Note: I edited the previous two chapters and I recommend you read those again before reading this one.
Lost, Part 1: Changed the entire conversation between Will and the 'Beast' and also edited the portal scene.
Lost, Part 2: Changed the entire chapter. Same direction, but the writing is much better, with better descriptions and explanations for Will's thinking. Highly recommend you read it first before this one.
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Funnily enough, just the thought of Divah and her tough love lifted my spirits enough that I stopped thinking about escaping this dark realm using the easy way out.
"Besides, without acquiring soil samples and other materials from this place, I won't be able to prove the theory that fissures at the hearts of dungeons really are portals to long-lost realms… that would be a waste of fame, wealth, accolades—maybe even a Nobel nomination in the adventuring categories," I reasoned.