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Even so, it seems like CHE5TER didn't find His end yet, only waking up into a dark area, with half of His body buried into the sand while standing on the ground. At the same time, some more sand was falling from the above, slowly appearing a small light into the ceiling of the area. An old cave in which He now is present. He tries to get up immediately once He regains His power, even if His body began hurting badly from the fall and from the whole action back there. Not to mention the headache that He still didn't get rid of. Yet all He can do now is to hear the voice screaming His name from the above in panic.

[N4THAN]-Master! Master, can you hear us!? Master!!

[CHE5TER]-...Yeah, I can hear you, N4THAN!

[N4THAN]-Oh, thank M1NERV4, He is alive...

He tries to look above at the small light in order to find His people's faces, yet all in vain. The darkness makes this tiny light one that could blind you, so it is impossible for the ruler to see anything outside.

[CHE5TER]-Can you see me, N4THAN?

[N4THAN]-No, neither of us can! We can't get close to the area in which you fell without us falling as well! Can you get back to us??

[CHE5TER]-I'm... afraid I can't.

[N4THAN]-Then do you want us to bring help?

[CHE5TER]-No need... I will find a way out on my own. Don't get close. Stay up there and wait for me to come above.

Not long after, He starts looking around but since it is so dark that you cannot even see a meter in front of you, He fails in finding out what exactly this place is. In the end, He starts creating a small mist around His arm, lighting up His C colour and going forward. Still, His light isn't enough. A C born's light barely does the job of a flashlight, so being lost in the dark with it won't get you anywhere. And even worse is the fact that it also affects His headache, stopping Him from going anywhere further from the actual source of light in order to not get lost.

...I smell something, Little Ruler. Something that I cannot describe for sure... Something that I've never sensed before, yet feels more familiar than everything I've met so far. Something like a...

Not long after, CHE5TER feels something strange that gets closer to Him, yet such a weird vibe that He gets which He cannot describe either. Because of the pure darkness, it is impossible to see what that "thing" is as well. Yet something is certain. A weird, corrupted and distorted growling starts to get closer to Him each second, which paralyses Him the moment He hears it, knowing damn well from who it comes. Or rather from what it comes... The demons are here too.

His adrenaline rises when He realises, getting so panicked that it is maybe the first time He would ever seek help from His people. If even the Great Leader fears them, then you know for sure that these creatures are the most terrifying beings alive in this world, unable to do anything against them at all no matter who you think you are.

[CHE5TER]-N4THAN! Can you hear me, N4THAN??

[N4THAN]-Yes, what is it?

[CHE5TER]-Stop the research and gather everyone back, now!!

[N4THAN]-What? Why?

[CHE5TER]-I said do it! NOW!!

Yet the growling gets closer and closer to Him, but also a whole new view appears in the meantime. So when He looks at the location of the growling, He sees the glowing, white lights that stand there, watching Him from a distance, completely shocking the Great Leader. Tens of lights that stare at Him, appearing even more by each second He waits. He searches for His weapon in a moment, making it less obvious to not attract any attention nor any unpleasant movement, hoping that the demons won't attack Him any sooner, at least not until the moment He is ready to defend Himself.

Yet He does in vain. The demons have already started coming His way quickly, making Him realise that He now has no way of escaping this tragedy. He gets into His defensive position to try and save His butt even for a bit, putting His sword in front of Him as a shield, closing His eyes to not witness the horror He is about to live and praying to get out alive...

[CHE5TER]-...Forgive me, Brother.

...Or at least for His sins to be forgiven.

So, in just a few seconds, the demons made their way towards Him even closer, ready to attack this man that has the guts to stand in front of them all. Or... well, that's what He thought.

As He opens His eyes, feeling the demons near Him, He would expect to be already dead. Yet He does not see them attacking Him at all. Rather, they avoided Him completely and went quickly towards the hole above CHE5TER from which the light comes, trying to cover it as soon as possible, even hurting themselves while doing so since they get touched by the light. They take the sand that falls into their hands, lick it with their glowing mouths and stick the wet sand on the ceiling to make it stable and unable to open any new way for the light to come in.

It sure... got the Great Leader off guard, looking at these creatures covering the only source of light that exists in this cave. His heart was beating fast without Him even realising it and the whole thing made Him almost faint from the fear He had to battle. But while His adrenaline was ending, He took His only chance of analysing how these creatures really look like.

They look almost exactly like these beings, but having their whole body covered in a dark and corrupted skin. The "lights" that He saw were also their eyes that glow in darkness. Their height is around two meters and a half, so much taller than a simple being. Their hands have fingers so sharp and long, like real blades coming out of their arms. Their ears are sharpen too, even able to move them towards the sounds they hear like an animal from our world. They are indeed no simple beings at all, but for whatever reason, they do not want to attack the Great Leader even if He is not one of them, at least just yet.

So while they struggle to get rid of the light, CHE5TER stares at them to learn more and more about these creatures that they fear. They are corrupted, yet don't seem to have bad intentions either for now. But what gets Him by surprise is the moment He turns back to continue searching for an exit, noticing one of the demons simply standing and staring at Him, completely paralysing the Great Leader.

This demon though is shorter than the others, around two meters and a tiny bit more, almost to a normal height of a very tall being. It doesn't seem as it is young or anything like that, just a different breed from the others, the only one interested to analyse the man that just entered their territory. Both of the breeds have a chaotic breathing though, way faster than ours or these beings' one. Probably even the heartbeats sound different too. Who knows?

The demon seems actually pretty curious about this weird stranger, beginning to sniff around His area, a way of theirs to analyse the environment and the things present in it. But when it tries to get closer to the man, CHE5TER simply threatens it with His sword, pointing at it as a defending mechanism. Maybe because He was acting on His own instincts, wishing to survive. But the demon doesn't seem scared, rather more curious about this stranger. So it tries to get closer again, but this time, CHE5TER gets dead serious out of fear.

[CHE5TER]-...Any more steps and your head is mine, demon! Stay away! I warn you!!

But yet again, the demon doesn't seem scared at all, rather... confused from what the man said, tilting its head a bit to the right while looking at the Great Leader. Of course it confuses CHE5TER too since He knows nothing of these beings, letting His sword on a weaker position to analyse the creature, but still remaining on guard. Yet by doing so, when He lets His hand down, the demon does a movement too, showing its hand with his sharp fingers, almost imitating the man and His sword, which, again, puzzles CHE5TER a lot.

[CHE5TER]-What do you want from me!? Talk, you miserable creature!

Yet again, the demon seems confused, but does another movement. It seems as if it plays in dust for CHE5TER since He doesn't understand what the creature wants at all and it's hard for Him to see anything since the light is almost gone. But after a few seconds of the demon doing its thing, it looks back at the Great Leader, pointing at the dust, shocking Him for good. Because when you look at the dust in front of it... it looks as if something is written down. Similar to a name... "Danny".

...Something like an ally.