THE CATACOMBS.

The dust moved with each step when descending the stairs, the entire place seemed to have been carved from solid stone, its walls were covered with skulls of people and animals, but what disturbed him most was seeing children's skulls of all sizes and races everywhere with total distinction from others as if they were something special like "trophies", who could do something so horrible?

That was what Tylos thought as he walked through the place, it was certainly a fairly large place and he didn't know where to go, since everything was very similar and made it look like a labyrinth.

Even so, he decided to be guided by his sense of smell, because, although he had a lot of practice walking in the dark, the miasma that was in the place along with the strong smell of putrefaction affected his senses quite a bit, but without a doubt this was a death trap, but it was not his intention to give up.

He continued walking slowly paying special attention to his ears, soon he heard:

clank!

clank!

It seemed like the noise of bars, and others seemed like the noise of chains, the sound was slight but constant. He got even closer and closer, he managed to see with the shine of his sword an immense number of cells, the doors moved from one side to the other with a slight breeze that ran inside, they seemed empty.

He continued walking and suddenly something held his leg, he immediately swung his blade, barely stopping when he saw with the blue glow that his sword turned that it was a very battered young woman full of blows.

- Mercy, please, mercy, take me with the rest, don't leave me here alone, please.

It was what the girl could barely say, as she looked towards the direction from which the wind was coming with a distant and terrified look.

- Run, they are here

Was what she said while she could barely hold her breath. Tylos opened the door because he didn't have security for her and he took her and tried to sit her down, only to realize that her legs were destroyed, there was little he could do, so she couldn't move.

 Immediately afterward he heard the crunching of bones, in all directions of where she was.

The girl looked at him and said "thank you" taking her last breath holding the young man's hand.

He hid in the cell in a pile of bones and watched in silence, because he did not know what he was facing, and there he saw they looked like people, but their skin was wrinkled and pale like white paper, some walked upright and others on their four limbs, an immense number searched the cells as if they wanted to find something, they entered the cell and began to devour what was left of the girl who had already vanished in her agony, since her eyes had not been there for a long time. They showed signs of vitality.

A muffled scream was heard, and all the creatures quickly came out to meet her, it was the scream of a beast and then another cry was heard, it seemed to be Elise who was screaming, get away!

Several minutes ago...

- Elise: Alexa, we can't continue like this, I'm sorry, you can't continue like this, you're very weak, you can barely stand up.

- Alexa: Don't try to stop me, now that I have found her after so many years of searching, I can't give up now, please don't ask me to give up on her, please Elise, they are our precious family, if we abandon them with that we will remain, they are the only thing we have.

Elise could barely help him walk because the crystals that Alexa had in her shackles weakened them both, and due to Alexa's condition, which was evident in her haggard face, her thin body, full of bruises and wounds made her legs even more visible. ribs, it was already a great effort to even remain conscious.

Little by little they advanced along the corridor where they took her every day at midnight to the square to do those unpleasant and disturbing rituals. Leaning on a piece of wood, her shackles made noise all over the place, then they felt it, an enormous energy passed through them, leaving them both prostrate on the ground, barely able to crawl with difficulty.

Screams of agony began to be heard throughout the place because all the races that intrinsically had an affinity with magic were affected by this barrier, causing them great pain as it caused their energy to begin to get out of control, even producing combustion in their bodies and burning them. completely.

As they crawled, they began to see the bodies of many girls burned and some dying of pain as they were not able to handle their energy. Despite this, they soon arrived at where Nana should be.

But a heartbreaking scream was what came from the depths of Alexa's bowels, because they did not find a charred or mutilated body, there was simply nothing, she was not there.

Alexa went into a state of shock, she searched among the stones, she looked among the corpses, she called her, she screamed her name, but there was no response. There came a point where she dug her nails until they bled, hugging herself, feeling so much pain and desperation.

- Alexa: Nana! Please, not again, respond Nana! Goddess please help me, Naaaaanaaaaa!

- Unknown: they took her, Tom, they took her... they, they are coming, they did it, they, they are coming... the whites.

Alexa couldn't take it anymore and she collapsed on the floor, fainting.

Then it happened, Elise heard the footsteps, in many directions, a very strong stench invaded the place, much stronger than the one that already existed, and as if it were an avalanche they arrived, she could barely form a barrier strong enough to contain them and that They did not attack them, but there were more and more of them and they continued piling up and attacking the circular barrier that could barely maintain itself. Some of her power had returned, but she didn't have time to think about anything, just surviving.

The barrier began to dig into the ground because of the weight of the creatures and soon it began to crack, tears began to flow from her as she screamed for them to get away, she could do no more.

Splinter after splinter as if it where glass broke for a moment and they dragged the dying girl who through the bustle whispered, thank you for helping me.

- Elise: Nooooo… noooo… nooo… don't enter, don't pass, no.

Like light pulses of energy that she could barely ward off the monsters, it was the only thing she had left as a desperate measure, until she fell to her knees, surrendering to her fate.

But in an instant, everything went silent, she opened her eyes even though she was prostrate and saw him.

A blue light, bathed in blood, cuts, blows, scratches and bites, with agitated breathing that made his breath come out as if it were steam from a boiler, his yellow eyes glowed in the darkness like a full-fledged "spectre", He did not seem to be a savior, a "hero", quite the opposite, a "monster", however, in his eyes he looked like a ray of light in the darkness.

"So, you came," Elise whispered.

DOES BLOOD NOT COVER THE SHOES OF HEROES?