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At long last, I won. It took me over 100 fights to the death, where I died to get here, Estel lost a fight with me. The man that introduced me to being an author, a man that gave me a tool that I will use for changing this world into something better, something entirely different.
"You… You are strong, fast and I see that the fear has disappeared, from once a boy that I've seen afraid to walk, now, you are here. At that, you can enter the weapon world at command." He looked down, sad, but when he raised his head to look at me, his face wasn't dark nor was it grey, it was nice shining bright. Happy to see a man once destroyed, a man once broken be reformed with the way of the dark. Completely enthusiastic about his accomplishment, a thing that made him lose was the thing that made him happy once again. "But, I don't feel any emotion behind you, well, it's either because I am just too weak for you to be able to express them or… Something else." Indeed, Estel was a man smart and knowledgeable, he saw through my cover completely, but… I still don't want to admit that it is how it is. I want to cover it as long as I want, he is the person whose words are the most important, even though I know he will die, surely he will. Not while escaping but after, he can't survive with what is happening in his mind.
"I think it's because you are weaker than me, not because something is with me, I didn't even have a sword so maybe you can't feel it." I have to do everything not to blow my cover, his gaze was as terrifying as Satan's own, searching through my soul, trying to take me inside hell. Like a martyr, burning in his flames because I am still a sinner, not yet am I capable of becoming the tool of god. Until my sins will be forgiven, I can only be a sinner, a sinner who is in large pain.
"I saw your sword though, I saw it, it was silver on the edges, golden guard and middle. When I think about it… It represents royalty." This is not something I want to hear, royalty, the people completely corrupted by money and authority. People that put me here and people that shouldn't live the life they do. It's painful, they have money, yet, they use it only for themselves. They don't help the poor as much as they should, right, villages are protected. But what's beyond that? The filth of the soldiers doing it, raping women and even young girls. Never holding back their urges. "I'm sorry, I know how much you hate it, but you should still accept it. No matter how it looks, it's not who you are. Not what you want to show, not what you want to represent. It's not always like that." At least he added this, if he didn't, I would punch him straight up.
"How do you feel before the escape," I asked out of sheer curiosity, I want to know if they are happy about it or anything else. We need to be prepared mentally before escaping this place. It won't be easy, surely.
"I don't know actually, I am happy about leaving but am not sure what will happen right after, those dark rooms and iron bars. I won't miss them, but I also am not prepared for the outside world very well… I've been here for a year, you know? What happened on the outside of here is completely unknown to me." Matthew, a person from the dwarven part of the world answered, vigorous to escape but not knowing what to do after escaping actually. He is also a person who would never be annoyed or angry about what happened to me, he seems to not care about such things, but instead more centered around being happy with himself, and not anyone else around him.
"I… I wish I could have anywhere to go. I have no one anymore… Only my own mind, I have you guys, and I like you, love like brothers. But, being here for 2 years, has changed just so much, that I don't know how I will be able to function in the outside world." My suspicion was correct, Estel himself isn't even able to say how it will work out for him. In the cave, both of the realities were trying to merge into one. The thing before entering and the two years of survival here were trying to be together in his head. But it didn't work well for him…
"I hope it will work out well for us…" I murmured under my nose and went to the dark, iron bars closing us from the outside. How long was it… 9 days or so, those 9 days changed me to the point where I don't even recognize myself anymore. I was a frail, scared, and destroyed boy without even a need for life. Now I am here, it's so weird… I cracked a smile on the outside and when I looked back they also did, the sun was slowly going down but the sun was still on there. A shine of yellow light was still there, coming from the other side of our cell which is located under the gate. The sun goes down quickly for us because of the tree and the big mountain.
"It's still a long way to tomorrow, we need to rest. Try to sleep a little bit or just rest on the bed. This day will feel a lot longer than a normal day, you know that for sure. We expect something and check time all day, therefore the day becomes a lot longer than a normal one." Estel with a carrying voice answered, while simultaneously laying down on his back, putting his hands behind the neck. One leg on the other. Then I once again laid on my bed in the best position I could find. And tried to relax, it was probably afternoon. So I went to sleep, trying to relax before finally escaping this hell.
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A dark world once again, I woke up where I left off, the forest. It wasn't a dream but it now transformed into one. Before those were just my thoughts instead, now they morphed into something entirely different.
The forest, dark forest with dark ghosts all around. Flora now disappeared from here, other ghosts are still there, I don't know any of those people, those faces are completely unknown to me. Still, for a lot of people, it would be very terrifying. But for me, not as much anymore. I started walking forward and after several minutes of straight up walking, I found the end of this weird forest. Behind it was a wasteland, a weird wasteland. Unending at the first sight. A long shallow path with pillars made of dark bricks reaching high into the sky, almost reaching the heaven itself and touching the clouds. Clouds were… Purple and some white. Sun was going down at the horizon, the sun was right behind the way I was heading. The single path, and right at the end of the horizon, behind the path was the great sun shining bright blinding me almost.
Walking further it seemed as all of the pillars were getting even higher, now punching through the sky. The further I got after them surpassing the sky, they were becoming thicker in every direction. I started running, I know that nothing will happen until I get where I want to, to the sun that is standing in front of me. Several minutes of running and the pillars got so thick that there was no space behind them anymore. I went even further, running without any problems, my stamina didn't decrease at all. I could run for a long time.
When nothing to the sides could be seen anymore, there was nothing there. The bricks started changing into something like a ceiling, a cone ceiling. The whole sky was then covered in the bricks, two meters later. I found an invisible wall, the wall was the sun itself and the path painted in a way that created an illusion, showing infinity.
Behind me, a hole with stairs in them pointing in my direction. They weren't there before. The way down wasn't black though, it was completely white with stairs being the only thing visible. Dark stair with white… Everything around. I touched the walls, there was nothing, so there were no walls. On my side, there was just an infinite void of nothingness… I shouldn't fall there or it will be my doom. Surely.
I started slowly going down those stairs, down to the place I don't know. Down somewhere I haven't been for a long time. The place is called freedom, fresh air, and lastly, innocence. The last bit of innocence left in a human being is the one of something unknown. And freedom, complete freedom, is the unknown.