Chapter 4: Cave of Gloomhaven

"where am I?" the scenery was too strange, not only the scenery, his body was hitting up, "what's this …Ack!" something heavy fell on him, lifting up her head, she observed her surrounding, trying to get more information of her new environment, she frowned, why was the floor moving, 'oh?' moving away from the body on the floor, she did not even look behind as she started running forward, "what the hell is wrong with this girl?" he stood up and dust himself, but immediately he made the first step, another body nail him down, "ohh, sorry" said the lens man.

"where is friend going?" said the man, as he looked at the small shadow moving further away from them, "I don't know her, and she is not my friend … and I am not planning to ever be" Brian grumble as he dust out the dirt on his cloths.

The lens man lifted his hand, "My name is Chavez, nice to meet you" seeing the man's hand waving around him, Brian was forced to greet back, 'he is too friendly' Brian thought frowning, but his thoughts were interrupted, a woman fell on Chavez, seeing her, Brian immediately started moving away from the people.

"okay, hmm… Mr. Chavez, next time" said Brian as he ran away, "heh, don't leave me here!" hearing the man screaming, Brian ignore him and move forward, after 30 minutes of run, he saw a small figure, as he came closer, he saw a small girl staring at a deep cave, she was like pondering whether to enter or not, stopping near her, both did not even utter a word to each other.

The cave looked dark and hollow, the sound of water dropping on the floor echoed wright into their ear, looking behind him, Brian swallowed hard before taking the first step, someone followed closely behind him, the small girl looked at his foot, we are in the same boat, the ignored each other and walk towards the entrance. the humidity inside the cave was high making it difficult to breath, and the surrounding looked dreary, where only the sound of water droplets could be heard dripping on the ground, the originated from the different stalactites present, but the only looked strange, the all looked black and smooth, and the water the came out was a pure black liquid, all Brian could think at this moment was, 'what's this place?' the worst in all this décor, both the young girl and Brian had this oppressive and weird feeling of being monitored from the back, which wasn't good news to them, but the situation got worst.

"haaaa!" both the girl and Brian immediately turn and look behind them, 'what's going on again?' the remaining people who crossed the gate where running towards them, first person in front was eventually, Chavez and the lady who fell on him, 'why are they running…" his question did not require anybody to answer, it was already provided with one.

A head flew like a ball and rolled towards their direction leaving a trail of blood on his part, this immediately change their mind set, as Brian and the girl immediately entered the cave, soon, the killer showed itself.

The centipede monster.

It wasn't a good idea to run towards the unknown without knowing his environment, preparation and at least, majors to take during an emergency, but at this moments, those roles could not save the life of the group running deep inside the cave at full speed.

Running without knowing where we are heading isn't the wisest of all the choices, but in a situation where we are being chase, does not leave us much possibilities, especially that, what is chasing after us is a two-meter giant centipede with a human face, and who looks hungry.

"huff huff…" I knew I was supposed to be doing sports during my free time, thinking I would come to regret it in such a situation is very funny, Brian thought, tiredness visible in his face, even the girl with her pale and fragile body moved faster.

"what's with the hair color?" he rummaged in his memory and did not have any account of a human being who had red hairs, did she color them? That was his first thought, but he cleared it off, now wasn't the time.

"Ah!... Help! Ack!" another life taken, the monster covered the distance, those slow where butchered without mercy, hearing their last scream of agony, those in front had a burst of energy, and Brian wasn't an exception.

The more the ran into the cave, the darker it became and the more the sensation of being observes increases, after covering a significant distance, people started to slow down one after another, the last man behind shouted, "he has stop chasing!" at first, nobody was ready to stand there and know whether it was true or false, so the tried to run as far as possible.

Soon, one by one, people started slowing down, Brian had long stopped running, and from a safe distance, he observes the monster, "effectively, he stopped, like a machine freeze in time, it stopped all its function, Brian soon realize and odd situation, the monster stopped at the entrance of the cave and not inside, meaning, it had already been freeze from a moment, what happed? Brian's mind hurt as he tried by all means to understand the situation, but soon, something more unbelievable happed in the eyes of everyone present.

The caves entrance which allowed them in was gradually disappearing, this was bad, the light source was gradually fading away, panic striking, people do the unexpected, disregarding the monster outside, the rush towards the entrance only to heat an invisible wall, and from there the sound rang.

Ting!

[You can't head back]

What was that sound, most importantly, what's with the line bar showing up in front of me, "is everyone seeing this?" a man pointed out screaming, everybody turned towards him and some nodded, the light source was gradually disappearing, the terrified people tried a last attempt to break out, but no results and finally the light source was cut off.

In the middle of darkness, only the breathing and cries of the people around could be heard, the quietness of the cave gave and oppressive feeling to everyone and the feeling of being watch grew as time passed, and at the point where those who were mentally fragile were about to broke up in tears, the first calamity message erupted.

A pretty girl with wings appeared, she was extremely small, a tennis ball could be considered bigger, this startled everybody including the small girl near Brian, and Brian himself, her bright appearance illuminated the cave giving back a small scent of security to all, when everybody fell relaxed, another bar message appeared, reading this message, nobody spoke, and basically, everyone present fell the air in the air getting heavier and the difficulty to breath increased, the message read.

[selection face begun]

[total number of captive: 1000]

[Welcome to the Donjon of Gloomhaven]

[Theme: Survive or die]

[Important Note: It is advisable to listen at the small girl showing you the part to hell, at least you know where you would be heading to, than, to be lost in the nothingness and die miserably]