Hanno Futaba

Greetings Your Majesty!

It may look weird for me sending you a message out of the blue, but since we got to meet and you said things about being the king of Yladia and everything, I decided to take the freedom of researching more about this country.

And guess what? I found some really interesting thing about the Crystallized Zalra. Apparently there's this weird place that everything get crystallized within a few seconds if you stand on the same place for too long- Which has been a problem, because many unaware adventurers get inside there and unfortunately never come back. Typical mysterious death thing.

Of course that I don't plan to just stay here and do nothing about it, I want to go there and destroy whatever that is making everything there freezing in crystals... Well, now you may be asking yourself why I'm telling you this? It's simple! It's said that in this cave there are many ancient mysteries from the past of Yladia- After all, Yladians from the most ancient times of Terrasphere were crystallized there and are probably completely intact. Peharps these are interesting for your King journey?

In any case! If you want to go with me, I will be waiting tomorrow at this exact time in the following coordinates:

{Touch to show coordinates}
Location: Crystallized Zalra, Yladia.​

If you don't want to go, it's fine! I will be going there by myself- I will make sure to grab you some souvenir!

Hanno stretched his arms and legs, idly eating a juicy pear. His surroundings were extremely exotic to anyone that haven't met Yladia before, an enormous crystallized forestland- A very beautiful, yet unsettling sight.

It was around the time he said he would be waiting for @Galadion, so it was expected that he would appear anytime soon... Deep inside, Hanno didn't believe that the King would try to meet with him. His only hope on that was the fact it was something that probably would interest the Yladian.

'Well, if he doesn't come, I will just need to pick stuff for him' He thought for a few seconds, giving a silly smile. 'He won't get anything I pick up for him, will he? Haha-'

Hanno looked at Ghast. "Hang in there, buddy! We will be going in at max in thirty minutes." Then, he turned to look at the cave's entrace, letting out a small sigh. "Just what kind of thing is in the depths of this thing..?"

 

Galadion had been travelling for quite some time as he made his way back to the region in the world of Terrasphere that he spent most of his time in, the region known as the Crystallized Zalra region, long ago some mysterious disease descended down upon these lands. Anything that had been infected with this disease slowly started to turn into some form of solid crystal substance, it wasn't just the plant like that slowly began to crystallized but the creatures of this region as well but the thing that made it the most mysterious was that even though their bodies were slowly becoming crystal it didn't appear as if it was causing them any harm or pain, in fact just the opposite most of the creatures had adapted to their crystallized landscape and evolved to survive in it. It was this adaptability that the creatures of this region had shown that made them so dangerous and deadly, this region had claimed the lives of many an unready and unprepared adventurer, but it was also the region that he was determined to tame and force to submit to his will. Originally he had wanted to reclaim this land for the Yladian race as a whole, wanting to return the elven people to their ancestral homeland but his time in this world had changed that goal, darkened and twisted it until it was something else entirely, until HE was someone else entirely.

He hadn't been back in the region for very long when suddenly he heard the chime the game made to let him know that he had an unread message, moving his hand he brought up his in game console and swiped over until he came to the screen for his messages. He tapped his finger on the new message and stood there reading it for a few seconds before he closed his eyes and sighed ever so slightly shaking his head, Hanno Futaba, a name he hadn't heard since he had taken that job request awhile back to protect this cowardly merchant named Richard. He had had a massive falling out with the adventurers who had agreed to take the job as well and the ending result was him turning his back on them and leaving the party when they had all banded together to betray him, protecting a bandit that had caused him physical injury and now here one of them was sending him a message asking him to party up with him once again. Although this could serve as the perfect time for him to take his revenge on the Faerin male for his betrayal against him but if he ignored who the sender of the message was and focus only on the details it contained it was rather interesting indeed. A place inside the region where the Zalrisis was highly infectious and aggressive huh, now that was something that interested him greatly not so he could destroy it like Hanno had said he wanted to no, no it interested him in ways more along the lines of how could this better serve him and his end goal?

A dark and sinister smirk spread across his face as the wind blew across the crystallized landscape and caused his dark black robes to rustle being bent to its will, as he swiped his hand and closed the menu before lifting his head and looking in the direction that the coordinates had pointed him. Oh he would go alright but the outcome might not be what the Faerin male had had in mind when he asked him to meet and party up, turning he started to travel in the appointed direction. The journey itself took him several hours and he arrived just a mere thirty minutes be the time that Hanno had said the he would enter the dungeon with or without him, as he approached the appointed area his eyes landed upon the Faerin male who had sent him the message in the first place, it seemed in their time apart that the Faerin male hadn't changed all that much and he was still carrying around the insanely large shield of his while Galadion, oh he had changed.

A dark and sinister air hung around and the smell of death seemed to radiate off of him no matter how much he bathed as it if was now just a permanent part of his being, this might have been caused when he had made the choice to drop the Nature Magic Mastery he had chosen before and replace it with the Black Magic Mastery that he had now but he really couldn't be sure about that. Walking up he looked down at the Faerin male with a cold and unfeeling gaze before he opened up his in game menu once again, only this time he swiped over and clicked on the button that would send the Faerin male an invite to party up with him. "So Hanno, did you call me here to party up just so you could betray me again?", the words were cold as ice when they left his lips as he closed his game menu and waited for the Faerin to either accept of deny his party invite.

Invite

Galadion has invited you to their party. Accept?

 

The Faerin would be waiting calmly, taking a few sips of Dr Kepler while staring at the Crystallized landscape. Sometimes he would look at the UI, checking the time... Sometimes he would look to Ghast, only to see the Shield gravely bored.

After getting thirty minutes, Hanno stretched his arms and began packing up his stuff. It was time to get inside of that cave- But when he finished packing and wielded his shield to get in, he sniffed a necrotic smell that couldn't be missed at all. The Faerin looked back, spotting the familiar Yladian. Hanno wasn't sure if asking if the man needed a soap or some shampoo was a good idea, but hell that guy needed.

But aside from the unsufferable smell, he apparently improved a lot since the last time they met, which made the Faerin smile a bit. Upon hearing the Yladian's words and seeing the Party Invite, Hanno pondered a bit. 'Well, he's still mad about it, no wonders. He really wanted that guy's head.'

Shaking his hand negatively, the Faerin raised his eyebrow. "I didn't have betrayal intentions, I just didn't want that reckless girl to get hurt. Even if she- well, was literally hugging the dude that we were fighting against... Which was actually quite stupid if you stop and think about." He scratched his head a bit, it wasn't like the Yladian was wrong in being angry. "But being honest, since you guys were sound and safe in the end- I'm not sure if I can say that I'm feeling entirely bad about what happened. Still, I'm very sorry about it." The Faerin nodded.

Then he looked at the Cave's entrance, giving a small frown- Unlike the whole crystallized area, that cave in particular actually looked frightening- But nothing that the duo wouldn't be able to deal with. Staring back at the Yladian, he gave his considerations. "Before we go there, keep in mind a few things- We can't stand on the same place for too long, unless we want to get some really bad frostbites.. Also, we should be very careful to not get crystallized. This said..."

He turned with a serious expression at @Galadion. "...I've heard that it's almost impossible to break those crystals- Which is one of the main reasons I want to desactivate this curse from this cave, so it's lost artifacts and fossils are getting unfrozen and further research will be possible without anyone getting harmed. And stay very alert- Don't worry about frostbites, I can heal those. But I'm not sure if I will be able to break a crystal fast enough to save your life, so above everything. Don't. Get. Frozen." Hanno finished, hitting the party invite confirmation.

 

Galadion stood there there looking at the Faerin male before his, the same icy and detached expression upon his face for a few minutes in silence, the last time that he had seen this particular Faerin the idiot was throwing himself in-front of one of his pyromancy spells to protect a man that had just plunged a dagger deep into his stomach. None of the interactions that he had had with any of the other species within Terrasphere had ever ended well for him, something that had caused him to grow cold to them and even bordered on hatred and that incident had done nothing to repair those feelings in the slightest. As he stood there thoughts of just killing the Faerin where he stood right then and there ran through his mind but he resisted the impulse, no he would manipulate the man into serving his own purposes and when he finally served no more purpose to him then he might kill him.

Not only had the Faerin betrayed him he actually had the nerve to stand there and actually tell him to his face that he didn't feel bad about it at all, but the man was a Faerin so what could he expect from a race of people that spent so much time being enslaved by others. After spending so much time constantly being reminded that they were inferior to all the other races in every way possible it would only make sense that they would look for anyway to get one up on someone even if it meant underhanded and dirty backstabbing and betrayal. Not that he could exactly hold it against the man since he was actually doing that very thing right now, he was manipulating the Faerin to get what he wanted so he supposed that he could forgive the man just this once.

His expression had turned to one of a scowl when he heard the male mention the idiotic female who had instigated that entire incident in the first place, not only had she literally shown more care and compassion to a man that had just attacked two of her own companions than she had the injured parties themselves, she had gone so far as to quite literally hug the man in the middle of a fight. It was probably the single dumbest thing that he had ever seen in his entire life, but his interactions with that woman hadn't ended there, no she had somehow managed to find her way into his kingdom and proceeded to try and fix her mistake after the fact because she had felt guilty for what she had done. He had shown her a kindness and allowed her to leave his borders without killing her but he had vowed to do so if she had ever found herself there again, and this time he would make good on his vow.

Finally he turned his attention away from the Faerin and looked at the cave that served as the entrance way towards the dungeon below as he listened to the words that the male had spoken, as he stood there wondering what inside this place made the Zalrisis so potent. No one possessed more knowledge on the Zalra region that he did, well at least none that he had come across yet anyway, everywhere else in the region the disease was very slow acting in nature and took a very long time before it would completely encase something, sometimes it would even take years but that wasn't the only thing that was different. Everywhere else in the region Zalrisis was a nonlethal affliction that you could actually learn to live with as shown by the many different creatures that had been infected with it and continued on with their normal lives but here it seemed as if it actually killed those it inflicted.

Slowly he made his way until he was standing just outside the mouth of the cave as he peered into the darkness for a moment, a sinister grin spread across his lips as he lifted his right hand slightly "Summon Lesser Goblin", as the words left his mouth a bright magical circle appeared upon the ground next to him, a bright light appeared from it and when the light died off there stood a small grey skinned goblin at his side. The goblin turned his head and looked up at Galadion before turning his head and looking at the Faerin before returning his gaze back to Galadion "What can this one do to serve you mine master?", turning his head he looked down at the goblin and let a chuckle that was filled with nothing but malice slip through his lips "Go into that cave slowly, I want to see exactly where it is that his curse starts". He had literally just ordered the goblin to march off to its death and it did exactly that without any voice of hesitation or restraint, turning the goblin stepped into the cave and stood there for a second as he watched it slowly start to transform into a crystallized statue right there at the mouth. Turning his head he looked back at his companion "Well at least we know where it starts now"

 

Hearing the Yladian's spell words, Hanno tilted his head. "Summoning spell, huh?" Giving a small nod, he took a mental note about his comrade's abilities. Until now he was only aware of evocation pyromancy spells from the man, so it was always good to keep up the information for future teamwork.

Staring at the fragile looking goblin, the Faerin crossed his arms when @Galadion ordered him to simply march to the death. Hanno stared with curiosity, he was expecting to find out more about the phenomenon and how it worked- But he sure wasn't expected to have the opportunity to see it happening in front of his eyes. When the goblin stepped in and stood still, it took a little time- But in fact it actually happened: A few frostbites appeared on the fingertips of the summoned humanoid, that slowly crawled and suddeny crystallized the creature.

Letting out a nervous whistle, Hanno nodded. "Yeah, we sure can't stand still in that place." What made the Faerin even more perplexed was the fact that instead of the summoned goblin disappear upon death, it simply stayed there like a statue.

"Mhm, I guess the message is pretty clear- Let's do it!" Hanno began walking toward the Cave, giving a small knock on the goblin statue as he passed close to it. That thing was rock solid.

Both began stepping inside the cave, and it was quite dark one- The Faerin snapped his finger to summon a small globet of a white and very bright light... When the white magic was activated and the light sparkled on the narrowed area, it was possible to see for a few seconds glimpses of lost souls- That flickered away to escape from the holy light. Hanno raised his eyebrow, that place sure needed some sacred cleanence after they were done.

The light also reflected the interesting features of the Abyss... It was already possible to see a few frozen animals like small rodents- And for a more interesting ornament, the ceiling of the narrow tunnel that they we passing was coated with a swarm of crystallized bats, that were probably sleeping when the phenomenon started.

After a few minutes walking through the long tunnel, the Faerin and the Yladian would notice something mysterious... In the end of the tunnel there was some sort of light spreading illumination, which obviously would need a source.

"Someone is here." Hanno whispered, carefully stepping closer to what it seemed to be the end of the tunnel. When he got there, he instantly moved to check what it was- Seeing if an attack was necessary. But the only thing he saw was a group of crystallized Yladians, one of them were holding a torch, that was similarly crystallized. But apparently the phenomenon didn't prevent the torch from emitting light.

Surprised, the Faerin didn't stand still, and began walking around the victims. The Yladians clothing, as much well-made they were, looked archaic compared to Galadion's outfit- And it wasn't just a matter of the man being more vain than this group, but it was a matter of time gap. Those were indeed Yladians of the past.

Blinking, Hanno turned around to see the rest of the area. And now it was clear that the rumors were true... "Holy..."

Hidden: Frozen Abyss

The wide and enormous room was filled with crystallized sculptures of adventurers, beasts and lost artifacts- All of them from a variety of eras, from what could be the oldest sword ever found in Terrasphere... To a common yet modern trinket that was made by a deceased tinker.

But that huge room wasn't the only thing that existed there... Apparently there were other paths and halls, that could possibly lead to even more interesting things. No wonder the curious and ambitious looks of archeologists and scholars intently seeked for this place.. Truly, that was probably the biggest museum of Yladia.

 

From where he stood Galadions crimson eyes peered into the darkness of the cave that they were about to go adventuring into, while it didn't exactly seem like it was all that intimidating at fist glance but he could tell, almost as if he could smell it, death resided within this cave. He crossed his eyes as he watched the Goblin that he had summoned march proudly into the cave as if he had just given it some great honor simply by summoning it, the moment that it stopped moving Galadions eyes narrowed as he watched several spots of frostbite appear upon its small grey phalanges. But it wasn't just frostbite he noticed as the surface of its skin quickly converted to the crystalline substance that the Zalra region had come to be famous for, all of this happening is mere seconds which prompted a whistle to escape his lips, so the Zalrisis in this came was indeed extremely more hostile and fast acting that he had ever seen it anywhere else in the region. But what was it that was making it so much more aggressive and why did its affects end at the opening to this cave, one thing was clear to him and that was that he wasn't going to get the answers to the questions that were running through his mind from standing outside of the cave.

Galadion was about to step forward when he noticed something, the Goblin that he had summoned, when it died it should have disappeared and returned to wherever it was that the creatures he summoned came from, but this one didn't. It stayed right where it was completely frozen in the crystalline substance which was something that bothered him greatly, so whatever was happening on the inside of this cave was powerful enough that it was able to interrupt the normal flow of magic? If that was the case that whatever it was that was going on inside of the cave was that much more dangerous than he had originally thought, and it made his insides dance with a sinister delight, now he wanted whatever was inside this cave that much more, and if he wanted it one way or another, he would get it. A wicked grin spread across his face as he watched the Faerin begin his march into the cave before him, oh if only he knew that death followed him into the cave this day, what better place to repay the small treacherous creature back for the betrayal that he had shown him than on the inside of a cave that killed all those who entered it, he couldn't think of any.

As he followed the Faerin into the cave he pushed the Goblin statue over as he passed it and watched as it shattered into pieces which brought a small amount of satisfaction at the obvious death of the weak creature. Step by step the duo made their way deeper and deeper into the cave, the entire time that he was in the cave he made sure that he was constantly moving after witnessing what had happened to the Goblin when it stopped moving, he would be damned if that was the way that he would acquire his first Player death since entering into this majestic virtual world that was Terrasphere Online. As they made their way a small light appeared in the distance, since their was a light source that meant that someone had to have created what was causing it and that meant that they were not alone inside of crystallized tomb, a fact that apparently the Faerin that was accompanying him had picked up on as well seeing as he felt the need to verbally state the obvious, something that greatly annoyed him but yet he chose not to voice his annoyance since he was set upon the task at hand and that was bringing death to those who had arrived here before them.

When they finally made their way to the source of the light, he allowed a slightly annoyed growl to escape his lips when he noticed that it was nothing more than another set of crystallized corpses, the only difference was that these ones belonged to a adventuring group of Yladians instead of smaller rodent creatures of various species. Turning his head he looked at the scenery of the room that they were in and it caused even his eyes to widen in surprise at its pure beauty, he may have decided to play a darker path inside of this world but it was sights like these that continued to bring him back to this world again and again day after day. He allowed a slight whistle to escape his lips as he made sure to continue moving and walked in circles as he waited for the Faerin to lead the way again.

 

If it wasn't for the possibility of getting a frostbite, Hanno would've stand still for a long time watching the bizarre yet incredibly beautiful place. But unfortunately they didn't have time for that in that moment, they need to keep going.

But that didn't stop the Faerin from walking through the cave without looking his surroundings with a clearly amused expresssion, it was impossible to not admire such thing. Of course that the whole Crystallized Zalra was synonym of beauty, but that cave was something entirely different. It was a place that not only had an aesthetics value, but also had a historical value.

Looking the crystallized museum, it slowly became clear that the area has used to have constant Yladian activity in the far past. After all, there were so many of them there and most didn't even look like adventurers, but instead schoolars and mages that wore fancy outfits that were clearly from the nobility... But what they used to do here? What had here that held their interest so much?

Hanno's emerald eye turned to see the whole room, until they noticed something different... Inside of the crystallized ceiling, there was a small scarlet light, that slowly crawled through the crystals and flied away to one of the corridors. The Faerin would glance to @Galadion to see if he had noticed, and in case he didn't he would tell him to stay alert and warn what happened.

"Very well, it's probably a trap like always- But it's our only hint, so I guess we will just go and beat the crap out of anything that pop up." Hanno shrugged, for now that was the biggest chance they had. But before they continued, the Faerin would raise his shield. "Ghast, warn us if you see anything." Hanno said, and the Shield nodded with a tentacle before opening it's central eye widely.

DISSONANT OVERSEER

The Faerin continued to walk toward the corridor... Unlike the previous tunnel, this one wasn't narrow and had sculptures of old artifacts and people instead of mundane animals. Another thing that had different in that corridor were the ornaments of crystallized spider webs and some cocoons.

When they finally reached to the end of the corridor, they found themselves in a room that was smaller than the previous one, but was still considerably huge... The spider webs ornaments covered the walls and the ground, apreading through the whole area until it reached the ceiling- On the top of the ceiling, a sculpture of a giant spider could be seen. It's crystallized eyes stared in an unsettling way to the ground.

Not willing to stand still, Hanno just kept stepping on the fragile crystallized spider webs, looking up at the frozen creature. Ghast stared intently at it's surroundings, until it spotted the mysterious red light hovering inside the crystals, sneakly trying to reach the ceiling. The Shield poked a tentacle on the Faerin and waved at the Yladian, pointing toward the red light that instantly zarped toward the spider.

The creature's eyes glinted with a scarlet light, letting out an unsettling sound before it jumped from the ceiling to charge toward the duo.

Hidden: Crystallized Spider

'Well, that was quite obvious.' Hanno raised his shield toward the monster, that would try to drop with all it's might on both of them- Trying to crush the Faerin with it's weight and pierce the Yladian with it's sharp legs.

The Faerin would simply block the direct impact with the spider using his shield, after the impact, Hanno would slide his shield under the creature to move out from staying under it. "There you are!" Hanno grinned seeing the spider, considering it was a beast he didn't need hold back in the slightest. "COME AT ME!" He would yell, calling it's attention to give the Yladian time to burst a spell on it.

 

Galadion would have loved nothing more than to stop and closely investigate the crystallized corpses of the ancient Yladians, well he called them corpses but what if that wasn't that case? What if they weren't actually dead but the crystal substance that covered their body forced them into some form of state similar to cryostasis in the real world and when the curse was lifted then they would return to normal? Could you imagine a fate worse than that, to one second be in a world that you knew and suddenly the next thing that you knew you are waking up and hundreds or thousands of years have passed and everything and everyone that you ever loved was long dead a gone, it was indeed a terrible fate to imagine and he loved every second of it, the loneliness and despair that they would have to feel would have made them very easy to manipulate and bend to his will.

However the annoying little feature of this dungeon that made it so you had to constantly be moving pissed him off greatly at times, the mysterious creators of Terrasphere seemed to have designed this place to have been extra irritating and he really hated it, He didn't feel like a Dark Lord that was delving into the unknown in search of some dark and terrible power, no he felt like he was a ballerina that was forced to constantly stay on his toes and it drove him absolutely nuts. His crimson eyes scanned the cavern that they were in as he continued his maddening dance with the frost damage effect of the cave, everywhere he looked it seemed like there was yet another crystallized Yaldian that was either coming or going but what was different about these crystallized figurines was the fact that it looked as if they were instantly covered in the crystal substance despite the fact that they were moving around which meant that whatever calamity had struck this cave had done so hard and fast.

As he followed the Faerin they came to a room that seemed to have been filled with spider decorations, were the decorations or had spiders really this large lived within this cave at one point?, that was a disgusting thought to have, gigantic hairy legs and beady eyes. As he looked around the new chamber that they had come to he noticed a glimpse of light out of the corner of his eye which caused him to look in its direction, the crimson light moved along the walls until it too up residence inside of the body of a large crystal spider that that been resting atop the cavern. Suddenly the spider was alive and awake, its fearsome eyes peering down at the before it seemingly detached itself from the crystal surface of the caverns roof and dropped down upon them. It was a good thing that he had a fast reaction time as he turned and dove out of the way of the spiders descent upon him, had he not the creature would have impaled him with its legs and that would have been the end of his journey in the land of Terrasphere, well he would have acquired his first death in this world and that was something that he was not looking forward to in the slightest.

As he rolled back to his feet he turned his head and looked at the spider with a deep fury in his eyes, this creature had just tried to kill him, HIM the Dark Lord of Terrasphere, and it thought it could do this without suffering any consequences but oh was it wrong. He slowly circled the creature making sure that he was constantly staying moving and watched its every move, when he had completed his first circle of the beast, its opened its mouth and he had expected it to shoot venom at him but instead it shot several crystal shards that almost embedded themselves into his shoulder which only served to increase the rage that he already felt. A black aura began to a radiate from his body as he glared at the crystallized arachnid the rage that he was feeling for the creature growing with each and every second that he stared at it. He wouldn't just kill it, no that would be letting it off to easy, no he would break into its mind and force it to serve him "I call upon the dark powers of the other side, lend me your strength so that I may bend this creature to my will and make it my slave, Memory Rewrite!!!" as he spoke small chant slowly the dark aura increased around his body before it engulfed the head of the spider and when it disappeared the spider itself seemed more relaxed and no longer had a hostile nature to it as Galadion walked up and placed his hand upon his its for a second before looking back at the Faerin "And its mine now"

 

The Faerin stared a little perplexed when the spider simply stopped when @Galadion finished his spell, apparently it had worked? Unsure, Hanno still walked surrounding the creature until the Yladian walked to it and the creature didn't attack him at all.

Nodding, the Faerin gave a chuckle with a thumb up. "Nice one, Majesty. Guess you could call it a very exotic pet to have-" Hanno looked up at his Shield. "Uh, not that I'm one to talk" He shrugged while still walking around... Ghast kept staring the surroundings, searching for another prey until it finally spotted another sneaky crimson light on the ceiling- The Shield poked the Faerin and pointed to the light.

As soon as Hanno looked up to see the crimson light, it noticed it was spotted and suddenly began to move away like it was trying to run from them. The Faerin gave a defiant grin. "No no- you won't escape!" Wielding his shield forward, Hanno blasted off to run, trampling and crushing all crystallized spider webs that were in the way, cleaning the path for him and his companion.

Chasing the light, the duo would pass through another corridor- This one much larger than any of the previous ones, the ceiling was this time coated with crystallized estalactites... As they went deeper in the corridor, the crystals and the ground would appear to be tinted with a scarlet marks in a few parts, those marks looked like scars in the crystal- Something was wrong- It was very clear that something was corrupting them.

Slowly, the whole ground seemed like an enormous red carpet that grew larger and larger as they went through their final path... Finally getting closer to their destination. The entrace of the next room had it's surroundings covered with sharp corrupted crystals, that pointed in several directions making an radial effect that surrounded something that was in the center of the room.

Finally stepping in the room, the duo would see the crimson light finally emerging out of the crystallized ceiling, dropping to a pile of shattered crystals that were in the center of the room. When it reached the crystals fragments, they would twirl in the air- Hastily attatching on each other over and over like a puzzle solving itself.

Hanno kept running toward it, as he slowly began spinning his shield with his arm. He frowned looking at the transformation, with some sort of expectation to see what would come next. When the crystals finished attatching each other, the final form of the merging was a seven feet tall crystallized humanoid that had a demoniac aura surrounding itself.

Hidden: Crystallized Demon

Looking at the duo, the demon would open it's arms like they were ironically greeting the adventurers. "Hu huhu... Mwahahahah-!" The crystallized demon would let out a frightening and dark laugh, followed by a thundering voice that echoed in the cave. "Pitiful fools, how dare yo-"

Suddenly- The demon was interrupted with a spinning shield slamming on his face.

After throwing Ghast at the demon's face, Hanno cracked his knuckles as he charged even faster at it. His eyes were burning in rage, he finally found the bastard responsible for this-

Still stunned, the demon shook it's head trying to recover, and when it looked up to see it's enemies- He saw a Faerin jumping toward him, before getting a powerful punch on the same spot the shiled hitted. The center of the demon's face cracked slightly, and Hanno flinched in pain as he punched the solid rock surface of the creature. But he didn't care about the pain, because when you punch something and your hand hurts- It just means you need to punch it HARDER. "SHUT UP! WE DON'T GIVE A SINGLE FUCK!"

Hanno raised his clenching right bruised fist, slamming a punch on the demon's face again. The monster knocked away, smashing on the ground. The Faerin landed on the crystallized floor, hastily grabbing his shield that shouldn't stay still for too long.

"Huu.." The demon didn't express emotions toward the surprise attack, retaliating the hostile actions by making several corrupted crystal spikes emerge out of the ground- trying to impale the duo.

 

Galadion slowly made his way around the crystallized spider his fingers gently running along the creatures hardened structure, because its body had been turned entirely to crystal its defensive rate was much higher than it was before it had been infected with Zalrisis, not to mention that its body now seemed to have a more natural way of attacking without using any kind of ability or attack, its legs were sharp enough to pierce through someones body with little effort. It was definitely going to be a creature that was worth his time to have around, now only did it seem like it could do some major damage to a lower level creature but it could also serve to be a mount should he need it, actually that didn't see to be a very bad idea. The hairs on the back of his neck slowly began to rise up and he got the feeling that something was watching him, something just outside of his field of vision, it would be a lot easier to look for whatever it was that watching them if they weren't constantly required to be moving at all times. That was when he noticed it, that strange crimson light that he had seen just before the spider had awoken and attacked them, he had thought that it had moved into the body and that was what had animated it but apparently he was wrong it was something else entirely.

Just when he noticed the light however it darted off away from the duo of adventurers as if it had been trying to avoid being detected and now that it had been it was fleeing from them, from the corner of his eyes he seen the Faerin that he had been travelling with dart off after it which caused him to roll his eyes slightly. How could someone with such a small possibly think that they were going to do do very much damage against whatever creatures resided deeper within this cave, however why waste his energy by chasing after it when he had this convenient mount that was sitting right here? Turning he raised his foot and climbed up onto the crystallized spider and settled himself down upon its back crossing his arms and legs and closed his eyes, the second that he was settled in the spider started forward which allowed for him to be in his state of motion and avoid the frost damage that came with staying still for to long in this dungeon. The sound of its crystallized feet clattering upon the ground could be heard echoing down the cavern tunnel as the spider charged after the Faerin in the direction that the crimson light had gone.

They continued to chase the mysterious crimson light deeper and deeper into the cave system until finally their chase came to an end when the light dropped down into a pile of broken crystals, he sat there from the back of his spider and watched as the rocks rose into the air and began to swirl around and around until they finally put themselves together in the humonoid form of what appeared to be a Zalrisis infected demon. The demon might have been the cause of the frost condition within this dungeon but if it was infected with Zalrisis itself then that means it wasn't the reason that it was so much more aggressive here than it was in the rest of the region so it appeared as if that was a mystery that they wouldn't be solving right now. A smile spread across his face as he watched the small Faerins large shield smash into the crystallized face of the demon followed up quickly by a punch to its face, so maybe he had been wrong about the mans size having been unable to be powerful simply because of the size of his body. Galadion watched as the crystal spikes erupted from the ground towards the Faerin which caused him to narrow his eyes before he launched himself off of the spider as he soared through the air up and over the Faerin, if he had had a more graceful Mastery something like Acrobatics then this would have been more graceful but as it sat he didn't have one since he was a full magic build. "Wall of Flames"

He watched as the crystal spikes got closer and closer to the Faerin until he landed upon the ground and a large wave of flames rolled away from his body in the direction of the incoming spikes, the force that they carried caused the spikes to break apart and were sent flying in every directions as shrapnel as he looked up towards the demons with a sinister grin spread across his face "You.......you will bow to me before this fight is over. You will belong to me and you will be my slave", the dark vow escaped his lips as he rose to his feet and began to run in circles around the demon, waiting and looking for his next opening to attack.

 

The sharp spikes darted toward Hanno as he wielded his shield toward them, that was going to be a nasty blow, but he would probably be able to handle it- Though in the end, he didn't need to worry about that as soon as @Galadion landed with a powerful blaze that erased the crystals.

The Faerin gave a defiant smile "Thanks Majesty-!", he said, turning to look at the Demon while running on the opposite side of the King, and the duo was now surrounding the Demon in a circle arena.

The infected being stared intently at the Yladian as he heard the words of him. The Demon felt an anger crawl inside him, not accepting the words of the magician, it was an insult for him to a mere mortal dare to talk to him like that. "Me bowing to YOU?! NEVER! - YOU WILL FEEL MY WRATH!" A fog emerged out of the crystallized ground, and the hands of the Demon glinted as it charged a spell.

Hanno looked at the Demon while still running in circles, whatever the spell it was going to cast it wasn't going to be good- But at the same time it's guard was up, so going for a straight attack would probably be a bad idea. The Faerin gave a quick glance at Ghast, that simply glanced back. His curiosity sparkled a bit, what would happend if a dark power like the Dissonance clashed against a Demon? On Mortals they would normally feel despair and fear... Was it possible to make a Demon feel fear? To feel despair?

He grinned with the idea, it could work... And it probably would be good to see something that is so might feeling fear from them. Hanno gave a nod to his Shield, that already knew what the plan was- The Faerin stretched his shield toward the demon- "Hey! Future slave!" He exclaimed, making the Demon turn his face at him in anger.

"See your FATE!" Hanno said calmly with the dissonance crawling in his voice, and Ghast's central eye glinted with a corruptive dissonant aura. "Kukuku..." A frightening laugh came from the shield, as the Demon would look at it.

DISSONANT GAZE

For one frame of second, the corruptive dissonance would lead the Demon's mind to something bizarre- A vision of a possible dire future for him- This frame of second felt like an eternity, and it showed the Demon being surrounded by all the fallen Yladians and adventurers whose death he was responsible for. The enormous crowd looked at him with vicious grins, all of them giving a thumb down while letting out shouts that echoed unison:

"BOW! BOW! BOW! BOW! BOW-!" No... They weren't just screaming, they were ORDERING him to do it.

The Demon retracted in it's horrifying sight, and for a moment his knee almost dropped to succumb to the orders. What was that? He never felt something like this, an energy that carried a cruelty that was enough to make him feel despair in that scene that was supposed to be unthinkable to the Demon.

"NOOOOOOOOO!" The Demon snapped from the vision that only took one second from the outside, but took an eternity inside his head. He was enraged with fear and despair, he wasn't going to become a servant! NO! THAT COULDN'T HAPPEND!

Even in it's weakened state because of the Zalrisis infection, the Demon boomed a dark pulse that was enough to push the Faerin and the Yladian away for a few feet. "YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!" The Demon thundered, stretching his arms to recklessly attack Hanno and Galadion in an all-in magical attack - A shower of darkly corrupted crystal spikes flew toward the duo, while a dark energy pulsed out of the ground like dangerous geysers as the enormous room cracked into a hazardous battlefield.

"I think someone is a little mad now!" The Faerin smiled.

Though it's attacks became harsher, the Demon's guard was completely down- Now it was only a matter of not dying and ending this battle with one blow. Hanno cracked his fists, running through the dangerous zone that was blowing up in rage.

 

The sharp spikes darted toward Hanno as he wielded his shield toward them, that was going to be a nasty blow, but he would probably be able to handle it- Though in the end, he didn't need to worry about that as soon as @Galadion landed with a powerful blaze that erased the crystals.

The Faerin gave a defiant smile "Thanks Majesty-!", he said, turning to look at the Demon while running on the opposite side of the King, and the duo was now surrounding the Demon in a circle arena.

The infected being stared intently at the Yladian as he heard the words of him. The Demon felt an anger crawl inside him, not accepting the words of the magician, it was an insult for him to a mere mortal dare to talk to him like that. "Me bowing to YOU?! NEVER! - YOU WILL FEEL MY WRATH!" A fog emerged out of the crystallized ground, and the hands of the Demon glinted as it charged a spell.

Hanno looked at the Demon while still running in circles, whatever the spell it was going to cast it wasn't going to be good- But at the same time it's guard was up, so going for a straight attack would probably be a bad idea. The Faerin gave a quick glance at Ghast, that simply glanced back. His curiosity sparkled a bit, what would happend if a dark power like the Dissonance clashed against a Demon? On Mortals they would normally feel despair and fear... Was it possible to make a Demon feel fear? To feel despair?

He grinned with the idea, it could work... And it probably would be good to see something that is so might feeling fear from them. Hanno gave a nod to his Shield, that already knew what the plan was- The Faerin stretched his shield toward the demon- "Hey! Future slave!" He exclaimed, making the Demon turn his face at him in anger.

"See your FATE!" Hanno said calmly with the dissonance crawling in his voice, and Ghast's central eye glinted with a corruptive dissonant aura. "Kukuku..." A frightening laugh came from the shield, as the Demon would look at it.


DISSONANT GAZE


For one frame of second, the corruptive dissonance would lead the Demon's mind to something bizarre- A vision of a possible dire future for him- This frame of second felt like an eternity, and it showed the Demon being surrounded by all the fallen Yladians and adventurers whose death he was responsible for. The enormous crowd looked at him with vicious grins, all of them giving a thumb down while letting out shouts that echoed unison:

"BOW! BOW! BOW! BOW! BOW-!" No... They weren't just screaming, they were ORDERING him to do it.

The Demon retracted in it's horrifying sight, and for a moment his knee almost dropped to succumb to the orders. What was that? He never felt something like this, an energy that carried a cruelty that was enough to make him feel despair in that scene that was supposed to be unthinkable to the Demon.

"NOOOOOOOOO!" The Demon snapped from the vision that only took one second from the outside, but took an eternity inside his head. He was enraged with fear and despair, he wasn't going to become a servant! NO! THAT COULDN'T HAPPEND!

Even in it's weakened state because of the Zalrisis infection, the Demon boomed a dark pulse that was enough to push the Faerin and the Yladian away for a few feet. "YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!" The Demon thundered, stretching his arms to recklessly attack Hanno and Galadion in an all-in magical attack - A shower of darkly corrupted crystal spikes flew toward the duo, while a dark energy pulsed out of the ground like dangerous geysers as the enormous room cracked into a hazardous battlefield.

"I think someone is a little mad now!" The Faerin smiled.

Though it's attacks became harsher, the Demon's guard was completely down- Now it was only a matter of not dying and ending this battle with one blow. Hanno cracked his fists, running through the dangerous zone that was blowing up in rage.

 

The sharp spikes darted toward Hanno as he wielded his shield toward them, that was going to be a nasty blow, but he would probably be able to handle it- Though in the end, he didn't need to worry about that as soon as landed with a powerful blaze that erased the crystals.

The Faerin gave a defiant smile "Thanks Majesty-!", he said, turning to look at the Demon while running on the opposite side of the King, and the duo was now surrounding the Demon in a circle arena.

The infected being stared intently at the Yladian as he heard the words of him. The Demon felt an anger crawl inside him, not accepting the words of the magician, it was an insult for him to a mere mortal dare to talk to him like that. "Me bowing to YOU?! NEVER! - YOU WILL FEEL MY WRATH!" A fog emerged out of the crystallized ground, and the hands of the Demon glinted as it charged a spell.

Hanno looked at the Demon while still running in circles, whatever the spell it was going to cast it wasn't going to be good- But at the same time it's guard was up, so going for a straight attack would probably be a bad idea. The Faerin gave a quick glance at Ghast, that simply glanced back. His curiosity sparkled a bit, what would happend if a dark power like the Dissonance clashed against a Demon? On Mortals they would normally feel despair and fear... Was it possible to make a Demon feel fear? To feel despair?

He grinned with the idea, it could work... And it probably would be good to see something that is so might feeling fear from them. Hanno gave a nod to his Shield, that already knew what the plan was- The Faerin stretched his shield toward the demon- "Hey! Future slave!" He exclaimed, making the Demon turn his face at him in anger.

"See your FATE!" Hanno said calmly with the dissonance crawling in his voice, and Ghast's central eye glinted with a corruptive dissonant aura. "Kukuku..." A frightening laugh came from the shield, as the Demon would look at it.


DISSONANT GAZE


For one frame of second, the corruptive dissonance would lead the Demon's mind to something bizarre- A vision of a possible dire future for him- This frame of second felt like an eternity, and it showed the Demon being surrounded by all the fallen Yladians and adventurers whose death he was responsible for. The enormous crowd looked at him with vicious grins, all of them giving a thumb down while letting out shouts that echoed unison:

"BOW! BOW! BOW! BOW! BOW-!" No... They weren't just screaming, they were ORDERING him to do it.

The Demon retracted in it's horrifying sight, and for a moment his knee almost dropped to succumb to the orders. What was that? He never felt something like this, an energy that carried a cruelty that was enough to make him feel despair in that scene that was supposed to be unthinkable to the Demon.

"NOOOOOOOOO!" The Demon snapped from the vision that only took one second from the outside, but took an eternity inside his head. He was enraged with fear and despair, he wasn't going to become a servant! NO! THAT COULDN'T HAPPEND!

Even in it's weakened state because of the Zalrisis infection, the Demon boomed a dark pulse that was enough to push the Faerin and the Yladian away for a few feet. "YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!" The Demon thundered, stretching his arms to recklessly attack Hanno and Galadion in an all-in magical attack - A shower of darkly corrupted crystal spikes flew toward the duo, while a dark energy pulsed out of the ground like dangerous geysers as the enormous room cracked into a hazardous battlefield.

"I think someone is a little mad now!" The Faerin smiled.

Though it's attacks became harsher, the Demon's guard was completely down- Now it was only a matter of not dying and ending this battle with one blow. Hanno cracked his fists, running through the dangerous zone that was blowing up in rage.