Reborn as a Snake! (2.) [COMPLETED]

(97). - The Elf and The Snake.

             Moving even deeper into the labyrinth, I was now walking through the pitch black night, with absolutely nothing being visible around me. The sun had set and there wasn't a single thing inside the maze itself that emitted or created lighting of any kind. I was forced to use 'White Flame Control' to flick on a small white flame onto my finger, before sending it flying above my head, like a small sun or a floating lantern, that lit up the area around me.

'How long have I been wandering this place for...'

| While I cannot say the exact time or number, it has already most definitely been several hours that you have been wandering around in the maze. |

Yeah, that was expected...
Kind of hard to not realise that I've been here for hours when I managed to witness the sun set right infront of me while I ran through this place all on my own.

I wonder where Arabor and Wezrall are... If they made it out, then they probably went back to meet with the others — and if they did and even told them that I disappeared or 'went missing' inside the labyrinth, then Frindel and Vien both are probably panicking around this time.

Hopefully they won't come into the labyrinth when it's dark to look for me — they know I can take care of myself. I don't want them getting lost inside this place at all.

Wandering the Labyrinth had went from 6 to an 11 very fast, as now I was unable to visualise any differences that there may be around me or on the paths. Plus, something about moving through a hedge maze as big as this one at night was just so eerie and creepy — I felt like I was being watched every second that I spent inside of this labyrinth.

'Any luck with Global Sense?'

| Unfortunately, No. It is still being blocked. |

Disappointing news... While I don't expect the Ancient One to be able to solve every issue or problem that could ever arise with my skills or something, the fact that it had been hours since my 'Global Sense' was blocked and it STILL was being blocked until now...

Something about that fact was just so ominous and downright terrifying. I have gotten so used to using 'Global Sense' to find my way around many places and even to "scout" for potential threats that I may encounter that now that I wasn't able to use it... It felt like I had lost a whole sense or something.

I'd compare it to people who have completely fine vision and hearing at birth, but then as they get older suddenly either go blind or deaf.

As I continued to move through the labyrinth, I eventually reached a spot which was a lot more open than anything else I had come across so far. It wasn't like those areas which were more like crossroads, but it also wasn't like the area that we had entered the labyrinth from. No... This open spot was more like a resting place you'd find a dungeon.

There was a statue of a woman dressed in what appeared to be robes holding the moon in her hands in the middle of it, with a stone slate below it. Curious, I approached the statue carefully before looking up at it and then down at the slate, which had a text carved into it.

Kneeling down, I brushed off the dirt on it as well as removing some weeds and bits of grass that covered it, before reading off what it said.

' This spot is protected and sacred. Nothing within the labyrinth can touch you in here. Take a rest. Pray. Be thankful to the Sister of The Moon. '