Only a few of those who were outside the carriages and wagons saw it. Out of nowhere a land becomes a shadowy dark.
But, everyone felt it, when the land disappeared from beneath and the gravity pulled them in.
[Warning! Warning! Warning!...]
Razeal was sleeping, when the loud system's alarms rang in his head.
Then the loud thud followed. His body bounced in the air and slammed back into the wagon.
"Ahh!'," He groaned in pain.
Earthquake- the hell where am I?... Wait, the system? What happened to.. wow! .this thing is working?.. yeah, in a wagon.
He gazes to look around, He can't see the coachman, the whole front side blocked by luggage.
The wagon leaned forward as the horses were sitting on the ground or fell— he wasn't sure most probably they fell after hitting something.
Also, panic screams are coming from outside.
He felt the cold, as winter came in summer.
Just then the wagon shook again as horses stood up on their legs.
Losing balance, he hit his back against the wagon and luggage fell on him.
Fortunately, there's nothing heavy, just clothes. But, why the hell are they taking so many clothes with them?!.
"Fuck!." He cursed while pushing everything away from above him before sitting up.
What's wrong with today? And, what does this mean?
He focused on a screen in front of him showing something new and its alarm was still beeping in his ears. Can you shut up!.
Wow!, this thing has a silent option.
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[Warning.. Leave the Bloodmoon realm before the red moon.]
[Time limit– 27 minutes : 26 seconds
[Failure– death ]
[Alternative– Consume the Blood pool and become the new ruler of the demasion.]
[ Direction: Left ]
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I can't be happy even for a moment.
He was happy his system started working, but it disappeared when he saw a death threat.
So, another dimension? Like Doormumu home or something?
Let's see. He decided to leave the wagon first.
Jumps down from the wagon. He saw the wagon following was still there, a little distance from the coachman trying to control the scared horses.
He looked at his surroundings; it was still dark.
They're not under the open sky anymore.
After observing he came to a conclusion— Now they stood in the corridor of the unknown castle or to be more specific, an unknown eerie abandoned castle.
The walls are stained with blood, and beautiful chandeliers hang on the ceiling. The only light source is a dim white moonlight coming from the ventilators above his right side.
Something touched his shoulder. "Ahh!" He jumped in fright.
"w- where are we?"
Seeing it's just a coachman, the same one who was driving his wagon, he sighed in relief. Damn!, this idiot almost killed me. He can hear his heart beat in his throat.
Why the hell are you asking me? When you were the one who was driving!.
"I don't know." He said softly, seeing confusion and fear on the coachman's face.
Now, he also felt a little scared.
Sleeping while traveling was not a good idea.
—-
Veronica stood with Elina, while the knights sounded them.
"What is this place?" Veronica muttered, gazing around. Are we kidnapped with teleportation? No space magic is just an ancient myth? But what's thin then?.
We don't know, Lady Veronica." The knight in command pulled her out of her thoughts. He added after a little hesitation. " But… I think we get pulled into some Divine Inheritance."
Divine Inheritance: when strong beings die, they leave behind legacies that open at specific times or when special conditions are met. It's a very rare legacy to appear, and it always leads to wars between powerful families or even war between kingdoms.
But it's thousands of times harder to receive an Inheritance than to enter one. Who knows what traps are set or who left them behind? Most of the time their motives are selfish – like reviving themselves, or even worse.
That's what she read in the books.
There is also a possibility that they get kidnapped.
Anyway, kidnapping or not they have to try to leave this place, alive.
"Keep moving, try to find out," Veronica ordered.
"As you wish, my lady.''The commanding Knight walked away after a little bow.
On the leading knight's command, every knight took a position; there were around twenty-five knights and five coachmen. Elina and her little lover aside there are three more maids.
Leader knights decide to abandon the carriage and wagons, as they are only going to restrict their movements. She agreed with it. They only took horses with them and all the food.
They don't know how much time they have struck here, and what danger they are facing.
They have to move cautiously as much as they can.
She gazed at her best friend who was looking at her little lover. He stood behind some Knights and coachmen who were walking with horses.
"Razeal came here!," Elina called him.
So, this is love, huh? Love my foot.
—
Razeal was looking at the system when a very familiar voice brought him out of his daze.
His eyes met hers, he nodded and walked to Elina.
Some knights gave him a sharp stare. Idiots! I'm thinking about how to save everyone and you guys are jealous.
How should I make everyone follow the directions that the system is showing?
Stooping at Elina's side. "Hum?" he sounded softly.
Without saying anything she grabbed his wrist.
"Nothing just stays close'' After ordering him she looked to the other side.
Razeal felt her soft warm palm.
Okay, she is just worried about me. He knows she cares about him. So did he.
He felt reviled when everyone started moving forward and they were moving in the right direction.
He doesn't have to do anything, he wasn't a talkative person to begin with. He had no idea how to convince them to follow him.
I need to exit this place with Elina, safely.
—
A few minutes later, everyone stopped.
They stood in front of a massive gate.
"It looks like a treasury… maybe inheritance is inside" The leading Knight said.
"How should we open it?" Another knight spoke.
But Razeal isn't looking at the same gate as them. He is staring at his left side. The room where the system is pointing, even the door is slightly open.
Looking at running time, he gulped.
Alright, I just have to lead everyone to that room, I won't be too hard.
His nervousness was hitting its peak, his body was trembling a little and Elina noticed it. "Are you, okay? You're shaking."
He took a long breath. "Yeah, I'm fine, it's just cold, here."
I should send some corner fodder— I mean some brave knights to check first.
He decided. She shake Elina's hand a little and spoke softly. "Um.., while those knights are trying to open that door, why don't you send someone to check that room? Since that is already open"
Elina glanced at the side where he pointed.
But, before Elina says anything…
"Aha!" Leader Knight fell on the floor with a thud and stopped moving.
"Thud!" Then another followed,
"Ah!Thud!" Then another and another and another, so on….
The system started beeping in his ears again, many messages popped up in front of his view, without looking he shut the system screen.
And look at the direction the thud sounds come from.
Every knight who was close to that door was already lying on the ground.
Just as the last knight fell in front of him.
Something dark shoots toward them, Elina tries to drag him back but they are too slow, Razeal also tries to shield Elina.
And look like he succeeded, not because he was fast, but because he was the next target.
The shadow touched his neck and entered his body, the system kept ringing, he felt sharp pain all over his body,. He wasn't able to move, he wasn't able to scream, he couldn't do anything.
He didn't know how long he had been stuck in darkness. When the pain finally stopped.
His vision came back. He took long heavy breaths, he was lying on the cold floor, his chest rising and falling.
His eyes moved, he looked at Elina's worried face trying to free herself from Veronica's strong hold.
Knights stood cautiously holding swords in front.
Their faces are pale, scarred. Maybe from the unknown that killed their fellow knights.
Ignoring everything Razeal looked at the time limit.
[Time left- 2min : 30sec]