Above The Skies

I wonder what their reaction will be, Darius is from a different race after all...

I look at baldie, and it seems like he understood what i was thinking. "Domo, call the others and then come with us" says baldie, "Ok, but why?" Says Domo, curious and a bit confused, "You'll see when we get there" says baldie while leaving the room.

Baldie decides to go to the forgery to tell Darius we were going to bring the others there, and i stayed here with Domo, while he was calling the others.

After a minute, Domo was done gathering them, "What now?" Asks Domo, "Follow me." i respond. "What did you find?" Asks Mia after getting near me, "It's something even you will be surprised about!... Probably." I say, doubting my own words,

"Probably?" Asks Mia, confused, "You weren't surprised even after we got teleported into The Tower after all..." I respond with a straight face, "I was surprised, it's just that i don't express my emotions... Ever since that accident..." Says Mia, somehow looking sad, even if she didn't change her expression, "..." I figure she's talking about her deceased friend, and stay quiet...

I heard people murmuring things as we were walking downstairs. "He's here" i say after stopping in front the door, "Who is?" Asks Domo, confused.

I open the door, expecting to see baldie and Darius waiting for us inside, but...

Instead of them, there was something that looked like one of the cracks in space i saw before, right in the middle of the room. "Wha-", i got pulled towards the crack, as if it was some kind of magnet, and got absorbed inside it...

I shut my eyes as i was being pulled towards the crack, but when i opened them, i was into the white space i saw when were in the Room Of Insanity.

Now that i think about it, the forgery was right where the Room Of Instanity was, before we conquered the Floor. Could it be that it didn't get completely destroyed because we got out of it thanks to the power of the Bracelet Of Gluttony...? Even before we got out of the trap, i got absorbed into a strange fragment, and after a bit, the room i got teleported in fell apart because of the cracks...

As i was lost in thoughts i notice that Mia, Domo, Haru and another guy with rectangle black glasses and black hair, got absorbed in the crack together with me. They're all sleeping, just like last time...

*Crack*

Again?! Stop with these cracks already!!

I thought that in my head, while we were floating towards the huge crack that created just now...

"Ouch".

I fell on a hard floor, again. It was more like stone than a floor though... Looks like we ended up in some kind of cave, it was really dark, but the centre of the cave was brightened a little by a dim blue light...

Wait, isn't that Haru?!

I saw a person that resembled Haru standing in the middle of the room, but i'm not sure as the light was too dim to take a better look. The only thing i could notice, is that she was shivering and trembling in fear.

I look at the same direction she was looking at, and see something dark red, mostly hidden in the shadows...

*GRAAAWR*

That noise is...

I see a red, huge and creepy monster come out of the shadows. As i thought, it was the Fifth Floor's Boss!! But it looked kind of different... This one looked creepier for some reason.

While i was thinking, i notice that the monster started chatging at Haru, as she fell down on the floor, trembling. As it got closer to her, it raised one of its front legs, preparing to pierce Haru with its spider like leg.

I quickly began dashing towards them, while taking my spear out of the Bracelet Of Gluttony.

*Dlung*

I menaged to block its attack, but lost my balance and fell on the floor after getting pushed back by its strenght.

It was now targeting me.

It raised its leg once again, preparing to pierce me, but i managed to roll away before it hit me. I then quickly got up, and jumped to get on its leg, but got hit midair by another one of its legs, and hit the ceiling after flying away by the force of its attack.

It was much more difficult to defeat now that i was alone... We could easily defeat it before because we attacked when he was going after another person...

It was goint to attack any moment now, and i couldn't dodge it...

*Pierce*

*KRAAAAAUGH*

What? The monster is screaming? Why?

I open my eyes, and see a huge earth spike piercing the monster.

"I'm sorry i couldn't help... I was too scared... It was so scary!!" Esclamates Haru, while crying, "But... I can't stand back and watch you fight so desperately, while i'm doing nothing but cower in fear!" Continues Haru, as more earth spikes rise, and pierce through the monster's huge body...

So that's why she looked so scared and restless... I'm sorry i couldn't notice it ,Haru...

Some moments after Haru said that, the monster vanished in black smoke. As it disappeared, i notice two figures falling down on the floor from where the monster was.

"Agh, damn, that hurt."

I hear baldie's voice coming from the black mist that created with the black smoke. After a second, the mist disappeared, revealing baldie and Darius walking towards us.

They were injured, there was some blood coming down from baldie's head, and Darius was holding his arm, it was probably broken.

"What the hell happened here?!?" I hear Domo's voice. I looked behind me and saw Domo looking around, as the others were getting up.

The room had now changed, we were still in the cave, but there was a huge oval hole in the wall. Through the hole, i could see an ocean of clouds below us, and an infinite azure sky above and ahead, and even felt the wind on my face because of the altitude we were at.

It felt amazing, but, as i was admiring the beatiful and seemingly endless ocean of clouds, i get reminded of the situation we were in.

Also, i could see a dark, rocky pillar below and above us, suggesting that we were probably in a cave inside this infinitely high rock pillar.

"What the heck is this place..." Says Mia, looking amazed and a bit shocked somehow,

"Before that, are you two alright?" Asks the guy with rectangle glasses while looking at Baldie and Darius, "I've had better days" says baldie, "My arm is broken, but the rest is alright" says Darius while smiling a little, "Thank goodness you could get us out of that thing" continues Darius, "Yeah, it smelled pretty bad in there." Says baldie, "By the way, how the hell did you defeat that thing alone?! I barely survived only thanks to helmet that Darius forged while we were in the training ground!! Too bad it broke after only two hits..." Continues baldie.

"It's good to know that you're fine, but how do we get out here now?" Interrupts the guy with rectangle glasses while knocking lightly on the rocky wall two times, "How are you so calm???" Asks Domo, confused, "After getting teleported in The Tower, there's not much that surprises me anymore..." Responds the guy with rectangle glasses.

"Wait, who the hell is that?!" Asks Domo after a few seconds, finally realizing that Darius was there with us, "Oh right, you don't know him yet. This person here is Darius Smith, a dwarf." Says baldie, while introducing Darius to the others, "What?! A dwarf?!" Esclamates Domo, "... What's a dwarf?" Asks Domo, confused, "Oh, right... A dwarf one of the other races beside humans that live in your world" responds baldie, "WHAT?! There are other races others than humans?!??!" Screams Domo, shocked, "As i thought, the humans forgot about us..." Mumbles Darius to himself, looking a bit sad...

Chapter 24-End.