Chapter 21: The Light Plane
Stan walks back and forth in the connected caverns several times to find out if there is a secret passage to escape, but all attempts prove futile, and the knight returns to Nerfi in frustration and sits down beside her. "Can you start casting? Wait any longer, I'm afraid it's going to be dawn. ”
Nellfi sat on the ground with her eyes closed, her wand resting across her curled legs, and the girl slowly opened her eyes. "The Gate of Light is extremely mentally draining, not to mention having to cast it twice in a row, I want to get myself back to the best condition, but we have been tired of rushing for the past few days, and I haven't been able to rest properly. ”
Stan sighed. "Well, it's all my fault, urging you to come here non-stop, but I didn't expect it to end like this, but our time is really ....... ”
"That's it. Nalfi interrupted him, and the girl slowly stood up and took a deep breath. "Stay close to me Stan, you must follow me next, if you get lost in the light plane, then no one will be able to save you. ”
"Alright, come on!" Stan felt the pressure and put his hand on the hilt of his sword. "I'm ready. ”
Nerfiping raised his wand to his eyes, the calm in his eyes suddenly became focused, and his mouth began to chant obscure incantations, and a golden ring appeared in front of them. With the sound of the mage's incantation, the ring grew larger and larger until it was large enough for her to pass through.
Nerfi exhaled and walked steadily towards the ring. "Remember, follow me. Immediately after, the girl's figure disappeared into the ring.
Stan didn't dare to slack off, and quickly lowered his head and followed, the ring passed over him as if it didn't exist, and a strong light pierced his eyes. Stan subconsciously raises his hand to cover his face, and after a few seconds he tries to squint his eyes and look around. I saw that Nerfi's figure was just a few yards in front of him, and beyond that, the whole world was wrapped in a golden yellow, and nothing could be seen.
"Is this the plane of light?" Stan asked, but there was no response from the front, and he caught up with Nerfi, the girl looking solemnly ahead, frowning slightly. "What's wrong Nerfi, what's wrong?"
"Something is wrong, I feel uneasy, there is danger hidden in this gold, we must get out of here as soon as possible. Nerfi's tone was rapid, and her voice was full of doubt and fear.
Stan unconsciously drew his sword and guarded the girl's side, in the golden plane of light, he didn't notice anything, and he didn't have the slightest idea what the enemy would look like, but he still vowed in his heart to protect Nelfi with his life.
The two of them continued to walk for several minutes, they were already deep in the plane of light, all around them were exactly the same, Stan didn't know which direction they were going, here, there was no direction at all, even the feet were golden. His eyes had adapted to the intense golden light, and the continuous light filled everything, and a wave of dizziness hit him, and the girl's figure seemed to shake as well.
"Nerfi......" Stan whispered, feeling a hint of unease, but the girl didn't stop and continued to walk forward unhurriedly. "Nerfi!"
Suddenly, in an instant, cracks began to appear in the surrounding gold, and black continued to spread outward from the cracks, like mud flowing from the bottom of a river. The crack grows larger and the golden range is gradually swallowed up, and Stan looks at his feet, where the same is, black enveloping them. "Nerfi, what is this?"
To Stan's despair, Nerfi doesn't seem to hear him, and the girl's back fades away. "Nerfi!" Stan yells and runs forward, strangely enough that while Nerfi's pace is still unhurried, Stan doesn't catch up, and the distance between the two grows farther and farther away.
Hell! Stan curses to himself and runs as hard as he can, and the darkness spreads from all sides to the middle, blocking his way. Stan swung his sword wildly, the blade slicing across the black without feeling any resistance, and Nerfi's figure slowly faded away as she walked away from him.
After running for an unknown amount of time, the whole world turned almost black, and as the last of the gold faded, Stan could no longer see anything, and Nerfi disappeared from sight, but he didn't stop, still running aimlessly. In the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, the only sound Stan could hear was his own rapid breathing, not even the sound of panicked footsteps. Fear crept up in his heart, despair took over his brain, and he began to feel exhausted, and it didn't take long for him to be exhausted.
Something seemed to climb up his legs in the darkness, followed by his arms, then his neck. Stan tore at his body, trying to tear them off, but felt his body get heavier and heavier, as if he was entangled in the weeds at the bottom of the river, and slowly pulled down. He struggled against this force, but he was no match for it, and finally fell to his knees, his upper body crushed.
"Nerfi ......" Up to this point, Stan's greatest fear was not his own death, but Nerfi's safety. Consciousness blurs, and a strange hissing sound burrows into his ears, and Stan knows that it is what is entangled in him, but there is nothing he can do.
"Stan, stand up!" a hurried shout pierced through the hiss and went straight to the knight's heart. Then a dazzling light fell from the sky, dispelling all darkness. Suddenly, Stan's restraints disappear and he easily returns to him. "Stand up!Stan!" the knight slowly propped himself up, hissing and hissing nowhere to be seen, only the faint scars on his body telling him that everything was real.
Stan can see ahead again, and Nellfi is waiting for him, the girl looking pained with her wand in her hand. The golden light quickly dimmed, and the darkness began to take over the whole world again, and the gold seemed to have no power to resist. Stan doesn't hesitate anymore and runs over quickly, holding the girl who is on the verge of falling. "Are you alright, Nerfi, what's going on?"
"Shadow...... The Shadows have invaded the Light Plane, and we ...... Gotta get out of here right away. The girl's hand pointed into the distance, and Stan followed it, only to see a golden ripple floating in the air, only a few dozen yards away from them. "There...... It's the exit, ...... quickly" After speaking, the girl's eyes closed weakly.
"Holy!" Stan cursed, the darkness was already very thick, and this time the gold faded much faster than before. He picked up Nerfi and ran towards the ripples with all his strength with the last of his strength, and the pain on his body was no longer felt.
The golden ripples were now earthy yellow and gradually turning brown, and the darkness around him blew like a gust of wind towards Stan, clutching his heart and hissing behind him.
Faster, faster!Stan's eyes were left with only ripples, brown turning gray, darker and darker. Ten yards, five yards, one yard, and just as the ripples were about to turn black, Stan's figure burrowed into the ripples. Almost at the same time, the ripples completely disappeared into the darkness, and the entire plane of light was once again plunged into endless darkness, darkness thicker than ink.