Leon, out of curiosity, looked, and a skeleton shot an arrow that hit Leon's eye.
Leon screamed in pain.
The sound made nearby mobs notice them, and they started running toward them.
Nabil pulled the arrow from Leon's eye and started running with him. Leon was bleeding.
"Don't worry, I will fix this once we get out of this cave."
They saw the entry, but some zombies were also standing there.
Leon shot an energy ball, but it missed because his left eye was damaged, hitting a rock and blocking the entry point.
"Oh, shit," says Nabil, seeing a lane on the right. He ran that way, but Leon kept running straight.
Nabil stopped, seeing this, and called Leon, but suddenly he started falling.
He had unfortunately stood on a hole, which caused him to fall.
He was falling deeper and deeper until he finally hit something.
He landed on top of a fully armored person who was sitting under the hole, doing something with the ground.
As soon as he landed, both he and the person crashed to the ground.
"What the...?" said Nabil after hitting the person and the ground.
"Ouch...what is this?" said the person with a female voice.
She moved from the place, pulling out her black sword and aiming to attack Nabil, but Nabil blocked with his glowing diamond sword.
"A human?" said the armored female, seeing Nabil's sword and reflexes.
"Huh...yes, I am a human," replied Nabil.
Nabil took off his helmet and saw the person was wearing diamond armor.
"Oh god...you again," said the armored female in an annoyed voice.
"What? What's wrong with me?" asked Nabil.
"I can't believe it. Every time I've encountered you, I had to use my rare items."
"Wait, who are you? I don't even know you," said Nabil.
"Sure, you don't know me," said the female voice, opening her helmet.
It was Athoi.
"Oh, you are the person. I remember your face. I was burned, and I saw you were there with Whfi, and then I don't remember anything. All I remembered was your face," said Nabil.
"Oh. However, now go away. Where did you come from, and more importantly, you didn't let me complete my trap. Wish I had finished it before you fell. You would have died after falling," said Athoi.
"I am sorry if I did anything wrong, but it wasn't intentional," said Nabil.
"Howe..." Athoi started to speak, but at that moment, zombies also started to fall from the hole.
"Great, now I am not safe in my mining spot anymore," said Athoi.
She took a bow from her inventory and took a glowing arrow, saying to Nabil, "Move."
She shot an arrow toward the hole, hitting the exact point where Nabil fell.
"Run, follow me," said Athoi, and started running in the opposite direction.
"What?" asked Nabil.
Athoi grabbed Nabil's hand and started running away from the hole, and exactly three seconds later, the area exploded.
After the explosion's smoke faded away, Nabil saw that his armor was destroyed and the hole area was now sealed.
Seeing no armor on his body, he said, "Hey, where is my armor?"
"They got destroyed. I'm glad I pulled you; otherwise, the same thing would have happened to you," said Athoi.
"But how?" asked Nabil.
"Are you a kid? Huh?" asked Athoi.
"No, I am not," replied Nabil.
"If you're not a kid, then you are dumb. Stop asking me questions," said Athoi angrily.
"Um...ok," said Nabil.
"I was planting a trap there for mobs, but before I could add the pressure plate, you fell on top of me. After you fell, I couldn't complete the trap, and when the zombies fell, I shot an arrow there so it exploded," said Athoi.
"Oh. I am sorry then," said Nabil.
"Look, we are now trapped underground. I don't want you to stay close to me, so go away," said Athoi.
"But there is only one way. Why do I feel like you are annoyed by me? I didn't do anything," said Nabil.
"Look, boy. That day when I first saw you, you were almost dead. I had an offer to kill you in exchange for saving you, but I didn't. I saved you using the potion of life I had for myself. I had only one."
"Then again, after I ground some more potions, I saw you again, and I had to use another potion of life to save you," said Athoi.
"So you saved me twice," said Nabil. "Thanks, thank you very much for saving me, but why are you annoyed with me? And why did you leave after saving me?"
"The answer to both is the same. I don't want to talk with a boy. Now I hate them," said Athoi.
"Why do you hate boys? That's sexist," said Nabil.
"Shut up. I am a good person, so I saved you, that's it. Now I have enough equipment to kill you, but I won't kill anyone anymore," said Athoi, starting to walk away.
"Ok, but still, thanks," said Nabil.
Both reached a dead end.
"Do you have a pickaxe?" asked Athoi.
"Yes, I have," replied Nabil.
"Now don't talk and start mining. Otherwise, we can't get out of this place," said Athoi.
"Oh...yeah," said Nabil, pulling out his stone pickaxe from his inventory.
"Oh, yeah," said Nabil, pulling out his stone pickaxe from his inventory.
Seeing the pickaxe, Athoi asked, "Don't you have a better pickaxe?"
"No, I don't. This is the best I have," replied Nabil.
"What's your level?" Athoi asked.
"My level? It's 53," Nabil answered.
"No way, you must be lying," Athoi said.
"Why? What's wrong?" Nabil asked, confused.
"You're wearing stone armor, using a stone pickaxe, and your best weapon is that diamond sword. And you're telling me you're level 53? It's hard to believe," Athoi said.
"What's your level then?" Nabil asked.
"It's 56," Athoi replied.
"My level is lower than yours. How is level 53 too much?" Nabil said, perplexed.
"Look at me. I'm wearing obsidian armor, and all my tools are obsidian made. You look like a noob with low IQ," Athoi said bluntly.
"I don't know how I leveled up, but it wasn't fully my work. I almost did nothing to gain this level," Nabil said.
"So, how did you level up?" Athoi asked.
"My pets did most of the work, and I leveled up and gained coins," Nabil explained.
While they were talking, some rats came out of the soil, creating a hole as they ran away.
"Don't ask questions, run!" Athoi shouted, sprinting back the way they came.
Nabil glanced at the hole and saw lava seeping out. Seeing this, he started running too.
The lava melted the soil and started flowing rapidly in their direction. Nabil looked back and saw the lava was almost upon him. Athoi reached the dead end and saw that the lava had nearly caught up with Nabil, who was standing and pressing a button on his hand.
"Idiot, what are you doing?" Athoi shouted, seeing Nabil holding a potion bottle. He threw the potion at the lava, which solidified and stopped.
"Stopped it," Nabil said with relief.
"How did you do that?" Athoi asked.
"While running, my system suggested using the potion of hardening, so I threw it on the lava," Nabil explained.
"Thanks. I thought it was the end," Athoi said.
"It will turn back to liquid in three minutes. We need to do something before that happens, or we won't survive," Athoi said urgently.
"Yeah, but what do we do? Any ideas?" Nabil asked.
"Do you have any potions with a purple liquid?" Athoi asked.
"Wait," Nabil said, checking his inventory. "Yes, I have one," he replied.
"Great. We need to dig a hole and then use the potion. It will create a bubble that can phase through any objects for 30 seconds. If we can fit inside, we can escape," Athoi explained.
"Are you sure?" Nabil asked.
"Show me the potion or tell me what your system says about it," Athoi instructed.
"Okay," Nabil said, taking out the potion.
**
"It says Fuzi," Nabil informed her.
"Great, that's the one," Athoi said, starting to dig a small hole. She checked if she could fit and said, "The hole is ready. Now we need water. Wait... I don't have any water."
"I have water," Nabil said.
"Wow, you're a lifesaver," Athoi said.
Nabil took out his bucket and gave it to Athoi, who poured water into the hole.
**<30 seconds left>** (Nabil's system)
"30 seconds left," Nabil said.
"What? Shit, we can't both escape in that time," Athoi said.
"Now what?" Nabil asked.
"Get in the hole," Athoi commanded.
"It's too small for both of us," Nabil said.
"Are you dumb? We can fit if we hold each other tight," Athoi said, taking off her armor and sending it to her inventory. "Taking off armor saves space. Now hold me tight."
"Are you sure?" Nabil asked.
The lava was released.
"Come on, I'm sure," Athoi said, pulling Nabil in and holding him tight. She dropped the potion into the water, creating a bubble that barely covered them. The bubble started floating up, phasing through everything.
"Don't move," Athoi said as the bubble phased through the cave. They reached the upper side of the cave, and Athoi moved slightly, popping the bubble.
She stepped away from Nabil.
"Wait, I counted the time. Why did you pop the bubble before the timer ended?" Nabil asked.
"Um, truthfully, your hand touched my bra and moved it, so I shifted," Athoi began, but Nabil interrupted.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that. Please forgive me," Nabil said quickly.
"I know. It happened because I pulled you and your hand ended up in a weird position. Also, we're not in a bad situation anymore. We can get out easily from here," Athoi said.
"Yeah, I think so," Nabil agreed.
"Can you turn around for a moment? I'm not in a good shape," Athoi said.
"Oh... yeah... sure," Nabil said, turning around.
Athoi started fixing her bra, seeing that Nabil had turned away.