A master plan

"The is how operation firefly goes. You will follow crying shadow as he takes you into the ice khan value. there you will grab the white ember. Then he will stall the master Gaingore, while you escape and stay out of his sight." Ol Mur said then looked at me with a gaze that was asking for confirmation.

"I understand." I responded with a shake of my head.

"Good as soon as you reach the trees you will run, and you will not stop to look back no matter what."

"Yes, sir."

After that I went over to a blue campfire deep in the forest where I had to wait for Crying Shadow. There Ol Mur let out a big huff and blew the black dust all over my fur.

"Other side." He said while motioning for me to turn. I did as he said, and he repeated his previous action. A little while later the wolf known as Crying Shadow arrived. When he showed up, I was mesmerized by the flow of his fur, it was like a flickering shadow. His head adorned three eyes, and all were completely black. The only reason I could tell he had a third eye was because it stood out as if it was an abyss of darkness unlike his other two. His teeth looked like a shade of platinum. He was a large wolf the size of a rhino but thinner.

"Are you prepared to go." He said coldly as soon he stepped in front of me. His voice sent a wave coldness down my spine. It had an echo of different voices; all of them were saying different but similar things. Then the fire went out and I was suddenly pulled into the darkness below me.

I was brought into a dark space, with nothing in sight and only the light around me to see. We moved fast through the shadows of the darkness of the forest. After what felt like half a day I was finally pulled out of that dark abyss of nothingness.

We were in front of a grand castle that looked like it was carved out of smooth blue jade. It gave off a cold energy and the ground around the castle was frozen blue. The grass was like nails under our feet.

We didn't go into the shadows as we approached instead I walked under Crying shadow. He made sure to darken the shadows underneath him to hide me.

We reached the vault by moving carefully and rushing in. Inside was piles of a shiny blue metal coins. Among the coins are pedestal, made of blue stone. There are eight evenly aligned with each other.

I looked around and quickly found the pedestal displaying a blue cylinder with a white ember inside. I grabbed the ember and gave Crying shadow the ready nod. I hid in a dark corner of the vault. While he ran out making as much noise as possible.

He used the shadows to cave in the side the hall he ran down. I heard apes approaching the rubble, and going the other way quickly. Then after ten seconds I ran out the after them. I found the exit after taking some turns.

As soon as I saw the woods, I sprinted forward with maximum effort. After running for a long time I thought I was clear. I stopped to take a breather. Then suddenly heard stomping from behind, so I continued to run.

Roaring began to sound calling monkeys from the woods. They began to jump at me from the trees. I managed to dodge their claws and slams. After that ants began to pop out from the ground and bushes. My body was hurting, and my legs are feeling sore. After another long stretch of forest an ant popped out from in front of me; I narrowly dodged it, but it managed to nick my hind leg.

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"I used a giant tiger as a springboard to gain some distance and that's where I met you." Rose ending her story.

"Did Ol Mur ever tell you what it does?"

"No, he never even went into detail to describe its effect."

"Good, then you can die not knowing." a hoarse gruff voice said.

A large ape said as it broke through the ice with ease. it was adorned in blue spiked armor that covered only his tree trunk sized arms and muscular legs. Two large horns sat atop it's head. its face was menacing, it appeared as if it had never smiled before. Its' dark blue eyes displayed a coldness that could freeze one's soul.

"Give me my ashen spark and I will only snap your spine in four places." The ape said with a cold tone. Cain put the canister with the spark in his pocket.

"In your..." Cain was interrupted by a large fist rocketing toward him.

"I make my dreams reality, boy." The ape said and sent Cain smashing into the ground behind him like skipping a stone. The one attack causes fracture on some of his ribs. before he could get up to defend a pillar of ice breakthrough the ground shooting him into the air.

The ape promptly grabbed him and slammed him back into the ground, creating a large crater with ice spiking out from the middle. Before Cain hit the ground, he angled the glaive to stab the ape's left shoulder.

AAAAARRGGGGHHH* "I am Gaingore, how dare you injure me. You piece of human filth I will drink the brain from your skull." Gaingore roared out in pain.

"Try it, you ugly chimp." Cain shouted back. Gaingore went to pull glaive from his shoulder but, ice spikes formed on the area he grabbed impaling two fingers. He still removed it and tossed the glaive away as if nothing could hurt him.

"Useless tricks will only make me mad." Gaingore yelled and raised his right fist. This was Cains' chance so, he aimed his arm and shot at his eye, using the long-range blaster. The heavy fist came down on him with icy rage. By creating a stone shield above himself and using a lighting dash; Cain managed to free himself.

A blizzard started to form with the large ape at the center. It expanded past the arena of ice, engulfing the surrounding trees.

"Now boy you've managed to make me want to eat every single one of your organs." Gaingore said maliciously with a wide grin across his face.

"I will not LET YOU KILL MEEEEEEE!" Rein roared out. he retrieved the canister and quickly ate the contents. The ashen spark started to burn bright inside of him.