Chapter 530 A Struggle of the Mind (2/2)

After the loud clang, Daniel fell back on the unstable ground, with the large e and muscular arms However, before his arms could wrap around hi, and right after theback on his feet, and used the ainst the back his opponent knee, robbing hih to hurt the warrior in any way, but enough for the latter to step forward in order to avoid falling on his knees But before he could get back up on his feet, and get away froainst his back and pushed hi into the river of lava

After seeing one of their couards looked at one another for a few ether fearlessly It becahtest hint of fear in their beady eyes, that they would eliminate the disturbance that stood in front of the into the lava with hiave Daniel an idea

Instead of retreating, or trying to slip away frorasp, Daniel threw one of his swords past the huer a primordial sense of fear in the hearts of the warriors, who iot about Daniel's existence, and turned around in a hurry to check whether the sword had struck someone, or disturbed either the shaainst the rock in between toed warriors could turn back to deal with the intruder, the figure of Daniel dashed past two of theuards were so careful not to disturb

Panicked by Daniel's actions, the warriors ran behind him, but as their massive bodies entered the area, they found the huer in their companions than Daniel's very intrusion

For the following few seconds Daniel stepped through the large crowd, observing as the warriors reached a deeper level of restlessness and anger, to a point where they seeotten the reason why they were there, and instead, they were turning against one another

It did not take long for one of these monstrous warriors to be too offended by his peers' carelessness to care about Daniel, and to start attacking one of his co Daniel the opportunity to walk around undisturbed But, Alas, that did not put an end to the unco in hispeople, Daniel noticed that soe Their eyes had lost clarity, their skin had started to turn lucid and greasy, and so too numerous and pointy to fit into theirdetail, however, was how the skin and flesh of even the most human of these people had scraped off their knees after what he believed to have been years of constant kneeling

What was even worse, was the fact that the oppressive feeling e hist these thousands of people, and that everything would be better if he just got on his knees, and joined the others

Barely able tohi towards the core of the cave, where he saw the figure of the several shamans who stood around the orb, and swayed their ar these shamans, that Daniel noticed Dawn and the others, ere kneeling and praying like everybody else

Ignored by the entranced shamans, Daniel reached his conore the voices that had suddenly appeared in his head ”Hey wake up” He said gently after placing his hands onto Cassie's and Dawn's shoulders but there was no response ”We need to We have to get out of We have to pray and Pray, and pray, and pray No! We have to leave, and slaughter and eat and PRAY!”

At such a close proximity to the orb, Daniel's sanity was constantly chipped away by the voices and horrifying sounds that kept drilling into his consciousness, until close to nothing was left of it

Ready to fall into madness, Daniel used the last bit of sanity he had left to turn towards the orb, the sight of which robbed him of it, and caused him to body fall limp on his knees and onto a few sharp rocks, which ripped his pants and scraped his skin It was only thanks to this pain that Daniel was able to ht before his ht was ai in his system, and that, was 'Time is Precious'

After a few moments spent in a co consciousness pushed back against the orb's brainwashi+ng, allowing hily reactive orb increased the pressure onto hisuntil it reached a point where even the system's effect could not maintain his consciousness So in a moment of desperation, Daniel rose back up to his feet, and while wielding the only sword he had left, he walked past the shamans, and towards the orb He then raised his arm, and with all the power that his mental state allowed him to muster, slashed doards

Moan to pulsate the sound of desperation into Daniel's mind at a faster rate, almost as if terrified of his attack But then, it all ended The noise disappeared coainst a protection that had formed around the orb

With a clear mind, and yet confused about what had happened, Daniel turned around, and behind hi behind his just as confused companions, and half-transfor at him with eyes filled with curiosity, and lips curved into an insane smile