Looming Threat

Zevien and Vernisia came out from the star door at the bottom of the abyss and fell flat on their faces.

After they stood up and looked around, their bodies involuntarily shivered. They were in a garden, and the borders of the garden had four blood crystals that shone brightly and lit up the place in red.

A path led out from the garden towards a giant palace with black clouds looming over it. The path also had red crystals to light up the way toward the castle.

"What should we do now?" Vernisia asked as she locked her arms with Zevien's arms. The atmosphere in this place was too creepy and cold, making her shiver uncontrollably.

Zevien's expression was also somber as he felt the same thing. The danger of this place was not something that he could bear, that was for sure. "Let's just stay in this garden until we are kicked out of the labyrinth," he said.

Zevien created an Omni-Barrier around them as both of them sat down on the red grassy ground of the garden.