Innumerable stalagmites protruded irregularly from the moist floor, and countless stalactites hung from the subterranean ceiling.
The ground was wet and covered with moss as a result of water regularly seeping through the crooked rock formations.
To be honest, it was quite simple to get a creeping feeling while traveling in such a remote and peaceful setting.
Imagine that the few hundred tons of rocks and soil sitting over your head could suddenly collapse, crushing you.
Angus was holding a torch and walking slowly and with difficulty in the underground tunnel.
The glow of his torch could only light up a region of five meters. From time to time a bone chilling breeze would squeeze out from some unseen cracks in the rock wall, causing the torches to flicker. The flickering projected his shadows on the other side of the rock wall.
Although Angus had tried his best to keep complete silence while walking, the indistinct noise of his footsteps and the sounds that came from his body scratching against the rock wall, all of them were still echoed far away in this dark and quiet tunnel.
Honestly, Angus doesn't need the torch to see in this never-ending darkness. As an ancient being and almighty jelly fish, he is more than capable of seeing in the dark.
However, he misses this sensation. The smell of the dirt, the warmth of the fire, and the moistness of the rock formations. Each of this was deprive from him for million of years.
Although his current body is weak and he can't harness all of his abilities he knows where to find a solution.
Right in the center of this subterranean world, where no reasonable living human being could bear to live, a dark looking tower loomed over the surrounding land.
It was a tall stone tower, with a height of over one hundred meters. Its foundation was composed entirely of augite and was covered in runic inscriptions that glimmer once in a while .
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But the most striking feature of this tower is the 30-meter sun stone that was perched atop this tower and continued to shine down into the entire cavern.
This sun stone would shine fully during the day and slowly dim to indicate that it was night time.
It took him 30 minutes just to reach this tower.
"Now that I'm free, you miserable creatures, kneel before me! hahaha" Angus shouted and laugh on top of his lungs. After all, knowing that he is free is different from actually seeing it with his own two eyes.
One of the apprentices nearby called him a "crazy" and carried on with their interrupted business.
Angus doesn't mind and keeps moving in the direction of the tower. But before he fully reach the entrance of the tower, he saw a bunch of apprentices cheering and shouting for something.
Intrigued, he approached them.
"Hey pal, what are you watching?" Angus questioned as he reached the group of apprentices.
" Inferno challenged Mayari, the shroomancer" an apprentice replied.
"Who is Inferno, and what is a shroomancer?" The memories he gained from Angus's original body are fragmented. Both of the names given by the apprentice does not ring a bell.
The apprentice gave him a complicated look as if he had seen a ghost. "Where on Earth have you been? You don't even know who Inferno and Mayari are? "
Angus was trying to think of an excuse when he was interrupted by an sudden explosion.
Nof far away, two apprentices are currently fighting. One of them has red hair and two of his hands are on fire. The unexpected explosion was caused by him. Contrarily, his opponent is a woman with a green bob hair, short bangs, and bulky eyeglasses.
The fire holder man should be inferno and the girl must be the shroomancer.
Infirno charged forward and began bombarding Mayari with fireballs. Angus could feel the heat from the fire where he was standing. Few of the unfortunate spectators were even struck by fireballs.
Angus thought that Mayari will be defeated. But, she began running around and started tossing mushrooms in every direction. These mushroom comes in a variety of colors and forms.
Mayari is quick and easily avoided Inferno's fierce attacks. However, one of the fireballs manage to struck her resulting to an ear-splitting explosion, scattering rock and rubble everywhere and covering the entire cavern with dust and smoke.
When the smoke and dust fully disperse, an unexpected event occurred for everyone. A charred human-sized mushroom stands in front of them, and Inferno can be seen unmoving not far away.
He has a bubbling mouth and bizarre mushrooms growing beneath his skin. He was clearly poisoned. It was at this point that Angus noticed the spores floating in the wind. It was so microscopic that anyone would overlooked it.
After the battle, the shroomancer walks away without saying anything. The apprentices who were spectating on the other hand began to disperse, including Angus.