Steps, steps, deep breathing... "I don't know how long it will take me to reach the top of the mountain, but it feels like my energy is draining the moment I take a step." he looks around and at Rex, who appears to be doing fine.
deep breathing... confused San muses within (he looks completely fine, maybe something is wrong with me than)
"Hey, San, are you okay? I've noticed that you seem a little exhausted and that you're having trouble breathing. We can take a break, and then we can go back to walking." Said the worried Rex
Everything is fine, and I have good balance.…
(liar)
Dizzy… San says, "AAhhhhhhhh," as he falls to the ground and grabs his head with both hands.
San!!!... With a loud voice and a worried expression, Rex rushes towards San and grabs his shoulder, asking, "Man, are you alright? Look just rest." Rex looks around, but all he sees are bushes and trees with tiny, dazzling colored balls floating in the air.
(Damm it, there's nothing I can do right now,)
Hold on!!! in my bag, there was something my boss gave me before we left that location.
Holds the bag... (I put that thing in that there; I know there's something there. Found it!!!) After pulling an injection from the bag, Rex rushes over to inject San in the arm, causing his body to begin absorbing the luminous balls that were in the air.
?!...
What is this? Unknown mark appears on the opposite side of his hand as surprised san examines them with a perplexed expression (I've never seen this before and my body feels so light and brand-new).
"Hey, what were you doing?" With a polite question, San asks Rex, "I don't know, honest." Rex then hands San the injection and says, "This is what boss gave me when we were coming here. He told me that if something happened, that made one of us feel uneasy or weak, we must inject this as soon as possible. He did also tell me to be careful of, like this expansion thing."
"What's your meaning?" San looks at Rex with a perplexed expression and says, "Explain to me what else the boss told you."
With an irritated look on his face, Rex scratches the back of his head. "Alright, alright, let me explain. I don't know what this expansion thing is, but my boss told me to inform you once you reached near the mountain spirit edge. He told me, a certain place is like a haunting place for expansion users, it absorbs their power and makes them weaker to the point, if the user tries to use his expansion, he will die as soon as it is stimulated."
San firmly grasps Rex's arm and asks, "Rex, how did you know all of this? It's not like you could recall everything at one glance, right?!" with an expression that is both very curious and anxious.
Rex rolls his eyes up and makes a goofy face while thinking. "Well, I don't typically, but my boss informed me that if I work hard, I will eventually have it too; it's a really enjoyable thing." Rex looks at San. "Wait—if I give it some thought." doesn't that make sense that you're also a user of expansion things?!" Rex exclaimed (surprised).
"Rex, you truly are an idiot, I thought, all this time you would have known that I'm an expansion user," San smacks his head.
Wow… (Glittering eyes) grinning Rex said, "San, let me see your expansion."
"Rex, you've already seen it; it's the colorful chamber I made you go into multiple times."
Disappointed…
With a disappointed expression, Rex pointed at San and said, "You me those garbage looking colors only thing is your expansion, you have truly disappointed me, even a dog can have better expansion than you."
Embarrassed…
"Look at it! It's not rubbish, at least not in the sense that I have one and you don't even, and it's not just about the colors; expansion is subtle and can provide you with more than you could have imagined." San shouted as he slightly raised his finger.
San turns and starts to move. "I will briefly explain everything to you, but for the time being, let's go on."
Okay… Is expansion really that useful, inquires Rex as he follows San.
"I understand that you are considering that guy who broke the expansion," remarked San with a grave expression on his face.
"Yeah, that was unexpected because I had never seen that thing break,"
"Me too, as the folks I know couldn't do it up until now. For now, I'll tell you the uses of expansion,"
Alright…
"My expansion is an illusion kind expansion; when I trap someone within it, I can basically have a mirror of them; before you ask, that means that I can just have them battle their own mirror."
"really?! But, I never noticed that—oh, yeah, I never went into your zone when on missions. Does Mark also have to like you?"
He's making progress, but there's a chance he could be able to activate the first phase…
Are there any drawbacks to these expansions, San? Rex asked, casting a sidelong glance.
"Yes, but the two that I have seen thus far are: the first is that if your opponent is stronger than you or possesses a stronger expansion than you, they can essentially replace your expansion with theirs and your trap entirely; the second is that an expansion has a time limit if it is used more than twice. Your body wouldn't be able to take it and would release so much pain that you would want to die since it would be nearly impossible to endure."
"Than it means, having an expansion is really dangerous and it's—ju—st—I want to get it no matter what"
"Yeah, yeah sure, let's continue, as obtaining an expansion already takes a lot of labor, and activating a basic expansion level is more difficult for the next generation."
Stops…
"Why did you stopped?" Rex asks, peering around the corner to see a massive, pitch-black cave close to the mountain's entrance.
Lets go….
"ohi!! Are you really going to step inside? We have no idea what might be inside—perhaps a gigantic monster or something else entirely! Rex tells San with a worried gaze.
"We must know what is within, which is why we are going inside." look at Rex and respond with a wide smile.
"look at this bastard right now"
Alright than let's head it…
Steps… steps…
They went inside the cave and vanished into the dark.
"there's a lot of dark here" Rex states
Suddenly the whole black glows with the glowing lights that appears to be coming out the San body… "What's this? Are they the lights you were absorbing from earlier?"
"yeah"
Hah--Ha—Ah Sssaa-Saaa---aannnn
What? San looks at the fearful expression on Rex's face as he commands, "Look in front of you."
San quickly turns around to see a gigantic, muscular creature with black markings on his body and red skin staring at him with his black, red eyes ready to hurl a massive wooden hammer at him.
SANNN!!!
Smash….