23 Secret Ring 1 (2/2)

She had known about these types of secret passageways back in her old world, bookshelves that opened to reveal a secret room. However those were just in fictional tales, seeing one in person though... Seemed kinda sloppy. Yang Guifei was to say the least, disappointed.

The once dark cabin had now been softly lit up by the fire that laced the walls of the passageway. Yang Guifei paused, glaring ahead of her.

”This...I don't trust this.”

...

”I'm not dumb alright. Mysterious stairway leading to god knows where. Yeah, not today.”

.....

Yang Guifei turned around to walk away however, found that she couldn't move her body!

”....”

”F***ing plot device!”

Giving up, she made her way down the staircase. It spiralled down in a circular pattern, almost making her dizzy. This continued on for a solid half an hour, in which Yang Guifei halted to a stop.

”.....╬”

”Is this a joke? ╬”

No. Yang Guifei sighed, deciding to continue down the stairs. It was then, that she saw a glimpse of the other end, and along with the ending, a wave of intense heat hit her unexpectedly.

”Okay, what now?”

Making her way passed a large jade plated frame door, her eyes widened by the sight she saw. The area was quite small, smaller than the cabin upstairs, fire surrounded the perimeter of the room which danced around almost wildly as the heat radiated towards Yang Guifei's small body.

In the middle of the blazing heat was a white stone pillar, with what seemed to be a golden box resting ontop of it. The more she stared at it, the more uneasy she became.

”Hey, this seems kinda familiar. Like Pandora's box..”

”Yeah, whatever is inside that box can't be good news. I'm not opening that.”

Before she could make a move, a small childlike voice called out to her.

'Come here

Come closer~'

Yang Guifei wiped the sweat off her face, the heat was really getting to her. So much so that she was hearing things now.

”.....”

Voice: ”...”

”That wasn't my imagination, was it..”

Yang Guifei covered her face. A single tear drop escaped her eye.

”I'm in hell, aren't I?”

Her eyes looked back up at the box. Making a quick prayer, she slowly made her way towards the glistening object.