In front of them stood a huge red creature. He had six arms. Three on each side. Three or four meters high. Three horns, and four completely black eyes without pupils.
- What the hell? It was, the word that Infiz said.
- What is this creature? Priscilla looked at him in shock. Not only her. Everyone was in shock. They met a sentient being for the first time here.
- Hey. It hurts. We are not just sentient beings. We are six-armed blood orcs. Servants of the Bloodthirsty Demon Krul.
Why did you lock us up? Elaine asked first. From the moment he entered the red forest, he had a bad feeling.
Not only did Eli have a bad feeling, but everyone on his team did. It seemed to them that they must run, and the faster the better.
"Why shouldn't we lock you up?" Ha HA HA. You are just prey, soon to be killed. Six-armed laughed heartily. He seemed to imagine how these little people would want to run away.
And why do we have to die? Elizabeth asked with a murderous look. She wanted to tear those bastards apart because they threatened them.
- Yes, because. The day of sacrifice is coming soon. And we must make a sacrifice in the form of 1000 souls to the great demon Krul.
- 1000? But there are only five of us. Jack asked in bewilderment after he came to his senses. He listened to everything that was said.
- CRAZY. This means that there are more victims besides us. Infiz said.
- Correctly. So far, we have collected 985 sentient beings. There is still a little bit left, and we will collect all 1000 souls. This six-armed orc said with some pride.
- What if we run away? Priscilla asked with a grin.
- Enough. I already talked to you. You won't be able to escape. Saying that, the red orc suddenly disappeared before her eyes.
Priscilla began to look around. But all of her team is gone. Suddenly she heard a voice from behind and saw a red orc looking at her with mocking eyes. His bottom four arms were held by her comrade. Infiz, Jack Elaine and Elizabeth. They were all unconscious.
- I told you. You can't run away because you don't have time for it. Having said this, the six-armed orc disappeared from his place.
Priscilla heard his words and fell into despair. And I saw this huge orc disappear. The last thing she remembered was fainting.
Six-armed grabbed her with one of his free hands. He opened the cell door, from which these prisoners escaped with their free hand. Putting them in the cell and locking this time, he did not leave the key, but took it with him.
Some time later.
Everyone started to come around.
- Ai. Are we unconscious again? Jack asked.
- Yes. Elizabeth answered.
- It seems that this will become our chip. Infiz said, laughing a little.
- But what happened? Elaine asked.
"All I remember is that the red orc disappeared and I lost consciousness. Then he woke up again in this thick cage.
- Yes. All of you lost consciousness. This monster was too fast. I didn't even have time to blink, as all of you were in his arms. Then I lost consciousness. This all happened within a few seconds. Priscilla said with her head down. She still remembered that speed. She was scared. If that monster wanted to kill them, they wouldn't know how they died.
If what you say is true, then we don't have a chance. We didn't even have time to blink before we lost consciousness. Infiz said with a helpless tone.
"None of our abilities will help here. Jack said as he sat down on the ground and continued.
- And if each of them has such a speed, then we are kaput.
- If we want to suppress them, we must be faster. But none of us has that kind of speed. We can't use Elaine's power. So we need a force that can overwhelm their speed. As Infiz analyzed aloud, Elisabeth Elaine and Jack caught fire on their heads. At Infiz's mention of overwhelming power, the three of them looked towards Priscilla.
She was surprised when all three looked at her. Infiz also stopped. He looked at the three of them, then at Priscilla. Only then did it dawn on him. The overwhelming force for any living creature is of course the dragon. Dragon king of life. He looked at Priscilla too.
- What? It was the only word that escaped Priscilla's lips. She felt uneasy when everyone immediately looked at her.
- The Dragon. You can turn into a dragon. Elizabeth said with hope in her voice.
It dawned on Priscilla too. Because of the impression that the red orc made on him, she forgot that she could transform into a powerful dragon. But she immediately fell into depression.
- It's impossible here. Priscilla said.
The hope that was on the faces of her friends immediately disappeared
- Can't you transform? Jack asked.
- I can. But it's not that. Priscilla said.
- Then what? Infiz asked.
Priscilla thought for a moment and then said.
- Look at the place where we are.
Everyone looked and saw only a cage.
- If I reincarnate in this very strong cage, then you can die.
And then everyone understood. It was a very strong mahogany cage that neither sword nor fire can take. And if a huge creature appears inside, then they can even be turned into a bloody mess.
- But there is a way out. Suddenly, Elizabeth spoke up.
- Which? Elaine asked.
"They said the day of sacrifice was approaching.
Everyone nodded.
-But the Vedas must be offered in front of some altar. And all the sacrifices must be collected in one place. Got it?
"You mean there will be enough room on the day of the sacrifice for Priscilla to transform into a dragon." Elaine said his guess.
- Yes.
But we won't be the only ones there. And other victims along with the red orcs. How can we escape. After all, others will want to run away. Elaine pointed out the problem.
- Priscilla. How many people can you lift? Elizabeth looked at Priscilla and asked.
- I do not know. About 50 or less. Priscilla said. She wasn't sure herself.
- Do you want to find allies among the other captives? Elaine caught the meaning of Elizabeth's words.
- Yes. We are not the only ones who want to escape or fight back. Others want too. We can team up with other prisoners. Elizabeth said with a smile on her face.
- YOSCH. Then why are we sitting. Let's find the other prisoners. Jack screamed excitedly.
- Fool. Have you forgotten that we ourselves are in a cage without a key. Infiz said.
Jack, after Infiz's words, immediately remembered this and sat down with a sad look.
- Then Priscilla, transform into a bee and start looking for other captives. Elizabeth told Priscilla. Priscilla nodded her head. She wanted to start reincarnation, but she heard a voice.
At that moment, Jack had a crazy idea.
- Priscilla wait, please.
Priscilla stopped and looked at Jack with a face saying "What?".
- Friends, I think I have a crazy idea. Jack looked at everyone with a worried face.
- And what is this idea? Infiz asked. Not only him, everyone else was wondering what kind of crazy idea this was.
Jack looked at them like he'd won the lottery.
- It's about my power. You should know that my innate power is called "The Fifth Spirit".
Everyone nodded.
"And you should know that my power allows me to manipulate the four elements.
Everyone nodded their heads again.
But that doesn't seem to be all. I have other variations of this power.
Everyone looked at him in bewilderment.
"Let's talk about the four elemental spirits and the spirits first. I don't know how to explain it to you. Does anyone know about them?
- "I know". Elizabeth answered.
Everyone looked at her.
- In the ancient scriptures of my family it is written about spirits and about the four spirits of the element. Elizabeth said.
- Are you talking about the spirits of fire, wind, water and earth? Priscilla asked.
Elizabeth nodded her head.
Do you know about them too? Elizabeth asked looking at Priscilla.
Priscilla shook her head.
- Not. I only heard about them from my teachers. I don `t like reading books.
- Then listen. First, about spirits. Have you ever seen them, Elaine? Elizabeth asked Eli.
- Not. Have you seen? Elaine answered and then asked.
- Yes. In our family, you can often see the souls of the dead. (Elizabeth)
Do ghosts exist too? (Elaine)
"Yes. They are also a kind of spirits. Spirits themselves are non-material life, which may have some abilities. The texts say that spirits are divided into ranks.
The first is low-ranking spirits. It includes the spirits of herbs, dust particles, water droplets or similar.
The second is the spirits of the middle rank. These are the spirits of trees, dead animals and living beings. They may have some powers. For example, a tree that has awakened its spirit can move, defend or even attack with its branches.
The third one is spirits of high rank. An example of this is the spirits of mountains, rivers and lakes. Starting from this rank, the spirits begin to be divided into the levels of powers they possess."