Exploration

Minimus saw the armored figure pull the trigger of their projectile shooter. He heard the sound of the projectile shooter firing. 

Minimus stared at the barrel of the projectile shooter. Suddenly he felt his body move. He was no longer standing in front of the armored figure. He had instead crashed into the wall that was to his right. 

He looked over to his left and saw a man who was about seven feet tall. The man wore black and red armor, had short black hair, dark silver eyes, and a black greatsword strapped to his back. 

Minimus said with surprise. "Asterios?!" 

The man, Asterios, looked over at Minimus and then looked over at the armored figure. 

Minimus looked at Asterios and the armored figure as he laid against the wall. 

The armored figure tilted his head, as he looked at Asterios, as if they were confused as to what they were looking at.

Asterios began to walk toward the armored figure. He grabbed the hilt of his greatsword with his right hand. 

The armored figure aimed their projectile shooter at Asterios's chest as Asterios walked toward them. They then pulled the trigger of their projectile shooter. 

A projectile flew out of the projectile shooter. It flew directly toward Asterios's chest until it finally made contact. Upon contact with Asterios's chest the bullet immediately bounced off of Asterios's armor and hit the right wall. 

Asterios pulled his greatsword off his back and wielded it in his right hand as he continued walking toward the armored figure. 

The armored figure began to back away from Asterios and aimed their projectile shooter toward Asterios's head. They then pulled the trigger of their projectile shooter again. 

A projectile flew out of the projectile shooter. It flew straight towards Asterios's forehead. 

Asterios moved his head as the projectile was about to strike him. 

The projectile flew past Asterios.

Minimus thought with both surprise and fear. "I-Impossible... He dodged it?!'

Asterios said as he continued walking toward the armored figure. "Too slow." 

The armored figure backed away from Asterios much more quickly than before and began to fire their weapon much more frequently. But, more of their shots missed as a result. 

With each step Asterios got closer and closer to the armored figure. It didn't matter how fast the armored figure attempted to back away. 

Asterios soon stood right in front of the armored figure. 

The armored figure aimed their weapon at Asterios's head again. The armored figure yelled out. "Down't com aniy clasar!" 

Asterios smacked the projectile shooter out of the armored figure's hands with his left hand and then stabbed the armored figure through the chest with his greatsword which was in his right hand. Asterios took his greatsword back out of the armored figure's chest. 

The armored figure fell onto the ground. They remained motionless on the ground as blood began to puddle around them. 

Minimus looked at Asterios but did not say anything. 

Asterios continued to have his back face Minimus. He suddenly lifted his greatsword into the air and then swung it toward the ground. His greatsword suddenly stopped at least one foot above the ground. Blood from his greatsword flew onto the ground. Asterios put his greatsword back on his back. He began walking down the hallway as he said. "We need to keep moving."

Minimus remained in his current position as he watched Asterios watch away. He then snapped out of his gaze and thought. "What am I doing?! I need to catch up with him!" 

Minimus quickly got off the ground and hurried over to Asterios. 

Asterios and Minimus walked down the hallway. Asterios walked in front and Minimus walked behind him. 

Minimus said as he walked. "Thanks for saving me. I probably would've died if it wasn't for you." 

Asterios said as he walked. "Death is not absolute for those who don't follow the standard."

Minimus had a confused expression on his face as he thought. "What?" He suddenly stopped walking and said. "What do you mean by that?"

Asterios stopped walking. He looked over his shoulder at Minimus and then looked forward again. He said with his back facing Minimus. "We need to keep moving."

Minimus suddenly said. "Wait! If you won't answer that will you at least answer my other question?" 

Asterios said. "What piece of knowledge do you hope to obtain?"

Minimus replied. "I've been wondering why you're over here. Weren't you searching the right side of the hallway?"

Asterios said. "There was nothing over there." He began walking again. 

Minimus looked back at the end of the hallway where Asterios had come from and thought. "Nothing over there?" He looked back at Asterios who was walking away and thought. "But how did he get over here so fast? And how come I didn't hear him?"

Asterios began to get further and further away from Minimus as he continued walking. 

Minimus shook his head as he watched Asterios walk away and ended his thoughts. He then hurried after Asterios. 

Asterios and Minimus walked through several hallways in silence as they walked for several minutes. They continued walking until they eventually arrived at a destroyed hallway. 

There were several cracks in the floors and walls as well as holes in both. There were also broken doors for each room along the walls of the hallway. Rubble for the doors, walls, and floor were spread out across the hallway.

Minimus also spotted one final thing in the hallway. There were several black armored figures and sand colored armored figures spread out across the ground. Some were propped up against the wall while others were laying in varying positions across the ground.

Asterios and Minimus walked through the destroyed hallway.

Minimus thought as he walked through the destroyed hallway. "What happened here?" He looked at the armored figures as he walked through the destroyed hallway and saw several holes in the armored figures' armors. He thought as he looked at the holes in the armor of the armored figures. "Did they all kill each other?"

Minimus looked at various rooms as he continued walking. All the rooms had at least one armored figure laying on the ground. Some of the rooms were also half destroyed with orbs of light that flashed on and off every several seconds. 

Asterios and Minimus continued to walk through the destroyed hallway and could see the outside world through a hole in the wall at the end of the hallway. 

Asterios suddenly stopped walking. He looked over at an armored figure. 

Minimus looked at Asterios with a puzzled expression and then looked at the armored figure that Asterios was looking at. The armored figure had a deep cut across their chest. However, the cut was narrower compared to the cuts Minimus had seen previously. 

Minimus looked over at Asterios and thought. "Was it you?" He looked at the greatsword strapped to Asterios's back and shook his head as he thought. "No it couldn't be." 

Asterios said. "It seems someone else was here."