After resting for a while, the two decided to continue moving to find a way out.
"I still can't understand the mechanism between the two worlds"- Alexis
"You'll get used to it soon, now let's go home, I can smell the stench very close"- Wiro
Hoping on the wolf's back to continue moving, they passed through the ruined buildings. This place resembled a city but was so devastated that it was like the end of the world.
"Hey, this world is a product of everyone's subconscious, right?"- Alexis
"Not really, this world originally existed in parallel with the world you live in. This place is the embodiment of each person's true self. Those selves are often the deep secrets inside each person's soul that they want to hide and not show on the outside"- Wiro
Passing by places where giant tree roots grew everywhere, blue light dust was floating around. Alexis opened her hand to catch a dust particle, when it touched it, it immediately disappeared, leaving behind a warm feeling.
"So beautiful"- Alexis
"Looks like you two just had an interesting experience, huh?"
A voice caught their attention, a young man wearing a black helmet and riding a black motorbike that looked no different from a gangster. Alexis felt that the person was not okay so she was a bit wary, the other person immediately took off his helmet to reveal his handsome face.
"Hey, we just met a while ago, have you forgotten?"- Etham
"What else do you want, brat?"- Wiro
"Don't say such rude words, I'm just observing your master. You know very well how stupid your master is, he doesn't even realize danger"- Etham
"I know without you saying it!"- Wiro
"Come on, you two, please stop arguing. Wiro, you're tired from carrying me, so rest. As for you..."- Alexis
Gently stroking the wolf's head, he immediately became smaller in Alexis's palm, then she turned to look at the young man.
"I don't know what's wrong with you but I'm fine by myself"- Alexis
"Oh, but I don't think so. You see, your tarot soul has just been named, it's not strong enough to protect you. Moreover... you're too weak and soft-hearted"- Etham
Hearing that, Alexis paused, she turned to look at Etham.
"I don't need your pity, if you feel bothered then just leave me here"- Alexis
The girl's expression made Etham a bit surprised. When the girl was about to leave, he grabbed her arm to stop her.
"Wait a minute, I don't mean to mock you so don't misunderstand"- Etham
"..."- Alexis
"Come on, here!"- Etham
He threw Alexis the second helmet and put one on to cover her entire face.
"You can't get out of here on foot, what if something jumps out and attacks around here?"- Etham
Saying that, Etham snatched the helmet from the girl's hand and placed it on her head, carefully fastened the buckle, and lifted her onto the back seat of the bike. He started the engine of the motorbike, the loud noise attracted the attention of the monsters, when Etham turned the throttle, the motorbike immediately sped away very quickly, making Alexis startled and cling tightly to Etham's shirt. From the time she was born until now, she had never sat on a motorbike at such a high speed, if she were on the road, she would definitely be called by the traffic police.
The motorbike sped away so fast that the monsters who had just been chasing behind could not keep up, Etham sped towards a crack in the front, there were also monsters guarding it, but it seemed that Etham had no intention of slowing down.
"Shine on Ringan"- Etham
A beam of light appeared in Etham's palm, his eyes shone golden, the back of his long hair was dyed golden, then he released a beam of light, blowing away the monsters in one strike. The scooter easily passed through the gate without any obstacles.
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The two of them successfully entered the world of the living, Alexis's bicycle was placed on a nearby tree without any scratches. She breathed a sigh of relief that the bicycle was still there, otherwise she would have been in trouble.
"Thanks for taking me out of there"- Alexis took off her helmet
"No need to worry, newbies are easily lost in that world anyway"- Etham
"If there's nothing else, I'll go home"- Alexis
"Go ahead, just remember not to get into an accident while cycling"- Etham
"Jeez, thanks for the advice"- Alexis
Saying that, Alexis jumped on her bike and left, leaving Etham to look at the figure that had disappeared and take out his phone to make a call.
"She's back safely"- Etham
"Finally, I've bothered you too much. You're busy bringing that girl back home too"
"It's not that much trouble, she's quite annoying anyway so I have to bring her back quickly to get rid of her"- Etham
On Alexis's side, as soon as she returned home, she was greeted by her little sister Clara who had just returned from school.
"How's school, little sister?"- Alexis
"I'm so tired, the final exams are coming up so there's a lot more studying than last time"- Clara
"Do your best, just this one exam and you'll be fine"- Alexis
Putting her arms around her little sister's neck and teasing her, both teenage girls smiled happily.
At night, Alexis sat down at the table to continue writing her novel, although her writing ability was mediocre, she kept trying, hoping that one day she would succeed. But to be able to keep up with the current writing trend, she needed an idea to innovate, there were already many genres of novels written and loved.
Looking at Wiro who was sleeping soundly on the small pillow, it seemed that he was very tired from having to protect her while maintaining his large form, that's why he was so exhausted. Curious because she remembered the word that Wiro said about Ouroboros on social media, all the information often said that Ouroboros is a symbol of eternal renewal or the cycle of life, death and rebirth. When the snake sheds its skin, it symbolizes the reincarnation of the soul.
There is also information that the snake symbol also brings wealth and prosperity. Lust, malice, the balance between good and evil.
After reading that information, Alexis felt a little tired, she turned off the computer and lay on the bed to prepare for sleep, looking up at the white ceiling with the ceiling fan spinning continuously blowing cool wind into her face, making her eyes a little sleepy.
Sleep was coming, peaceful and comfortable without being disturbed by anything, until Alexis fell into a deep sleep without any precautions, there was a mysterious psychological force in the form of a snake wrapped around her.
"Found you, the child born on the right time...on the right day...precious child..."
The snake slowly imprinted itself on Alexis's body.
"It's a pity that you have to bear and endure what you didn't do...Ouroboros child...Nature is never fair in the way we want it to be...we can only obey"
Alexis suddenly woke up gasping for breath, it seemed like she had just had a dream...or was it a nightmare. Looking around, she saw that this was still her and her sister's bedroom. Outside, the sky was about to brighten, normally she would wake up if the alarm went off, but she woke up an hour before the alarm clock.
Perhaps she had been experiencing irregularities recently, so even her sleeping patterns were a bit irregular. Jumping out of bed to go to the bathroom, the moment she opened the door, she suddenly felt something very strange. A warm, fishy breath hit her face.
Alexis rubbed her eyes to see more clearly and saw a creature with its mouth wide open in front of her. Quietly closing the door, Alexis was about to go back to bed when suddenly a giant hand broke the door, she was so scared that she shouted loudly to hit Wiro.
The wolf immediately rushed forward, transformed into a giant form, grabbed the creature's arm and pulled it so hard that it severed it. The creature's black blood splattered everywhere, the monster howled in pain and then pulled its severed arm back and left.
Alexis had just woken up and she was already attacked like this.
"Now that you can see them, you can encounter things like this often" - Wiro
"Oh my god, what a headache. I really don't want to wake up like this every morning" - Alexis
"I can't help it, you're getting yourself into trouble."- Wiro