A Fungal Dream

Side Story 2.

I am hosting an event on discord, which will last until the end of the next month. The rules are simple: make up a character for the story, be it monster, human, knight, apostle, or hero. All ideas are welcome!

In this chapter, the character called Laudden was created by avulazi.

Discord: discord.gg/krr2hTX9PD

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??? time, ??? Hero POV:

"Stand up!"

Bamm!"

"I SAID STAND UP!"

The wooden sword fell on my back again, making me gasp for air.

Moaning in pain, I stood up again only to be punched in the face, making me fall once more.

"Tch, what a piece of garbage! Bring me the next one!"

Something fell on my bare body; he probably spit on me again and I was dragged away by the other guards who just enjoyed the show.

Ever since we were here, they just kept on abusing us.

At the crack of dawn, they would take us out of our cells, to throw us into a big iron cage.

Once everyone was in it, they would take us out one by one, to be chained and be beaten.

They tell us to fight but we can't even move in those heavy things, not to mention the new special collars they outfitted us.

These things could disturb our mana balance, making us unable to use our superpowers. k

Once we are unconscious, they would drag us back into the cage so the next one can take our place.

This lasted till night, then they would throw us back into our cells, with a little amount of food.

Or at least that happened to most of us.

Some girls would get ...' extra activities.'

I have no idea what that meant but, when I saw them in the morning, they had blank stares, some not even reacting to being beaten.

And there were those who were just gone.

No idea where they were taken, but it couldn't be good.

Once I finally managed to hiss myself up, I saw something new.

A new bunch of guards pushed another cage near us, this one was the same size as ours and was covered by a black sheet of fabric.

"It's here already? Damn I want to even finish with these bunch. Tch, bring them up and wake those lazy ones up."

Once again, they dragged us out and those who couldn't move, including me, were splashed with some green liquid, which healed our bodies enough for us to sit up.

When the last of us was in the state of being able to listen, the general came before us.

"Listen here you bunch of vermin! Our king has decided that you useless bunch should have a taste of what is waiting for you in the future!"

At his signal, the knights took off the sheet, revealing the thing hidden beneath it.

Somebody screamed, maybe it was me, but I was sure to hear it.

The thing in the cage was hideous beyond description.

it was vaguely humanoid, entirely made out of bones and green flesh.

As it turned towards us, I could see the lack of any facial features, only having a giant mouth filled with broken bones.

As it hissed at us, an electric shock hit it emanating from the cage itself.