𝔖𝔬, ℑ 𝔊𝔬𝔱 ℜ𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡

ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 39 - 𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔞 𝔊𝔬𝔡

𝔄𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔐𝔞𝔫𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔡

When one seeks the solutions of the world, one may become trapped in a never-ending cycle of question and answer. People have been seeking ways to improve their lives and live in comfort—to survive the harsh world better.

What is progress? Is it to abolish beliefs and faith? Is it to proceed without a God? It may appear arrogant to those who have ventured to live with a God. Still, would you even abandon religion to pursue your own vision of progress?

What does it mean to survive in a harsh world ruled by beings of immense power? A power that you cannot imagine rivaling against. A power that appears to be reserved for Gods?

How would you have taken the path of your people to safety, when along the way you have broken the laws and rules sustaining the realities of this world? Where does arrogance lead you?

"𝔉𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰."

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Himeko

"How is this supposed to work?" tanong ko.

"Shh. Shh! I'm working on it here. Can you just stay silent for a second?" inis niyang tanong sabay taboy sa akin papalayo.

Ugh. Sabi ko na nga ba. Tinahak nalang sana namin yung isang pathway. But he didn't listen! Look where we are now! Another puzzle to solve. I hate this.

Kahit hindi ako ang nagso-solve, sumasakit ang ulo ko sa ginagawa ni Mason.

"This goes here... No, wait... It's in a different angle..." he had his hand on his lower face with intense focus evident in his eyes. He was thinking deeply while busy arranging the tiny tiles of clay on the large clay tablet, forming a picture or something of that sort. I have no idea what he's doing to be exact. All I know is that he's fixing the damn puzzle.

Napunta naman ang paningin ko sa batang kasama namin na kanina pa nanghahukat ng mga bagay-bagay sa paligid.

"Loren, bitawan mo na muna yang dala-dala mo," I was worried because of how heavy the bag looks. Hindi ko alam kung saan niya nabunot ang bag na iyan basta may bag na siya bigla kanina. It's like he can summon any bag to carry the things he stole.

"Okay lang Ate," while picking more materials. He examines it first before nodding to himself, satisfied if the material is worth something. Is that a habit of his? Kung si Mason ay abala sa paglutas ng mga problema o puzzles, eto namang si Loren ay namumulot ng mga kagamitang nagkalat sa paligid.

Tahimik nalamang akong naglibot-libot sa ancient chamber na pinasukan namin. Oh, I forgot to mention, I killed the monster earlier so we moved on from that chamber.

Anong klaseng nilalang iyon? Parang halimaw na puno ng itim na aura. Like some kind of...malicious and stained aura.

I have no exact idea how auras work. But the same with mana, I think it could also face specific problems. Or...diseases. Is it even possible for mana and aura to face some kind of disease? Earlier, I felt how unbalanced that creature's aura was. It was some kind of a chaotic aura.