First say..

While they explore the palace. Many unexpected things happened.

Starting from the emergence of traps, even unexpected attacks that appear from the shadows.

So much happened.

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He kept walking and looking for Fiona, without knowing where he was going.

As long as he walked through the halls and rooms, he did not find any door that led him to the exit. Strangely, he didn't see anyone or anything coming towards him.

He only saw that every wall he passed was filled with a crystal. Even though the crystal was only the size of an index finger, but for some reason... each crystal emitted a light that was so bright, like the shining moonlight.

However, at the same time... suddenly he felt a very strong pain in his head. He screamed in pain because of it.

Worse yet.. somehow, he seemed to see a picture in his head. Unfortunately, only fire and blood he saw.

But not long after, the emergence of a magical energy that enveloped him. It was as if the energy was trying to make him calm down first.

The energy gave off a weak chill.

(Calm yourself. Get up. And keep looking.)

For some reason, every time he heard that voice, he could immediately calm down. The voice he heard was quite weak, but for some reason it seemed like it wanted to lead him to something he didn't know about.

He also continued his steps.

However..

"Duck!"

Suddenly he looked down. At the same time, he heard screams. As soon as he turned around, he didn't know that there was a creature of the night apparently stalking him from behind. He saw that the creature of the night had died as a result of being stuck by a spear that had penetrated the head.

Somehow, he felt that.. he felt neither fear nor trembling during the sight of the dead creatures of the night.

Even so, he also didn't know who had thrown the spear because in front of him was only a shadow, and also no sound could be heard.

He prefers to enter the left lane rather than advancing towards the shadow earlier.

As he walked, he still didn't see anyone or anything around him. It feels so lonely.

However, suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps. The sound came from the right. But at the same time, he also heard footsteps that felt heavy but sounded very irregular.

Until not long after, the sound of heavy steps apparently came from some creatures of the night who seemed to want to target him. Strangely, there was something that made his legs unable to move or turn around. Like something is holding it. Not only that, it seemed that some creatures of the night were also hit and unable to move.

Not long after, he seemed to see a flash that seemed to pass through him.

Somehow, he felt that it wasn't a flash. Even though it was faint, he could see that it was like someone wielding a sword and passed by as if nothing had happened.

It's just that somehow he seemed to remember something. Unfortunately, that memory was so vague that he couldn't know for sure.

Moreover..

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"I'll leave the rest to you. Kyle!"

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Somehow, those words… he felt like he had heard that somewhere too. Unfortunately, he couldn't remember that.

He couldn't look back because his body still couldn't move.

"Hey! Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

He was surprised that he heard a voice from behind. Moreover, he could finally feel that his body could move again.

When he looked back...

"I'm sorry. It looks like you were also affected by my magic. But I'm glad you're okay. Because now it's safe. Uhm.."

He was surprised that it was a man. What's more, he wields a sword.

"I'm Edward. What's your name?"

But once he noticed, he realized that the sword was covered in blood. He stretched out his hand even though right now he was shaking from the sight of the sword.

"My name is.. kyle."