Chapter 165: An Unexpected Encounter...

Leaving the cave after an hour, we made our way out into the open, "Welcome to the upper dark of the big ol underdark!" Anita said and looking around it was massive, everything was made of stone and there wasn't a sky, the air was stale and we were. . .

We were to be underground? And breathing the air, I sensed a strange magic in the air, it was really heavy?

"I thought this was supposed to a realm?"

"It is, though, everything is underground"

"But what about the surface?"

"That place isn't important"

"Are you sure, cause..."

"Trust me on this, you'd rather not go there"

Hearing her, it must have been worst than this grey looking place, or she just didn't like it, but it had me curious? Because now I really wanna go to there?

"Fucking, Tyzils..."

"Hm?"

"Oh nothing, let's go, the town is east of here"

"How long will it take?"

"If we fly, it should take half a day"

"I don't know about that, I'm already kinda exhausted"

"Well, if we go on foot it'll take less than a month"

"What if we mix in both?"

"It should take about a week depending on how much flying we do, but I guess that could work for us too?"

"What do you mean?"

"If we come across an Aboleth we're pretty much fucked, they used to be known as the old gods before the, you know, current gods forced them into hiding"

"Eeh?..."

"Then there's the Beholders, they just don't like what they see, so basically everything. Then we have the Illithids, we really don't wanna cross them either, an then let's see who else? Mind Flyers, Stone Giants, Fungi Creatures, their pretty poisonous, n Drow?"

"I don't know what any of those are???..."

"Good, because basically the underdark is trying to kill you, and the less you know the more screwed you are, but the more ya don't know, honestly the better"

Hearing her out, she made this delusional smile on my face drop, as she started to list things that could just kill us, and she wasn't talking about me, she was just naming the things that could kill her, which is scary.

"Wait, so you said we were supposed to find Hermon in the underdark, and we're in upper dark, could it be we have to go deeper into the under dark, literally?"

Turning around, "Well yeah, the cities are in the middle dark includin most of his shops, but we're gonna have to go to the myconids territory to do trade and gather some things to take a tunnle down to the middle dark, we need to gather resources if we wanna make this trip quick, and we're gonna need rubbies an gold"

"I... I'll... I'll just follow you on this"

"You better, also, you'll have to listen closely because the underdark's hostile territory, you understand me?"

"Yeah yeah..."

"I'm serious Rin, this isn't a game"

"I know! I'm just... Tired..."

"Actually, I am too, so let's rest in the cave for now an when we recover enough of our strength, then leave to head to the myconids territory, it's first priority"

"Sounds like a plan"

Going back into the cave, it was just a narrow path wit stone all around, if we went back down it and traveled throughout it for an hour, we'd get back to the rift.

But it's best if we rest by the end of the cave here to leave quickly, so walking over to the side, I sat down and layed my head against the stone, it's too hard.

And it feels like a sharp part of it's poking my skull.

Moving my head, shifting it, I tried getting comfortable but I couldn't, and in doing that, Anita came over and she sat next to me. When I found a good spot to rest my head, she leaned her head on my shoulder, "Hm?"

"Nothing, I'm just... Glad to see your safe, Rin"

"I love you too, Anita"

"Huh!!!" she jolted sitting straight back up.

But turning my head and softly moving my hand to her face, I leaned in and we both fell back, "Shut up dummy, you're too tasty you know," and I ate her...

. . . . .The Next Day... . . . . .

Leaving the cave with our clothes out of place and our hair a little messy, I stretched my arms an turned back to Anita, "So, shall we fly first?" I said cutely for her.

And looking at me and blushing as she had her hand against the stone edge of the cave, "Rin... I hate you" she said, looking down at her shaking legs, tremblin.

"You weren't saying that when you were asking for more?" I said and steam puffs shot form her ears.

"You know what! Rin! You're not allowed to talk anymore? Now take those fine ass black wings of yours out and let's just start flying, got it Rinnn!"

She said completely flustered, and laughing at seeing her expression as we went at it till she passed out, or at least, was winning an moaning in my arms at least.

Cutely wiggling my tail, and complying.

"Whatever you say, cupcake~"

Spreading my wings, with them expanding over eight inches on each side, I flapped one hard time, an she waiting a second spread hers an flew right after me.

"let's head east, and stay mid air, we don't wanna be too close for a ground sneak attack or for something high on the ceiling to come crawling down at us too!"

Hearing her, I followed as she directed us where, and we went for a few hours before my wings gave out and I couldn't fly anymore, they're both injured?

It happened when I was beserk, and... Attacking some settlement near the druids territory, anyways, I won't use my darkness for a while to conserve my energy.

So landing on the ground, we decided to continue on foot, but making our way throughout the wild forst wit these mild glowing blue trees, which I didn't see as good, we walked extra slow just to be on the safe side.

. . . . .

Walking past a lake, which she warned me bout cause of this ominous feeling she was gettin, we both snuck around it an went past a feild of glowing mushrooms.

And that's where we met him...