Chapter 1, Shifting Labyrinth

Hmmm..... While walking around the Labyrinth's 15th floor hallways I begin to wonder of how the war is truly going on up in the surface.

The last time I heard about the war was when I accidentally got myself killed by an assassin trying to assassinate me.... Wait, now that I think about it the assassin was not really doing anything at the time.

The war between Elves, Demons, and Humans have been going on for about decade as of now and I bet that the Elves are losing terribly and the Demons and Humans are on equal grounds. Sometimes I even wonder on why my old kind would even start a war with the Demons, they were not even being a threat.

Suddenly the ground begins to shake violently and the dirty and mossy stone bricks all around me slowly shifts to different places creating a new hallway all around me.

"*Sigh*" Sol.

It seems it is almost that time of the year, isn't it? I do hope the Demoness's home does not get destroyed because of this. Oh well! Back to exploring!

I continue my walk around the Labryinth in order to map out the brand new pathways being build every second with my notebook in hand and my charcoal pencil on the other. Hmm, I wonder which pathway I should begin to barricade towards my room.

The ground around me shakes again and rather than building new hallways around me the brick floor begins to fall down one by one.

"Oh dear..." Sol.

I fall tumbling down to what I presume to be stairs making me shatter most of my vials I am carrying on my satchel as tumble down.

"Blasted Labryinth! You just destroyed 2 days worth of work!" Sol.

I open my satchel only to see lots of shattered vial glass everywhere within and only leaving some crack but intact. I get myself up and swap myself off the dust I've gathered on my fall.

I stand up and reposition my tophat back to normal. I look around only to notice large doors infront of me. The large doors has a snowflake crest planted in the middle of them.

"Hmmm, I have conquered nearly all the upper floors and soul washed most of all the inhabitants within each of them other than the Grey Kopishes of course!"

"However, I have never thought about conquering or exploring the lower floors of the Labryinth.... Perhaps conquering the first 20 floors of this Labryinth would not be so bad" Sol.

I approach the door with my skeletal arm only to have it suddenly stop midway and falls off. I quickly took a large step forward and catch my falling skeletal arm, oh dear... It seems my arm broke.

No matter! Because I have my vials with-

I look back to my wet satchel to remember that all of the vials are already shattered. No matter! I shall come back for you door after I repair my skeletal arm!

***

Waking up I feel my whole naked body dirty from the dust and dirt and wet from what I had thought was water but actually blood. My shoulder and hips are aching so much it hurts.

"I need to get out of here" Abade.

I look at my right wrist cuffed with rusty steel cuffs chained to the wall behind me. Since this is a Labryinth the rusty steel chains should easily fall off from the wall if I keep pulling my hands repeatedly.

I pull my arm downwards as hard as I can with all my strength however nothing happened.

"Haaa.... Haaa..... One more time!" Abade.

I once again pull my arm downwards trying to break the chains off the wall. I need to get out! I need to find Kana!

*Clink*

"Come on! Where's my warrior class's strength!" Abade.

I keep pulling as hard as I can making sweat come out of my back and my arm getting redder and redder as I continue to pull downwards towards the floor. Just a little more, come on!!!

*Clink!*

The chain breaks and I launch my face towards the floor making me dizzy and turning my vision blurry as I hit the floor.

"Agh... My nose..."

I curl up on the ground and press down on my nose as it keeps aching back and forth causing me so much pain while closing my eyes. If only my hands weren't so wet and dirty then I can press it a bit harder.

I resist the pain pulsing from my nose and forcefully open my eyes as tears comes out from them. A-alright now I just need to bust this door open. I stand up only to trip and fall again face down to the floor hitting both my injured nose and forehead in the process.

"MMMFFFFFFTTTTT!!!!" Abade.

I want to scream but I hold it down as the pain coming from both my nose which is pulsing rapidly and my forehead which is making me painfully dizzy and blurring my vision.

I try to hold back my tears and slowly get myself up and look behind me only to notice that I forgot to break the chains on both my feet and my left arm making me sigh in disappointment.

"Maybe..... Yeah, maybe I'll rest for now..." Abade.

I lean back against the wall making the dirty wall now wet from the sweat of my back. Everytime I inhale and exhale my breath I feel my chills and weariness building up on my back making me tired and just want to sleep.

"If only I can just pass out again just like after hearing that skeleton talk..." Abade.

As I continue to lean against the wall whilst resting my body with having tiny pebbles thrusting itself against my bottom while I sit I begin to ask myself...

"Now that I think about it, Even if I manage to break all the chains and bust out of that door.... What then?"

"I don't know where I am nor do I know what's waiting for me behind that door. If I were to bust out and then suddenly got attack by something I wouldn't even be able to fight back hell I don't even have a weapon" Abade.

My breathing cooled down a bit and I grab the chains of my left arm with my right hand and begin to pull it as hard as I can. I keep pulling however not even a clink of metal is heard as I continue to keep pulling the chains against the wall.

"I need to... rest..." Abade.

I give up and release the chains off my hand making me fall, I hit the floor and blank out.

***

"Hm hm hmm♪～('ε｀ )" Sol.

While I hum a song I continue to mix an ingredient on a mortar using only my left arm. I continue to mash and squish the Moss and the meat of a rotten zombie heart together until they are as mushy as porridge.

Hmm, I suppose I'll be needing a few death essence and some decayed leaf tea roots...

"Williams!" Sol.

Sounds of footsteps accompanied with the claps of hands hitting against the floor is heard around the corner of my room as soon as I said that. From the corner of my room a Wendigo with corpse white skin and pale white eyes comes out around the corner with his large slendery arms and legs.

*Wendigo Screeching*

"Ah there you are! Come!!" Sol.

He approaches me crawling with both of his slender arms and legs while having his gaping mouth open, He then stops infront of me and sits down.

"Hold on.... Ah there it is!" Sol.

I grab my syringe from vest pocket and thrust it slowly into William's neck.

"Essence Extract!" Sol.

My green flames burns violently as I extract the undead essence from William's neck. A gassy light blue cloud enters the syringe in my hand until it is full, This should be enough.

I grab the some mushy remains from the mortar and put some of them inside a still good vial and add some decayed leaf tea roots from the cupboard of my desk and plug it.

"Williams, hold this vial for me and do not break it" Sol.

I thrust my syringe into the plug of the vial I asked Williams to hold and inject all the undead essence into the vial, and now... TO SHAKE IT!!

"SHAKE IT WILLIAMS!!!(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧" Sol.

He then begins to shake the vial as violently as possible for 1 minute straight turning the light blue colour to a light green one.

"Alright! That is enough!" Sol.

I grab the vial of his hands, unplug it, and splash its contents all over my broken skeletal arm. The cracks on the bones of my arm begins to glow with lime green light and steam arises from the cracks. Soon after the cracks disappears and my bones are now good as new.

Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I give this to a zombie....