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The Rise of Baronia

Ch-8:2 Creaking Woods

Ch-8:2 Creaking Woods

Apr 16, 2021

The scene starts with Alistor walking along a lonely corridor with no one to talk to. He summons Rose Warrior back from his blade as they conversed for quite a bit before spotting the switch in the highest level of the room.

"No problem, I can do this…. It's just a bottomless dark pit, that's all."

     Alistor starts to doubt himself with the platforms he has to jump on.

"Don't worry if you mess up. I'll catch and break your fall." The spirit assured.

     He leaps his way toward the next platform. The next set of platforms ahead moved around as he had to keep patience. Rose Warrior continues to watch from the starting point. He makes it toward the first moving one and wobbles before regaining balance.

“Almost there.”

      The platforms moved up as he quickly made his way up with no problems. He makes a final jump clinging to the ledge of the step where the switch is located.

     Rose Warrior stayed at bay to react, but Alistor made it up without hesitation. He strikes at the switch to activate it.

“Yes! I did it!” He jumped.

Alistor then loses balance, falling over as he screams in an endless abyss.

"Hold on!" The spirit said.  

     In another room, Tannen is confronted by more Pawns. The switch is seen not far from his position.

"Hmm, what do I feel like doing?"

     Without hesitation, he leaps over the Pawns ending the battle in one quick swing. The Tonba Hammer is seen crashing down as machine parts fly out.

Tannen finds his way to the switch on the floor and slams it down.

“All done…”

     Maigashi and Auroa found themselves in a vast chamber in the next room. The switch was located very far off, and all the platforms were far from reach from each other.

"So, how do you suppose we make it across?" Maigashi wondered. "I can shoot some platforms down, but I'll need a clear shot to hit that switch."

      The two were speculating for the moment.

 "Option one, we can waste time, hoping we would hit the switch from this distance, or we can just get close to it if you're up to it. It's your choice." Said Auroa as he awaited Maigashi's decision.

"What do you mean by that?" Maigashi leered, doubting Auroa's words.

“Well, if you know wind has no true form.”

    Auroa started walking forwards as Maigashi wondered. He continued to walk forward till one of his feet no longer touched the ground. He was one step away from a bottomless dark abyss.

“Are you nuts?” Maigashi yelled. “What do you think you’re doing? You’ll fall unless you got something.”

     Still having doubts, he approached Auroa. As Maigashi got close, Auroa took a jump backward. Maigashi started to freak out as he fell back.

 “You fool!”

     He got back up to look below with nothing but pure darkness.

“Your eyes still deceive you.” Whispered a voice in Maigashi’s ears.

"Am I hearing things….No, it can't be."

     A hand materialized from thin air behind Maigashi to grab his shoulders. He reacted and burst out, shooting arrows at it. The arrows just broke away the form of the hand before he recognized Auroa's voice.

"Ouch! Got a small cut on me there. Now I need a band-aid."

     Auroa materialized in the air floating over the bottomless pit.

"Next time, warn me if you pull something like this." Maigashi pestered.

"Since air has no form, it's everywhere around us. Free and formless, I can move freely wherever I please. Defying gravity." Auroa continued.

    More procrastination started to pass as Maigashi came to a conclusion.

"So if you can just fly. Why don't you just float up there and hit that damn switch already." He beamed back at him.

“Aright! Aright…” Auroa giggled.

     Auroa proceeded to press the switch. Meanwhile, in the final room, Zolhalla ventures through a hallway. He walks to find the room with a button at the end.  

“So that’s where it is.”

     Sullivan's wood fighters spawned around to attack by surprise. They all pounced on him with their weapons, but he brushed them back with no problem.

“You can’t hold me down.”

     He shot off vortexes of red lightning all around in one swing to dismantle them. He activates the final switch.

     Back in the room with Alistor…. He continues to fall right into the abyss screaming to no end.

“Ahhhhh!!!!”

     The Rose Warrior leaped, falling at super speed to catch him. The spirit quickly pulls him up to safe grounds.

“Phew…”

     After a few short breaths, he looks back at the spirit with an annoyed look.  

"If you could just fly in the first place. Why did I have to bother?"

     The spirit chuckled back.

"The purpose was to test your courage. To get a better understanding of your nature. It was a risk I was willing to take."

     The spirit went back into the blade. Alistor then heads back to meet the others by the main gate.

“Sorry for taking too long. I made it.” Alistor said.

All five met at the gate as Alistor was the last to arrive. They proceeded into the main entrance that led to another hallway. They were now ready to take on the King's commander as a light waits at the end.

"So you finally made it." The commander pestered. 

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