Maze
The roaring then stops. The golem then gets up making a stance for another counter attack. Niva readies his stance too. Guarding from the charge in front and teleporting magic to the back of him. But the golem jumps into the air.
Niva knows where it will land then quickly dodge. Tonnes of its weight then shakes the whole cave. More and more stalactites are falling. Fortunately, he is standing near the walls of the cave so the stalactites from the middle are not falling near him.
"Kneel!" shouts Niva.
The golem stands up, briefly facing Niva then bent its left knee towards the blue haired boy. Its right hand acts as footing for the position while its left hand touches its chest. Its head facing the spot right in front of Niva. Similar to the kneeling stance of Commander Nibriyeska before getting punched by Krilo that night.
'It worked!' Niva cheers in his thoughts.
'Firstly, the victim will cry in great pain similar to what happened to Krilo that night just for a brief period. In Krilo's case he will obey my words then the pain vanishes. But it is different in this golem. It just groans and after that, the pain is gone.'
'Did the golem just submit with its language?'
Niva is still figuring out how this strange ability worked. But what is he going to do with this golem? Imagine explaining this to Lula or even worse to Lynel. His ability will be used and milked like a cow. No one should know this strange power. It's his trump card to whatever obstacle he will be facing next. Maybe he can use it against the smug Holy Order.
Niva looks at the path behind him. The ground platform that ascends him to this cave. He instantly gets an idea.
"Follow me!" declared Niva. The golem gets up from its kneeling position and follows him. Until the ground platform where Niva shouted to everyone.
"Now jump!" Niva points down to the pitch black darkness down there.
The golem without a second thought plunges and free falling to the unknown. One second … Two seconds … Three seconds … Still no signs of landing. Four seconds … Five seconds … a loud thump then can be heard after.
Now he prays that the golem, at least crippled or better, dies by falling. No one should know any of this. Satisfied by the discovery, Niva then re-enters the cave. Hoping that no other golem hinders his journey finding two of his friends or else, he has to backtrack and lure the monster to their gruesome fate.
Niva realizes how vast the cave system actually is. The path he travels has an upward incline to it. Even so, it is manageable by foot. Not long after, he encounters a crossroads. He moved to the left of him first. To his surprise, the path ends at the seismic hall. Or was the seismic hall. There is no platform in front of the cave mouth. Just a pitch black of nothingness.
He now can see the aftermath of the hall, but from a different cave mouth. Niva just realizes that the caves are connected with each other. From his position now, he just moved to the west of the initial pillar. Sooner or later, he might find Lynel.
He hears a faint sound coming just right above him. Sounds like a familiar roar and someone grunting? Niva thinks it must be Lynel fighting against one of the golem.
He hastens his movement but then stops abruptly. Having no idea how to get to the upper floor. 'The problem won't solve itself if I don't try something.' He immediately ran towards the path in front of him.
More crossroads. Niva just realizes how uncertain the path is. He stops for a brief moment and takes a deep breath. The first tip to not get lost is to keep sticking to the area that he knows for sure. In this case, as close to the cave mouth.
But instead he screams loudly. "Lynel!"
No answer. The no respon does not stop him. Niva continuously screams from the top of his lungs. It is not his job to 'Track' everyone.
A footstep immediately heard briefly on top of Niva. But not long later, the footsteps gradually vanish, indicating that they are getting further away.
Niva leans to the maze wall. 'Maybe the footsteps are not Lynel's,' thinks Niva somewhat given up.
A while later, sounds come from one of the paths that leads further from the hall. Alerting Niva in the process. It is the previous footsteps that are rapidly closer. Someone is running towards him.
A silhouette shows itself in the corner. Then, a boy is running towards Niva at a high speed. An angry looking blonde haired muscular boy. Niva instinctively raises both of his hands in the air. Pleading mercy to him for being sneaky.
His face is so red that he now considers using [The Puppeteer] ability towards the Foxtren charging.
"Do you want me to kill you, huh?" challenge Lynel as he grabs Niva's shirt collar and lifts him with only one hand.
"I got a little panicked, okay, I am sorry." Niva can't believe that he resorts to begging. It feels so degrading from his perspective. But this is not the first time he begs for forgiveness against an offensive class. In his family manor at Richter, he practically begs to not be a punching bag by 6 of his brothers if mother or stepfather are nowhere near him.
Lynel tightens his grip. Makes Niva suffocate a bit. "I don't believe you. You are not the type to fail obeying orders."
"Accident happens, Lynel. And I am no exception. Please let me go. I can't breathe!" begs Niva. Cannot articulate anymore words beyond this.
He loosened his grip. Niva then quickly gathers as much air as possible. Another one offensive class that had wronged him. His breathing is gradually getting more stable.
'All of you offensive class are just meatheads. Mark my words, I will remember this Lynel,' thinks Niva as he had difficulty erasing his smirk when he is not facing Lynel.