Ch. 19 - Welcome, to the rice fields

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Hael regained his sense along with the pain and exhaust while climbing the steep stairs up to the third floor. 

It was starting to become quite difficult to proceed. After all he had been under a constant physical stress for over a day, and could definitely use some rest... 

Upon taking the last wobbling step and reaching the top Hael noticed something unexpected. 

On the left, there was a platform shining cold blue light, while continuing straight ahead like with the other floors you could see a massive hall in front of you... 

Or I guess it could be called a large cave too, but the floor on this one was odd. Unlike the normal solid stone, it was made of smaller square platforms. The walls were normal, but they ran far enough to become nearly invisible even with Haels dark vision. 

Hael approached the platform and found a sign next to it. It said simply, 

"midway teleport". 

Could it be that this wold take you back to White rock to rest?

At first Hael was a little sceptic since, he had not seen any teleports during his visit on the White rock... But eventually he decided to take his changes. Had this world disappoint him even once? No it did not.

The skepticism changed into excitement, but still he decided to investigate the floor a little bit before getting on it. 

Hael walked to the edge of the hall and started looking around. The floor really was made of smaller platforms as well and the material looked weird. It was marbling black and the edges of each one shone blue light. 

When Haels eyes got used to the frail lighting and the size of the room he realized that the end of this floor was visible. 

At the exact other side of the floor you could see the minuscule outlines of a staircase. To be honest it was still far, since the room was massive. 

Hael pondered some possibilities about what could this place be holding from him, but the most reliable one was the fact that he was too tired of thinking. 

"..."

Having memorized the structure, Hael was pleased. Now when returning he would be ready for whatever the floor threw at him... 

"Not really," 

He sighed after a while and walked on top of the teleport.

.......................

Once Hael opened his eyes he was instantly blinded by the light. 

Covering them with hand he tried to grasp the situation he was in.

... For starters, underneath him was the same exact platform he had left from and which he would use to get back inside as well...most likely... hopefully, but that aside the actual surroundings were starting to form from between his fingers. 

Every direction seemed to be blocked by something green... 

"A... a rice field?"

What seemed like massive field of rice speed towards all directions. The mountains could be seen near the horizon, so this place was pretty far from the White rock area. 

That being said the mountains were the only thing that could be seen. The grains were high enough to block everything else from vicinity... He was surrounded by cheap food...

After hopping off the platform and scanning the area throughly, the small circle he had landed on, Hael noticed a small path leading deeper into the fields. It was the only one so whether to follow or not... was not really a question.

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