Ch 8 Fifth room
Cross once more opened his eyes in a cold room filled with flowers this time and butterfly. looking around after he took a small nap to rest. "What's going on? Why is it flowers this time? Hmm, I wonder~oh the teacher's note... It said here that in each room after completing a challenge a dryad is assigned to heal me and they are different from each room. They have different personalities and their ability to nature some with trees some with flowers and some with animals. No dryad is similar...Well, that's that" Cross said scrathing his head. He hasn't seen any dryad so far.
Getting up from the ground he gathered everything he needs and went towards the door now. Before he could open it he saw a scroll in the distance where he killed the gargoyle. he quickly got there and pick it up. He tried to opened it only to be in vain as it didn't even budge. "Looks like I can't open it here maybe in the next room. Hmm, let's hurry then" Cross said placing the scroll on his backpack before looking at the door once again now having a person in there trying to swiftly dodge a fireball the size of a car.
He opened it by inserting his want and walk inside. The door close behind him and what he saw is just the door in the end of the tone. Nothing more and another less. He walks inside and saw an oni face door like the others. It spoke in a riddle to him. "To go forward answer first my riddle"
"It's fine go on! ill answer your riddle" Said Cross crossing his arms. He has done it before and he could do it again. "Very well. I'm full of holes, yet I'm full of water. What am I?." Said the door to Cross as he thinks over that answer.
"Im full of holes yet full of water? What is an Item filled with holes yet filled with water? Item there's a lot of them but the best one I got is a sponge that's my answer" Cross said as the door spoke to him. "Correct you may enter...But before you go! Just a small tip for your little one. Before you go forward always look behind! You may enter" The door opened as it spoke its last sentence. Cross doesn't know what he was thinking so he shrugged it off him.
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Dragon country
I Dream was walking speaking to my friend of what he just said to Cross when he was going tour a door. "You shouldn't tell him anything Ragon he should figure it out on his own *Chuckles* Never less I need to thank you," I said to a white dragon beside me. He has fine silver-white scales golden horns, dark eyes as deep as the ocean, razor-sharp teeth, and claws.
"Hmm he needed to know even if he took a large step forward he should always look back to where it all started... Remember there is now a whole kingdom filled with people who use magic for their own gain... Even hunting their own kind or in your eyes" He looks at me before speaking once more. "Your people am I wrong Dream?"
I smiled and look at the sphere right in front of us. Cross was now dodging fireballs heading towards him. Always only dodging by a hair. "Your right I say *Chcukels* war is almost here one more year before all hell is loose. But I won't be here to help anyone... I will need to leave after this year training Cross *Chuckles* I know the start and end of it ay? Dragon god?" I said to him.
"That's right both of us can't enter fear well me I guess you can do what you want but I will always stay to the story and always will change small details like now! He would lose his first love but you change that to he would save her..haa well let's just watch then"
"Sure why not *Chuckles* Can't believe why the dragon god and Perfoso would like to watch him," I said to him. The dragon god my friend and Perfoso the god who reincarnated Cross in this world was watching Cross play his life. I already know everything that has to happen to the start and end Cross will be...
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Once the door was opened Cross walk inside finding torches light up the place hanging from the side of it. He looks around to find some stone pillars perfect for his body to fit. He walks towards it and leaned on his back. "This pillar is a great thing to hide my body in any dangerous attacks. Well, seeing the first door I had to open using my wand it would look like I need to dodge some fireballs coming my way. Hmm, I saw that every door I went on I can see a small hint of what I had to do like the one with a bow in it" Cross said sitting down grabbing the scroll, and slowly opening it.
He looks inside and saw a small pattern in it. He read the words. "Swift a pell enchanting your speed by a small margin beginning on how much mana you have and how powerful you are also depending on your imagination there isn't a chant there only a move meant and how to envelop your feet in mana the best element to use this spell is wind gravity and lightning"
After reading the scroll he places it back and closes his eyes imagining his mana going towards his legs then his feet. Imagining the mana pushing him or propelling him to make him faster or more agile. His whole body was glowing in a painted black void-like color giving someone a feeling of death if she/he doesn't know what was happening.
He jumps and felt the wind on his head and body refreshing his mind and making it clear. He looks down and saw himself 6 meters in the air. He was shaking and smiled at the same time before dropping to the ground hard and feeling his legs become numb. He looks at his mana reserve and saw half of his mana gone.
"O sh*t bad move Cross bad move! Damn it remember too much mana affect your agility so if it's too much it would drain you also if it's too little well the spell will only boost me by a slight margin may be as fast as a turtle" He sighs and made it out the pillar only to be treated by a fireball coming right at him faster then the sparrow, the wooden arrow and the lance or the gargoyle combines. He moves forward avoiding the fireball only by a nice. The butler suit that I dream gave him protected his outer appearance but not his internal ones.
"I will only activate it once Dream because you not ready so good luck *Chuckles* No more suit for today," I said looking at the sphere in front of me while the dragon god looks at me before focusing his attention on Cross.
"A god damn butler suit thank god your her~ WHY DID IT DISAPPEAR? Hey, wait I'm not wearing it when I got to the dungeon" Cross said dodging a fireball once again but now a few 1-degree burns showed on his skin and clothes. "Damnt it my mana already at halfway even before this fireball started to be lunch at me"
Cross could only dodge for his life every time. He went towards the pillar it healed him of his burn marks but his clothes were destroyed. He looks out of it and saw nothing. "Looks like it would only be activated when Im in the open so I can rest here *Sigh* Thank god for that better rest for a few hours to replenish my mana before doing it again. Let's see to complete this trial what should I do? Hmm"
Looking down Cross saw a magic circle on the pillar. He looks at the other and saw a circular in all five-pillar four on each side from left to right and one right in front of the door. "Seems like I need to destroy the pillar making the magic circle work and opened the door with it," Cross said waiting for a few hours will his burn mark did heal but the pain was still there.
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A few hours later Cross was dodging fireballs left and right. He runs up the pillar avoiding a fireball right below him. He got a little breather before he saw two fireballs coming his way. There is only a small gap in the middle of it and can fit him perfectly. He jumps in the air doing roll mid-air in 360 rotation until he landed in a superhero landing.
"Holly superhero landing really Cross? *Sigh* I have broken two of five of the pillars three more to go before I can get out of this room." He said once again dodging from a fire ball letting the pillar gets hit and crumble to the ground.
"Thee down two more to go" He once again said running towards the right side of the pillar lose to the door and the last pillar. The fireball came from the back of him making him slide on the ground letting the fireball hit the pillar breaking a small part of it. He grinned and dodges to the left by jumping and heading towards the last pillar while an explosion happened behind him. Sending in rocks and dirt. "last one"
Cross breath some air having almost depleted his mana from how much he needed to use it to speed himself. He already tried making mana she'd but the fireball went right true it so he got a 2-degree burn on his back.
*BUMP* *BUMP* *SHIII*
After the sound of the explosion happened the magic circle glowed and made a sound making the dor show where he needed to place his wand. He breathes a little and stumbles to the ground fully exhausted mentally and physically ad his mana is also depleted as he fell down.
"OH look he did it *Chuckles* Well he would rest so wanna play a game?" Said I Dream to the Dragon god as he nodded and played chess.