Past the secluded and empty hills and mountains which divided two kingdoms, near a particular border of one kingdom, The Kingdom of Tyre.

A lake peaceful and serene, almost like a mirror with faint ripples from time to time, reflecting the blue moon as it hung up in the night sky.

The green grass swayed gently along with the cold wind.

A small cave could be seen, the cave’s entrance was partly being illuminated by the blue light of the moon.

The interiors of the cave were lit with dozens of small gold crystals. These crystals seemed as if they were forcefully shoved into the cave walls.

Within the cave, at a corner, a boy was lying on the rough and rocky floor with his eyes tightly shut. In terms of looks, his looks could be considered average or slightly above average if looked closely, with jet black silky soft hair. His skin a shade of slight brown. His height seemed to be around 5 feet 6 inches.

It was at this moment that the boy opened his eyes ever so slowly. He looked tired. His body felt somewhat stiff and painful as he tried to move.

He slowly and somewhat strenuously tried to get up from the floor.

The boy tried to think, but his head drew a blank. His mind felt empty. Unable to think calmly. In chaos, his mind and heart started to panic.

His chest started to faintly hurt. He tried to calm himself by taking a couple of breaths.

After some time he managed to calm and settle himself down and looked around himself.

Those beautiful, radiant crystals fascinated him immensely. He moved closer to them and tapped on its solid surface a few times with his fingers

He soon found that the sturdy wooden door was locked from the outside.

After trying to open the door repeatedly by pulling or pushing but to no avail. The door only slightly budged from his efforts.

He was trapped here.

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Realising this, he felt a bit anxious. He finally decided to shout with uncertainty after some thought.

"Is... any- body... out... side?" Hearing and feeling his voice hoarse, he gently massaged the area around his throat.

The door creakily, slowly opened and a bony figure walked in with a steady pace.

The boy looking shocked, stunned and utterly confused slowly backs up a couple of steps after a second or two, all the while unable to comprehend this creepy phenomenon before his eyes.

"W-Whaa..is... this...?" The boy stuttered in a slightly raised and panicking tone.

The skeleton seemed as if it was watching him with those hollow eerie sockets, slightly opening its bony jaw looking as though trying to breathe or maybe speak.

The boy after a few minutes seeing no further movement from the, thing standing before him, slightly calms down but was still as cautious as he could be of the thing.

After some more time the boy slowly and cautiously picked up a small stone from the floor. The 6-7 feet skeleton remained unmoved. The boy noticing this clenched the stone in his hard.

Suddenly, the eerie skeleton slightly snaps its neck towards the boy.

The boy immediately backs up towards the cave wall at his back as though fleeing.

A period of silence followed as the boy and the hollow eyed skeleton stared into each other’s eyes.

The boy wipes some sweat of his forehead subconsciously. He felt his body was weak and slightly straining.

After a few minutes of trying to exit the cave room, but unable to, as the skeleton kept looking his way as if its gaze was warning him. He didn't want to risk himself by trying to force his way through. He was tired and didn't know what to do anymore.

Should he really try to force his way with brute force?

No! The boy knew he didn’t have enough stamina or strength in him to even try such a method.

He sat down on the soft bed and exhaled a mouthful of air out of exhaustion, unable to think out of this predicament.

A surprising thing soon followed as he lifted his head and looked towards the skeleton.

He looks up and beside the skeleton, finds a woman standing and looking at him in a mocking and pitying way.

The boy looked back in a shocked and a bit cautious manner.

The woman had a devilish charm that screamed and demanded attention, especially her crimson red pupils, which seemed to look into his very mind. Her age seems to be around 24-26 years. Her fair glossy skin, her smooth black shinning hair hanging down till her waist creating sense of enchantment.

She was tall and had ample chest, a willow waist and plump butt. Her face can only be described as bewitchingly beautiful, especially her sexy red lips.

He just stared at the woman with slightly open mouth, unable to say a single word.

A few seconds had passed like that.

Finally, the woman unable to bear it anymore out of annoyance interrupts him out of his daze.

"Stop staring, slave!” She said with a cold and sharp tone.

The boy still just kept staring at her, as if he didn’t hear a word she harshly uttered.

The woman annoyed and disgusted, pointed a finger at him and suddenly a beam of fire exploded out of her finger.

The beam of fire shocked and surprised the boy, but before he could even do anything it shot his right shoulder and penetrated through as if his shoulder had never been there.

The beam of fire then vanished out of thin air and the woman lowered her finger.

The boy saw a scorching red tiny hole just below his shoulder blades.

He screamed loud as he felt the pain from the burning hole while holding his shoulder as tightly as he could trying to ease the pain.

“Such a waste…” The woman mumbled looking at the pathetic thing in front of her.

The woman drew a slash in the air towards his face.

The boy still suffering the pain from his right shoulder slightly raised his head towards the woman as he heard her but all he saw was a flash of crimson red and felt a kind of heat.

“AGHHHH!!.... MY FACE!!!.... MY FACE!!!... BURNING!!!!!......” The boy yelled at the top of his voice while rolling on the floor in agony as he felt his face on fire.

“AHHHH!!!!...... What did you do!!!!!?.... Why?!!!!......”

Disregarding his agonizing screams the woman sat on the luxurious chair with a faint twisted smile, her eyes gently closed.

“Hehe….”