot go there until it's proven to be safe ok?" She explained to her students but Bruce still persisted.
"Then we can be the first to do it just imagine all the credit our school will get, even you Miss Standford. Nothing bad is going to happen." He tried convincing her but... was to waste.
"No. We don't know what's in there.... there could be Augen or even Clad legions.... anything Bruce. Anything!" For the first time she raised her voice against Bruce and the first time they had seen her annoyed.
Bruce downcast walked back to the group and stood there heart broken and ashamed.
"Miss Standford, maybe we should go and just explore a bit. l can guarantee the students safety." Bill who became the saviour of the students walked up to her as he spoke reassuringly." This may be an unexplored area but the red dungeons have relatively been safe for the past 10 years. l assure you nothing bad will happen just as that young man over there said."
Sighing she just picked her back up and said," Whatever."
"Yeah!!" All the students jumped in excitement.
"Ok everyone get your flashlights." Bill ordered as he walked into the darkness.
All the students followed passing by Emilie who wasn't moving at all until the remaining student was Mike. "Shall we enter?" She asked with a small smile handing him a flashlight.
He looked at her then the flashlight,"Yeah!" he answered as he picked the flashlight and switched it on and they both entered the darkness.
The moment they stepped in the darkness. Torches around the place ignited revealing where they were. It was a huge like a stadium designed with weird drawings and inscriptions on the walls and stone tablets in a circular form with unknown writing and in the centre was a ten feet hooded statue standing on an altar holding a cruxiform long sword in it's right hand and a tablet in the other. The most significant feature was the omega sign on its hood and a halo floating over its head.
"Wow. *snap*" Someone took a picture.
"What kind of place is this?"
"It looks very old!"
"What's with the designs!" The students naturally had to comment and take pictures totally ignoring how the torches lit themselves and the statue.
Bill moved forward to the altar and knelt down and tried to read what the inscriptions meant.
[Give reverence to the King. Keep your heads down in his presence. Talk not as he passes by. Admire his power for it is eternal and unfathomable. Believe and you'll be spared.]
He read the words out loud for everyone to hear.
Emilie and Mike arrived at the altar and she asked,"You can read that?"
"I don't know how l'm able to but l can read it. All the words, like the English we all know." He also wondered and continued,"This must have been some religious cult that existed ages ago." He deduced as he continued reading.
[When the time is right and the blue moon has despaired enough, the King shall be reborn by the sacrifice of the grey and the disheartened coming with great power to rule all that he left for ages to come. BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE KING.... @#^#%#%#%@]
The moment he finished reading the words of the altar, a strange pressure passed through the whole underground making everyone shiver.
*Bang*
The huge door closed itself instantaneously.
One of the stone tablet on the sides' words lit up and Bill read them.
[Prepare yourself for the king's arrival]