At this moment, their adrenaline fades away, the air mixed with the stench of blood and gasoline. They sat on the ground and stared at the wolf's mangled body blankly.
"Finally...Oh, by the way, you made a nice boom." Jonas said, his voice exhausted.
"Haha...Thanks for the compliment." Falkmar said with a wry smile.
Dong...Dong...Dong...
A loud, deep sound travels through the air to their ears. Their eyes widened and filled with dread as the giant humanoid shadow in the huge fog that covered the horizon drew near, every step making the land tremble.
Now the fog has crept into the city, shrouding the ruined buildings. Falkmar and Jonas were far from the huge fog, but its incredible speed was alarming.
"Run!" Falkmar shouted, his voice filled with fear.
He rose anxiously quickly pulled up Jonas and ran. As their adrenaline surged, their exhaustion faded, and their pace quickened.
They turn a corner and run in a direction, it was the direction of the underground shelter. Right now, the run race has started.
"The speed of that fog is too fast!"Jonas shouted desperately, but his pace didn't slow down.
"It's far from us! And our shelter is near to us! Keep it up!" Falkmar shouted to encourage Jonas.
They run and jump off the obstacle on the road. Feeling their lungs burning and legs arching, they determined to reach the shelter before the huge fog engulfed them.
Time passed little by little, and the fog got closer and closer to them. The giant humanoid shadow is like the one who controls the fog because the fog keeps following him.
Dong...Dong...Dong...
The giant humanoid shadow takes a few steps forward, pauses, then repeats the pattern. If they watch from the side, they will see many tentacle-like shadows and hand shadows pulling the giant shadow to stop.
Far away in the city, the giant shadow leaves its huge footprints wherever it passes. Its footprint is like a human's foot but with twelve toes.
Falkmar and Jonas sprint down a ruined street, their hair flying and sweat streaming down their forehead.
"It's near! It's near!" Falkmar shouted in mind.
"Finally almost there!" Jonas shouted in mind too.
They were afraid to shout it out, fearing a lack of oxygen. They had already been running for a long time, and their adrenaline was starting to fade.
But now the fog was right behind them, engulfing everything relentlessly, moving incredibly fast, and starting to reach their feet.
When the fog touched their feet, they felt a cold feeling spread from the soles of their feet to their whole bodies. Their hearts were shaken as if they discovered that the fog had touched them under their feet.
"Oh shit!" Jonas scolded in his mind and his eyes widened as he saw at his feet. With that, he immediately speeds up.
Jonas was running behind Falkmar so he was the first one who was touched by the fog. And the fog gives him the motivation to speed up and overtake Falkmar.
"What the?!" Falkmar eyes widened as he saw Jonas overtake him, in his opinion, this was not possible. Jonas' stamina is always worse than Falkmar's from elementary school to college.
An abnormal sight made Falkmar look back. When he looked back and saw that the huge and heavy fog was already a few feet away, his face changed from confusion to fear.
"Fuck you!! Jonas!!!" Falkmar shouted out of fear.
"Why scold at me?!" Jonas shouted in grievance.
"No why!! Just wanted to fuck you!!" Falkmar shouted and immediately sped up.
The fog behind them makes them feel like a grim reaper behind them. They wanted to get rid of it but the adrenaline was completely gone and the distance between Falkmar, Jonas, and shelter was just a few hundred steps more.
"Keep it up! I see our house now!" Falkmar shouted to Jonas.
Jonas didn't respond to Falkma. His vision started to blur, and he felt dizzy. The long run had already drained his energy, and he wouldn't last much longer before fainting.
Falkmar noticed something was off and turned back, realizing Jonas was lagging and looked unwell. Just when Falkmar slowed down his pace to wait for Jonas to catch up...Jonas fainted.
"Jonas!" Falkmar quickly ran to him and caught him.
His clothes are soaked with blood and sweat, his breathing is weak, and his face looks pale. A wave of worry arose in Falkmar's heart. After he catches Jonas and carries on the back, he runs to their shelter.
However, Falkmar's act made the fog more closer to them. Now the fog touched Falkmar's feet again and almost engulfed Jonas.
Falkmar's heart racing in his chest and his legs couldn't help but tremble because of tiredness and the weight on his back.
As he stepped into the forecourt of Jonas' luxury villa he felt a surge of ecstasy. But fog followed closely.
Jonas' villa has a second floor with a swimming pool and a garden. Before it was beautiful, luxury but now it's ruined. The villa has collapsed, the water of the swimming pool has gone, and the flowers inside the garden are withered.
Falkmar saw this view and didn't stop but ran inside the collapsed villa because the shelter was inside there.
The door to the shelter was concealed beneath a carpet at the entrance of the villa. Falkmar, carrying Jonas, quickly runs to the carpet, but his eyes widen with desperation and sadness upon seeing the carpet is gone and the shelter door is open.
"What...?" Falkmar's eyes filled with surprise and his voice trembled as he spoke.
"Dad! Mom! Are guys there?" Falkmar shouted. The light in the shelter seems off or broken so it's entirely dark.
A few seconds passed, and Falkmar didn't receive any response. The fog stopped right at the villa's forecourt as if also waiting for a reply from Falkmar's parents or Jonas' parents.
"Mr. Jeckrew? Mrs. Mila? Are you there?" Falkmar did not give up and shouted again, this time it was the parents of Jonas.
A few seconds passed again. Falkmar wanted to go down and check, but his reason warned him not to. His dread built inside his mind as he stared into the dark.
Bong!
A sudden sound scared Falkmar. The sound was a stomp from the giant shadow that was inside the fog it seemed the shadow was mad.
This stomp causes the hand and tentacle on its back to vanish, while also accelerating the movement of the fog.
The fog suddenly moves towards Falkmar, leaving him no choice. He anxiously considers whether to step into the fog or descend into the dark shelter.
Just as Falkmar is about to carry Jonas down into the dark shelter using the ladder, a sudden exhale carrying the stench of blood wafts from the entrance of the shelter.
"Huh...?" Falkmar stunned and smelled the stench of blood from the exhale. His hand that was going carry Jonas was frozen by this.
"Who's down there?!" Falkmar whispered, his voice heavy with fear. He carried Jonas and walked backward subconsciously.
Because of Falkmar's act, the fog behind them engulfed Falkmar and Jonas. Falkmar's eyes filled with desperation as the fog engulfed them, he didn't know if their parents were still alive or not.
After they were engulfed by the fog, not only was the grass on the forecourt gone but also the ruined villa gone. Falkmar knows it's not because the fog is too thick it's because the fog transfers them to another space now.
Just when Falkmar saw the blood-red wolf, it further confirmed his idea that the fog is connected with other worlds. After all, there is no creature like that in the earth.
Now the space where they stand is entirely white. It seems boundless and nobody here but Falkmar and Jonas.
Falkmar suddenly sat down as if lost all the power he had. Killing the blood-red wolf and a long time of running already make him exhausted.
"Ahh...!!!" At this moment, Falkmar cried, tears began to fall from his eyes and also blur his sight.
Falkmar slammed his fist into the ground, not stopping until blood appeared. He doesn't know if their parents are alive or not, seeing fainted Jonas lying beside him and this boundless white space, Falkmar's eyes filled with tears and desperation.
Right now, he is helpless. He didn't know what he should do and sat on the ground with his hands covered face.
"Ahh!!!" Falkmar shouted until his voice hoarse.
"What the hell happened to this shit world!!!"
"Everything is the best arrangement? Fuck your asshole arrangement!!!"
"Why! Why!! Why!!!"
Falkmar shouted angrily, venting all his feelings of fear, helplessness, and madness in this space. He hates, he fears, he despairs, and losing all motivation to live.
"Jonas...I'm sorry..." Falkmar said in a low voice, he used his hands to cover his face and cried.
A young man's mind collapsed. The weight on his back was like a mountain pressing down on him. He sat on the ground and cried for a long time.