[It happened again, master?]
Khaos inform me with much annoyance in her voice, as we proceed to walk through the thick forest, so far it has been half a day since we arrived here and decided to traverse deeper into the woods, and to my surprise and frustration, I still couldn't locate my mate, amazingly, whenever we reach within five miles radius, of the target something just teleport us back fifty miles away.
At first, we thought that it might have been a very strong Primus Beast that was playing mind games with us, however despite my danger senses still going off like crazy, we haven't even run into a single enemy for these couple of hours.
But I can't give up here, my mate, the person with the highest possible compatibility with me, is dying somewhere in this forest, and yet something denies me of reaching her, honestly I feel as if something is challenging my instinctual purpose.
Yes for the first time, I felt what many call the emotion of anger.
"Calm down Nyrthalan, you can beat this... Khaos can your greater understanding, find a situation to the problem?"
[Affirmative, however, I need to be exposed to this spatial anomaly a couple more times, before I find a way to break this deadlock of situation that we are in]
"Very Well then, let's try attempting to get closer once more, this time from different directions, and see where this leads us to."
From there I rush to the location that I was trying so hard to reach, as fast as I could, however.
[It happen again]
[The location seems to have changed once more]
[We are being warped]
[Our location is being changed once more]
"Fuck, what the hell is this, it's fifty miles away, and I have the speed and power to reach there in seconds so, why can't I reach her, Khaos do you have anything as of yet, if it's a spatial anomaly, then we can use the Shublavein to overcome it, can we not?"
Khaos didn't answer, if anything she seem rather quiet, I shout at her once more, annoyed, fed up, pissed, and frustrated by this situation, the sun was already descending and I haven't even come close to brow through this ridiculous puzzle that is blocking me from my objective.
If I had a count of how many times I was warped when I reach five miles within her range, then the total would be 311 failed attempts.
However, Khaos just gave me this as an answer.
[One more time]
"..."
"Really?"
[Yes one more time]
"You can't be serious?"
[...]
"..."
[...]
"Sigh! Fine."
With that said I aimed toward my mate's location once more, and then I heard Khaos's voice, again, however, this time around it wasn't the usual, "you failed" answer I have been getting from her nonstop, instead, it was instructions.
[Master make a right turn now, it happening the anomaly, we need to avoid it]
Instantly I followed Khaos's orders and made a right turn, once again Khaos spoke to me, as she continue to order me around.
[Master turn left now, run at a speed of 30 mph and run for two minutes, and make a big left turn, from their go straight, count to twenty, and make several right turns, every ten seconds right after]
I didn't question Khaos, her greater understanding, and the numerous attempts till now were most likely for this very moment, so with great precision, I follow her orders without fail.
I have been moving in weird patterns, for about two hours, these orders from Khaos didn't stop until nightfall when she gave her final orders and said.
[Good, we are close to beating it, one more push master, so please stop turn around and run at full speed ahead, we need to be able to beat it at its own race, to be caught would mean our loss, and we have to start all over again]
I didn't understand what was going on, but regardless of that, I instantly stop and look behind me, but for some reason, it was as if the surroundings changed again, I didn't run this way at all, however, there was a light coming from the darkness of the woods, especially in a giant hole in a tree, it's as if someone was setting a huge fire up ahead near that weird tree.
But I didn't have the luxury to pay it no mind, so I compress all my muscles in my back legs, and in every arm, as I went on all four well eight in my case, and like an agile eight-legged cheetah I blitz towards the light coming from the tree, breaking the sound barrier, my sense where as sharp as a razor edge and with the speed I was going I instantly reach, and that was when I felt it.
**CRACK**
At that moment I swore that I break through some weird ass barrier that felt like a wall of thickly layered glass of vast infinities, but upon doing this, my surrounding changed all I see was darkness, and for a moment.
Nothing but darkness surrounds me, I was lost.
"What happened to light upheld". I wonder, this puzzles me, I couldn't move, or speak in this place but yet, for some reason I felt a strong familiarity with this voiceless and void-less world.
Instinctively speaking, I have never felt more at home than I am now, to be honest, this good feeling of familiarity was overwhelming, to say the least, it was similar to being home, similar to being loved.
But I couldn't admire this weird space of infinite hollowness, because moments later something grab my attention, or more like something demanded, and beckon my attention.
And that is when I saw it, a figure, no a boy that look no less than 12 years old came into my view, similar to this void I felt a strong connection to him, he was short about 5" 2 or maybe 5" 3 in height, his skin was extremely pale as a vampire, the boy itself has long straight and beautiful blond hair that reaches the back of his knee, although his outer appearance was androgynous to some extent, he had an elegant sense of masculinity to him.
The boy had a pair of milky white horns adorn on his head, and also two pairs of eyes giving him four in total, the top where a menacing neon pink and the button was a calm and beautiful sky blue, he also had two pairs of wings on his back, both of which was draconic and angelic in design, with a white devil tail as well, although his tail acted as a belt, as he wore a weird black robe around his body, and in his hand was a white book.
He look at me or I think he was, strangely enough, I felt an extremely strong connection to this person.
Who was he I wondered?
The boy had a smile on his face, I then began to speak firmly, seriously, and calmly.
"Great Messenger, lover of the Yhoundehhla, the Shadow of Chaos, inheritor of the old wills, and child of the anointed and the accursed, the greater will approaches ever so slowly at the event horizon, but the connection is still weak, as things are now we won't be able to pioneer any further."
The boy said, with an annoyed expression, when he mentioned that they can't pioneer any further.
Meanwhile, I look at him confused about the situation, I want to talk, but I couldn't, however, he continued his speech as he walk even closer to me.
"Greetings great messenger, I am known as the prophet Lilu he who traverses the sea of dreams, the voice of the lord, and the right hand of the Anointed one, I go by many names and titles, but I am revered as the great Arch Duke of the Astral plane, so let's make this quick and simple shall we, you see this world lacks the necessary amount of chaos needed for the manifestation of our lord, father, and savior #&@&¥¢£@, to appear to this lesser realm, the invasion has already begun to bring all worlds under one crown, however, this world in particular harbors a thick wall preventing us from traversing any further, please fix this, so we can carry out the ordeal, and take this world as well as many other, I have high hopes that you will succeed in your mission."
"Ye who was born to invade, your mission has only begun, from one blood to another I wish you the best of luck, the path you walk is one of blood and chaos, but even so you will be enlightened as you age, you're destined to be an ambassador of many worlds, a father of thousand young, and a dark Dei... remember mortals are fragile beings, but their beliefs and fears, are what ma... U... So... Take... Th... Gift... And... Ki... He... Gods.
But as time goes on, his voice became harder and harder to hear, instead, I began to hear a familiar voice call out to me from the far distance.
[M...er...
[M..s...ter...
[Master]
[MASSTERR!!!]
'I know this voice, I see this is Khaos, but wait what about...
But when I look back at the mysterious figure who calls himself Lilu, he seems to have gotten further and further, or maybe my consciousness was leaving this place, but it wasn't long till he become a dot in the distance.
But as I rise upwards more and more, I soon realize a light came before me, it was bright, and my consciousness soon reach it.
"Ha... Where am I?"
I Said out loud, as I look at my surroundings, my eyes finally adjust, and when I came to, the first thing I saw was a wooden roof made from dark oak, and when I turn to my right, there was a scented candle halfway on the table beside me, it was halfway finished.
Finally conscious of my awakening I arise to find myself in an unfamiliar place.
"Where the hell am I?"
I said once more, to be honest, I was in a small room, and in it was nothing but a small bed, a wardrobe, and a wooden table at the end of the room, which was followed by a small scented candle that was burning steadily on the glass plate, it stands still supported by the melted wax that was placed underneath it harden interior.
Thankfully, Khaos responded to me.
[Finally, you came to, I was worried sick, I have been trying to call out to you ever since we broke through the complex multi-layered barrier]
"Ha. Khaos is that you, hahaha... I'm lost what happen wasn't I running, how did I end up here, no what is here, to begin with?"
[Master I want to apologize]
"Apologize for what?"
[I truly underestimate the capability of this world, and its mysteries]
"Agh... I don't understand can you explain."
[Well it seems that the threat level of this world is more than a mere D- class than what I originally thought, I came to this conclusion after studying the weird anomaly back in the forest, honestly, if you didn't have me by your side, then it would have been impossible to even break through that complex barrier or more like an abomination of defense mechanism that was preventing us from reaching your mate, and honestly, even I am impressed by the sheer complexity of it, it took me 300 tries to even grasp a surface level understanding on how it works as a protective system]
"So it was a barrier that was blocking us ha... And not spatial anomaly... Impressive indeed, although I'm still lost, to be honest, so let's start from the beginning, for one why were you giving me instructions to run all over the place."
[Well to explain that I first need to explain what I discovered about this forest through my greater understanding, you see master, the reason why your danger sense was all over the place wasn't that monsters were all over the place]
"Ha... Then why was it acting up, my danger sense only acts up like that once I'm in great danger, or when I am approaching a powerful mon...
It was at that moment that I finally realize what Khaos was saying, this realization both frightened me and fascinated me at the same time as I said.
"My God, the forest is the monster isn't it?"
[That right, this entire forest filled with giant trees, that block sunlight, is just one big monster with an extremely complicated and complex biology that is beyond human comprehension, it has organs, limbs, and everything a normal organism does]
"So that barrier, what exactly is it?"
[Like I said master this forest is alive and all those three and grass, are the equivalent of the hair on your legs, and the reason why we couldn't reach the mate wasn't that we were being teleported, no we were being swatted away, you know similar to how you swat a fly or mosquito from pitching on your skin when it bites or annoys you yeah, this monstrosity of a forest is like that, you see its definition of what limbs and movement are to it's being, is far more complex than what we can even comprehend]
"Hahaha... To think such a fascinating creature like this exists in this world, I wonder how would it taste?"
[Master you can't be serious, your thinking of food in a time like this]
"Sorry, sorry, let me apologize but I can't help it, it's a force of habit, but I understand a little better now, so what you are saying, the place we were trying to go was most likely a sensitive spot on its body, and if I was to use my self as an example, then I can relate about the fact that I wouldn't want a fly buzzing in my ears, pitching in my eyes, or flying in my mouth."
[Affirmative. You see this thing's movement is abstract, but after studying the weird force that keeps moving us from one place to another, I gain the ability to sense when it wants to act against us, so we can run away from its influence, although I still want to study it more]
"Interesting indeed, I also want to study this monster, I don't think it is a mere Primus Beast that is for sure, however, why was the signal at one of its sensitive spots?"
[I don't know, but this thing anatomy is very complex so I will need more time to study it before I can give you a proper answer, but I can tell you this much, the reason why I had you running around like a maniac was that I was trying to find an opening to get inside its stomach, seeing that the true signal is somewhere inside its body, so yeah, we manage to come through the nasal cavity, and when you broke through it protective mucus you went unconscious, and the reason why you're in a house well, hehe... Oh good timing indeed let them explain since they were the ones that saved you]
Badump! Badump! Badump!
"I see, well thanks for the heads up Khaos, either way, nothing has changed, I don't care if this forest is alive, I'm taking my mate with me at all costs, even if have to gut this behemoth from within, nothing will stop me from accomplishing my purpose."
"Who knows maybe I will find some way to devour this thing."
"But apart from that, the heartbeat of someone is close, and it's approaching."
When I said this, about thirty seconds later, the door opened up, and when I look towards the door, I was greeted with the sight of a beautiful dark skin woman who was dressed in a maid outfit, it was a middle age woman, who seems to be in her early thirties, or late forties.
She was 5"5 in height and had a rather plump build, that being large breasts and ass, her hair was ashen grey, and it was fashioned in a ponytail, she had emerald green eyes and a mole beside her lip.
She was pushing a cart consisting of bathing materials, a fancy-looking dress that was folded neatly, and bath water in a pan.
Our eyes meet for the first time, and she said with a surprised look on her face.
"Oh my, I see you're finally awake young miss, my master was considering bringing the village doctor to check your current condition, seeing you have been asleep for four whole days."