" Who the hell is he? How did he get inside?"
" Why are you asking me that? Isn't it your job to look after this place? Is the system already malfunctioning? I thought we had it fixed yesterday!"
" Somebody must have screwed up. You have to fix it."
" Why me? You do it. You are in charge of this place when the Master is away!"
Noah heard two people talking, but instead of pleasant voices, they had rough, mechanical voices without any emotion. It sounded like early artificial intelligence that was popular these days in his country.
He opened his eyes to see two balls of lights arguing over something. He looked down to see his body was gone, " What the fuck!?" He exclaimed that's when two entities noticed his presence.
" How is he conscious? I thought that was impossible! Put him down immediately; it will be our doom if Master finds out about this!" The entity ordered like it was the boss of this place.
" Wait! What is happening? Are you trying to kill me?" Noah backed away, and that's when he realised he was able to move without a body.
" He is speaking to us too. It's an anomaly; we have to do something!" The same being spoke again and started getting closer to Noah.
" Wait a minute, if he is here, that means that Master allowed him. You know that nothing enters here without his consent. Even if he is not here, it's impossible to breathe this place." The other entity, which was silent up to this point, spoke, dissuading the other from taking drastic actions.
" You have a point. So, what should we do to him? From the look of him, he travelled quite a lot of distance to get here."
" His body is still functional. Maybe it would fix itself if we left him."
" Who the fuck are you? Are you the one that has been messing with me? One moment I am in the fucking cave with a monster; now I am here; what the, why is it so bright in here?"
" It's fine. It may be daunting for your mind to perceive this reality as a way to protect itself. I don't know how long you could stay here, but I think you are approaching the limit." The entity which came in his defence said without giving him any proper answers.
Noah also didn't notice because all he heard was he only had a few moments to live. It's been a day since he had been abducted, and already his life was threatened for a second time.
" Fuck this! Send me back!" He was ready to keep his life one day and be eaten by a monster rather than die in an unknown place in a few minutes. Suddenly, loud noises were heard in the distance, which made the two light sources shiver with fear.
"*tu*tu*tu*tu*tu*tu*tu*tu*tu*tu*"
Samuel was completely unaffected, but the same couldn't be said for the other two. The entity that was going to exterminate him spoke again.
" We can't. You are a guest here, and we are prohibited from taking action." He sounded the same, but for some reason, Samuel could feel that he was scared for some reason.
Noah fell into a dilemma; he didn't know what they wanted from him, but he was not going to die there. He moved his non-existent body and leapt toward one of them. It was the kinder entity that defended him earlier.
If they were not going to take action, he was ready to do one thing that he thought could work. Take fucking hostages! He thought he had succeeded when he suddenly felt cold, but immediately, he seemed to pass through it.
" This is quite a dilemma. We are not allowed to act, but he would wither away under pressure in a few seconds." They didn't mind him jumping around. They were higher beings; a puny little human soul couldn't even face their true form without assistance.
Noah was lucky he had been granted permission, or else for touching those entities, he would have burned to smithereens in an instant.
" Wait, I am getting something. I received a new mission for you."
" Now? I have other pending missions?"
" Leave it to others. You have to travel with him, but you are not to interfere with anything that's against the rules. The rest of it will be explained as soon as you descend on that place. Good luck."
" Why me? I am only a worker here. If it's important, why not give it those pompous guys?"
" I don't know the reason. But you have been selected. Goodbye."
Noah, who was listening to their conversation, suddenly lost consciousness again. The last thing that he heard was a long mechanical sigh, and he felt his consciousness break into a million pieces. He didn't know what happened, and not long after, he was awoken by a loud clanking sound.
He opened his tired eyes to see what was happening. His mind was a mess, he had a headache, and his body was hurting everywhere because he slept on hard ground. He groaned as he pulled his body to sit upright.
" Shh....young man, don't make any sound." The old man from before whispered for him to keep quiet. Noah looked around to see everyone was looking at him with annoyed faces. They were scared about something.
" You slept for a long time, but the show starts now. The pigface will awake any minute now. Just pray that you are not next." The old man said with a sad expression.
Noah, who thought he escaped death, was slapped with reality again. He was still stuck in the fucking cave waiting for a brutal slaughter. He was already dreading it because he looked the 'meatiest' of everyone out here.
If he didn't think of a plan to escape, he was sure he would be devoured alive. That's when he saw a bright light suddenly appearing before his eyes. He closed his eyes because it was too dazzling for him and, after feeling it was over, opened them to see a small ball of light floating in front of him.
" It's you!" He exclaimed loudly, making everyone curse him softly. He was elated to see the ball of light, but his happiness didn't last long as he saw the pigheaded monster directly looking at him.
" Fuck! It's over!"