Kim Se-Jun adalah robot pekerja yang mirip manusia. Orang-orang di pabrik memanggilnya HMD07, merupakan singkatan dari humanoid dengan angka seri sesuai urutan pembuatan. Ia diberitahu bahwa sebenarnya para HMD memiliki nama dan keluarga, termasuk dirinya. Robot seri terakhir itu pun setuju untuk menyelinap keluar dari pabrik demi mencari keluarga yang dimaksud.

Sayangnya sebuah ledakan terjadi di lumbung padi, tempat mereka bersembunyi. Ke tujuh humanoid mengalami rusak parah, hanya Se-Jun yang selamat dari ledakan besar tersebut. Muncul rasa benci dalam diri Se-Jun, ia bertekad untuk mencari siapa yang telah meledakan lumbung sehingga menewaskan rekan-rekannya.

Sampai takdir mempertemukannya dengan seorang aktris sekaligus idol bernama Jung Se-Rin, dan terlibat kontrak kerja sebagai bodyguard-nya.


Mirror, Mirror, on the wall
Who's the BADDEST of them all?

The SSG President of the Academy Vs. The Basketball Captain of E-State University. Who do you think will win?

Let's Play A Game
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the next player of them all?

A Bollywood actor, Shekhar, had put on many costumes and characters to become the most reputed actors. He has given his heart and sole to become the character and he takes on the personality of each of his characters. But he soon faces his own personality on the mirror, and the thought of seeing himself as yet another character is leading him towards his downfall in his acting career.

"Dianne walks into the room...it seems like it hasn't been opened for a long time. Cobwebs hang from the walls and a musty smell lingers about. There in the other corner of the room, a tall, dusty mirror leans against the wall..."
When Dianne finds a hidden room in the basement of her house, she discovers a mirror with a terrible secret. Will Dianne be able to escape the mirror's evil whispers?

Its eight claws exerted strength continuously, trying to pull itself out from the abyssal passage with great effort as if there was a tremendous suction force behind it. 
It raised its head to glance at the Six-clawed Demon Emperor that was suspended in midair and used its enormous body to conceal the situation below. The giant ant-like abyssal creature moved in a flash and laid supine against the wall in the abyssal passage. The tip of its enormous head suddenly turned into a spiral form as it rammed the side wall of the passage. Its spiral-form head was surprisingly spinning at high speed. 
"Clang!" A piercing sound was heard. 
In the next instant, light ripples spread outward across the surface of the passage, illuminating the seal at the bottom of the passage. 
The gigantic ant's massive body was blasted away. It swayed its head, appearing dizzy before it spoke in a human voice, "Still not working. The seal set down by mankind back in the beginning is truly troublesome. Even I, the emperor in my real body, can't break it. It seems like I can only charge my way out from the passage's exit."
The Six-clawed Demon Emperor was ranked the ninety-seventh amongst the one hundred and eight abyssal kings, while the Ant Emperor was ranked the seventy-sixth. 
The Ant Emperor, which was working in tandem with the Six-clawed Demon Emperor, was not in a rush to launch an attack. It laid quietly against the wall as it waited. 
As the vanguard, their main purpose was to gain more time so that the ordinary abyssal creatures which had died in battle could be converted into abyssal energy. They would utilize the abyssal energy to expand the abyssal passage such that more abyssal kings could come. They needed to accomplish the task to triumph over humankind. 
It was only him and the Six-clawed Demon Emperor at the moment. Their combined strengths were rather weak. However, with the expansion of the passage, increasing numbers of the ordinary abyssal creatures were surging out wildly. The expanded passage would allow even more kings to appear. 
On the other hand, the Blood God Army was completely unaware of their plan as they watched the abyssal creatures meet their doom and explode into balls of mist unceasingly.
"Anything on the radar?" Zhang Huanyun asked the investigation department of the Blood God Army which was equipped with all sorts of sensitive detectors.
"We detect a large number of abyssal creatures surging out from below right now. I think there's a creature that rivals the huge critter down there, but due to the high intensity of the abyssal energy fluctuation, our detectors can't explore deeper to investigate the details."
"Hmm, continue the monitoring."
Zhang Huanyun swayed his body once and he was already next to Blood One. 
The Heartless Douluo Cao Dezhi stood up and nodded gently toward him. 
Zhang Huanyun spoke softly, "I'll be working with you all. However, won't we be alerting the enemy by doing so?"
Cao Dezhi smiled calmly. "It's not an issue of alerting the enemy, but our effort in destroying the abyssal kings will truly weaken the abyssal plane's power. We'll begin here then. We can't really foresee the events in the abyssal passage, so we shall retreat immediately after the first strike. Pull out the huge creature first. I'll be in charge of the control while you'll be in charge of the conversion."
"Alright." Zhang Huanyun nodded. In a flash, he had returned to his position above the abyssal passage once again.
"Throw in the highly-explosive bombs at high intensity. Three hundred times per minute. Release!" 
Balls of incandescent radiance were shot from the circular muzzle rapidly. More than three hundred of the glowing white light spheres were shot within a minute.
A tiny metallic ball was inside every light sphere. The metallic ball would explode with a loud bang when the incandescent light had swelled up to its maximum. 
The highly-explosive bomb was different from the fixed soul ammunition for its inability to shoot long-range, but it was capable of producing a chain explosive effect and most suitable for a focused attack within a short range. It was even more effective than the fixed soul ammunition under such circumstances.
The soul device was a single-use consumable which was highly effective in dealing with the abyssal creatures. 
Three hundred highly-explosive bombs exploded with loud bangs. It turned the abyssal passage incandescent at once. The pervasive white radiance covered the entire passage with a large number of the abyssal creatures blasted to smithereens. The abyssal aura dispersed in all directions from the explosion. 
The abyssal creatures in the abyssal passage vanished into nothingness soon after. 
At the same time, Zhang Huanyun hurriedly despatched a series of orders which made the blockade at the cave entrance pause for a moment. A moon-like mirror appeared behind Zhang Huanyun's back concealed by the incandescent radiance from the explosion below. 
The mirror was only half a meter in diameter when it first appeared. However, with the three soul rings on Zhang Huanyun's body shining in succession, it rose in the face of the storm and was over fifty meters in the twinkling of an eye. 
There were coils of decorative, dragon patterns on the enlarged mirror. These decorative patterns seemed to come alive at present. 
An intense energy fluctuation began to appear on the surface of this mirror. It was precisely at this moment when a figure submerged into the abyssal passage silently. In a flash, he vanished without a trace. 
The Six-clawed Demon Emperor's six arms were blocked above its head during the bomb explosion. It had no empathy for its dying clansmen. The more fatalities there were, the bigger the opening of the abyssal passage which would allow more clansmen and kings to come in. It anticipated that mankind would be spending more energy to kill these creatures. 
Naturally, it did not wish to be killed because a dead king would require a long time to recover. The king could be challenged by the other powerful clansmen, and it might even lose its position as the king. 
Each level of the abyssal plane was dominated by a king. The king held the core which bestowed it with supernatural abilities and its position. In the event the king's true body suffered death, the core would take its energy and return it to the abyssal plane. The process of resurrection required time. If it happens that another clansman found and seized the abyssal core, the king would then lose its consciousness. In this case, its energy would be devoured by the new king. 
Thus, an ordinary abyssal creature was not emotionally burdened in death, but the abyssal kings, on the other hand, were afraid to die lest their clansmen took over their positions. 
Just as the Six-clawed Demon Emperor moved its six arms, it sensed a change in its surrounding temperature. In terms of mankind's language, it would be described as 'cold'!
Suddenly, it sensed that the space surrounding its body had changed. The center of the space, where the body was, seemed to be split. There were obviously many abyssal creatures in its surroundings, yet, it felt as if they were absent at the moment. It appeared to be isolated in a square space that was eerily silent in which no sound could be transmitted. 
'What's going on? What's happening?'
The six-clawed Demon Emperor was startled. As a king, it possessed intelligence that was no less inferior than mankind, so it could immediately sense that something was not right. Yet, it was already too late even if it wished to struggle free now. 
Four giant swords isolated the surrounding space and silently trapped it. A bright radiance descended from the sky and illuminated its body. In the next moment, the Six-clawed Demon Emperor was instantly converted into a stream of white light before it disappeared into thin air as if it had ascended into the heavens. 
The enormous figure as tall as a hundred meters did not even leave behind a trace. 
The Ant Emperor coldly watched the event unfold from the above. It paid no attention to this as it was not a huge explosion. 
Yet, it was at this moment when it was astonished to find four ancient-looking giant swords appearing out of thin air. These four giant swords sliced through the space easily. It appeared that the Six-clawed Demon Emperor was wrapped in a container. The Demon Emperor could hardly resist, and in the next instant, it was absorbed into a stream of white radiance.


Following the advancement of soul technology, the humans of Douluo Continent conquered the ocean and discovered two new continents. After being hunted by spirit masters excessively, the soul beasts are nearly extinct. After countless years of lying dormant, the King of the Soul Beasts has awakened in the Great Star Dou Forest. It will lead its remaining clansmen in taking vengeance against humanity! 

Tang Wulin is determined to become a powerful Soul Master. However, when he awakened his martial soul, it was actually a…

Incomparable talent. The battle of the Dragon King. The Legend of our Dragon King hereby begins.



BRIA 

 

I was staring at the broken decorative glass piece for the past hour. I didn't get enough time to look and admire the beauty of it when I threw it at Gabriel, which he luckily managed to dodge. But the broken and disoriented pieces were enough proof that it was indeed a beautiful piece. And expensive also if my guess was not wrong. It must have been made with care and handled with gentleness to bring a smile on it's owner's face. But were all those efforts really worth when it shattered into hundreds of pieces in a blink of an eye? 

My life was no different. It was treasured by my family, handled with care. Benji did his best to made me a good person to put smile on people's faces with my existence in their life. But was it all worth when I, myself destroyed that perfectness with my own hands? Granted, I did all this for my family to keep them safe and have a second chance to live a better life. But was striking a deal with the devil my only option? 

Same thoughts were constantly riding on my mind for the last hour. My fingers automatically found my pendent and started playing with it. What should I do? I knew that getting out of here was out of the question. If I dared to set my foot outside the devil's cave his blazing anger would directly aim at my family. But what if he did not complete his end of the bargain? What if he faked his compliance to the deal and hurt my family after taking my signatures? How could I trust such cunning criminal? 

Ughh! These what if's were driving me insane. And they started making me doubt my decision. After balling my eyes out for an hour and making sure that I emptied my tear tanks to the very last bit of drop I stood up, glancing around the room. 

 

It was a decent sized room but bigger than my own room. It was neatly decorated and very cleaned. There was a wardrobe on the right side and beside it was a door which I assumed was a bathroom. A simple vanity was placed beside the bed which was placed along the large wall. A large circular decorative piece was giving the modern yet elegant look to the grey coloured wall. And the most beautiful part of this simple room was a large window on the left side which was giving a stunning view of outside night sky filled with twinkling stars and a crescent moon. 

I sat on the bed and couldn't resist the temptation to lie down, covering my body with soft covers. I continued to stare outside at the beautiful night sky and tears welled up in my eyes for umptienth time in last 24 hours. How was I going to survive in this strange place with many criminals for three excruciating months? 

I missed my kids already. And all I wanted in that moment was my head on Benji's shoulder and him assuring me that everything was going to be alright. 

Dimly lit hallway. 

Fireplace... fire crackling in it. 

Walls full of pictures. 

A man with black hairs and piercing blue eyes. 

A woman with wavy brown hairs and warm brown eyes. 

Their little princess. 

Baannnggggg 

Baannnnnggg 

Blood. 

It was blood all over the place. 

Cody. His lifeless eyes. His crimson warm blood. 

I woke up with a gasp and heavy breathing, panting. My body was soaked in sweat and tears were flowing freely on my cheeks. My shaky fingers found their way to the pendent in my neck to get some calm. Benji... I need you. 

The same nightmare has startled me but this time it was more horrifying as it also contained the face of Cody. 

Cody. The person who lost his life without any fault. The person who trusted me every time I said everything was okay. He was dead. Gone. And that was all because of me. I was the reason of his death, reason behind every pain my family was going through. 

I placed my head between my hands tugging the black locks in frustration. I shouldn't have slept. 

After calming myself a bit with the help of the breathing exercises that Benji taught me, I got up from the bed. I opened the bathroom door and splashed cold water on my face. 

The girl in the mirror was looking at me with anger. She was not used to giving up so easily. She was a fighter. I stared back at her and soon a glint of determination flashed in her eyes. 

I will return every favour with interest to Devil and his goons. That's my promise to Cody and my family. 

After washing my face and getting ordered from my growling tummy monster to feed it, I decided to get something to eat. If I was going to stay here for long time then I could definitely use some food. I was pretty sure that they must had good food as good as this mansion was. 

I tried to open the door but it was locked. Ugh! Expected! It was early in the morning and I doubted that anyone was up at this hour considering the serene silence outside. I thought about waiting until someone opened the door but my tummy monster was one hungry creature. 

 Hey! When you live with six kids for your entire life you acquire their childish habits like calling hungry stomach as tummy monster. It doesn't change the fact that I was a grown-up mature adult, does it? 

I knocked on the door softly but loudly enough to grab someone's attention. After five minutes of useless trying I gave up as my tummy monster was getting angrier. I tried the second option like a mature adult and started shouting at the top of my lungs. My attempt was disturbed by coughing and hurting throat. I looked around the room for water but couldn't find it. They didn't bother to keep even a glass of water in this room. What kind of hospitality was this?! 

My coughing was nowhere near to stop and I was frustrated enough with hunger and thirst. So, I opted the last resort that a mature adult would do.

(Mature Content) *No Rape*

EXCERPT:-

' I hope that you liked this little gift for your Twentieth birthday. I also hope that you have already felt that feeling which is wrapped around your heart like a vice. Fear. I like that. And that fear has a form and shape and that's ME. Your worst nightmare. You have messed with the wrong person Miss Bria Maxwell. 
P.S. Be a good obedient girl'

Bria Maxwell, an ordinary girl living with her guardian and six orphaned kids happily and peacefully.
What happens when a tornado appears in her life unexpectedly taking away everything that she holds close to her heart?
A control-freak, dominating, cold-hearted Devil always gets what he wants. But this time he has to face a strong-willed and stubborn girl. Will he be her Devil and ruin her as he promised or will she be his Fire and burn down his dark world?
The secrets will be spilt, betrayals will cause pain, lives will be at stake and the hard choices will be made... all because of that deal.
THE TOXIC DEAL!


P.S. THE IMAGE USED IN THE BOOK COVER DOES NOT BELONG TO AUTHOR!

The back of a deep blue uniform was facing her, one that she owned as well. Her mother's eyes wide, blood dribbling from her lips. Anita's world slowed. She stood stupidly like a deer caught in headlights watching Elaine mouth the word go. 

Anita twisted away from the door when the knight pulled his blade free from her mother's body. She clutched her mouth closed, body quivering from horror and fright. Don't scream, don't scream.

A wet slump felt sound loud it crawled past the walls and down Anita's spine. She shut her eyes, allowing a cold stream down her face. The voices coming from inside the master bedroom were familiar.

"I didn't need your help."

"Wait but didn't I do all the work?"

"Shut up Clovis."

Clovis laughed that easy laughter that Anita had come to know him for, "Well, that's one down and just two to go. Let's go. You can still get your moment to shine."

Anita didn't think her heart could drop farther. She had to move and find her sister before Luelle would meet the same fate as their mother. 

A whirlwind of thoughts and emotions plagued her mind, narrowing her vision. Perhaps that was what it was that caused her to stumble on a decorative vase. She cursed, arms flailing to reach for it before it could fall, but it was too late. Ceramic shattered upon the floor, "Did you hear that?" Footsteps were in the hall and Anita shut out her thoughts to run and flee. 

Instead of turning the corner she smacked into something solid. A tall man stood before her, tanned skin and silver hair, eyes clouded grey by an Earth Curse. There was something familiar about him, in a second-hand sort of way but Anita didn't have the time to think about it. A scream was caught in her throat but he put a finger to his lips and dragged her around the corner and into her mother's art studio room. His black garb melted away with the darkness of the room. Her back was pressed against the wall, and hands clasped tightly across her mouth to stifle the sound of her breath. The wave of footsteps approached and Anita thought her heart had stopped, only for them to move away. 

"This place turned into a mess," a low, unfamiliar voice whispered. His grip on her shoulder held her steady but it also had an inhuman iron strength.

"Who…?" her voice trembled, "Why are you…?"

He rolled his eyes at her, "Who I am isn't important. I'm helping you out on a whim, ok? For Jacob, I guess."

Anita flinched at her brother's name. A million questions flitted through her head, she couldn't find it in her to voice even one. 

Shuffling footsteps outside alerted their attention, and the strange man still had Anita pressed to the wall. "Stay here," he commanded with a low voice, "I'll be back." He waited till the noises quieted, and stepped out of the door with silent steps. If Anita were told he was a savior conjured up by her imagination she'd believe them.

In the darkness of the room, with only her mother's half-finished artworks to keep her company and the scent of fresh paint and decorative daisies, Anita found herself crumbling to the ground. Tears streaming across her face as she hid her face between her knees from absolutely no one. 

"Now isn't the time to cry..." She chanted brokenly to herself, trying as she could to keep her voice muffled. Her whole body shook, and the sounds of those outside filled her head, close yet alien.

She took in a shuddering breath, chuckling pitifully at herself. All her knight's training thrown out the window in the moment of need. How did they even let her pass? Anita bit her lip. Mourning could come later. Her sister and father were still out there waiting for her.

With an ear pressed against the door, she checked if the coast was clear. Her room was just next door. Cracking the entrance open ever so slightly. The mansion was eerily quiet. There was commotion but it sounded it like was coming from outside the building.

Anita snuck into her room without a problem. She was quick to grab the blade discarded haphazardly at her desk. But a noise outside startled her. Red hair whipped around and she realized, belatedly that she hadn't fully closed the door. 

Through the sliver of an opening, she saw someone ran by. That flow the golden hair and elegant teal dress was undoubtedly Luelle. Anita could hear her sister's panicked panting as a dark shadow chased her from below the wooden floor panels. She knew that power, Kline could manipulate shadows to stalk and teleport matter. 

Holding back the temptation to shout, Anita exited her room. If she alerted Kline of her position too quickly, Clovis will no doubt leap from the shadows to skewer her. That was how those two operated. There was no one left in the hall but the sound of the chase was still close, Anita followed it downstairs to the large open lobby. 

She rounded the corner but luckily didn't have to search for long. Luelle burst open through the music room downstairs in hysterics and tears. The black shadow following her like a rabid dog. Anita activated her resonance core as she drew her sword from its sheath. A bright flame ignited at the blade's tip, dancing wildly. She tossed it towards their aggressor, watching the collusion explode into a cloud of neutralized mana. 

That should be able to buy them some time. Luelle ran to her sister, clawing at her arms, "What happened? What's going on? I saw- I saw-" Her words were jumbled, a mirror of how Anita felt just moments before. 

With a renewed sense of responsibility, she took her little sister's wrist, "We have to go." They made their way towards the front door, conveniently open. The driveway was not far from there. Anita had her car keys strapped to her sword sheath, they could make their escape and-

"I would not advise that," a chilling voice cut their escape.

Anita froze, feeling a heavy aura, familiar yet unfamiliar behind her. Lightning crackled. She took a breath and turned around. Gabriel stood, sword in hand, his perfect dark locks mused and usual unreadable expression decorated his face. There was deep crimson, almost black, along the blade's edge and splattered across his clothes. Her entire body went numb, yet the grip on her sword only tightened. 

"Luelle…" she said quietly, "you have to go." 

"But…" her little sister stammered, conflicted and scared.

"Anita," Gabriel sighed, "you never listen, do you?" He sounded almost sad, but maybe that was just Anita's overactive imagination.

Her heart was racing now, but she knew what she had to do. "Go Lue! Just get out of here!" her voice roared over the estate, mana bursting all around. She drew her sword and shoved the sheath into Luelle's arms.

Anita didn't look back before she charged.

Gabriel Duciel is the new High Paladin of the Adrosian Empire, young, handsome and strict to the point of cruel. The Imperial Knights have been an absolute mess before his promotion and he will do everything in his power to instigate order back into this chaotic mess of a country. Whether if it’s dealing with foolish nobles, flamboyant guildsmen, crazed demons, curses or ghosts from the past Gabriel will not back down. 

But just how far is he willing to go for the sake of the Empire? Or the world? Will it all be worth it in the end?

With everybody focused on the castle once again, Dani ordered the invasion. They jumped the wall one by one. Logan cast an illusion that kept them mostly hidden as they snuck into the courtyard. The team remained low, keeping their formation as before. Closer to the castle, within the courtyard, snowmen patrolled. This was easy for Logan and Leira to handle.

They ducked behind fresh carven fixtures throughout the courtyard. Decorative stone statutes and well-trimmed bushes were merely tools for them to kill the enemy. The pair snuck around laying traps to stun while silently killing the snowmen with fire magic. It was quite frequent that Logan would set a fire trap and allow Leira to kill them with a flame arrow. The two executed the plan flawlessly, leading Dani and Andres to the castle wall.

The wall had a beautiful exterior design that would allow them to climb up to a balcony on the third floor. Andres even cracked a joke that it pays not to be fancy. Logan began climbing up with an illusion to help prevent anything from seeing them. Dani stuck close behind him, Leira struggled her little way in front of Andres who was most suited to carry her in a worst-case scenario.

Once they climbed up, the four had quietly jumped down to a balcony on the third floor. They remained hidden low while Logan sensed inside the castle. Leira peaked over the balcony, gazing upon its beauty. She admired the was the water was frozen from the fountains and the trees. Snowman patrolled through un-ventured areas of the courtyard. She couldn't help wondering what it would be like to ice skate on the large frozen fountains. Andres was smashed into the balcony which brought Leira back into focus.

Andres rose his shield in time as a giant bold pincer stabbed at him. The pincers continued stabbing at Andres prompting Leira to shoot it away. As she stood up turning towards the hairy attacker, Leira's legs began to tremble. Her bow aimed away to the ground while Leira herself was screaming. She squirmed herself into a corner on the balcony in hopes that her escorts would.

Andres was being smashed into the floor while maintaining a firm grip on his shield. The hairy creature stood tall with its spider body pushing forward. instead of a head, it had a human torso with giant eyes around its stomach, chest, and sides. There was no mouth visible. The pincer arms felt like missiles while banging into Andres' shield. It tried to aim for his legs. Andres wasn't a weak player to give the enemy that kind of privilege.

Leira was now crying harder than Mina ever did. Her face was between her legs, kissing her ass goodbye while tears spilled on the floor. Andres yelled for her not to quit. Luckily for him, Leira had no will to make any decision on her own at the moment.

Spring to his feet to dodge a pincer strike, Andres tossed his shield at the creature. It slammed into its eyes. Yet the creature chased Andres quicker. He parried with his sword to slice the left arm. He rolled over to grab his shield. The creature swung at him hard, but Andres tanked the full swing with his shield. After being slammed into a wall, a giant fireball shot the creature off of the balcony. Dani stood in a firm stance firing at multiple while Logan was slicing through the injured ones to kill them. Andres ran over to continue the fight while Leira sat in her corner.

It wasn't long for the three to kill off the creatures. Sure it wasn't tactical. In fact, they were now exposed in the castle. Even so, they were still full of energy and ready to take on another boss.

Logan grabbed up Leira by the hand, pulling on her to follow them. Andres began storming through the halls of the castle, guiding them through the safest routes. Room by room, the four ran launching surprise attacks on their foes. Leira was scared of the creatures. Likewise, she was amazed by the beautiful crystal design of the castle. They looted the rooms afterward and found many points in treasure chests. Further looting allowed the team to find a new bow and axe for Leira. Andres chose to carry the axe on his hip to continue using his 

Dani couldn't help to notice that they weren't getting anywhere running around the castle. Unfortunately, Andres couldn't find any new routes. He was stuck leading the team in circles endlessly. Even Leira knew there was something up.

Dani began recounting their chosen pathways in the castle as Logan looked about the crystalized mirrors on the walls. He observed how each one reflected him. Slowly motioning his hand, Logan realized that one of the mirrors reflected him slightly different.

"What's up Logan?" asked Andres as Logan himself faced the mirror with a slightly different reflection.

"Let's smash it," he said.

In an instant, Dani fired a pure magical bullet that smashed the mirror to dust. The crystallized dust blew around towards the center of the room to form a scythe-wielding warrior made of crystallized glass. Its glass eyes were filled with sorrow. He launched himself at Leira for a kill. Each swing of his scythe sent a gust of ice particles that froze anything it touched. Andres defended Leira, allowing Dani to shoot at the crystal warrior multiple times. Once Logan was close enough, he used his sword to disable the warrior and dodged the warrior's counterstrike. Andres threw his shield at the warrior's head, allowing Logan to pierce his sword into him.

"Scatter," yelled Logan, causing the warrior the shatter into tiny glass pieces.

Leira stood recalling how the warrior was able to freeze things and wondered why would Logan get close to such a warrior. She looked at Logan's face and noticed his smile. It wasn't a smirk of victory. Rather it was a smile of fun that people commonly wore when they were aroused playing sports or a video game.

Dani walked over and smacked Logan on his head. This didn't hide Andres' cheeky smile as he grabbed his shield.

The two boys laughed as Dani tried to pull them together. She looked over at Leira who was pretty lost on the motives at this point.

"They're just having fun," said Dani as she shook her head. "But seriously, we need to take this seriously. So get it together".

"I don't know what you want from us," smirked Andres, "You know we love this".

The agitated Dani pointed out that nothing was behind the smashed mirror and there were likely more mirrors that they must destroy to unlock something. This was quite obvious, causing Logan to mock her. Dani refrained from beating Logan further and insisted that they look for more mirrors to break. This was fine with the boys. Though as they began retracing themselves around the third floor of the castle, Logan couldn't help but notice that one of the giant mirrors in the hallway had a tint of red. They stopped to investigate it. Yet couldn't find any abnormalities.

Thus the four continued smashing the odd mirror in each room and subsequently defeating the scythe-wielding warriors from each mirror. This left them roaming about looking for the next piece to the puzzle. Coming across the giant mirror in the hallway again, the team realized it was no longer tinted, but rather red. 

Dani positioned her team behind a fixture, ready for combat. She shot out a well charged magical bullet that blew up the mirror. Leira felt the shockwave of glass brush through them. Her skin felt as though sandpaper was yanking her hairs off her body. Her heart was about to burst until Andres called "clear".

Dani gasped as she looked towards the shattered mirror. Leira took a peak witnessing a giant hidden room now accessible. Unlike the rest of the third floor, this hidden room was made of a dark stone with bloodstains on the walls. The air from this form blew out a stank that was foreign to Leira but strong enough to make her not want to go in. What's worse, there was a circular platform in the wall with two chained giants next to it. 

"They're dead," said Logan as he sauntered towards the platform. 

Andres looked at the two dead giants realizing that despite being dead, they were still conscious. Unlike Logan who was eager to ride the platform with Dani, Andres approached the two lifeless giants. 

Chains were attached to their spine and joints, bounding them to the wall. "Please help us," begged the giant on the left. A black venom spewed from his mouth. 

"What happened to you guys?" asked Andres, observing the scarless bodies of the giants. 

The giant on the right began shaking as he stretched his arms and said, "We're prisoners of Eisheth Zenunim. She has captured our souls and imprisoned us here in the Tower of Envy". 

The left giant continued, "Please if it's not too much. Release us from the belly of the hungry bride. You must rip her stomach open to free the souls of her many victims". 

"Where can we find her?" asked Andres. 

The right giant answered, "In the far castle with her husband, The King of The Fifth Realm. Free our souls and return to this forest. And we will show our gratitude by granting you our power". 

The giants believed the sincerity in not only Andres' eyes but also in his words as he spoke, "I accept your quest. I will venture to the tombs of Samael himself. Find this wicked witch by the name of Eisheth and drive my blade through her stomach". 

The two giants held their hands out as a way to give thanks for Andres' generosity as he continued, "And when I am done, I will be back to claim my reward and have a good solid quest defeating demons with my two new friends". 

Andres nodded his head at the two giants as he walked onto the platform. Black venom tears rolled the cheeks of the two imprisoned giants as they turned their heads. Everybody stared back at the giants in question of what they were about to do. 

"We're sorry," said the two giants, "You do not have access to use this elevator. We must send you all to the beast for consumption". The platform closed itself off to not allow anybody off.

"Assholes," responded Dani. 

The giants continued, "Only by defeating the demon in the keep to which we send and stealing the jewel from its collar will thou be allowed to travel to all floors". 

Andres gave a smile that cheered the cold hearts of the giants and said, "then so be it". 

Symbols on the walls surrounding the platform glowed. The platform began lowering itself to the dungeon at the bottom of the castle. Logan remained patient with his hands covering his pelvic. He sternly told Andres, "You're full of shit". Dani nodded her head to Logan's truthful words.

Just a place where I can freely write and publish drafts for future events of my story. 
It's mostly for fun and includes spoilers. 


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