The Golden Door

After they went a long way, and nothing happened, Gen said, "It looks like they will make it across without any problems. Now it's our turn."

And Briny said, "Yeah, but how are you going to make your way over there?"

"I'm going to mimic the moves I used to get the golden orb."

"Got it. Let's go then."

"Let's go, but don't forget to stay close to me, as I said, I don't know how long the path will be."

"Okay."

Raja then said, "Wait a minute."

And Gen said, "What?"

"Are you going to make the path with Lina on your back?"

"That's right. I had forgotten about that. It's really going to get in my way with her on my back."

"I'll carry her."

"Better not. If Lina wakes up on your back halfway, there's a good chance something will go wrong. It would be better if Briny carries Lina with her essence."

Briny then said, "No problem. I'll keep her very close to us while we cross."

And Gen said, "Good. Let's go then. I'll start making the path."

Gen then stood in front of the beginning of the corridor and closed his eyes for a few seconds. He then began to move his arms from side to side as if he were practicing something, and after a while he said, "I'm ready.", and then he began to move in the same way he had done to get the golden orb, and began to advance down the hall.

Raja and Briny came up right behind him and stood as close as they could.

Raja then said, "It's working, Gen. Keep going and we'll get to the end of the corridor without any problem."

And Gen said nothing, and kept making the moves as he advanced down the corridor.

They kept going forward for a while, and then they began to approach the room with the golden door.

Raja then said, "We're almost there Gen, keep going.", and Gen again didn't answer him, and just kept going, and then after a little more time, they finally reached the room with the golden door.

Raja then said, "You did it, Gen, it was even smoother than I was expecting. It looks like you worried too much.", but Gen said nothing and continued making the moves and walking forward.

Raja then said, "Hey Gen, we're here, you can stop now.", but Gen again ignored him and kept moving forward while doing the moves.

Raja then reached out to Gen, and said, "Hey Gen, didn't you hear me?", but just as he was about to touch his shoulder, Briny grabbed his hand.

Raja then said, "What is it Briny?"

And she said, "Don't get in his way. There must be a reason he's so focused like this, let's not get in his way."

Raja  then took his hand back, and said, "You're right. Let's follow him then."

Halfway down the hall, as Gen was making his way, he began to feel a strange sensation, and thought, 'What is it? It looks like a path, but I'm sure there was no path in this corridor. That's strange, let me see where it takes me.'

Gen then started to follow the path and after a while thought, 'It seems to be going towards the end of the corridor. Could it be that the corridor just didn't have a path at the beginning of it? Well, anyway, this makes my life easier. Now I don't have to worry about creating a path.', and so Gen continued following the path.

He then reached the end of the corridor, arrived at the room with the golden door, and then thought, 'It looks like this path leads to the golden door room, how nice.'

Gen then was about to stop following the path, when he suddenly realized that the path didn't stop when he arrived in the room with the golden door, and then he thought, 'The path doesn't end here? How far does it go?', and then he continued to follow the path.

Gen was glazed over as he followed the path, and Raja and Briny were right behind him. They kept walking for a while until they began to see a door in the distance, and next to the door were two groups of people.

Raja then said, "Look, we are coming to a door. There are already some people there by the looks of it."

And Briny said, "That's true. It's definitely Alex's group and the five demons, after all, no one else made it through the hallway."

They then kept going forward, and as they got closer to the door they saw that it was indeed Alex's group and the demons.

The other two groups also saw them, and as they got closer Bram said, "You made it Gen. Looks like you guys made it through without any problems.", but Gen ignored him and kept walking forward.

Seeing this Bram said, "Hey Gen, didn't you hear me?"

And Raja said, "Don't waste your time. He's in some kind of trance. We tried calling him before and it didn't work at all."

Bram then said, "Got it."

Alex  then said, "Where is he going?"

And Raja said, "I didn't know until just now, but from the direction he's walking now, he's headed for the door."

Bram then said, "Well, if he's heading for the door, he'll probably want to get in when he arrives, so you'll need the golden orb back. Here take it.", and Bram tossed the golden orb to Raja.

And Raja said, "That's right. We're really going to need it.", and then reached out to take it, but just as his hand was about to take it, the golden orb began to fly of its own accord, went to Gen's side, and began to circle him.

Raja then said, "It looks like he will really need the golden orb, but changing the subject, why are you guys standing by the golden door?"

And Fir said, "We're here because there is no other door in this room."

Raja then said, "There isn't? This is the only door?"

And Fir said, "Yes. We have searched the whole room, and this is the only door there is."

Bram then said, "That's right. We also searched the whole room and didn't find anything."

And Raja said, "So there is only one door in this room. Wait, doesn't that mean that you have to go back to the previous room to go through a door?"

And Bram said, "I'm afraid so, but maybe we'll get lucky."

Raja then said, "What do you mean?"

And Fir said, "We decided to wait here because maybe we can also get through when you open the door."

Raja then said, "You want to go through with us? Is it possible to do that?"

And Briny said, "I've never known anyone who could do that in all the times I've attended the event."

Bram then said, "We know it's not something that has ever happened, but since this will be the first time the golden door will be opened, we decided to test it. Maybe there's something different about it than the others."

And Raja said, "Well, it really doesn't cost them anything to try."

Gen then continued walking towards the door, and when he got in front of it he stopped and started looking it up and down.

Raja then asked, "What is it Gen? Why did you stop?", but Gen didn't answer him and continued watching the door.

Briny then said, "Looks like he's not out of his trance yet. Let's wait and see what he's going to do."

And Raja said, "Okay.", everyone then stood watching what Gen was going to do, and after a while, he reached out his hand at the door.

The moment he touched the door, the golden orb came out of his side and started heading towards Briny. Upon reaching Briny it circled her once, and all the orbs that Gen's group had collected left Briny and went toward the golden orb.

Upon seeing this, Briny said, "It looks like it's collecting the orbs to open the door. Get ready.", and then everyone watched, but instead of the golden orb going back to Gen, it went towards Alex, and in the same way it did with Briny, it surrounded him once, and made all the orbs his group had collected leave them, and start following it.

The golden orb then went towards the Demon's group, and surrounded the Blood Demon, causing all the orbs in their group to leave them and start following it.

Everyone was then astonished by this situation, and the Fist demon said, "Our orbs! It stole our orbs!"

And Bram said, "Calm down Fist. I doubt Gen did that on purpose. That was clearly something the golden orb did on its own."

The Mind demon said, "I agree. Probably, when the door is about to be opened, it collects all the orbs around to use them to open the door."

And the Fist demon said, "It doesn't matter. If it uses our orbs to open the door and we can't get through, we're going to leave this event having accomplished nothing."

Hearing this, everyone fell silent, and the Blood demon then said, "There's no use complaining now. Whatever has to be will be, and if we don't get through the door, it won't be anyone's fault but our greed. After all, we could have gone through the silver doors in the last room."

The Fist demon said, "I can't believe we're leaving here with nothing."

And Bram said, "Enough Fist. It's like Blood said. Now it's just waiting, and hoping for the best."