Chapter 400 - Mysteries of Mysterious Maze (part-4) (1/2)

The rain fell on the ground as two armies glared at each other, the sky was overcast as one of their Leaders spoke with a gruff tone, ”We both are here for rare resources we could work together as such there is no reason to fight amongst each other.”

”What about the cultivators from Manushya Realm?”

”Well, they can take whatever we leave for them after all they are only a handful compared to us. Just think of how much further we could move and how many levels we could conquer and how much rare resources we could gather.”

The other side listened to their argument as their Leader smiled as he spoke, ”Hmm, you give a compelling argument, extremely compelling.”

”So do we have an accord?”, hearing the question the other side simply smiled.

Ryuu sneezed hard as he spoke, ”Damn I hate this place, who creates ~achoo~ a maze ~achoo~ within ~achoo~ another ~achoo~.”

”You should stop talking Ryuu, whatever you inhaled seems to be making you snee.. aahh ~achoo~”, Zywia sneezed hard as did many others amongst them.

They thought they had completed the maze and were resting when all of a sudden the ceiling rumbled as fine white dust seemed to fall from the top making them dash towards the only door available to them which let them to another maze and by them, they were all tired, enraged, then the competition on who could sneeze the most started.

Ryuu seemed to have been hit the worst as he could not even close his mouth as he sneezed now and then, with his eyes red, 'Damn it is this some sort of allergic reaction that I am suffering from, it is horrible the last time I had such reactions was my previous life.'

As he moved Ryuu grimaced a bit as he pushed down the bile that rose down his throat, 'I feel so sick, I wish I could rest a bit, I feel like throwing up.'

As they moved Frozen Ocean who was nearby whispered to him, ”Ryuu, how are you feeling? Do you need a place to rest?”

Ryuu's only reply was a nod and a loud, ”~achoo~”

”Everyone I think we should take a break, and heal ourselves, the dust seemed to affect us badly we should deal with it soon, Eden is not a place for some simple sneezing powder.”

Meanwhile back into the battlefield, the person closed his eyes for a moment mulling over the offer before he spoke with a smile, ”Your offer is very very tempting and I would love to accept it.”, hearing that the opposition leader broke into a smile as did many from his group only to morph into a frown, ”However, we have a small tiny problem.”

Hearing that cultivators of Deva realm frowned as the other continued, ”The higher-ups in the Preta realm have strictly ordered us to slaughter every Deva and Manushya realm idiots we come across, but you are right fighting against you would lower our chances of advancement whereas working with you would increase as such I have a counter offer.”, as he spoke the jovial look on his disappeared as he spoke, ”What I am about to offer you would perhaps cost not only mine but all of our fellow cultivators lives.”

The Deva realm cultivators tensed momentarily as their Leader spoke with a worried look on his face, ”Brother please you do not have to cause problems with your superiors for us.”

”Thank you for your concern but I insist.”

With a sigh, the Leader of the Deva realm spoke, ”If you say such words, who am I to stop you?”

With a smile that showed his pearl white teeth, he spoke, ”Swear to be our slaves for the rest of your miserable pathetic lives and we might let you live.”

A pin-drop silence fell on the battlefield and for a moment it seemed even the sound of the rain was muted as the Deva realm cultivator snarled in anger as he spoke, ”How dare you insult us?”

”Very easily though I would like to point out that you are too ugly to be my slave so please step aside.”

The callous words further enraged the leader as he bellowed out in anger, ”How dare you demean us?”

”Very Easily.”, his aura increased as did the others, as the aura between two groups clashed the cloud was blown apart, while the ground cracked and spewed lava.

”You worthless mongrels from the failure of a realm dared to think us as equal the only place you are beneath our feet like good little pets, now come and die.”

With his shouts, the area was soon filled with various lights as the two groups attacked each other with the intent to erase the other from existence.

Ryuu sat on the ground with his back resting against the wall, he closed his eyes as tried to sleep, and many of the fellow cultivators followed his example and tried to take a nap, while many others decided to gossip or meditate before venturing further into the maze.

A small drop of water feel on the face of a small boy of six, he opened his eyes as he was greeted by the sight of the dark moss-covered ceiling one he was accustomed to, his stomach rumbled from hunger as he sat up, 'Me food.', and with the thought, he left his cave.

A small snow-white figure jumped on him as he stumbled before a wide smile broke on his face, it was his best friend and companion for as long as he could remember, and they were a small family of two who had each other's back.

The rabbit snow white, with its eyes shining like a sapphire, squealed in what seemed to be happy as the red-haired child tilted his head as he spoke, ”Eally, me want apple, me follow.”

With that the rabbit jumped and ran with the child following swiftly after, his mouth salivating for the juicy apple that his friend told him, as he passed through a stream he bends down as he drank some water from it, he looked at the water he saw a face looking back at him, the face had mismatch eye colour and red hair, a face he always saw whenever he looked down at the water.