"Why are you guys so slow?" One asks turning.

"Half of us are already half dead." I point out.

"And some of us have to carry them." Ash glares.

"I could stand myself." I say.

"Yeah, then you'd go timber." Ash says.

I wince as he lifts me up onto a ridge. I look around. There... there were many of them. We were basically surrounded. This isn't good. This is actually kind of terrifying. There were hundreds of thousands. Even me and Poseidon at normal health would probably not be enough to handle them. Ash was on his own. I could barely hold up a dagger, which is a bad look for me. Ash grips my arm too hard. I wince.

"Ow! Are you trying to rip my arm off ice boy?" I ask.

"Sorry, I'm just..." Ash starts.

"This is hardly the time for tempter tantrums little king." Poseidon rolls his eyes.

"I'm being cautious waterspout." Ash rolls his eyes.

One of them shoots forward directly in front of Ash. Ash draws back but still grips his sword.

"Does the Unseei Prince still fears the dark?" She asks.

"I don't know, fear no, destroy- possibly." Ash hisses.

She puts a fingernail on the sword Ash held. He looks like he's getting angry. An angry Ash might kill us all. I've been down that road before. Frankly, I'd rather not die here, I have still things to do. I have a deal to be honored. 

"Sister, stop flirting." Another one hisses.

She turns and crawls forward with the rest of them. I see an arch of pillars. My eyes widen. I see a crack in the stone growing bigger and bigger. Pillars dressed in ancient wounds. One question still bothers me, why are they helping us? I turn to them. If it's worth asking, I would.

"Walk through the crack, to the other side which twine." One points.

"Quick question, why are you ladies helping us? I highly doubt it's because of my charms." I say.

They hiss and look at each other. Ash glares at me.

"What? I had to ask." I shrug.

"Survival." One answers.

We look in surprise.

"We don't want to die when the end comes." Two look at me and Poseidon.

"Thanks... I'm flattered." I say.

"Does thoest need our push?" One appears behind us.

Before we could answer she pushes all three of us into the portal, into the stone's crack. I could barely react.