"Ergh..erm.." a boy wakes up from his dream. Looking confused about the unfamiliar surrounding area after he looked to the left and right.

"Where.. am I..erm..huh?" While he is still thinking about the situation he is in or the place he is at, something is bothering him in the eyes. The flow of water falling from his eyes without his consent makes him uncomfortable.

"Huh? Why?" He tried to rub his tears using his hand. Unable to do it neatly, he chose to use his sleeves instead.

"Oi, Azi-" a voice coming from his right.

The boy turns his face toward the voice that calls him. With a never-ending rain that he can't control falling from his eyes.

"Heh? Why are you crying Aziel?" Glen asked the crying boy in front of him.

"Glen... Glen? What... What are you doing here? B-but how?" Aziel was shocked after seeing Glen. His eyes widened as seeing something surprising and impossible just like a dead person who came back to life.

"Heh? What's wrong with you Aziel? Are you still dreaming or what? Let me see.." Glen comes near Aziel who is still sitting under the tree. He raised his hand in front of Aziel, looking like he wanted to pat him on the head.

"Bang!" Glen's slow hand gesture suddenly turned into a fast force, helped by the weight of gravity, and crushed right into Aziel's head without any mercy.

"Ouch! What the fuck? Why do you do that?" Aziel protests after suddenly being hit by Glen for no reason.

"Heh, it looks like you are not dreaming right? Now get your ass off. We get to work now.." Glen said without any feeling of guilt after hitting Aziel right on his head.

"Work? What are you talking about?" Aziel seems still confused and can't understand a thing from Glen.

Wait... Why does Glen look so young? Huh? Wh-what?

Aziel suddenly realised something peculiar about himself. Something is just not supposed to be right now. He examines his own body from part to part. Even though he actually can tell from the size of his hand already that something just is not right.

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Huh? Huh? What's happening here? What the hell is happening here? Why am I? Why do I look younger than I should be? What happened to my form?

"Heh? Stop acting weirdly, I know you desperately don't want to work. But I'll not fall for your dumb trick okay. Don't tell me you are sick or something like that," Glen said.

Why am I like this? Why is Glen like that? Where is this place? I don't remember a single thing about this place. Have I ever come to this place before? No...I never. Wait...that man…that man... that man! He must be... He must be the reason for all this! That man... who is he again? What is his name? Wait... Why? Why can't I remember his name? What's his name again? We are in the cave...the Klaven Cave...then...he does something.. Urgh! Glen... Glen! Glen must know something!

"Oi, you, where is he? Where is he?" Aziel suddenly acts aggressively toward Glen and holds his collar, asking Glen to spill out the name of the man that he forgot.

"Heh? You're having a nightmare huh? Relax. Do you eat some weird stuff or what?" Instead of answering Aziel's question, Glen keeps his cool and talks about something unrelatable.

"Don’t try to play dumb...you know what’s happening right? You must have planned this with him. Answer me... Where is he!" Aziel keeps repeating the same question to Glen.

"Heh.. you are so consistent... Who is he? Navir? Or Keira? They both already go to work, you dumbass... Now, I know you aren't satisfied after I hit you, but we can settle this later okay. Let go of me now.." Glen acts as calm as the sea even when Aziel acts like that.

"Navir? Keira? Those two.." Wait... What's happening here? Why are those two still alive? Glen too... Wait, if there's three of them.. then...

"Another one... Where's another one? Me, you, Navir, Keira! There’s another one..there are five of us... Who's another one? Where is him?" Aziel asks pressingly.

"Heh? You are really out of your mind huh? There's just four of us all this time... Who's another one you refer to? Ohh, I see..you must be dreaming of your imaginary friend or something like that heh? I pity you, you can meet him when you fall asleep later tonight. Now it's time for work," Glen said toward Aziel's face.

"Hey, you two! Why are you still here! How many times should I tell you? If your team does not reach the target today! No dinner for you!" Suddenly the captain found them again and fired his warning from afar interrupting their conversation.

"Shit, let's go already." Glen easily took Aziel's hands off his collar and grabbed Aziel's left hand with his right hand. He runs fastly while forcing Aziel to follow his pace after the captain shouts to them for the second time already.

“Oi...Oi! What are you doing? Answer me first!” Aziel desperately wants an answer from Glen but he can’t even release his hand from Glen's grip, forcing him to run at Glen pace or he will fall and be dragged to the ground.

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"Hey! What took you so long?" Keira complained to both of them while waiting in front of the gate or something like that.

Those two... Alive... What's happening? What is that? Where is this place?

Aziel can't help but wonder about the place Glen brings him to. He doesn't remember in any of his life memories of the place he is standing on right now. They are climbing a look-alike cone mountain that has a path around it with exceptional width that can be traversed by around 5 people at once. The peak of the mountain can't be seen by the naked eye. Even though they just went through quite a long distance from the bottom. They are not even going one-quarter of the mountain height. The atmosphere seems dreadful, the sky is red just like a bloody sea. The air feels like smoke from burning waste. The tree only leaves a trunk without any green leaves that are pleasing to the eye. There's no beauty in the view from his own eyes.

"Where am I? What am I doing here?" Aziel talks so loud that Glen heard it from behind.

"Heh? Are you still dreaming? We are in the abyss right now. Our workplace. I see you are still stuck in your fantasy, doesn't it? Want me to give a handful of hits again?" Glen said carefreely.

"What? Wh-what are you saying? Abyss?" Aziel feels lost. His whole body trembled as much as his heart shaking after hearing the word that Glen said, 'Abyss', that one word makes his legs get weak. Finally, he falls to the ground in disbelief of what he just hears, "I am.. in the... Abyss?!"