***10:00PM***
The entire School Garden had gone instantly quiet. The group had to act fast because maybe an Anti-Meta Human Officers might arrive. This reminded Miller of the last full moon night and a little smile could be seen on his face. After walking for a while, they had finally arrived at the exact spot.
It was just a tree. Seeing this tree reminded Miller of something. It was close to the three were he had punched his hand and broke it when he was still facing that Killer Mode Problem.
"This is the place." Catherine said.
"How can you be so sure?" Lillian asked. "It is just a tree."
"If you don't trust me. Just leave." Catherine snapped.
She wasn't happy with the fact that Somebody would question her knowledge about Magic. She didn't actually take words seriously, but when it was related to her knowledge about Magic, she didn't like it at all.
"There is a kind of Magic, that you can do that would make an object a door or to be honest a Key to a room. The room might not even be physically existing." Catherine said.
"But to manipulate magic to that extent," Catherine continued with a sigh, "you'd need to be a powerful magician, much more advanced than I am currently. My abilities are growing, but this is beyond my reach at the moment."
Miller nodded in understanding. The challenges they were facing were becoming increasingly complex, and they needed to be patient with their own learning curve. They couldn't expect Catherine to perform feats of magic she hadn't mastered yet.
"We appreciate your efforts, Catherine," Miller said with a reassuring smile. "Let's explore this further. Maybe we can find a way to unlock whatever is hidden here, even if it's not through magic."
Catherine touched the tree with her two fingers. She started to whisper incantations. Even with Miller and Alex's super hearing they couldn't understand clearly what she is saying.
'Magic is really confusing.' Miller thought.
In an instant her two fingers - her index and middle fingers increased and sharpened and started to make marks at the tree. The marks went in a certain shape. The marks were made in a circle and others circle were made inside of each circle.
She continued saying words they couldn't understand until finally those marks started to glow white and then finally it covered all of them and they could now feel themselves shrinking and entering into the tree Without control.
It was like an external factor was drawing them closer and closer until they were finally sunk into the tree and disappeared...
'Why does my head hurt.' That was the thought all of them had except Catherine who knew what was going to happen.
As each of them opened their eyes, beyond they were in a large room with doors about seven different doors looking at them. The room was large in size and where they were their was almost nothing fancy. The woods could be seen underneaths and there was two windows at each side.
Miller went to the window and when he looked at it. He could see nothing but darkness.
"Where are we?" Miller asked.
"You wouldn't understand much. But i would just explain a little detail to you all. The tree was the passage to the room. This room was created by Magic and by a Strong person indeed. This room doesn't exist in the physical world. It is in Realm." Catherine explained. "This was why i couldn't find Emily."
"The person who created this space must be a strong Magician and I don't know who can do that. Even Victor Carter..." Catherine wasn't able to complete her sentence because Watson interrupted.
"Victor Carter, what?" Watson asked.
"Victor Carter is a Magician." Miller said to Watson and then looked at Catherine and said. "But how did you know that Catherine."
"It's a Magician Secret." Catherine said. "A Magician never exposes his secret."
Miller sighed.
"You see those doors. Those Seven doors. Those are trials we would have to face before we get to the real room." Catherine said. "This place is called Chambers of Mystique."
[1000 EXP granted to the User for the First Time Entering a Chamber of Mystique created by a Magician]
[EXP: 2200/1600]
[Congratulations! You are now in Level 12]
[EXP: 600/3200 Experience Points Needed]
"So what are we waiting for let's go open one." Lillian said as she started to move. But before she could move two steps away, someone dragged her by the shoulder at the last second.
"Why would you..." She almost shouted at Miller who dragged her, but when she looked at the place she had just passed, sharp spikes from underneath the floor came up and from above and would have snapped her body into two, if Miller hadn't draged her at the last second. She was grateful.
"Miller you are really fast." Catherine said and then she looked at Lillian and Watson and said. "You two are the weakest here and you would have to stay behind us."
Catherine ran to where the spikes would appear and before they could appear she said one word.
"Carissima ferrum verti in russe."
In an instant, all of them rusted and gradually started Turning to dust.
'Why do I feel a little bit weak.' Catherine thought worried.
"Should we move now." Alex said.
"Yes." Catherine said. "But i don't know which door we are supposed to open. All of them or one of them might be a trap."
[X-RAY]
[ERROR!!!]
[X-ray Failed!]
"What is happening to my Abilities." Miller complained to the System. Yet the System didn't give him an answer.
"We have to stay together, we don't know what would be coming out from any door." Catherine said.
The five of them started to move to the first door and they were ready to open it. They left the opening to Catherine, since she was the Magician here after all.
*Knock Knock
Catherine knocked the door like she expected somebody to answer. But their was no answer.
'I am really scared, Should i even open this door.' Catherine Thought worried.
She gathered the courage and started to open the door gradually until the door finally opened itself. What did they see? They saw nothing. It was completely dark. The room looked darker than darkness itself as even Miller, Alex and Catherine couldn't see inside.
"I think there is nothing here." Catherine said as she was about to close the door. But something couldn't let her."
"What is happening." Catherine said in a serious tone. "Guess. come and help me something might be trying to escape through the open door."
Without hesitation, Miller and Alex went to help her. Miller immediately put all his Stats into his strength and giving him Significant boost and yet the door kept opening like there was a force stopping it from closing.
THUD!
Something from the dark room had jolted the three backwards..Lillian and Watson seeing this ran and were now behind the three.
"What is going on." Alex said.
"Do you mean. What is that." Watson said terrifying.
As the three who had been jolted backwards looked at what had come out of the first door. Behold It was a Beast. It had razor sharp teeths and had a humanoid figure and was tall around nine foot tall and worst of all it didn't look friendly at all.
'We are going to die.' Lillian thought worried.
At Miller's retina:
[New Quest Received!]
[Survive all the attacks you receive from this place]
[Quest Reward]
[An Instant Level Up]
[Coins Expectancy]
[Poor: 1000]
[Average: 2000]
[Excellent: 5000]
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