Chapter 27

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Fabien was totally numb and paralyzed as the Goddess pulled him closer to him. He widened his eyes as he was now only inches away from her face. He just stared at her in pure shock and disbelief. "You aren't his master.", she said, floating around him slowly. Fabien could see the hint of blue glowing stripes behind her. He ignored the fact that she looked naked in pure confusion. He felt his heart pound loudly as he tried to pull himself away from her. It was already strange enough for him the way she surrounded him like a planet around a star. Poking him gave him the last straw. The boy couldn't do anything about it though.

He just gritted his teeth as he stood there.

Suddenly, she grabbed his face with a wide grin and stared deeply into his eyes. Fabien could see the madness.

"But he did the ritual.. Oh well, I might as well try it.", she said smirking. There was a hint of curiosity in her eyes as Fabien was almost about to be melted away by her burning touch. Little smoke came out from her fingertips as Fabien was gasping in pain.

But he was paralyzed by the deep sting in his chest which shot out of nowhere. It made him choke in pain as he held his chest tightly like a stress ball. The boy's face became pale and he gritted his teeth with wide eyes. Ever got the feeling your heart beat so fast that it almost exploded from your chest?

The environment around him swirled like crazy, like he was on the inside of a tornado, ready to shred him into pieces. The whole time, Fabien just looked up in disbelief as he noticed something strange. Something was floating around him in a distance. Like a blinding light that was running around him in a circle while trying to close the distance. He looked wide-eyed at the snake-like thing but the closer it got, the bigger it was. It was massively large as the boy expected that thing to tangle and crush him. But it stopped moving. As well as Fabien's heart if it went on any second longer...

He looked wide-eyed at the blue beast who was now standing right in front of him with his tale around Fabien. It looked like a dragon. The head shape was similar to a crocodile but his body was moving like a snake. Fabien went pale at the edge of collapsing. It looked majestic with a lion-like mane and a mustache of thin strings. It didn't squeeze Fabien to death... His Tale was still meters away from touching him. But it looked at him with hungry and glaring eyes.

The dragon opened its mouth and Fabien looked inside the Abyss which was hidden along with his tongue. It was a scarier look than any shark encounter he saw on TV. He looked like a stiff puppet as he stared into the dark mouth of his with sharp teeth. Fabien's lips trembled as he covered his face with his arms as the dragon growled at him with an aggressive voice. It happened out of reflex and as soon as he knew, the dragon swallowed the boy with one bite.

Fabien gritted his teeth as he tried to escape but it happened too fast. He closed his eyes in fear but then the sting in his chest suddenly began to vanish. It was strange as he got the feeling to finally breathe in ease again. It was like a weird fever dream which was too surreal. Out of nowhere, he felt the strange breeze of cold wind around him. And the gravity returned to his feet again as he felt a soft surface on his legs and knees. Was he in the mouth of the dragon? Was its tongue?

He slowly opened his eyes even though his heart was still pounding in shock. Bright light almost blinded him.

But it wasn't any bright light. It was the soft gaze of the sun as he suddenly stared into a wide meadow. It felt human-like... But also like an illusional dream. Fabien couldn't describe the feeling. He was suddenly kneeling on the grass in a wide field with a heavenly atmosphere. But he soon noticed a large fountain behind him. He turned around with a speechless face as he stared at it for a while. Was it a fountain? It didn't have any water running. It looked more like a beautiful temple. Suddenly another shape appeared in front of him. It appeared from light with beautiful wings. Just like a fairy, he would see in video games.

It formed itself into a sinister shape and suddenly it had almost the same height as Fabien. It was large like a human-sized figure. The light around it vanished and Fabien couldn't believe his eyes.

It was a girl.

Fabien stared at it with wide eyes as he still sat on the grass with an almost paralyzed body. He twitched as the fairy suddenly flew towards him. He could see the blue hair and the feminine petite shape of her. Her dress was also blue and her eyes were like crystals. It looked like the Goddess.. But also quite different. He backed off from her but she got closer and closer until she touched his face. No wonder, her manner was exactly like the Goddess. She had a playful look on her as she smirked at Fabien. His breath was unnatural and arithmetic. She was now inches away from Fabien's face as she almost sat on top of him. Suddenly, she pressed her lips onto Fabien's mouth in an instant. He backed off from the shock as he tried to crawl away from her. But the more he tried to resist, the harder it was to get away. Fabien had no idea what was going around as he stared wide-eyed at the girl who almost sucked the soul out of him. His face became paler and paler. There was something wrong with her for sure as he felt his life force almost leaving him.

He touched her shoulders to push her away and suddenly he felt the blue energy around him.

"I need to get out of here!", he screamed in his mind as he finally was able to break away from her. But the illusion didn't stop as he was in the swirling wind of fire again. But now, he was gasping for air like crazy. He felt some weird energy going around his body while still being surrounded by the dragon.

His vision became dizzy and slightly dark as his throat began to burn. "I-It feels like she did something to my body... ", he thought in vain as he struggled to break free from the hellish pain. Fabien had no idea what the surface of the sun felt like but it was worse than any sunburn he received. It's like he was slowly burning away into Ashes and he cringed.

He choked as he desperately looked for an escape but the light and fire made it almost impossible for him to see. He widened his eyes as best as he could as he took a glimpse at the shape that entered the realm. The boy had long golden hair and a sphere in his hand while floating in.

It was Lucian who entered the hole as well. The new student stared wide-eyed at the large dragon in front of the mysterious boy and couldn't help but stay still for a moment. So that's a dragon... He put a serious face on as he turned his gaze back at Fabien.

"Take my hand!", he shouted at him as he stretched his hand out for him. There was no way he could go closer to Fabien with all the fiery whirling. It's like it was forming a ritual around him. But the boy was human... He would be burned off in no time if it kept on like that. Fabien looked at and Lucian saw the painful expression of his. The boy could still see the reaching hand of his new found classmate.

Suddenly, Lucian felt a strange aura that stung in his chest. He widened his eyes as he saw the pitch-black color surrounding the realm like poison taking over the body. This wasn't supposed to happen. Even with a ritual.. The strange feeling and the blackness that surrounded him felt rather like nothingness.

The perfect blue picture broke off like pieces of glasses as the dragon suddenly vanished. Or rather said, turned into tiny little pieces of shards.

Everything broke into pieces... Fabien collapsed like a lifeless doll as he saw his consciousness turn black.

"Oh no... It's because I entered the realm to create an unbalance.", Lucian thought as he instantly jumped down to catch Fabien.

"I have to get him out of here as fast as possible..", he continued, catching Fabien from his fall. He felt like a lifeless doll as Lucian grabbed him with ease. But he noticed something strange.. The boy was utterly familiar. It's easy to see he was human.

He ignored him as he threw him around his shoulder. His eyes instantly turned onto the hole above him which slowly started to close.

"If we don't get out of here as fast as possible, I'll be stuck with this guy for an eternity.", he thought as he jumped on the large broken glass pieces around the realm. He used it as helpful stairs to get to the exit door. He looked calm and collected on the outside as his only focus was at the tiny gape.

He slightly glanced back at the dragon but all he saw was the blackness behind him... There was nothing. But he still thought he was watched. Like something glared right through him.

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