56 Agonizing Thirs (1/2)
After a long agonizing wait the clock final stopped showing time was up, then another screen popped up showing the number of participants left '36503', Long Yu was startled so many failed,' almost greater than 20% so many failed, I lucky to have such a strong team, who watched each other's back, but now it will be difficult specially with this arrogant women.', he grimaced at that and he frowned as he heard the Kyouki woman taunting him, ”Well little brother I would highly recommend you to admit you defeat and save whatever little pride and honor you have left before you lose and we humiliate you.”
Long Yu just smiled at her, ”Miss Kyouki why don't you and your friends do the same. After all not only it would save you all from humiliation but it also would stop me from feeling ashamed to have the likes of as my slave, even it is for a day.”
The woman bristled at that, 'this pipsqueak surely has a venomous tongue, and we will see how long he puts up such bravado when not all of his body guards are here.'
As they neared the door Long Yu moved to one side of the wall standing in between Ryofu and Veronica with Ryofu clearly taking the lead whereas the others took the other side of the door as Kyouki led them, a glance passed through each of them and with quick subtle movement Kyouki opened the door but hid quickly behind the wall, as because no sooner she did a few big arrows flew in fast and embedded themselves on the wall, the arrows soon started to leak corrosive gas, Long Yu and his temporary team soon fled from the room.
They ran down a long corridor pendulum axe, pit falls, poison needles and what not as they ran out of the corridor into a desert. Long Yu turned around to see the corridor had vanished and as far as he could see it were sand dunes stretching for miles with no end in sight. 'Where did the corridor with those stupid traps go', he wondered idly.
Helen: ”A desert biome this time but which way should we go? ”
Long Yu could not help by wonder and finally voiced out his thoughts loudly, ”I do not understand at all.”
Veronica:”What is it that you do not understand little brother?”
Long Yu:”The Nine Headed Dragon School, should be a powerful school which perished but how does this entire stuff works shouldn't it be destroyed also?”
Ryofu hummed as she replied, ”Well to be frank no one knows the whole truth, but the Sect Leader of the school angered some one very powerful, who was powerful enough to just faze through all the arrays of the school and vaporized everyone who was member of the school, the most horrifying part is that the clothes their stuff remained intact and untouched but the people were all turned to ash, even those who were outside of the school was hunted down and killed with no remorse, but it happened so long ago that no one knows the real truth everything is mere speculation, there are even theories suggesting that the school was actually followed the path of Devil while hiding behind the veil of Righteousness and the somehow managed to draw Heaven's and Dao's ire against them causing their demise. These are the most popular ones among many other theories.”
Long Yu: ”So which one do you prefer?”
Ryofu: ”Of course the first one, doesn't it give you shivers thinking to be in presence of someone so strong and maybe one day reaching that level.”
Long Yu idly wondered about Ryofu's way of thinking he really wished one day he could meet that person who destroyed the school in such a way. Far away a certain woman sneezed, 'hmmm maybe baby brother is talking about me, well since my job is finished I should go and see what he is up to in those trials, hmm maybe I should groom him to take my place and I will be glorious free from these morons and these tiresome duties, yes yes I will do such thing', as she started cackling loudly, drawing curious and concerned looks from her two other sisters. Meanwhile in a place far far away Long Yu aka Ryuu suddenly felt disturbance in his peaceful life, 'Why do I have a sudden urge to stay away from big sister Antariskh for a long long time.'
Time passed away but they could not find any exit and soon under the scorching sun and heat started taking its toll.