Bronze Doors

Briny then said, "They are hiding nearby. Come with me."

And Gen said, "Okay.", and then Gen started following Briny.

After a while of walking, Briny stopped and said, "They were around here.", and then Raja and the rest of the guys suddenly appeared.

Alex then said, "You guys are here. How was the fight?"

And Raja said, "From the state Gen is in, he either made a deal with them, or he won pretty easily."

Gen then said, "Which do you think it was?"

And Raja said, "It depends. Did you use your spear essence?"

"No. I didn't need it."

"Hm, then I would say you entered into an agreement, but since you just said you didn't need it, I'm going to change my answer and say you won easily, although I have no idea how you did it."

"You got it right."

"How did you do that without your spear essence?"

"I used a special technique to beat them."

"A special technique? I didn't know that you know how to use special techniques."

"And I didn't know that you know what special techniques are. Where did you learn about them?"

"Hahaha. I know a lot more than you think Gen."

"Do you plan to tell me how you know so much?"

"Don't be like that Gen. Every relationship needs a little mystery. Take you for example. You have an essence that no one knows the level or the name."

"That's different. I already explained to you that I can't talk about it."

"I know, but it's still a secret, isn't it?"

"Well ... you're right."

"Hahaha, don't worry Gen, as time goes by we'll get to know each other better. There's no need to speed this kind of thing up."

"Well, I guess that's true."

"Well, now that we're done with that, what are we going to do now? Did you get the golden orb?"

"Yes. Here it is."

Gen then took the golden orb in one hand, and showed it to everyone.

Briny then reached out to the golden orb, took it, and said, "Wow, you really managed to get the golden orb, that's impressive. I never thought I would be holding it one day. You really never cease to amaze Gen."

And Gen said, "Well, I won't lie to you. It was very hard to catch it. At some points I even thought I couldn't catch it, but with the help that Alex, Kimi, and Bram gave me, I figured out how to get it."

Kimi then said, "I'm glad you caught it. I would be very upset if after all the work we did, you couldn't get the golden orb."

And Alex said, "Don't say that Kimi. You know Gen was trying his best. I'm sorry, Gen."

Gen then said, "No need to apologize. I understand her point, and if I were in her place I would think the same. So, thank you very much for your help. I certainly couldn't have done it if you hadn't been there."

And Alex said, "Don't say that, Gen. We barely helped you, and what we did could have been done by anyone."

"That's not true. You really were essential. Especially you Alex. It was your ideas that made everything easier when we needed it."

"That was just luck."

"It doesn't matter what it was. The fact doesn't change. Your help was essential."

Alex was then silent briefly, and then said, "Thank you Gen."

And Gen said, "I'm just telling the truth, little cub."

Raja then said, "Are you done with this exchange of compliments? Where do we go now that we got the golden orb?"

And Briny said, "Now we just have to get to the door at the end of the temple."

Raja then said, "What are we waiting for then? Let's just go. The faster we get out of here, the longer I can enjoy the trip."

And Gen said, "I told you we didn't come here for a sightseeing trip. After the event we're leaving."

"No way, Gen! You promised you would let me have some fun after the event."

"I told you you could have fun while I was in the ruin, but you had to come in with me, so there's no time left for you to have fun."

"Don't be like that, Gen. Let's at least stay one more day and tour the city."

"No. I told you I don't have time to spare."

"Come on, Gen. Everyone will be upset if we leave so soon. Right, guys?"

Briny then said, "That's right. I wanted to hang out with you guys before you left."

And Fir said, "I wanted to get a drink with you too. Last time we were all so tense that we didn't enjoy it."

Kimi then said, "That's right. I bet you have some time to spare in your schedule."

And Alex said, "I know you must have an important reason for leaving so soon, and we don't have much time to spare because of my sister, but I still wish I could talk to you after the event."

Gen then said, "... dammit, okay! We'll stay a little longer after the event ..."

Hearing this, everyone smiled, and Raja said, "That's what I'm talking about Gen. Now let's go to this door at once so we can leave."

And Briny said, "Come with me, the way to the door is over here."

Gen then said, "Wait a minute."

And Raja said, "What is it?"

"You're forgetting Lina. Wasn't she passed out? Where is she?"

"Oh, that's right. She's over there."

Gen then looked in the direction Raja had pointed, and said, "I don't see anything over there."

And Raja said, "Oh, I'm sorry. Sometimes I forget that I'm using invisibility."

He  then moved his hand, and Lina appeared lying on the floor next to Nass.

Gen then went towards her, and as he came over, he crouched down, sat her down, and began to do a little check up on her, to the point where he said, "Looks like she passed out from exhaustion."

And Raja said, "That's what I thought."

Gen then picked her up, put her on his back, and then said, "Okay, let's move on."

And Briny said, "Gen, if you want I can carry her with my essence."

"There's no need, I'll carry her. Let's go to the door."

And Briny said, "Okay. Come with me.", and then everyone started to follow Briny.

After a while, they came to a hallway that had several groups at the entrance, and when they saw Gen's group coming, they started talking to each other while looking at them.

Briny then stopped at the entrance of the corridor, and said, "The final door is in this direction."

And Raja said, "Okay, but why did you stop here? These other people are looking at us funny. Let's keep going straight ahead."

"We can't. I stopped here because this corridor is special."

"Special? What do you mean?"

"Have you forgotten what I said earlier? This corridor has a right way to follow. If you walk the wrong way, you are expelled from the temple."

"That's right. You spoke about it when we arrived in this room. What are we going to do then? Wait until some group tries to get through?"

"Well, that's actually what we're going to have to do."

"Got it. Let's sit somewhere then."

Gen's group then started to move off to the side, but Gen kept standing there looking down the hallway, and seeing that Raja said, "What is it Gen?"

And Gen said, "I think I know the way. Follow me.", and then he stepped into the corridor.

Seeing this, Briny said, "Gen, are you sure you know the way? One wrong step and we could lose everything we've done so far."

And Gen said, "Yes, I'm sure. Follow me.", and then everyone stood behind Gen in a line.

He then said, "No need to line up. The path is very wide. It's enough for about three people to walk side by side."

And Briny said, "Are you sure, Gen? As I said, if we make a mistake-"

But Gen interrupted her, and said, "Briny, don't worry, I'm sure."

And Briny said, "Okay. I won't doubt you again."

Gen then stepped forward and started walking down the hallway as if he were walking through his backyard, and the rest of his group, came up behind him.

After Gen started walking down the hallway, the surrounding groups stood up, and you could hear some people saying, "Looks like another group is going to try their luck. Let's go after them before they get too far away.", and then the other groups began to follow Gen's group down the hall.

Gen continued walking down the corridor as if he were taking a walk and nothing had happened so far.

Seeing this, a person from one of the other groups said, "That's strange. They haven't activated any traps so far.", and another person said, "That's right. It seems that this group is very lucky."

Gen kept going forward, until a moment when they came to a small room, and then Gen stopped.

Seeing that they had reached a room, Raja said, "We have arrived already? Looks like the path wasn't as scary as you said, Briny, hahaha."

And Briny said, "That was just the first part of the way. We got to the bronze doors."