"Quite the gang you collected, Johan!" Said Ezra who had emerged from the circle on the floor, he seems excited as he stretches himself.
He slowly and elegantly walks over to Qiang, putting his hand out for a handshake, his other hand behind his back as he is slightly leaned forward with a sly smile on his face.
Qiang shakes his hands almost immediatelly, a wide grin apearing on his face, "Nice to meet you too, kid! I'm Qiang! Qiang Jin!" Ezra lets go of Qiangs hand and introduces himself as well before walking over to Helena who has a smile curling on her face but looks nervous as she put out her hand for a hand shake as well.
"Hi! My name's-" She stops speaking as Ezra pats her on the head a little and walks off, "I'll kill you." She utters as she slowly turns her head to him in anger.
"Whoa, girl! Calm down! I'm just messing with you!"
"Then stop it! And call me by my name!" She clenches her fists.
"You never told me your name!" He gives a smile, knowing it would irritate her.
She then growls in anger as Ezra calls her dumb, beginning to walk over to him before Johan stops her, "enough! We haven't come here to bicker! We have to go to Archos so calm down!" He sighs as Helena looks away, swearing to get Ezra back for that.
"Alright! Now, are we ready to set out?" Johan says before everybody nods and they wave to man as they leave his luxurious mansion.
Upon leaving, they walk on the path to exist the man's garden, Helena still seems annoyed at the event prior, glancing over at Ezra and away multiple times. They soon arrive at a road that is well lit up by torches on the side, the road looks as if it leads to infinity as they walk for many miles without a trace of stopping.
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Suddenly, they stop dead in their tracks, a mortified look on their faces as they find themselves standing on the road paved with marble as the look at a giant ravine-like destruction before them.
Many questions flash through their mind but it is clear that such a thing couldn't have happened naturally, but even then, the ravine looked massive, like it could carve out an entire mountain. What could have possibly done such a thing?
"What the hell..." Ezra says quietly, almost in complete shock at what he is staring at.
But the shock is quickly broken by sudden screeches a thousands of malformed humanoid creatures are heard all around them, Johan and Helena get ready for battle before Ezra pulls them by the arm and rushes over the ravine, running as fast as he can with Qiang following behind before Helena and Johan pull away and stop Ezra's movements.
"What are you doing?!" Johan shouts.
"Don't you two dare try and fight whatever is making those sounds! That's not something you can win against!"
Johan looks over at the forest, before looking away and running along with Ezra, Helena doing the same. They run on the road for long, the screams not apearing any closer and further away.
They all finally leave the forest and the road stops, they take a breath to calm down again and begin to walk again, now apearing close to some ruins and with statues of stone around them.
"What is this?" Johan sounds concerned.
Nobody says anything as Ezra inspects the statues, before he sighs a breath of relief, "i don't sense any manna... Its safe to rest here..." He sits down on a nearby debris.
"A- are you sure...? They're just statues, right...?" Helena sweats nervously.
"Yeah, you can all sit down and take a rest, enjoy the rest of the day..."
"Say less!" Qiang quickly sits down with a wide grin on his face as he cracks his knuckles and neck.
They all sit in silence, seeming to think about their next course of action as Ezra merely lays on the ground and looks up at the sky with a relaxed expression, obviously about to fall asleep.
Ezra continues to lay in the grass, injoying the calming wind and sun against his skin, bugs seem to be crawling on his skin but he looks as if it doesn't bother him as he dozes off into a calming dream.
TO BE CONTINUED...