Part 1
All five of them stood against the dungeon entrance. They drew their weapons: Yumi with her double daggers, Itsuki and the others with their broad swords. Satoshi followed them and pulled out his flaming blade through its scabbard. He rose the blade at eye level and took a glance at himself. There he saw a pair of hazel colored eyes. They looked sharp as always. Then he took the lead and pointed his sword into the darkness.
''Turn on your lighters. We are going in.''
…
They were walking for at least five minutes now. The path they took was nothing but an empty hallway.
''This place actually seems abondened.'' Taichi said from end of the line. ''Maybe it was a false info?''
Yumi did not agree. ''We don't know why this one got S+ rank. But we know one thing that it is nearly impossible for a miss info on a dungeons rank''
Nobody said a word. They knew she was right. But right then Satoshi stopped.
''Shhh!'' He put his index finger on his lips. ''Footsteps.''
They stopped. There was a weird tempo of footsteps coming right at them. They backed down a bit and opened a room for Satoshi. Just as they were waiting for something to happen a mere little goblin jumped out of the dark. Satoshi dodged it eyes closed. It seemed that the goblin did not expect such reflex. Right when it got close to the ground Satoshi stepped on the creature and crushed the weight under his foot with ease. Goblin gave high pitched scream just before it got torn apart. Dark colored blood splattered everywhere.
''Sorry!'' Satoshi giggled.
''You are the one cleaning our clothes after we come back.'' Itsuki gave a wry smile.
''You think i am your slave or something?''
''I wouldn't want a slave that could kill me with his foot alone so no.''
''That's what i thought buddy. Let's move.''
Nobody laughed besides the two friends at that moment. Taichi and Kenji were shocked with the all of a sudden splash of blood and Yumi was busy trying to silence the urge to get out of this cursed place. Right when they continued their path she saw something shining on the floor. She bended over to see what it was. It was a little key that was covered in the goblins blood. It seemed that the thing was holding this right before it died. She grabbed it before her friends saw anything. There was simply no need to confuse anyone's head right now.
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Part 2
It's been half an hour since they encountered the goblin now. The party went deeper and deeper into the dungeon trying to reach to the end and clear what these walls were holding inside. Satoshi's worries about the dream he saw extinguished. He was quite bored now actually. This was the first dungeon that bored him like this. No way this was an S+. There was a beam of light leaking in front of them. Satoshi stopped.
''I think we are about to end this.'' He said with full seriousness. ''It seems that there is an illuminated room ahead.''
Everyone held their breaths. If this was the end of the dungeon then all the dangers awaited them in there. There was simply no time to rest though. Dungeons were known to be pacifist in the mornings and the night was coming to an end. They needed to be fast to clear this place. Yumi held her daggers tight. Itsuki throw his long purple hair to his back to clear his vision. Taichi and Kenji raised their swords. With Satoshi's signal they confronted the final room while following the light seizing from cold walls.
Kenji gasped when they entered the room. This room was enormous. It was as big as their village square. And the ceiling was way too far ahead that they could barely see it. In the center of the room there was a throne. Satoshi looked serious.
''This might be a bit harsh for you.'' He checked the room quickly. ''Stay back.''
Satoshi moved by himself to the center of the room. He went closely to the throne. He waited when he got to the middle to something to happen. Seconds passed. Silence covered the atmosphere. There was no threat.
''You can come here guys!'' Satoshi said loudly.
Itsuki chuckeled with cold sweats dropping from his face.
''No need to worry huh?''
He got in front of others and they walked to Satoshi slowly.
-Tak
''Arghhh''
Itsuki dropped to floor while holding his head.
''I hit something.''
''There is nothing there what are you talking about?'' Yumi said.
''Well, there is.''
Yumi checked to if there was actually anything in front of them. Her hand didn't go through. There was a wall in front of them. It was blocking them.
''What is this Satoshi-kun?''
Satoshi did not answer.
''Satoshi?!''
Satoshi dropped to the floor in front of them. He passed out.
''SATOSHI?!'' they all screamed.
''Wake up!''
Now this was a nightmare scenerio. With Satoshi passing out they couldn't survive in this place anymore.
Just then they heard the voices. Yumi knew this was it. Others were trembling in cold sweat.
A shadow descended from the ceiling. Itsuki was the first to notice it.
''W-what's that?''
Nobody could say anything. The thick shadow-like creature formed shape right in front of their shaken eyes. It slowly rose. And turned in to a black pillar. The pillar got shaped and shaped into a tall robe…
Then suddenly, a pair of dark cold looking purple-reddish eyes appeared at where the head should be. This abomination was just a robe and a pair of eyes floating on it. The voices they heard was coming from this thing. Voices got overlapped and fused into one low pitched buzzing. Then it became clear. Robe started speaking.
''Four participants. Three male, one female. 15 minute until sunrise. Make a decision. Two goes, two remains. No decision, no survivors.''
Then the robe deformed back to a shadow and…
Gone.
''WHAT THE FUCK!''
Itsuki screamed with fear.
''IS THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENNING?!''
He tried to get up from the ground but his legs were so deeply shaken he failed. Yumi was looking at the ceiling, thinking if this is the time to meet her parents once again. The tension was high. Kenji burst out ''FUCK!'' and slapped Itsuki who was trembling on the floor, now with Taichi on his side.
''We are warriors dammit!'' Kenji's eyes got wet. ''Our soul and body was sculpted to fight and survive! I know we didn't do anything by our own in years due to Satoshi's power but this what we do! We survive whatever it takes! Now get up you two! If we die we die fighting.''
Itsuki took a deep breath.
''You are right.'' He got up and helped Taichi to get up too. ''Satoshi losing consciousness broke us. We need to do everything it takes to survive and help him.''
Yumi, who was still looking at the ceiling, sighed.
''You didn't listen anything that thing said, didn't you?'' She tilted her head as she spoke. ''Only two of us will survive tonight.''
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