Exhausted after this fight, her body feels heavy and there is no way she could hold on both of her legs if a second of those creatures came up to avenge its fallen fellow. Both of them contemplate in a gloomy way the corpse lying inanimate there, a few meters from them. Even if Flora wanted to rest more, she knew their journey could not end there. She get up, not in her cheerful habit she had before the fight, but in a more serious tone.
- Okay Squirrel, let's get going. We can't rest here near this creature, this gives me the chill.
She walked ahead without waiting for Squirrel to daze off of what even he was thinking of. When he came to realize Flora was going through the tunnel leading out of their first fight, he rushed to her without any hesitation. His joyful manners were toned down for now, leaving a weird atmosphere between the two. This was caused by the cost of a life that none of them wanted to take, even if the very creature in front of them wanted their death to both of them.
Flora walks through the field of green crystals without knowing where the exit is at. She had numerous things to think of: Her new sharp sense of battle, the location she's at right now but the most important one as how to come back home. Even though the company of Squirrel has lighten her hopes up, she had enough. Her body and mind are at their lowest, the cheerful face of Flora was gone for now.Squirrel sensed it and did not dare to try and makes her feel better, how could he while he too felt away from this whole situation.
For the few time they passed together, it was maybe the first time they truly felt the exact same way at the same time. While both continues to walk toward a field of devastated crystals from the previous explosions, in their miseries came hope. The chain of explosions from earlier created a new passageway toward an exit that was condemned for a long time. They both walks toward it, but something felt off from this direction, it was completely dark.
Flora instinctively rely on her phone once more, checking at the same time the battery left in it. Even though it was a boon to hold such things in a crisis like this one, the big default of it was its longevity if it was not charged from times to times. Since she used a lot in the temple, the battery is now at 47%, enough to hold an hour or so with the flash on.
The tensed atmosphere came back, Flora regained her sense and swallowed her saliva as she step forward the dark entrance. Squirrel had no choice to follow even though the idea to go through there scared him. The tunnel is colder than the previous room they were in, no source of heat tainted the cold and damp walls of this part of the cave for a very long time. The ground is covered in a thin layer of moss that makes their step lighter than usual, when there was no moss to cover the ground, it was large size puddles they had to walk along to try not to wet their feet..
The long tunnel seems endless as they walk toward for twenty minutes now. Flora check her phone from time to time, to see if either they have enough batteries to continue or some network. The latter didn't happen since she arrived in this world named Onyxia, thanks to the memories of Regis Regulia. The anxious matter was her battery that went down to 39% now.
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As she grew up, she was not scared of dark anymore, if this wasn't for the fact she's lost in another world. Squirrel stopped dazing off the moment they entered the long cavity, he was on the alert in case another monster try to ambush them as they goes deeper and deeper in the cave. From times to times he turn around, there was no sight of the green light of the crystals they once saw. He even came to miss this part of the cave for an instant, if it was not for the explosions and monsters lurking around.
Taking his courage, Squirrel get closer to Flora and hold her jeans in an attempt to cheer her up. While it was mostly her that came to him, from this adventure Squirrel already began to change. When Flora turns around to check what was Squirrel about, she sees the cute face of the blue creature doing a smile to lighten the mood. At first she shows no emotion from this but she couldn't stay still while a sweet creature like him smiled. She inevitably smile on the corner of her mouth and she takes Squirrel to put it on her shoulder. The soft fur of Squirrel was also warm and heat the cold cheek of Flora while tickling her a bit when she walks. For Squirrel, he used his tails to hold on the neck of Flora, it was as if she was wearing a beautiful blue scarf on a cold day of winter.
Without talking they both felt better now, even though the trial they had to overcome, they couldn't throw in the towel right now. A bright smile was displayed on both of their face, it was a mix of relief and determination that suit well both of their face. The steps of Flora sped up onward, until they finally saw a feint light coming in front of them. Her first reflex was to turn down the flash of her phone immediately, as it was now at 31%.
The running steps of Flora echoed through the tunnel while she run toward the light. Her accustomed vision was dazzled by the light of the day of the outside. holding both of her hands in front of her, she could finally after hours in the depths, breath fresh air. Taking a wide breath of air, her body lighten up even more and her shoulders that was tensed from the dark and damp cave were now relaxed.
When Flora looked around her, she could realize she was sitting on a cliff overlooking a wide and long forest flooded by giants trees like she used to see when she arrived. The massive forest was enclosed by mountain from all the west part of it, on the east side of the forest was a plain but the visibility further was none. What caught the attention of Flora the most was a giant tree, even greater and larger than all the trees that could grow in this forest. If a tittle for the king of the forest was to be bestowed to a tree, this one would definitely earn it. Inspecting it further, Squirrel shakes the head of Flora and point in a direction with his tiny paws. Not far away from the giant tree was a house or something similar in the same architecture of the temple. With great hope to find someone, it was their next destination.
The adventurous mood of Flora and Squirrel came right up again, a light of unbreakable hope was felt throughout their whole body. But it was cut by the growling belly in unison of the two comrades. Flora finally laughs after so much time being serious and depressed. Down below was a tree with fruits hanging on the branches. The plan was all set up, first they would have to eat fruits to cut their hunger, then the sun was soon setting so they had to take cover for the night and finally they will go in the direction of house they are seeing from above, in hope they don't lose their tracks with all those giant trees.