chapter:5-To be the master of darkness within(1)

Day 2, time is not known

The place is not known, --'c

Victor had woken from his sleep as if he had slept for only a few seconds, which made him suffer due to a cramped back while sleeping on the hard floor of the cave that had sheltered him from the blizzard that happened the previous night. victor tried to move his body but due to the cold, his body had become rigid and even if he wanted to move, it would not obey him.

Victor had only a few things present with him when he fall into the lake of that mysterious cave, and the things were his sword Hikari, the seax knife, and the ring which he had got from the box with the insignia similar to the box his uncle had given him to keep safe.

Victor had not got much warmth even in the cave and he did not have anything to make a fire. So he try to find something that could give him warmth while moving inside the cave, It was a risky decision because he did not have any opinion left for him to choose to survive.

Victor had found a small open which was enough for him to move inside. At first, he hesitated because of his past experiences of moving into an unknown zone that only brought him ill-fatedness feelings.

victor took both of his hands slapped himself on the cheeks and Said

"stop thinking about that you cannot solve, Think only about the things that you can do"

And with a new resolution that kept his well hard and sharp with his senses go into wild mode.

He steps into the opening even though the outside temperature was cold inside was warm and give a feeling of coziness, He thought it was due to the stone-like crystals glowing in this part, and feeling sleepiness took him into a sleep that would change him.

Victor's Pov

In the void of darkness a boy was standing that was me, I was standing alone and did not know why I was there. the feeling of tranquility that I had stuck with me was the same when seeing mother nature on the first day when I felt happy to live and sad about the unbearable loss.

and all suffering that had happened to me come to my eyes as if the reel of time was playing the recording of the fate that I have to suffer till the end of time. As if the great god of time is saying to me that.

I thought, if I concentrated on my ears, I could hear him laughing at a human who is trying to defy the pre-planned path that is set for him to walk and do things.

Then things turn ugly telling me to stop thinking about the silly and stupid things as if they thought from their point of view. These were voices that were hiding within my mind this was true darkness that was trying to make me weak from within and devour me in the abyss of nothingness.

I knew that I was alone and I had to fight this darkness or embrace it was my decision.

"Yes"

This meant that I was closer to being free from so-called fate.

but the happiness was short-lived because a Skull which had red fire as eyes and a strange black fire surrounding it

and the word that came from his mouth were like a voice filled with a no-human

"human"

"you have tried to trespass in the domain of death"

"I am a servant of the God who rules over this domain"

"I have came here as a messenger of god Hades"

"I tell you this human, your time has not came and your presence here does not needed so, go to the world of the living"

then the darkness vanished and light had started growing and engulfing the darkness. It came to a balance that had a harmony it made me a complete being or should I dare to say that I had became closer to a perfect being.

then my vision became Blur. I woke from sleep which I had not asked for. it all felt like a dream in which I had died and came back to life. I checked my surrounding which had not changed a bit.

The boy did not know that this cave was a door to death. because the cave only devoured the light inside a living being's presence in the vicinity and he only had darkness and a light that was in his heart protected by a cage of darkness this was the reason he was safe. The darkness had been trying to protect him or to say that it was trying to protect itself because if the boy could not live then they would demise with him.

victor felt different than before as if his body had gained strength that could be the same as any strong fighter who has faced the war. all the movement had become better and he could move his body as he wished. he could process his thoughts as if had got the rationality of the persona to who he had to look up.

All the knowledge he had been arranged neatly and he could remember the sword art he had seen in the great hall of time (this is the first cave) that he had tried to take with him. the cold he had felt had been became bearable so, he concludes that he had became stronger than an average person.

Everything had became more powerful and he could even be said as superhuman which was shown in t.v and books. he wanted to try what he could do so he found an old tree and used his Hikari to make a small downward slash at it and result was that he could cut the branch of the tree in one move as a butter knife was cutting the bread.

while using Hikari, his stomach had growled that time which mean that he was hungry and he need to find or hunt it to calm his stomach. he saw a brown-colored rabbit and his hands moved in arc reflexively threw his small knife which he had almost forgotten that he had and that's how he got the food by a lucky shot.

but he would not get any more food from it.

he also decided to practice the sword art daily because his wild intuition was telling him that he will need it in the unseen future. he needed to practice it because his hi body was not used to the movements and the change in his body structure as well.

victor chose a direction that he felt was right but he did not lose his guard due to the experience of the snake in the first encounter in the forest.

Many days passed since then and he forgot to keep the days counting and he finally found a path to descent to the ground and to leave this mountain he guessed a few months had passed

but the path was filled with difficult foot holes to keep feets and from his memory, this was the safest path that he could find in a short period of time. the food was scarce due to less vegetation in this cold region and he could not find any rabbits or other animals.

Victor had learned the intermediate level of swordsmanship from the book based on his conclusion and wild intuition and this mountain was starting to feel colder than past few months.

victor took it as a warning from mother nature as she could not bear his presence here any longer. he started to walk on the narrow of the mountain well somethings he would stop due to careful stepping on and he kept walking sometimes only dust would fall or a one/two pebbles, stones, rocks and sometimes he would need to jump another side of the path because of the gap. he one wrong step and he would be meet death earlier than his time and with fare reason to stay in the domain of death.

it was nearly noon and the sun was about to set and he tried to stay still as if he was made of a rock statue with intense concentration so that he would not fall asleep and fall to his death that would be very funny he thought.

this was lucky non-slippery and with a rock base filled with very less snowflakes even though his body was paining due to staying in position for a long time also, he moved on and saw hope or the greenery that made him feel like a place near to home. after some time he found out that an old trunk of a lone tree that had fallen and had made a natural Bridge. on another side, there was a forest for the first time he had enough space to sleep but he need to haste to reach any human settlement or a village.

Victor stepped carefully on the trunk because it was a canyon with running river water and its height would be like 60 feet which no man can survive if falls then death awaits him.

And the fears came true the tunk was unstable and it could fall any movement so hasted to reach.

but he could not reach the other side of it and again he fall into the water and lost consciousness.

If the gods saw him they would laugh till their hearts are content because fate gives him a carrot and a stick.