Planet Olreon: Part 4

Walking and climbing down the cliff they were on was quite the challenge.

The canyon was unbelievably rocky and jagged.

Roseline's step had made a few rocks fall down into the deep strike in the planet.

Looking into the depths of the canyon would give one dizziness from how far it looked into the ground, like a scar.

"Woah.. it's way too dangerous here, we should go back and really get the professors like Emma said."

Lelia was starting to feel a sinking sensation in her head from looking down at the abyss from below.

Roseline didn't stop though, trying to head over to a direction where they could land safely.

The group had walked the death-calling path for around 30 minutes before landing on the ground.

"Were far from where and came from now…"

Hearing this, the group knew that they were now on their own until they got closer to the exit they came from.

"Eh, I think we are still alright. The teachers will know if we have been gone for a long time and will come to find us." Lucas said with slight confidence.

"The military never abandon their own soldiers."

Looking around at the surroundings, the group chose a direction to walk, slowly exploring the place.

When Emma tried to scan the place with her ID, she realized that it was disconnected.

"Hey, the IDs are disconnected. We won't be able to contact the military this way."

"What?!" Aiden felt a looming guillotine over his neck.

He didn't doubt Emma's and Lucas's skills, but anyone could tell that where they were was way above their abilities as first stage awakened.

One wasn't even awakened.

"Ah we should have just gotten the teachers..."

Looks like he lost all hope.

"Our only option is to continue walking." Roseline responded.

She walked off while the rest looked at her back.

Lucas was the first to get to her after thinking before Lelia, Emma and then Aiden followed next.

Clouds got darker and darker, covering the sun from ever touching the ground.

Only Roseline could have seen anything in the canyon as everyone else were human.

But as a Blooded Human and not even a Vampling, she could only see so much.

A giant cave came into her view and Roseline told the group about it.

"It's so dark here, how can you see it?" Emma questioned.

"… The silhouette of course."

Getting closer to the cave, a small light was in it.

Like moths to a flame, the group went over to the light.

When the last of the them, Aiden, entered the cave shook and the entrance to it was covered in rocks and boulders.

Aiden and Lelia panicked while Lucas, Emma, and Roseline looked around in search of a threat.

Seconds passed as the cave returned to silence.

"Shoot what do we do?" Lelia's hands were shaking slightly.

"Ooo this is like those movies." Lucas was in his own thoughts.

Emma somehow found a few sticks and used to rocks to try and make a fire.

Roseline continued to look at the light in the distance, never really getting any closer.

"What's that?" Lelia pointed at the top of the cave further in.

It looked like a broke mine shaft sign, dangling from one chain and the other part that was suppose to be connected destroyed.

An unknown language was written on the sign.

It wasn't demon-tongue or the dragonkin language.

Everyone stayed silent watching the sign swing back and forth slowly.

"Guess we do as before." Lucas spoke up, going first deeper into the cave.

Emma and Roseline follow with their senses heightened and Lelia and Aiden looked at each other with concern showing on their faces, coming towards them.

The sound of dripping water and five steps belonging to different people was all that was heard.

Grasping the light torch that she made, Emma went in front of Roseline and raised it a bit above her head.

After what was seemingly an hour of walking, except for Emma and Lucas, the rest of the group was dead tired.

But they knew they had finally reached the end of the cave.

A 15 feet door was in front of them with depictions of hooded individuals and a giant field, they were harvesting the field's…. whatever?

They didn't really know what it was they were harvesting.

But Roseline had somewhat recognized them.

"They're reapers."

Hearing that, they all felt a chill up their spine.

Reapers. The rulers of death.

Like how the dragons are rulers of life and vitality, reapers are their opposite.

The group could only guess this was the famed language of death.

None didn't know how to read it so they could only make a decision there, go further or stop and wait for the teachers.

But Roseline knew somwtjing they didn't. The teachers will never be able to find this place.

At least that what the System says.

Roseline, Lucas, and Lelia agreed to continue.

Emma and Aiden wanted to stay put.

"We can't just separate, what if something happens?"

"I'm staying. Winning that expedition is more important."

"Then surviving?"

"The professors will get us."

"And when?"

"…"

"We don't have that many supplies to survive off of. It was only made so that the teachers have enough time to find them. What if we end up staying here for longer than a week?"

Emma didn't have a response, only being stubborn about the expedition.

Lucas grabbed Emma's arm and dragged her across to an area that separated in two ways.

Emma yanked herself off him. "Why would you do that!"

"You wouldn't move otherwise, you can't be stubborn now."

Aiden looked at the two separating paths and spoke up. "Which way should we go?"

"I'll go left myself."

"Wait Roseline didn't Lucas just say not to separate?!"

But Roseline ignored Lelia and ran to the left path, focusing on the thing calling her out.

Before the party could give chase to Roseline though, a bang resounded and echoed through the cave and caused it to shake even more intensely then before.

The once two paths was now just one from the blockage caused by debris.

Only the right path was left.