RESIDENTS OF PANDORA'S CUBE

Bomb!

"The attack is so strong. Are you kidding me?!"

"Since when did this adventure become a comedy? Of course not!" replied Black Pearl.

The attacks of the snakes relentlessly rained down on this fleshless dry body. The white splatter, like the whiplash, grew more substantial, the gap began to close, and hope began to dim.

I didn't expect his strength to exceed what Black Pearl and I thought; the little snakes scattered in the sky of the cave are not the children of the snake but the shards of magic he uses to monitor his territory.

Thump!

"Hera!"

I bounced.

"It hurts...! Looks like my ribs are broken!" I groaned in my heart.

The whip of the snake's tail landed right on the right rib and broke the third rib of my rib; out of surprise, I didn't care about the pain in my chest.

"Can you move?" asked Black Pearl.

"You think?! Don't you have any other way to beat him? Like a sword of destruction or something?"

I started to inch the white snake that was approaching slackly with a smug face that he showed as mental discrimination against me.

"Hmm, did I misunderstand this black aura surrounding you? Haaa~ I didn't think you were this weak as a witch," he said in a light whisper in my ear.

He started chuckling and casually attacked me.

"I have an idea?"

"What?" asked Black Pearl.

"We will see!" I answered.,

"Hey, bald snake! You think we're done with this?" I can only hope that my sneering at him irritates him.

"What do you mean? Look at you!" he replied, trying to hold back his anger.

"And look at you! With an enemy that's ten times smaller than your big body, you can't beat her. Hah! Ruler?! Hahaha, don't make me laugh."

Finally, he was hooked. His eyes were burning red, his mouth was wide open, and he was devouring me.

Dark, cramped, hot. It's like being boiled in a super-sized cauldron getting narrower and narrower. The slime in the white snake's body keeps me going deeper and deeper. I don't know where I am. No? To be sure, I was in the body of the snake.

Serrr!

"What are you doing?" asked Black Pearl.

"Making a magic line, so you don't get lost," I answered innocently.

"Eee… you think we're lost in the forest?!" growled Black Pearl.

"Shut up! A little bit more!"

My hands and feet seemed pinned by lumps of hot flesh, and my breath began to pant.

"Already!"

I started absorbing the magic from the snake and activated the magic imprint I had left behind since it entered its stomach.

The slime began to melt, the flesh began to melt like wax, and the bones began to show their whiteness. Instantly the heat in my body was released when I saw a glimmer of light from behind this pile of living flesh.

"Graaaaa!"

The serpent's groan made the stone walls tremble and knocked small snakes out of the cave sky. This is impossible! Every snake that fell directly grabbed the snake's body to regenerate its body which had been torn apart by my magic.

"Oh! No! Here we have to end this right away!" shrieked the Black Pearl.

I forced my legs to run towards the snake's head along with the small snakes. The heaviness in my legs seemed to slow me down.

As I was about to reach for it, the snake's eyes opened and instantly opened the door of my second death with its long fangs.

"Not a second time!"

My evasion was successful and only made his fangs slightly tear the skin of my thigh. When I fell, I immediately caught his tongue and crushed it.

His moans boomed.

"Hera, eyes!"

Without thinking, I jumped and immediately opened his eyes.

"DEAD...!"

Magic soot began to gather in my right hand into the shape of a giant Jervin's strong hand and immediately grabbed his eye.

My attacks were relentless; suddenly, the painful memories I once felt resurfaced with my blow.

"Haa!"

I don't know how long I kept hitting the snake's eye.

"Hera! Enough!" Black Pearl's scream stopped my hand.

"Open your eyes!"

My eardrums buzzed loudly, with my thoughts still racing. My vision is a little blurry, and I don't feel my right hand anymore.

When I tilt my head.

"Hah?" Half of the snake's head had been crushed to pieces, along with the carcass of a small snake that filled the cave's ground. The white light that shone on the ceiling had disappeared.

I don't understand and can't think about my situation.

"Have you calmed down?" asked Black Pearl.

I nodded.

"Haa!" I shouted in surprise.

"What?" said Black Pearl.

"Wh—why did my hands—become like this?"

"Congratulations, you have mastered a part of my magic called 'Emperor Body.' Even if it's just your hands, you'll gradually master it," replied Black Pearl casually.

"So?"

"Hmm?"

"How do I get my hand back?"

"Hmm, I don't know," he answered lazily.

"I thought so."

Even though my strength was exhausted, I wasn't willing to lay down on the carcass of the snake that was strewn right under my legs.

Then I absorbed the remaining magic energy of the snake, which turned out to make all my magical power complete again with a greater capacity.

"Hmm, this is interesting."

The green magic soot we first followed started to flake off.

"Look at that!" said Black Pearl.

"We have to hurry!" I staggered my limp legs.

A large wooden door without a handle began to emit green soot. I calmly put my palms together and smashed the door.

Buzz!

Without calculating what would happen, an explosion appeared from behind the door. My body can't withstand the magic blast. My dry body bounced far enough to break my right leg.

"Aaah!"

"Hera!"

Hot, sore, and hurt. That's all I can feel. But I insisted on approaching the collection of green magic covering a glass cube in front of me.

"I will not give up ...!"

Even though my movement was heavy, I finally reached the cube. The hot sensation of the pain in my legs made my stomach churn.

"Lavanya!" shouted Black Pearl when she saw the green cube.

"Hera, she is my sister! Lavanya! Did you hear me?" Black Pearl's scream filled my eardrums.

My vision started to blur due to the pain that kept gnawing at my consciousness. When I tried to destroy the cube, I lost consciousness.

***

In my dream, there is a house filled with wounded soldiers. The fire raged outside the home and lit up. The dark shadows of the night in every corner of the house.

Screams and moans continued to echo in the narrowness of the house. Not done with what happened there, I was thrown into another dream that showed a meadow.

Cool and calm that I can only sum up with words.

"Where is this?"

Then I was thrown back into chaos, and this dream rang endlessly. Calm, chaotic, peaceful, gripping one after another.

It was as if my head was going to explode with that dream.

"Enough!" My hard drive.

A root creeps up and wraps around my leg. Suddenly a large shady tree appeared in front of me.

"What tree is this?" I asked in a monologue.

A slit began to open from the middle of the tree, and green light surrounded the tree until it narrowed the eyes. It was only then that a beautiful woman with a body adorned with beautiful quartz with hands made of Hawthorn reminded me of Jervin emerging from behind a tree gap.

"Who are you?"