The Mysterious Tower (3)

Argh!

Link let out a sound as his body shifted slightly, but that only sent a wave of pain throughout his being. He could feel the bones in his body crunch as the discomfort and pain woke him up quickly.

"W..what happened?" He muttered to himself. His eyes were still closed as he toughened through the pain and barely managed to slip out a question.

<Link, quickly heal yourself and get up>

Zero's voice was the same, but Link could feel a sense of hurry. Without wasting a beat, he quickly activated his AOE Healing spell, getting him back to his best condition before opening his eyes.

"WHAT THE FUCK!" Link yelled after seeing the decomposed transparent people around. They looked at him with a slight grin as he teleported away, back to the top floor.

The reason he headed there was due to Ora's instructions. He didn't ask why but he did as she told him to.

[This place is locked from the outside world! You won't be able to leave with force.. Try to grab the Hexagon, my fragment might be the one powering up this tower!]

Link didn't let his shock take any of his time, flying towards the replica and grabbing the Hexagon shaped stone with both hands, pulling with immense force.

ARGH!

The table creaked as the ground underneath it started to cave in. Link was on top of the table for a stable footing. But unfortunately, it didn't even budge.

"What the fuck is this thing made out of?" Link spoke, letting go of it and floating back in the air.

[I do not know!]

<Attack it!>

"My thoughts exactly!"

Link's fist shone with power, as he charged up more than a Million Mana Points into it. Ora reassured him that the Fragments were indestructible by any mortal means. But when he was about to strike it from above, a voice spoke from the floor's stairway door.

"~Stop!~"

Link looked back for the source of the echoey voice, seeing a decaying old man with a half burnt beard, skinny and frail built with parts of his skull showing as his face no longer looked human. He slowly approached Link and continued.

"~Whatever. Spell. You. Strike. It. With. It. Will. Send. It. Back. At. You~"

Link felt confused. Not because of what the man said though, but by the fact that this horrifying transparent looking spirit or ghost spoke, showing that it/he still had some form of consciousness.

"W..who are you?" Link asked.

"~My. Name. Is. Ronaldo. And. I'm. An. Adventurer~" Ronaldo continued. "~I. Saw. This. Cursed. Tower. During. One. Of. My. Travels. So. Like. An. Idiot. I. Decided. To. Explore. It~" He took a deep breath before continuing. "~The. Moment. I. Stepped. Foot. Inside. I. Was. Doomed. To. Death~"

"You couldn't find a way to destroy the Spell cast here?" Link asked, keeping his distance from the man.

"~We. Tried. But. To. No. Avail~" Ronaldo looked behind him and then back at Link. "~Personally. I've. Been. Here. For. 100. Years. But. Some. Were. Here. For. Thousands. If. Not. More~"

Hearing him, Link started thinking about what was said. He noticed the man say 'We' but he wasn't surprised, considering all the Spirits he saw when he woke up.

"What did you mean when you said it will repel my strike back?" Link asked.

"~Exactly. As. It. Sounds~" He continued. "~We. Figured. Out. That. The. Thing. On. Top. Of. The. Replica. Is. The. Source. But. No. Matter. How. Many. People. Walk. In. Here. And. Attempt. Something. On. It. Unfortunately. Either. Be. It. An. Offensive. Spell. Or. Supportive. One. They. Both. Get. Repelled. Onto. The. Caster~"

'Damn it!' Link thought to himself before speaking. "I assume all of you died here?"

"~Yes. We. Either. Starved. Or. Took. Our. Own. Lives~" Ronaldo answered with a slight twitch. It seemed like this opened an old wound. "~But. Even. After. Death. We. Were. Unable. To. Leave. Forever. Stuck. In. This. Damned. Place. Rejected. By. The. World. As. Our. Souls. Just. Kept. Rotting. Until. The. Fated. Day. We. Seize. To. Exist~"

"A soul rots?" Link asked in a low voice, aiming his question at the two inside his head.

<When one dies, his or her soul is supposed to be expelled from the Living Realm, but they couldn't, held back by whatever curse is placed here>

[Not all souls are accepted by the Spirit Realm though, as the dark and malicious ones are neither accept by the Living nor the Spirit Realms, destined to rot and disappear from existence, stopping them from reincarnating]

"The Spirit Realm?" Link muttered. "Then can I use Realm Travel here?"

<Yes, most likely>

A smile appeared on Link's face, confusing Ronaldo. He thought after delivering the news to the kid, he would see him panic, attack the replica or understand his sealed fate and give up.

"~Why. Are. You. Smiling?~" Ronaldo couldn't help but ask.

"I have a special Spell i'm gonna try" Link said, moving to the side and muttering. "Realm Travel!"

<Realm Jump Is In Progress>

<Destination (Spirit Realm)>

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The area around Link started to shake, as if a stone was thrown into a calm water surface. But the moment Link thought he was about to be teleported out, the Hexagon object on the replica suddenly shone brightly, sending waves towards Link. As the ripples around Link and the waves sent by the Stone collided, they somehow affected each other.

ARGH!

Link felt his skin and flesh being torn apart, as if the Spell he used was sending him to the Spirit Realm piece by piece.

"FUCK!" He yelled, canceling it. He fell down and sat on the ground, healing himself. "What the hell happened?"

[I do not know who did this and why, but he or she is a fucking genius!]

"What?" Link frowned. "You're really routing for this crazy fucker?"

[I am not routing for him, but if you understood what just happened, you might have reacted the same way!]

"What happened then?"

[It's still early for you to learn these things.. You can't just jump straight to this level]

"Whatever!" Link sighed. "So what now? Am I stuck here?"

[Unfortunately yes, unless we find something, we're going to share the same fate as these Spirits]

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