“Agordos…Agordos…”

“hmmmm..”

Agordos was unconscious. But now, somebody is trying to wake him up. No wonder he is responding like that. Feels as though you are trying to make a drunkard come to his senses. Real tough. He could see a figure through his half-opened eyes. He is tired and is unable to perceive the surroundings perfectly.

The figure is trying its best to wake him up. But again, he drowned in his own confusion and completely closed his eyes.

“Agordos!! run…get away from here. Don’t let anyone catch you or the black feather. I’ll buy some time for you to escape. Agord-”

“Uncle!!!! noooooo!!!”

“Ahhhhh!!”

Agordos finally woke up. But it scared the figure sleeping beside him.Guess, anyone would be scared if you just scream out of nowhere. He was breathing heavily.

“Agordos!! y-you.. you are awake. Thank God!!..you seem alright…”

The voice seems to be more feminine.

“Ahhhh…w-who are you…where are you? Why is it dark?..I-I- I can’t see anything. Go away. I will not give you this feather.”

Agordos was really frightened to the core. No surprises in his actions. Anyone would be frightened, if they were in the place where Agordos currently is.

It was an Abyss of Darkness. Darkness everywhere. There was no horizon, just endless, body piercing darkness and deathly silence. Except the voices of those two. But once Agordos came to his senses, he was overwhelmed by the shear horror of the surrounding. Only darkness, no light. But somehow the figure was able to see him.

Agordos was shivering. He wasn’t able to stand for a long time and thus fell on his knees. His eyes widened. His mouth wide open. His lips shaking. And his face muscles were twitching. No wonder, he is just a kid.

“hey! Agordos. Its me. Pyuu. Your lovely big sister, Pyuu.”

For a moment, with being already scared to death, he was startled, as the origin of her voice was right beside him. He backed away. But once he heard the word “Pyuu”. He was little confused, but suddenly the happiness on his face elevated. He ran towards the voice. He fumbled, fell and got up, before he reached. Well, he was really excited and happy to meet this person. Even though he couldn’t see her, he jumped right at the her. He trusted his hearing ability, good for him.

“P-pyuu…wahhhhh!!!….pyuuuuuuu….”

As soon as he got in her embrace, he let out every emotions he had held up. He began crying. A very loud one. He rested his head against her ample bosom. Hmm, quite a tall kid.

“There..there..now you don’t have to be scared. I am here. Don’t worry, I’ll protect you.”

She was kind to him. Like a mother, she was affectionate towards him. She patted his head gently and hugged him tightly. Tears seems to roll down her cheeks. Guess, even she was happy to meet him.

“pyuuu…m-m-other…f-ather…un-cle..wahhhhh”

“Now you don’t have tell about that. Just be calm for a moment.”

She was aware of the fate of his parents and uncle. Even though the tears from her eyes didn’t stop, one could say, she was one brave girl.

After a couple of moments, Agordos calmed down. His eyes were still red and swollen from crying. He was trying to stop his running nose, occasionally used his sleeves to do that. Both of them were seated. But, Agordos was, still, not able to see her.

“pyuu…I am not able to see you. Am I blind now?”

“Nah!…it’s just that I am using my magic skills to look at you. Wait…I will imbibe certain spell in your mind and you will also able to see.”

Pyuu placed her palms on his forehead, he could sense her palms. She began to chant. Agordos could sense something tickling under his forehead. But later that subsided and now he was slowly able to see again. He was happy it was Pyuu, indeed. He again hugged her.

“Pyuu..what was that chanting. I couldn’t hear anything. Even I want to learn”

“It’s a little tough one for you to grasp. But a medium level chanting. This darkness is not an ordinary one. That I can assure. Has high amount of evilness.”

Pyuu was little worried, as to what’s in store for them. She felt more than one presence, not too far away from them, but had not approached them. She knew someone or something was watching them. They were in an unknown world. Nothing to be seen. She was on her guard.

After resting for a while, Pyuu got up.

“Alright now. Agor.. get up. We need to find our way out of here”

She helped him to get on his feet. He checked his pocket, and sighed a sign of relief.

“Hmmm…the feather is still here” he was happy.

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“Pyuu…how did you end up here? And even I don’t know how I ended up here. All I remember is-”

“no need to remember that scene again. Me? I was at your uncle’s place when all that happened. I followed you after he told you to run. I was worried. But at the end of the hall, a bright light appeared and we were engulfed in that. That’s how we ended up here. I don’t know where we are. But I know, we are in a completely different world. Never heard or read anywhere about a world like this. Have to figure out the way out of here”

She was determined to get themselves out of this situation.

“Umm..Pyuu…did your parents also…”

Agordos hesitantly asked her.

“yes. They are no more. They died protecting me. I-”

Suddenly, they felt this uneasiness and quickly covered their noses. By their actions, it was evident that the air in the surrounding was carrying disgusting odor.

“Pyuu…”

“Hmm…seems like something is rotting here”

But the next step they took made them frightened.

“iyaaahhhh….Agor..get back now…what the hell is this? How did this happen, such a horrifying thing”

But Agordos was a little curious. He didn’t even look at her reaction and stepped up.

“This….wahhh….so much of blood”

His reaction was expected. There was blood in front them and it stretched endlessly. Only blood could be seen now. Blood and darkness.

“che..if only I had a better chant. I could have easily seen this. My chanting has a very short range. Only a feet around you can be visible. I hope we are not in any inescapable danger.”

“hmm..hmmm” Agordos responded.

“For a kid, you are little courageous to watch this”

“hehe…I am strong”

Just when Agordos was praising himself, a dark vicious hand came out of nowhere and was about to grab Agordos.

“Agorrr…..”

But Pyuu pushed him away, was caught instead.

“Pyuuuu….”

Agordos was clueless about the situation.

A dark voice came out of the oblivion.

“well…well…what do we have here…Hmmm…tasty looking tender meat. Its been a while since I ate this. Its my lucky day…. or night?…who cares…let me have a taste of you”

The thing which spoke out, came out of the darkness and was glowing blue. It looked hideous. It had a slimy skin. Its body bent in a horrible manner, like the character ‘C’. It stood on three legs and were also bent. The head was protruding out of its bent body, it looked as though it was separate entity. A parasite. It had very long arms and were disgusting, yet, strong palms. It was holding Pyuu and was gradually pulling her to itself. It’s mouth was wide open. Nothing could be seen. Only endless dark smoke fuming out of its mouth. Death was inevitable.

“yes..yes….struggle..The more you struggle, the better it is enjoyable…heeeeehhahaha”

A hideous laughter.

“No….let go of me.pleaseeee…”

She was struggling and struggling, but in vain. Nothing could break her lose from that thing.

“My subordinates were watching you two and they reported me. So I came out personally to welcome you two, to THE LABYRINTH OF DOOM. Now, the introduction’s over, let me savor you, bit by bit.”

Agordos on the other hand, was still as a rock. He was scared to his pits. He was neither able to move forward nor run away.

“p-pyuu-uu”. After his last ‘effort’, he stood there, doing nothing.

“ Now, now…what shall eat first? Hmm..your tummy looks soft and squishy. Let me try that first”

She could see its eyes. The eyes were cold and red and horrifying. Instantly she lost her grip on the reality and her eyes went dead. No life in them. She was frightened.

The hideous thing immediately took its finger and slashed right through her torso. She didn’t feel anything. She was already dead, inside. The stare was enough for her to become like this. Eyes of dead fish.

The intestines fell out of her abdomen. And the monstrous thing held her by the intestines. She was hanging by her own guts. Blood flowed like a stream. Blood came out of her mouth. She was already dead. A pitiful ending. Didn’t get to have her last laughter.

The monster just munched on her chest, took a chunk of flesh out and swallowed. It took its other hand and held her head. With the other hand on the other end, the creature slowly stretched and pulled her head out. The head didn’t come out, completely. It was hanging by small chunk of neck muscle. Blood squirted like a fountain. The monster bore its teeth right into her eyes and pulled her head out completely. It crushed her head like a watermelon. Her lower jaw fell on the ground. It chewed and swallowed the upper half of the head. It then picked up the remaining part of the head.

“Hey.. boy..look at this…Isn’t she having a great time. Look she is smiling. See…Hahahaha”

It crushed the jaw, in front of Agordos. While it was finishing off its meal, Agordos was stuttering something.

“p-pyuu..pyuu..pyuu”, he was calling out her name, softly..

His eyes now were completely life-less. He suddenly put his head down and…. began to chant.

“what a delicious meal?… have to finish real quick. Not even a bit of flesh must be left out.”

But the monster noticed something odd aura. It turned around and the aura was emanating from the boy.

“w-what”

It was dumbfounded by his aura.

“H-how can…you..a kid…have such a immense and terrifying aura”

Agordos raised his head and his right eye was completely white. While the other one was completely dark. His body had grown. It was muscular. He looked at the monster and dashed off. The monster was taken out off guard. The huge amount of energy leaking out of his body was enough to completely melt the monster out. Nothing was left.

Its subordinates were watching the whole thing and were terrified and started to flee from there. Agordos noticed that and he instantly blocked their path and stood in front of them. He was as fast as light. He opened his mouth and the black feather came out of it. It stood in front of him, floating in the air. It flew past the horde of monsters and came back to him.

In an instant, the whole horde was turned into lumps of flesh. Blood splashed everywhere.

The black feather disappeared and he flew past the mound of flesh and landed on the ground. He raised his arms, and slammed his fists against the floor. He was slamming,slamming. He was like a wild animal, completely uncontrollable. He was letting out immense amount of energy and the pressure it created was unbearable.

‘crack…crack..crack’

There were tremors in the ground and it shook. And crackling sound could be heard. He was tearing the ground apart. But the thing was, he was not just ripping the ground out, he was disturbing the space itself. He was trying get to out of this world by tearing the space. His power was completely unfathomable.

A small crack could be seen and it was letting out huge amount of energy. That didn’t stop him from slamming. In the end, the crack widened and he fell right though it. And the crack slowly closed and the deathly silence again ruled the labyrinth, with complete darkness.   

But somewhere in the abyss, a pair of sharp eyes was watching everything that was happening. And it faded into the darkness.