The tangy taste of prickly pear, a familiar flavor.

"Damn it! What is this foul stench? Hurry up, hurry up!"

What's going on here?!

No, this can't be happening... It must just be another nightmare!!

"Come on, there's no time. We have to leave tonight... Hurry!"

That deep, yet soft, almost feminine voice is all too familiar! And how did these two bodies surrounding me manage to slip inside... it doesn't make sense!

Do they want to torture me in other ways?!

I must find a solution to this dilemma or else...

regret won't be enough to pay the price!

As I was thinking to myself, two hands like branches thrust into my broken wings, carrying me like garbage out of this dark dungeon...

After 25 minutes.

We began approaching the throat of the exit.

All along the way, my weary feet trod on this ground filled with undulating tufts as sharp as swords.

"Aaargh!" Damn, this feeling is so real. Why can I feel this pain as if it's real and present?

This is confusing! What should I do?!

While I was in that state, a thin palm from the front slowly and gently slapped my shoulder, my body swaying to it.

"No need for this tension, you know...

Thousands of boys your age have shed their blood in this place...

You're the only one who managed to cling to life for all these miserable years. I'm truly impressed by your great resilience!"

shouldn't you talk to him?

I don't care what he says, just keep quiet now!

"I can tell you don't know anything about the outside world...

Would you like to know a bit about that?",

this is an unexpected opportunity. He wants to help us. Come on, say yes... Hey, talk to him!

I didn't raise my head which was bumping between the hard shoulder blades like a tree's armor, while that grown man continued to talk to me endlessly.

I remained silent, my feet dragging on the ground, bleeding, and I didn't care what he was saying. I've heard a lot of nonsense from that fool. I must never believe these humans...

'Trust me so we can get out of this place!'

His voic rose slightly to say, 'Come on, girls, we don't have much time left!'

'The soul', my lord, listen to him! Trust this human... I think he will get you out of this place, just don't be closed off! Do what I tell you if you want to survive! I don't want to hurt you,

I am your soul that wants salvation for you!'

What foolishness! Whether I want to trust him or not, I don't have the power to refuse or accept. I'm just an insect that will be crushed if I'm noticed!

'Stop here, don't take another step! I'm going to check to make sure there's no one at the head of the fork!'...

Did he go to check the area? This doesn't seem right, no one would do that in this world! No one would dare risk their life just for you, it must be a trick!...

"The soul, it's only you who has these strange thoughts, please trust him because he said that, just do it, okay...?

"You damned boy, until when will you pretend to be sick?!"

The girl on my left spoke in a voice that was no different from this vile environment.

"He will only be a burden on us, I will try to talk to number one after we get out and we will see about it!"

She said that in a voice weary from carrying me and trembling with anger while I repeated inside:

There's no need for you, you can leave me and go!!

"Come on, I've checked that out!"

After that man returned, we continued to advance until we approached the fork.

"You... you should be number four in this group..."

That girl interrupted to say in a frightened and soft voice, "Sir, there is a shadow moving towards us from the right fork!!"

"Damn it, stick to the wall immediately!!"

Those two girls moved me with their swaying bodies and we stuck to the wall that had sharp wave crests like blades.

The footsteps of that person began to get closer, every step could carry the continuation of this misery or freedom.

"I told you since you were a child that this place was your life...isn't that right? I'm so tired of watching you, but...here I am, reaping the rewards of your exhausting me, hee hee hee!"

He said that as they all ran off in different directions, leaving my body to fall onto the thorny ground.

"Arghhh!"

The rumbling voice of the man whose voice dripped with wine was no longer there.

Everything suddenly stopped talking, and terrified screams arose after meeting death.

It was a breath that was wildly panicked, as if dancing on the blades of those terrifying sounds.

"Breath," they must all be dead for sure, there's no one left but us! How will we escape now, their voices were trembling with fear, no! no! no!!!

Run, please, don't let him kill me, please!

Weren't you wanting to die a moment ago? Here he comes to you, flesh and blood.

No, no! I don't want to die, please save me, move now!

I didn't know that meeting the enemy on the battlefield would destroy that false courage and the souls longing for annihilation.

I had been waiting for him on every side to cleanse me of this curse, but as usual,

"All your companions have been killed!! Hah~ how sad~!"

She said that as her voice dropped down, rippling to rise in a scream that echoed in my head: "...There's no one left but you, hehehehehe! She lowered her voice, which began to carry a false tenderness like a prostitute trying to convince her child to become a sacrificial lamb on the devil's birthday:

"...Do you want to do that? Are you starting to feel afraid now? Did you enjoy listening to their beautiful screams? Did you want to see their heads gently planted in that happy moment?..."

She paused, that foolish idiot, arousing my anger. Then, in her serious voice, from which evil vibrations emanated, she said:

'Get up, it's time!'"

The entire universe seemed to crumble after the last word left her lips, like a castle made of desert sand.

That bloody cloud scattered slowly, as usual.

And that damned illusion began to disappear, with predatory breaths colliding with my face and that worn-out voice.

"Can you guess who I am~huh?!"

Should I answer? No, even if I did, there would be no correct answer. But what would he do if I didn't?

"Come on, answer me~! I don't want to be violent, that wouldn't suit me~!"

He said that while playing with the strands of my hair that lay on the ground.

"Fear" Aaaaaah~!! I'll answer him, I can't wait any longer... He... he's trying to kill us!!

Suddenly, at the moment my soul screamed what it was saying, strange mutterings began... At that moment, I felt a loss of consciousness, as if a narcotic substance was spreading in my blood...

"You!! Won't you answer me?!"

Fear "Yes... I'll answer you, yes, yes! I'll answer you in just a few seconds... and it will be done, please just wait a little, please!"

That man stood up after saying that, while my soul was trying to invade me and take control.

I began to feel a tremor in my parched tongue, as if it were warning me of its impending loss of control. Without hesitation, I bit off the quivering tip, its movement like a desert snake's rattle, using the front of my decaying teeth.

Meanwhile, as I struggled against the onslaught of that intrusive infection and anticipated what would happen to me after remaining silent in response to that damned man's question,

he roared with a voice that made the hair on the back of my neck and the soles of my feet stand on end, like a demonic serpent.

"Your answer truly excites me!! It's an answer worthy of applause!!"

he began clapping his hollowed hands while saying in a voice that stirred my anger, as he slowly leaned towards me, "Damn you!! You shouldn't have avoided the question!!!"

He slapped the ground so hard that my hair flew in all directions and some strands were torn out.

He slapped the ground so hard that my hair flew in all directions and some strands were torn out.

He continued while his foul breath was forced into my nostrils and his lips were glued to my neck.

"I managed to stand on the gray square this time, which means I won't punish you for your silence this time!" he said, then punched the wall which began to shake violently.

"Damn it!!!! That was never supposed to happen~!!!"

"My lord..you see, you've angered her~!!! And now what good will your silence do you?!!"

"Wailing and crying won't help you, you tried to attack Ali a moment ago so you must just be silent now!!"

"There won't be a lesson today but...look forward to your upcoming days, you bastard, humph!!!"

Indeed!! Those words were no joke at all..and even that voice that vibrates with anger and the footsteps that express his urgent desire to tear my neck apart..were reinforcing his words in a serious and evil way.

After a few minutes of him leaving

Corner 4 "Hey boy, how are you doing today..are you still alive until now, hahahah?!"

Corner 2 "You're strong-willed even in sleep! I'm bored of you..why don't you just give up?!"

Corner 3 "Listen to me, you should taste the flavor of death for a moment, it's fun and delicious!! Do you want to try it?!! Are you seeking that?!!"

Corner 1 "Darling, I've lived for a longer time, I'm impressed by you but..don't you think it's time for you to come to me?!!"

The voices of those sad spirits began to emerge, losing their existence..and the happy ones for the nearness of your time.

Or the angry ones because of your existence and the hopeful ones for meeting you, and others are covered with envy and deceit or love and deception.

These voices, carrying a venom of resentment, yearn for a return to life, even if it means my demise.

They stir within me the contradictory emotions that define humanity: the coexistence of violence and pleasure.

I've lived with them for so long that they've become a part of me...

Each one carries a painful story etched deep into my soul. They were my closest companions in torment.

Though they'd be the first to kill me if given the chance, I still consider them the most precious thing I have in this corrupt world.

I can't forget their dark, deathly feelings towards me, despite the thorny plants they've harvested throughout their miserable lives.

I can't miss those moments that shattered my innocent soul and turned my dry heart into a weeping well.

All I want is to free you from this torment, you damned ones!

Shut your filthy mouths, I don't want to hear it anymore!

Sir, please, stop feeling pity for these wicked souls!

The rock moved, and the servant entered, placing food before me and spitting on it after collecting plenty of his filthy saliva.

"This flavor will make you crave it, ukhkhh!"

Hah, it seems silence in some situations can also be painful!

My body moved like a beast on its own, lunging at the food as if it were prey trying to escape.

Yes, it was disgusting. I hated what I was doing. I felt those strands of pride I no longer possessed slipping away... but,

A cloak of safety can hide many disgusting acts.

I began to gnaw on the stony rice with my hateful teeth and scooped up pieces of chicken with my tongue like an angry serpent...

My melting heart ached with a searing burn, and my tongue tasted the return of a lost dog. If only the sky would brighten and rain someday, to refresh my torn soul and quench its thirst...

Leaning against the wall behind me, I looked towards the exit, waiting for the man who never tired of tormenting me to come.

While I was waiting, the rock moved in a strange way I hadn't seen before.

I raised my pupils, darkened by the deep blackness,

to glimpse the shadow of a woman with a head as smooth as a planet and eyes that were no different from the monsters that came to me every day, with my body on the verge of collapse and my robe as torn as mine...

She was holding an axe dripping with blood while grasping the neck of the filthy servant with her other hand.

"Sir! What's happening here? Is this another delusion?!"..."

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