Let The Hunt Begins

Luna immediately said, "NO! We can't do that. We don't know what could be waiting for us in there." Luna said to Eiera.

"Do you have another option?" Aiden continued, "We either go in there and get him out of there or wait for the entrance to disappear. The choice is yours, Eiera." Aiden stated.

Rin and Luna looked at Eiera to decide what they should do, while Aiden tried to peek through the Scorchers. 

"You only have three minutes left, Eiera. After that, neither you know nor anyone else where this entrance will be next." Aiden said out loud.

"FINE!!" Eiera said.

"Fine, we'll go in there and get Kai out of there," Eiera said. As Aiden heard Eiera's words, an evil smirk curled up his lips.

As Eiera said, the Scorchers stood up from the sand and said. "We will also go in there with you."

Rin asks the Scorchers, "But why do you want to go there?"

"We disrespected the wielder earlier. Now we have a chance to earn his respect." The Scorchers said.

"We don't have time to talk," Eiera said.

As Eiera said, she walked towards Aiden and said, "You are also coming."

As soon as Aiden heard Eiera's words, he immediately stood up from the sand and said. "What are we waiting for then."

Aiden rushed towards the gates of Eldritch Menagerie. He stood still for the doors to open for him just like they did for Kai. But the doors didn't open for Aiden.

All three Scorchers stood behind Aiden and said, "You are not the wielder. These doors will not open for you. We have to force our way in."

As the Scorchers said, they placed their hands on one of the doors. Trying to force the door to open, but the door didn't even move an inch. Then, Aiden joined the Scorchers, using every ounce of his strength to force the door to open, but the door didn't even shake.

Seeing Aiden and Scorchers fail miserably, Eiera and Luna joined them. But even their strength wasn't enough to burst open the door of Eldritch Menagerie.

Rin was standing behind them, watching them fail. While the Eternal Blade was hovering over her. Rin also decided to join everyone. She also placed both of her hands and tried to push the door.

As soon as Rin's hand touches the Eldritch Menagerie doors, the doors respond to Rin's touch and open themselves. As the doors opened, Scorchers, Aiden, Eiera, and Luna looked at Rin in confusion.

"Who are you?" The Scorchers asked.

Luna responded to Scorchers, "She is Kai's sister."

"You are the wielder's sister. We shouted at you earlier. Please forgive us!!" The Scorchers asked for Rin's forgiveness.

Rin didn't know how to respond to Scorchers. She looked at Eiera, her eyes telling Eiera to interfere. Eiera then interfered and said, "We don't have time to talk. We need to get Kai out of there."

The Scorchers listened to Eiera and followed her inside the Eldritch Menagerie. Aiden, Luna, and Rin also entered the Eldritch Menagerie while the Eternal Blade was following Rin.

As everyone walked through the doors, the door closed, trapping everyone in the Eldritch Menagerie. The hallway of Eldritch was as dark as ever. No one could see anything.

Eiera and Aiden cast the same spell at the same time. "NightFlare!"

As both of them casted the spell, two fireballs generated before them. Even after creating the fireballs, the place was still dark, but at least they could see where they were stepping.

Eiera and Aiden stood in front of everyone, the Scorchers were standing in the back, and Luna Rin and the Eternal Blade were in the middle.

Everyone started walking in the hallway with this same formation for about thirty minutes. But the hallway seemed endless; darkness lay ahead, and behind, it was too late for them to turn back.

They kept on moving forward. Then, the temperature grew colder and colder with each step. Suddenly, a gust of wind appeared and extinguished the fireballs.

Eiera and Aiden cast the spell again, "NightFlare!" Two more fireballs emerged, but they were immediately extinguished upon creation.

The Scorchers murmured, "Spellhounds, they are here.."

Eiera and Aiden took a fighting stance with the Scorcehrs, ready to fight anything. Scorcher's four eyes were looking in each direction, trying to find the Spellhounds in pitch black.

"Grrrrrrrrrr!!" Growling noises of the hounds can be heard from each direction. The smell of blood of blood was also reaching everyone's nose. The temprature was so cold that everyone could see their own breath as they exhale.

Suddenly, saliva drips on Rin's head. She nervously looked up and saw two bright red eyes on the ceiling of Eldritch Menagerie. Then Rin saw a Spellhound in his hound form attached to the ceiling. Rin froze as her eyes looked on the Spellhound.

Eiera looked at Rin and asked, "What's wrong?"

But Rin was frozen. She was afraid to see the hideous creature. Before Eiera could make a move, the Spellhound jumped on Rin.

Before the Spellhound could reach Rin, a Scorcher placed his between Rin and the Spellhound. Without any hesitation, the Spellhound bites on the Scorcher's spike hand.

Everyone was shocked to see the Spellhound. They all took a step back in fear. 

"AHHHHHHHHH!!!" The Scorchers screamed in pain as the Spellhound slammed his jaw into the Scorcher's hand.

The Scorcher shakes his hand from left to right, hoping the Spellhound would let go of his hand. But the Spellhound didn't let go, and then the Spellhound bites off the hand of the Scorcher.

Everyone was in horror at such a sight. The Scorcher was bleeding a lot as his hand was cut off from his body.

"AHHHHHHH!!!" The Scorcher's scream echoes in the entire hallway.

The Spellhound had eaten the entire cut-off hand of the Scorcher. After devouring the Scorcher's hand, Spellhound called the other Spellhounds. 

In less than a second, everyone was surrounded by the Spellhounds. All the Spellhounds lunged towards them, but before they could reach anyone. They were bounced back by a barrier. Eiera had created a barrier around everyone.

"Stay close," Eiera said as she was maintaing the barrier.

"We need to get out of here!!" Aiden panickedly said.

Spellhounds attacked the barrier. Their big nails left a scratch on it. Eiera immediately fixed the barriers and said, "All of us need to run towards the exit!!"

The two Scorchers grabbed their heavily injured friend. One of the Scorchers said, "I'll make the way for us. Break the Barrier and run towards the exit. Do not stop for anyone."

The Scorcher handed his injured friend to the other Scorcher and said to Eiera, "Break the Barrier!!"

Eiera nodded and broke the barrier, as the barrier broke. The Scorchers ran towards the exit at full speed. The Spellhounds lunged towards him, but he didn't stop. He dragged some Spellhounds and bounced off some of the Spellhounds. Making a narrow path for Eiera and everyone else to follow.

Everyone followed the Scorcher at a close distance. Everyone ran for their life while the Eternal Blade was following Rin and not doing anything.

Aiden looked at the Eternal Blade and said while running. "Why is the Eternal Blade not doing anything."

"Are you serious asking a question in a condition like this!!" Eiera said.

"But..." Eiera cut off Aiden and said, "The Blade is useless without Kai. It needs its wielder."

The Scorcher running ahead stumbled into a wall instead of the exit, he said. "Where is the exit!!"

Everyone stumbled into the Scorchers. They were also shocked to see the entrance from which they had entered had disappeared. 

Everyone turned around and saw countless Spellhound in their hound form standing behind them. The Scorcher running ahead was covered in scratches and bruises. Eiera created another barrier around everyone. Each of their heart was about to pop out of their chest. They were scared.

Spellhounds were feeding off of their fear, the Spellhounds transformed into their human like terrifying form and started to walk towards them. 

With each step the Spellhounds took. Their size grew larger and larger, everyone's fear was making them stronger by each passing second.

The Spellhounds stood before Eiera's barrier and looked down into Eiera's eyes. "LET THE HUNT BEGIN!!!" Spellhound stated