Arcania.

"Where?"

"Follow me brother." Yuo was very keen on showing me this. 

I felt very comfortable in handling the situation due to my recent spark in astral magic. I do have confidence that i could handle a couple of foes this time around. Yet i still was not at the same level as everyone else. 

Yuo told me the name of the town, it was called Falsegulf. 

We made it to the source of the problem, behind the block-market. there was a broken pipe that released sewage into the grass and causing a vile stench. i covered my nose up quickly but even that didn't do much. Yuo looked at it without even having to cover his nose. I was envious of his skill or rather he was nose blind? Yuo was an enigma of sorts that i could never figure out. 

"Hmm, strange he was right here."

"How did you know he was here?"

"I HEARD SCREAMS, some crazy screams that a normal person doesnt- uh- you know, EXPRESS!"

I paused for a second before interjecting. But I was soon cut off by a rumbling noise from above. It was loud and i could feel it on the bottom of my feet. 

"Do you hear that?"

"Oh yes sir, that does not sound good"

A light from the ceiling, which was meant to act like the sun fell onto the ground causing the lamp to shatter into multiple directions. 

It was now fifty percent darker. I could see where the wires that held the lamp on the ceiling. I shifted my eyes to Yuo.

"Alrighty, now what?"

"We run and-"

Laz showed up with a worried face and had a complete face of redness. I asked the troubled man-

"Are you okay Laz?"

"Yes, but the ceiling almost crushed my cat here."

"Meooow" It was a sad meow. I petted the cat for a moment and checked on its safety. I then turned to the group, and suggested we move from the spot that we were in right now. 

A loud thud from across Falsegulf occurs and all of our heads turn in sync. None of us had the slightest clue as to what could be happening above us right now. Are they trying to eliminate us completely? 

We all move straight towards the entry of the town to see other members of negative hundred come out of their cells. Six new characters i've never seen before. I couldn't process who they were since the alarm rang off as soon as we all met eyes with each other. 

"ALERT, ALL NEGATIVE HUNDRED PRISONERS EXIT THROUGH THE MAIN GATE. I REPEAT ALERT, ALL NEGATIVE HUNDRED PRISONERS EXIT THROUGH THE MAIN GATE. I REA-" 

It kept going on for the next minute. All of us rush to the main gate where the elevator was. We soon find out that only three people could enter. A small little girl who wore a desaturated pink, with pale skin with a boney structure carefully stepped in. The purple cat joined her along with a man in a tuxedo that did not have a head, but rather a black flame instead to fill in the space, stepped as well. A person with golden blonde hair, who looked like a greek god stepped into the elevator almost squeezing in. 

The doors shut leaving us to wait for the elevator to turn back down in hopes that it doesn't get destroyed coming up. As a group we all collectively looked in the direction of Falsegulf being crushed by many pieces of ruble falling down on all the structures that made up the small town. It was as if the world was closing in on me. 

"I hear something above us guys" spoke Laz. 

We all dashed away from the elevator without a second thought and dispersed. A small piece of the ceiling fell and blocked off the elevator. The amount of dust caught all of us off guard. It was problematic, not only are we stuck in, but fog slowly started to build up.

Laz was quick to take action and decided to carry the piece of broken ceiling away from the elevator. We looked up at where the piece broke off of and all we could see was a black hole with a couple of wires attached to it. I squinted a little bit and could see that there was the elevator right beside it. 

We all regroup next the elevator again. It was a big risk to be anywhere that wasn't broken since we wouldn't know where the next collapse would happen. What was going through my head was-

'What was going on above us?'

Yuo decided to use astral shield to deflect all the dust away from the group. It worked very well and we all had enough space to breathe and stretch. 

"Is everyone okay?" I asked the group with curiosity. 

"Im good." Replied Laz and a man whos entire skin was charcoal with visible magic elements that leaked throughout him. His eyes seemed dead but i didn't want to ask what he went through. 

"We're fine over here." Yuo spoke. 

The other two stayed silent, they seemed very suspicious but I ignored them...

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After a couple of minutes of waiting the elevator which was fast makes it back in one piece. The two silent ones rushed and slipped into the elevator. They were both twins, one was a clown girl and one was a girl who didn't wear the clown make up but still kept the outfit of a clown. Their eyes were both bright blue. There expression was very flat as they both looked at me.

The next one who joined into the small contraption was the Sen. The one who was fully charcoal and had a skeletal figure. He was a kind fella, but we still didnt get much information about the rest of the group which was unfortunate. He steps in carefully and the doors shut behind him.

The elevator zips up to the top floor, abandoning us in this dark space waiting for its return. Yuo sits down for a moment while the shield is still active and takes a deep breath before speaking out his next words.

"What happens next?" 

"I dont know man...death?" replied Laz. 

"Why would we die? Im SURE that if we were above land we could take on whatever was breaching the top."

"Really?" 

"Yeuh, im all about that smoke." Yuo spoke like a cowboy ready for a gunfight. 

The elevator arrived and we were able to traverse to the top.

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A journey and a half occurred. We reached the top floor. The doors slide open and all hell broke loose.