The Wings of War: The Secret Labryinth

21. Roaming The Walls

𝗪ith a new pathway slowly opening up, Axel Robbins jumped to his feet as he saw an alleyway lie infront of him, with torches on the wall as secret words could be seen written on the wall.
What the..
He took out the scabbard which the handle was tucked in his pants, as he took the steel blade out — his Dagger, of course, as he slowly took a few steps in, looking at the torches as a few sounds could be heard through the walls, but Axel wasn't sure.
Where am I? What did I get myself into?
There was many things unanswered, especially since Axel was only expecting a cave. But now he was stuck in... this. And his friends probably took the leap and roamed it aswell.
What if they're stuck too?
No, no bad thoughts. They can't be stupid enough, plus, they don't want the Cloaked Figure like Axel does.
He saw more words on the wall, which he assumed was some demonic code, as more monster sounds could be heard through the walls, making Axel's body shiver, with chills down his spine as he slowly tried to look through the wall.

And then, through the small hole in the walls, he saw red pupils, covered with black iris, they were so red that it made Axel's eyes burn for a second, as he forcefully closed them, with another wall opening up.
He slowly opened his eyes, and saw what appeared to be — a treasure chest, or some sort?
Hm, what's this?
He took a few steps to the chest as he nudged it with his Dagger, with the chest shaking a little as Axel looked around, seeing if anyone was to come behind him.
He slowly kneeled down and looked at the lock on it, and then saw the key that was sticking out from the chest, as it was stuck underneath.
He took the Key out and slowly inserted it into the lock, twisting it as the chain slowly let go of the chest, with it opening wide open as Axel took a look inside.
He saw a vest, which seemed to weigh heavily, with a small hole inside of it, and a button which seemed to be a twist, with Axel slowly picking this up.
It seems to be some sort of armor..
After a few minutes, with Axel successfully wrapping the armor around him, it seemed to give him some sort of weight, as Axel put his hands on the sides of his Torso, feeling the weight.
Wow, this thing weighs more than me.
And then, as he caught sight of what appeared to be a piece of paper, which was curled up like a ball, Axel reached to grab it, and then unscramble the said ball, which revealed a note inside.
He read outloud: “The Emeruits — ancient body armor, only suited for... the Holy Emerald.”
He looked up, “Hm, might be usef—”

Suddenly, the walls around him were starting to open up, even the ground above him, as Axel jumped onto the chest and tried to stay on the walls, with his hands and feet against the wall, the ground successfully opened up, and it led to a pit.
Axel, off guard by this, accidentally let go of the wall, falling into the pit, along with the chest.
CRAP!
He was falling at an immense speed, he couldn't stop, he tried to reach for the walls to slow him down, but he wasn't going anywhere.
And then, suddenly, he found himself in a dunegon, or, a cave, as someone suddenly grabbed him.
“Axel, Axel! Come on, man, we gotta go.”
It was Oliver, as beams could be heard in the background, with Axel turning around as he saw Reven, staff in both hands, fighting the same dark cloaked man, with the Emerald inside his armor.
He has one too.
“Let's go!” Oliver said, grabbing Axel's arm as they took cover, with Axel confused, and he reunited with Oliver, Ghost, CJ, and Archie, as the rest were fighting the Cloaked Man, who appeared to be holding a wand, a pointy one at the best, and was shooting green lightning bolts.

22 is soon!