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Grisko and the others slowly stepped out the Mausoleum.

"So.. what now?" Asked elisa, unsure what would be about to happen next.

"Well, there is another uncle we have to get, before we leave this place." Said John.

They slowly walked towards the entrance they came from.

"There are many questions I want to know, but now would be a pretty bad time, i think you would feel the same. One thing I can promise you, I will not abandon you" Grisko held their hands as he said that.

Raven and Elisa were still a little skeptical, but like tyr said, make one judgment with one own eyes, so they decided to trust the silverhaired guy and the dark blonde short haired guy.

"For safety purposes stay behind this guy, he may not look like much but he is pretty reliable when it matters" said Grisko.

"Hey, that should have been my phrase here, if we had to decide which one is the troublemaker, it would always be you!" Said John.

*sigh*

"John you just dont get it, you may be older than me, BUT I am the one wtith more experience"

John snorted.

"As if, who are you tryin fool, surly not me, i can not remember me being once more inexperienced than you! If that day come I will eat three ghar pigs!"

Grisko chuckled in response.

"Your words not mine, I will prepare some sauce for you then Hahahaha"

While they two bickered, Raven and Elisa looked at them in disbelief.

"This two, found us here huh" said Raven.

Elisa just laughed a little about it.

"Why? I think it's pretty cute! They remind me how we always spend time talking together, about anything "

"Hmm you think? It's not like we always fight." Said raven.

"We don't fight, neither do they, it's just how they converse, how they make their feelings clear, as long the intent from your heart remains pure, hmmm it's ok!" Elisa pressed her finger tips against each other.

"Raven sometimes you can be really dense when it comes to those kind of things"

"Hey, hey dont look at me with those eyes, don't pity me!"

Elisa gave a sigh and shaked her head.

"I guess I have to take your hand help you understand these things better!" Elisa took his hand and looked forward!

Raven lightly snorted.

"Yes, yes your princess"

Raven then looked at elisas hand.

'Her is pretty small yet they emit endless warmth that fills my heart'

They kept walking but...

"Hm? Hey John.. we..it should be here right?" Asked Grisko.

"Yeah... it should be, we just back traced.. so im sure its here."

"Hmmm, you don't think we are lost right?" Grisko was worried.

"No, like I said, we didn't take a detour nor are we lost, something strange here... take a look at the floor, you see our foot prints. The entrance therefore should be here, if not it means that this place won't let us out." John was in deep thought.

"If we can't go back, how do we get to James?" Asked Grisko.

"I-is there a problem?" Asked the nervous Elisa.

"Hm? Oh.. uhm basically we can't go back to where we came from." Answered John absent minded.

"Isn't that a really bad thing then?" Asked Raven.

"It could be, but I think I know now what this place is.." John looked worried over to Grisko.

Grisko realizing slowly his intent, could not help but be surprised.

"Don't tell me..."

"Yes...thats what I'm thinking here.." John reaffirmed.

Grisko made a deep sigh, as he combed through his hair.

Then he ruffled his hair.

"Argh! So annoying! Fuck!" He kicked a pebble out of frustration. With his action he startled the children slightly.

"GRISKO!" John called out.

Realizing just what he did, he instantly snapped back.

"Ah.., sorry, I didn't mean to startle you, I can't believe I lost my composure in front of the kids. " Grisko apologized to them sincerely.

John slapped the back of Grisko's head.

"OUCH"

"Idiot, learn to control yourself more, how do you imagine it must look in front of them, you are in a position where they have to instinctively fear your powers, you are bigger, stronger than them. Even if you didn't mean harm, consequences follows anyway. I can't believe I have something so simple to explain to you" John was annoyed at Grisko.

John slightly bend down to meet the eyes of Elisa and Raven.

"You must have been surprised by him, I understand you, this idiot here isn't really good with children, all he knows is fighting and food"

Grisko rubbing his head where he was slapped was behind John with his mouth twitching.

'Hey, hey those two are not the only things I'm good at, even if it's true that I like fighting and food, why does it sound like when he's saying it, I'm an idiot..'

"Could you find it in your heart to forgive him?" John smiled slightly at them.

"I-it's not like he did anything wrong...so I guess I can forgive him" Raven was fiddling with his finger, he was pretty shy.

"It's alright with me!" Elisa smiled brightly and showed a thumb up to John.

"Hahaha, is that so? Then on behalf of Grisko I thank you" john then ruffled their hairs.

"B-but mister, you know something don't you, about the place where we are..." Elisa carefully asked him.

"Hmmm, I wouldn't say knowing, more like a hunch? I think we are in a legacy trove, a dungeon, you can call it whatever you want because it is differently known throughout the universe, but every body knows it under babylons tower..."

Raven and Elisa tilted their heads, as to say 'what are you talking about ' .

John took a deep breath and breathed out.

"Oh boy, where do I begin? Well, long, long time ago, there weren't many species and languages like today, in the ancient time, there was only one kind of people, speaking the same tongue, sharing the same faith and believe, you get the picture, they believed if they build a tower to god, they would feel closer to god. So they build, but god didn't like that, god felt contempt at the try to reach him. In his eyes it was equivalent to blasphemy. So he let them feel..., his anger.

He destroyed the tower and spread the parts of the tower all over the universe, so it came to be the planets, lives as we all know it. Every planet, every star, everything your eyes see, babylons tower was the origin. Every floor of babyl was created by different kinds, all to impress the big guy. Every god, then created all kind of conceptual dungeon floors that aligned with their divinity, with their ideology, because of that, you can explore them. Of course the rewards are huge if you can conquer them but so are the risks. And I think we are on earths babyl..., which is not good. Depending on the kind of dungeon, we may get in all kind of trouble.." John explained.

Raven and Elisa who sat cross-legged asked questions.

"You said people and then gods, so which one created the tower?" Asked Elisa.

"How do you know all this?" Asked Raven.

"Hm, you think gods aren't people? Well maybe they aren't, in all serious matter, we don't know for sure, what I've told you are things that different people wrote in different languages in books, I perchance got to read these books. Who knows maybe we were all along descendent from gods. There was only one person who could have given you your answer probably...sadly she isn't with us anymore" john was slightly melancholic as he said the last part.

"The most important part is that luckily for you two rascals that you got pretty reliable experienced adults with you, it isn't the first time we ventured through the towers, until now we always made it back!" Grisko flexed his muscle, proudly showing that he is reliable.

"Grisko you moron, what do you mean until now! Sometimes I worry you are 99% muscle and 1% brain " John face palmed.

Looking at the two guys bickering without a worry, gave Elisa and Raven a feeling of security. Funnily enough they felt both reassured, these two looked like they would protect them against anything and anyone.

"Ah..., that reminds me, did you encounter anything or anyone on your way?" Asked Grisko the children.

"Hm, now that you are saying that, it's really astounding that you didn't meet any danger..., which is fortunate but not very common to happen.." John added.

Raven looked at Elisa, both kept thinking, but weren't sure if it was alright to tell them or not.

"W-well, there were some people..., but we don't know if we should tell you about them..., don't get us wrong it's not that we don't trust you, but it isn't exactly easy- " Raven tried to explain before he got cut off.

"It's okay, I already can guess what happened, don't worry, you are at least willing to trust us, so we should of course recuperate the feeling, that's only fair right? Haha, you know trusting someone isn't easy, and its harder when you just met the person, trust takes a long way to build but only a short moment to collapse. We can take our time, when you are ready to talk, we will listen, we are not here to interrogate you nor are we here to bully you into something you clearly don't want, these things take time, especially when the person came from a place, where it wasn't really beneficial to tell the truth or to trust people" John showed a lot of patience and care.

He pointed with his finger to Grisko.

"You see this silverware aluminum head, he came from the same place like you. It took him a long time to open up, he still keeps a few things for himself but that's okay because one day, the bond he and I have, we will have it too"

"A-are you not gonna abandon us after you saved us?" Asked shyly Elisa fidgeting with her clothes not even looking into Johns eyes.

Grisko gave a snort.

"Hey you brats, when you decide to take responsibility for someone, you take it to the end!"

Raven started to chuckle before he broke into laughter, he held his belly. Grisko looked perplexed with a high brow.

"W-whats so funny brat?"

Raven tried to calm down, so he could explain.

"I mean, it's funny how you said it!"

Raven imitated Grisko, which made John laugh out loud and Elisa too!

"Buhahahaha! Yo, Grisko he is spot on!"

Grisko making his way to raven slowly made raven alarmed.

"Hey do it again."

Raven swallowed.

Grisko grinned diabolical, before he tickled raven.

"Hahaha stop please, hahaha i can't breathe!"

"Yeah thats what you get for makin' fun of me !"

"Hahaha sorry sorry, Hahaha i give up!"

Grisko then put with one swing Raven on his shoulder. Raven was stunned for a moment before he laughed.

Elisa watched the two and felt slightly envy. That changed real quickly, because John picked her up, he put her on his shoulder.

"Better?" Asked John.

"Mhm" Elisa was smiling and her eyes were sparkling.

John snorted slightly.

"What now gorilla?" Asked John.

"Hmm, we have to find a way to james, if we are truly in a tower of babyl, James could be in danger, therefore we should look around for clues here and try to get back..."

Grisko looked worried.

"You take raven, and I Elisa, in about 30 minutes we meet again here, if anything happens, we meet earlier. This isn't a bullet proof plan but it will do the job."

John looked around to find Grisko wasn't there.

"Alright lets go little man!"

Grisko was already long gone...

"T-this stupid-"

John took a deep breath and gave a deep sigh.

Elisa gave him a shoulder pat.

'I know how you feel mister, raven is like that too sometimes'

She too gave a sigh.