Following the lines of men, the soldiers there before are now crumpled to dust. The voice still in his head, beaconing him forward, whispering sweet things to Norbert about what he could find there. A part of himself knew that the voice whispering to him was not his own but something otherworldly. Something outside of his mind.

But the part of his mind telling him to stop was dismissed; there was no reason for any course of action, for right now, there wasn't any reason to be concerned about what it was saying, as Norbert wanted to go that way without any prodding.

With his mind set up, Norbert continued forward down the hall. Walking past the stairwell he came from, Norbert held the torch above it as he looked down, wondering how far up the black beings had followed him.

Turning away, Norbert continued forward, starting at a jog again as he threaded through the fallen equipment. The further Norbert went, the more he could recognise, seeing a pattern as he almost imagined what these people were grouped up before being left here to rot and for the next person to find.

Norbert continued through the hall, wondering what the giants would be fighting against, and I did not see any sign of a force whose weapons were facing the other way to attack or defend against this force that now lay strewn about.

Following forward, Norbert made it to the end of the hall; calling it the end wasn't that precise; as Norbert looked over the current obstacle he found himself in, he could see the roof going on further ahead.

Towering above him, almost touching the ceiling, was a maze. A giant maze as Norbert looked out at the entrance, a single path open in the flat wall, showing a passageway that turned left later on.

Standing on the helmet, Norbert saw more bodies strewn inside, reminding Norbert of a defence in a castle. Purposefully weakened in sections to funnel the invaders into areas the defenders desired.

He slid off the helmet, forgetting about the dust as he landed, causing the cloud to come up. Slowly walking, Norbert stared at the maze as it towered over him. Stopping right where it would start, Norbert looked around the maze entrance, confirming that there weren't any markings or anything of the sort outside.

Changing his vision to use his magic eyes, Norbert looked at the wall, confirming that there wasn't anything weird or strange about it that pointed to something being added to it. Walking off to the left, Norbert takes a throwing dagger out, sending it flying into the wall of the maze.

Missing the point he was aiming for on the corner of the maze, the dagger bouncing within. Watching it, Norbert confirmed that nothing seemed to happen around him.

Stepping forward, Norbert reached down, picked up his dagger, and sheathed it in its place on his leg. Standing up, Norbert took another step forward. A pulse of light ran through the maze walls, ending at the end as it went through the wall. Norbert watched the brown light wash throughout the hallway.

Turning back to look at the maze, Norbert heard groaning from within, the sounds of something coming out. The voice in his head once more coming out.

"Enter", It commanded him.

Norbert backed away, trying to as his back hit a wall behind himself. Looking up, Norbert couldn't believe where the wall came from; it was only jutting out from where he was. A sense of dread was now coming up within Norbert; whatever wanted to move him forward wouldn't take no for an answer.

Looking up, trying to see a way above the maze, Norbert felt himself getting pushed forward. His feet skidded on the ground as he was forced forward. Looking behind at the wall, steadily pushing him faster and faster, Norbert saw a magic circle appear there.

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He saw the brown line interconnecting on the wall, pushing him forward. The wind started to whip at him, and the torch snuffed out as Norbert was surrounded by darkness.

In the dark, Norbert could see the light around the walls light up, the brown light showing Norbert where the walls were before and how they were all connected—not having time to investigate what was zipping past him.

Pushing off the wall behind himself, Norbert sprinted to get ahead of it; as he looked at the pathways, seeing a T junction ahead of himself, Norbert curved around to the left, intending to go through the right path while trying to keep as fast as possible.

Running through, Norbert heard a crash behind himself, hearing metal being pulverised as it met with stone, a scraping noise coming out of the maze section following him before, now coming to a standstill.

Breathing out, Norbert looked at the wall, resting his hands on his hips in satisfaction of having easily survived the hurdle, knowing that he would be a pancake if he weren't fast enough. Looking down the pathway he was on, the way back being blocked off, Norbert saw a left turn only up ahead.

Hearing something groaning behind him, Norbert turned around, seeing the section of the wall following after him again. Norbert started to run, pushing energy into his body. He looked around.

Getting near the wall, Norbert hopped onto it, running vertically for several meters before he dropped, rolling on the ground. Norbert continued running forward, looking longingly at the walls and the salvation they would provide him.

Continuing to run forward, Norbert skidded to slow down as he descended the left path. Instantly seeing another left turn, Norbert ran down it, coming the opposite way he had just gone.

Trying to keep track of where he was in the maze, Norbert continued running forward, passing through several branches on the right leading further into the maze. He turned around and saw the wall poke its head out and start coming towards him again.

Looking back at the passages he passed, Norbert pushed ahead, unsure about those decisions. Ng the fourth passage on ahead, unsure or up ahead, and surprisingly, even one to the left, Norbert took the next one on the right as he continued barrelling forward.

Quickly taking stock of the branch of the maze that he found himself in, Norbert continued ahead, passing both ways on the left and right and once more, he heard the wall behind him picking up speed. Norbert ran even faster.

Arms pumping on the side, Norbert pulled the straps of his backpack tight against his body, stopping it from banging against his back. Hearing the wall now right behind him, Norbert was diving to the first opportunity, not caring anymore; if he slowed down for even a moment, he would get swallowed up.

Putting on another burst of speed, Norbert dived to the left, smashing into the stationary wall of the part of the maze he dived for, trying to escape the moving wall with his dive but was unable to do so completely.

His feet got clipped in the process, spinning Norbert out and causing him to spin around, his backpack hitting the wall. Norbert thought he heard something break inside after the repeated times it took his fall.

Pushing energy into his legs, Norbert cobbled forward, feeling them crack under his feet until, finally, he could run properly again. Pushing off, his ankle slightly to the side, Norbert continued running forward.

Hearing the wall start moving again, following him, Norbert now knew that despite himself, he couldn't correctly navigate the maze, needing to slow down to make the turns and avoid the wall chasing after him. The wall was seemingly able to increase its speed as fast as Norbert went, exponentially going faster and faster until it hit something.

There was a time limit for how long Norbert could go on a single path until he was forced to decide. Counting down to himself, Norbert continued to run forward. Hearing the wall again coming up behind him, Norbert dived for a path on the left, able to make it out without being clipped.

Taking another left turn around, Norbert continued, taking a right as he remembered what he was trying. Going down the path, Norbert, now wholly lost with his sense of direction, remembered that he had ten seconds until the wall would catch up with him.

Following forward, taking a right turn, Norbert going forward, and finding himself on a single path, Norbert started counting.

Ten, nine, eight, still, he went forward, starting to hear the rumbling of the wall behind him, finding the path he was on and chasing after him.

Six, five, four, Norbert now becoming desperate, looking further down the path and unable to see anything popping up on either side.

Three, two, one. Norbert instantly saw a path to his right; not having time to look, Norbert dived for it, the wall missing him as he looked at where he was.

Running forward, Norbert smashed into another wall, too busy looking behind himself. Surprised to see it, Norbert turned to the direction he was running in, seeing a solid wall reaching up. Turning around, Norbert saw the moving wall come up, blocking off the entrance so he could get out and continue the maze.

He spun around Norbert, seeing that he was trapped between a rock and a hard place, desperately searching for a way out.