45 Cerberus (2/2)
”Huh?” not the suddenness of the question though, it is the uncanny nature of it that leaves me unable to answer right off the bat.
”I do only want you to learn that ability and then try to kill one of the two of them, Irium.” He says as his visage loses its fake smile and, ”Doing that will ensure that the future will be bright for me. I will be fulfilled by that.”
”Tsk!” What am I supposed to do? What, in heaven's name, am I supposed to do?
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Following the hound has been difficult, to say the least. We have to make sure we don't let the continuously shaking earth cause us to bump into something that can hurt us. So, our speed has been slow. However, in Danny's words, there's no reason to worry because he can sense the direction as well as distance between him and Cerberus. Therefore, no matter how far we get from the creature, we can always catch up.
I haven't told him though that I am worried that his Cerberus will attack that fruit-seller. It is probably something he has thought of before summoning that creature because, believe it or not, he thinks when he really needs to.
”Irium,” he says as he looks back at me, ”Why do I feel like I was being looked down on again within your monologues?”
”Just your imagination.” I tell him. And, it's not a lie of course. I wasn't looking down on him at all. I was just speaking (or thinking) a fact. ”Anyway, how far is it?”
”Well, Cerberus …” he suddenly stops and turns ahead, his expression changing colors and his teeth gritting against each other, ”After taking the right on the next cut-point, we'll have to run 100 meters more.”
”Okay, and?”
”And then we'll find the guy we are looking for.”
I … see. So that means that this change happened because his Cerberus stopped, probably because he found the guy we are looking for.
”You ready?” he asks as he looks back at me. I just plainly nod. And so he says, ”Let's go get that guy!”
He yells so as he takes a right, followed by me without a second's delay. But, as soon as we take that right, we find ourselves in a place that is definitely not where we were before.
”What the hell!?”
Danny says with a shocked expression, and I just stare at the scenery before me in awe and terror.
Rocky walls like that of cave with hotbeds of steaming water running everywhere, and lava flowing down from the top of a cliff in a distance as if it's a waterfall, but lava edition.
”Looking at this, we are either in a volcano,” I say, ”or hell.”
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