Chapter eighteen
Song recommendation . Fat funny friend by Maddie zahm .
Vin breathed in deeply and stood up . It was time to do something . He checked on the clock and tucked it safely inside his trousers .
The door which the man was talking about was finally discovered by Vin and happiness was quite an understatement.
He was given a second chance !
A chance to prove himself worthy of all the trust that was placed in him .
He walked to the wall , and placed his thumb on it , tracing the nook and cranny of it . His fingers met a bump and he stopped .
He knocked on it and it made a less loud sound from the others . Yes ! It was here .
Assured and determined , he fished out the keys that was given to him . He pushed slightly on the surface , nothing happened .
He rested on it and applied his whole body force on it . The wall made a creaking sound as it gave way .
Vin quickly stood back in shock , he hadn't expect it to give way so easily as that .
The wall revealed another , a door with a wooden handle and three inscriptions .
The sun was setting and so he could hardly see what was written clearly. But his curiosity got the best of of him as he probed and got closer . The faint light fell on a few foreign letters and he tried to place where he knew them .
This letters doesn't look like anything he knew . They probably were some foreign language that he didn't know about .
He found the keyhole and twisted the key inside . The door opened with a creak sound and Vin almost jumped up in excitement .
He looked around the dark passageway , he was confused for a while . Should he enter ??
Somewhere in his mind , he could feel the doubts trying to claw it way out of his chest . He couldn't just discard that feeling completely .
Could he trust this mystery man ? But on the other hand , what was this person trying to gain by helping him ? Afterall one would go through hell or probably more than hell to get past the gyoles .
Vin was sure no one in their right senses would go to that length to save someone that they'll kill eventually , right ?
The tick tock of the clock jotted him back to reality . The time wasn't on his side and he has to get out of here as soon as he can .
He gulped down air as he stepped into the dark passageway reluctantly.
As soon as he entered ,the door to the room closed ,leaving him trapped in the dark .
Fear gripped him again , but he forced it down his throat. Fear could wait .
He touched the wall that was surprisingly warm , compared to the other places that was as chilling as an ice land .
The fire torches lit up suddenly , causing Vin to stumbled backwards in shock .
How did that happen ?
Either it was to his benefit as it allowed him to walk freely.
He walked down the passageway that lit up with each step he took . The surprising part was the fact that , as soon as he takes a step or two , the torches in the back go off and the ones in the front light up .
He walked quickly feeling unease crawl it way into his system. The eery silence persisted and he tried not to think too much about it .
He got to the end of the passageway and stopped . The road was divided into three parts .
From where he stood , he could see the outlines and doors of different rooms that stood out on each part .
Where exactly did this roads lead to ?
He brought out the clock and gasped . The time was moving much faster here ! . It was already two hours and half since he has gotten here .
Which normally wouldn't have been more than half an hour or at most an hour .
Deciding to trust his instinct as suggested by the mysterious man , he stilled himself and turned to the right .
After all nothing wrong could be right , and nothing right could be wrong .
Like before , the light continued to puff up as soon as he takes a step adding more to the mysterious vibe of the undercave as that was the only name he could come up with for this ....space that he was in .
Reaching the end of the road brought another problem that he hadn't been expecting . There was no way in front again !
He could only turn back now and turning back means going into the darkness .
Rows and rows of rooms with wooden door stood on either sides of him . A quick scan of his eyes revealed twelve rooms on each side.
Now , the problem remains , where was he supposed to enter ?
He walked slowly towards the rooms on his left , eyeing the handle and the type of locks that was placed on it .
Different inscriptions filled the place that was written in foreign languages . Rows and rows of them .
The one thing he noticed again was the fact that the temperature was getting hotter and more humid by the passing time .
He stopped at the seventh room and gazed on it's door . A few words were scribbled all about and it puzzled Vin the more ..
He stared for a few seconds and an idea popped inside his head . It was it !
The olden language of the matunakis !. The very first demons , that were created .
The original demons .
They were different kinds of demon and their specially made self turned to something of ridicule as time goes on.
Other creatures and demons that came after them , mocked them for their different nature .
History has it that they killed themselves from resentment , while some believed that they were put into eternal slumber by the great spirit . Because he cherished them so much and wouldn't want them to become an extinct .
Either ways , no one knew where they went or how they disappeared till today .
Vin had totally hated the class where they were taught history back in the dreamchasers land .
He was a practical and calculating man . Calculation and chemicals were his areas of expertise and he loathes spending the most precious of time to learn about dead and extinct ancestors and creatures that have existed in Catyra .
Little did he know that those times would be useful for him in dire situations like this .
He squinted and tried to make out the words written .
Some of the words had faded away with time and heat as it seemed .
Mhëàdrt fûlåsär , afriomàñh ityplaom nir...mp
He tried again to see if he'll eventually got everything that was written . But no , he couldn't.
Now he came the difficult part , which was translation .
He knew some words , no doubt but he couldn't completely trust his skills . He spent the less time trying to read or learn languages .
{Mhëàdrt }= Darkness {fûlåsär}= go or come as Vin wasn't quite sure . { afriomàñh}. = With { ityplaom} determination { nir} and now this was the problem .
The last word wasn't complete .
And the statement as a whole didn't make sense at all .
He could try to translate it into
Darkness go with determination , which of course only added to the muddleness in his head .
He brought out the clock to check and his heart rate sped up.
He only had four hours left . What could he do?? It didn't seem like he'll get out of this place anytime soon .
He placed the key in the keyhole and turned it . He waited for a minute but nothing happened .
He removed the key , when suddenly the door gave way .
He peeked his head inside and tried to see what was in. The torches lit up and he saw different painting and illustrations on the floor , the wall and basically everywhere .
One was the illustration of a little girl begging for money while the people had no intention to help . Something sinister was glinting in the little girls eyes that made Vin think maybe she actually had an ulterior motive for begging in the first place .
The second was that of a burning flames . Demons were writhing and burning in it , but rather than the expression of hurt or sorrow there was none . And rather it was the look of pleasure and enjoyment that was on their face .
Woman parts and men part were joined in illicit places and they looked go be burning. And having lots of fun and pleasure.
But then , there was a man in the background. He had almost fade away from the whole painting but Vin saw him .
He was in a corner watching the people who were having fun . He looked jealous and angry as he watched them .
Vin had a hard time looking away from the painting as it looked too real. The emotion was captured and painted well , almost too well .
But he knew he couldn't continue staring at some illicit painting. He had to get away from this place . The time was very much against him .
He got out of the room and entered the one that was next to it . It had no inscription , only a plain sight.
That was another suprise . But at the corner of the door , Vin saw a bell that was adorned with feathers and horn .
What in the name of weird is that ?? He pushed open the door and entered .
His eyes widened and goosebumps instantly formed on his neck and arms . The temperature of that particular room was so low and chilling .
The humid and hot temperature had been growing on him , so this came as another suprise .
This particular room was or looked like it would be very different from those of the rest .
There was nothing inside .
Just an empty room , that was full of inscriptions and darkness . Though the torches were burning extremely well , Vin knew there was more to this room .
The darkness in this place was so looming and prominent . Despite the light .
It actually felt like he wasn't the only one in this room .
He rubbed his palm together and tried to stop himself from shaking too much . The cold seems to be increasing with each passing seconds !
Wait what ? Each passing seconds??
He dipped his hands into his pocket and looked around . The time has come !
It was just a few minutes to ten hours .
How ?? How ?? Was the only question in his head . He was aware of how the time was much more different from that of the real world but he had totally wasn't expecting that .
Before he could finish his thought. Loud and heavy footsteps sounded from outside .
They are here ! The gyoles are finally here ! To kill him perhaps?
That looked like the only thing
He looked frantically around and the feeling of being watched intensifies and fear that he had been trying to suppress came to him tenfold .
Noo! This couldn't be happening .
How come he had quickly lost the second chance given to him just now ?