secrets of the dungeon

Chapter 6: Ancient Library

Desert waste land

Trevor and Mk both found themselves in a new environment, however this environment mostly consisted of dirt, sand, scorpions, dried bones and worse of all heat.

"It's so hot here? is the dungeon close by? I can't stand the heat!" Trevor said fanning himself with a cloth.

"You think you have it bad kid? imagine having the inner parts of your skin boil over, well just forget it, you wouldn't understand anyway" MK hissed even more frustrated about the heat than Trevor.

"Hey look over there? I see an oasis!" Trevor moves toward what looks like a watering hole with two coconut trees there.

"Hey kid that's an illusion!" MK shouts however.

"Milly..." a voice calls out to the old man

it's a womay with flowing long white hair dressed in a lab coat, she smiles at the old man.

"Now this... truly is an illusion" MK hissed again.

"Why deny me, was it not I you sought to see from the beginning, I am here for you" she says holding out her hands.

"You are gone... I've come to peace with that, leave me before I destroy whatever creature is creating you" MK warned.

"Foolish human, I might not be able to trick you but that boy will make a delicious meal!" the woman's eyes turn black and she slimes sadistically.

"Oh is that so, go and ahead and try, you know what If you can even land a hit on him, I'll allow you to eat me as well" NK added.

"Fa fa fa fa fa fa faa fa !" the monster laughed evilly "I didn't know they were humans so stupid like this! fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa!" she laughed again, "fine then, I'll take your offer, I'll eat him first and come for you as dessert!" 'fwoosh!' the woman disappears into thin air and MK watches from a far what Trevor was about to face.

"Huh?, this water feels a bit weird... it's hard and hot" Trevor puts his hand into the pool of water but it just feels like sand.

"The coconuts too aren't any better, why are they hollow! this is a travesty!" the young man cried.

"You haven't changed one bit, bro", a voice came from behind Trevor.

"Huh Damian? how'd you get here? I thought you were with dad at the farm" Trevor asked, as he started at the figure of he's elder brother Damian.

"Dad's fine, it's you I was worried about, going off on an adventure, fighting monsters, hunting for treasure" Damian continued to exaggerate most of Trevor's adventures.

"Well it's not all bad, I made a friend on the way, I've saved people, I'm also getting stronger on my own, this journey is really for the best" Trevor told him as he got up.

"But still it's not fair to worry your brother like that, come over here let me check out for any wounds, dad would kill me if you had any injuries" Damian asked.

"Sure thing... by the way what's that nickname you gave me" Trevor asked nonchalantly and walked forward.

"Lil' bro, I've always called you that haven't I?" Damian smiled.

"Oh yeah, I just forgot, sorry about that he he he he" Trevor laughed.

"He he he he he, just come over(that's right, come let me eat you!)" Damian said licking he's lips.

In a split second as Trevor walked up to he's brother 'Poof!' he vanished.

"what?!" 's***h!' Damian didn't know what had happened, all. he knew was that he's head was no longer attached to he's body.

[Ultra Violet!] Trevor said from behind the decapitated head of he's brother. "You aren't my brother, no way that fool would go a day without calling me weakling" Trevor said with eyes of fury.

"it can't be! a mere human.... noooo!" the monster's form started to change into that of a white worm, and it died from loss of it's black blood.

"Disgusting" Trevor said as he looked at the beast.

"Yes, a desert crawler, they fool people with illusions to eat them alive, too bad he picked a bunch of people with shitty pasts" Mk noted as he walked next to Trevor.

"Yah, he should have become a vegetarian... anyway let's move, I really don't want to deal with anymore of these worms

Continuing on their way towards a new dungeon, Trevor sees what looks to be a giant tree stretching out into the the sky.

"Hey MK what's that tree? Could it be a dungeon?" The boy asked curiously.

"Well there's only one way to find out" both of them then headed towards a hole in tree that seemed like a door.

In the tree was hollow, with a large staircase leading upwards, not sensing any danger from the tree the duo decided to climb the stairs.

Secret library

To their surprise after climbing 10 flights of stairs a huge room containing countless books could be seen in it, some were even floating in mind air

"This place is amazing, is this magic?" Trevor said in awe, not only did he love to read books but also interested in magic.

"Seems like it, but this just means this isn't a dungeon" MK noted.

"Who who who?! Visitors?!!!" A strange voice echoes through the Library alerting the two men.

a woman like creature came flying towards them with pure white wings, her attire consisted of a brown cloak and thigh high black boots, what was the strange thing about her was her wild white hair that gave her the appearance of an owl.

"Huh?!" Trevor took a defensive position "who are you?" he asked.

"Ah! pardon my rudeness, I'm just excited I've not had visitors for years!, my name is Eyowl Sarava, Avian protect of the gracias Library" the winged woman said.

"Gracias Library?! the famous traveling library that has a collection of knowledge from all over the world?!" MK eyes sparkled.

"Traveling library, protected by an Avian human... Now that's interesting" Trevor noted.

"Indeed, my people that Howret tribe lived high up in the trees for centuries later gaining wings and burb like abilities, I was then selected to guard our library, collecting knowledge everyday" Eyowl said closing her eyes.

(That would explain the floating books, this place is definitely magically) Trevor thought as he saw some books writing new text into their pages all by themselves.

"And as the rules goes, any visitor who finds the Library has the chance to ask 2 questions about anything except about the future tho" Eyowl said smugly.

"Alright I'll get my questions out o f the way

1. How many artifacts are left in the world?

2. How many candidates are currently in the world, that aren't nobles?" MK asked.

"1. About 37!

2. Currently they are 38 commoners with artifacts but only 25 are willing to compete in the tournament" Eyowl answered.

"Tskkkkkk that's unfortunate" MK hissed.

"Alright! My turn, first of all I'd like to know more about this world and it races" Trevor went along with a deep questions.

"Alright that's a bit of a story, give me a second" 'twist' she turns her head in a perfect 180° to see the book floating behind her.

"Wow sss Hah ah ah ah a!" Trevor yells in surprise as Eyowl turns her head like an owl.

"who who, there it is who who who who" the librarian laughs and turns her head back to Trevor and MK

"Let's begin" she begins to explain.

Long ago the world was as one, a world of man and magic alone, the gods watched as their creations started to build in their image, however man was arrogant and tried to reach the gods by building a tower to reach the heavens.

This angered the gods and they divided the continents along with the people creating the earthan regions,

Not even that was enough, they gods then gave different groups of humans alterations, those who lived in high places gained wings, those who lived near the sea got fins, those who lived in sandy and humid places got scales etc...

However the difference that separated the humans the most was the Nobles system, Nobles were people who inherited magic from the gods and they rated themselves above the normal humans who couldn't use magic, thus classifying them as lowly commoners, people who would never be important to this world of magic.

Thus the gods finally put their plan in motion by dividing the people of Earthan, however by doing this they also created a new races of people, one that only detested them for dividing their people, the marked individuals, cursed human, with blacked eyes and corrupted mana The Cain tribe, with their goal to one day usurp the gods themselves

Eyowl finally ended her long tale, Trevor took the information hard, the royals and their arrogant nature, along with this Cain race of people, the boy had a lot to think about.

"Ummm kid, give her your second question, as much as I like countless books I'd like us to continue our adventure" MK snapped him out of his trance.

"Oh yah, sorry about that, all that information was something else" Trevor said taking a seat.

"Who Who Who, that's the reaction I was expecting, our world is a crazy one ain't it" Eyowl puffs out her chest.

"Now then youth, your last question" the owl lady asked.

"Hmmmmm, what else should I asked?.....…." Trevor put a finger on his chin.

"How about this, the dungeon how long has this been going on for, has there been a tournament before?" Trevor asked.

"Those questions are connected so I'll answer them" Eyowl said and then began talking again.

This isn't the first tournament of gods, gods get bored from time to time, and thus are how dungeons are created, to select Worthy humans who will compete to be the next god.

However the reason why you see the world hasn't changed is because, nobles have always won the previous tournaments, become gods and making the other nobles prosper even more.

The Nobles and the red guards have always made sure to reduce the amount of commoners who get artifacts, for years it has been that way, with no signs of stopping.

"Eyowl finished and Trevor was angry

So the Nobles have been enjoying life thanks to this!" Trevor growled "how disgusting, I'll change that for sure" he declared.

"Now that's a person worth fighting" the old man said with a smile.

"Fight on fight on!" Eyowl cheered Trevor.

"Now then..... Wait a minute... We could have asked where the closest dungeon was?!!!!" Trevor yells comically

"That's right!!!" MK also yells comically.

"Huh a dungeon, it isn't that far away from our current location, maybe just a village away at bet" Eyowl said confused.

"Seriously?" MK and Trevor said opened eyed. "Thanks Eyowl you're a life saver!" Trevor said with eyes of admiration.

"Who Who Who Who Who! , don't flatter me boy" Eyowl said covering her red face with her wings.

Trevor and MK then headed back to the entrance of the tree.

"I hope to see you people again some day!, Don't be strangers now" Eyowl waved them as they left.

"Yah you too, take care" MK said with a smile.

"See you soon!" Trevor said as they left.

As soon as the two departed from the tree, it started to transform into a seedling by shrinking down into nothingness.

"Wow!" Trevor said amazed.

"So that's how it travels... Interesting" MK noted.

With new found information, Trevor and MK head toward the next town, to find a new dungeon

Eyowl, remember Trevor's face, and said to herself "Well well, that kid, I really wonder how he'll tackle the future, so intriguing" she smiled "Who Who Who Who Who Who" the demonic owl person laughs echoing around the entire tree, which was at the time moving towards it's next destination wherever in the world, gathering more information on the vast knowledge hidden away in the world of mysteries, what a life

To be continued