BXBX NOVEL Chapter 326 Lost Foxes
"We could just Realmwalk outta here and reappear above!" Keng suggested.
"We could but if we want to be in a specific place, we're gonna have to go through an actual gateway." Lee Seng told him. The older Foxes told Lee Seng how Realmwalking even worked.
"Well, you Realmwalked with an incantation, right?" Lady Vix'i asked.
"Yeah, why?" Lee Seng asked. Lady Vix'i took a sip of her tea and nodded.
"You see, if we use an incantation, it pulls us to our last place within the specific Realm we were in. So since you were in your room back on Earth, that would be the place the incantation to Earth would place you. If your last place is in the Crystallium, for example, you would come back to this place."
"If that's the case why did the incantation place me so far in the Corrupted Forest that night?" Lee Seng asked.
"Well, that's the strange thing." Lady Vix'i tapped the teacup. "I'm not sure why it pulled you to where you went but it shouldn't ever do that. These incantations are very specific. They invoke where you want to Realmwalk. The spots should be fixated from the last point you were at there if you ever set foot in that place before. And you did set foot in our Realm."
"So maybe it was just some glitch?"
"Could be. There's a couple specified gateways I can show you around here if you are to ever want to go in and out. You'll still use the incantation but you'll literally walk through to the other side. Realm gates are all over Daros, Earth, everywhere. You just need to know hoe to spot them. They're safer and they'll take you to a specified spot based on the data we've collected. I'll have the General or someone show you some around here. It'll probably come in handy."
"And I'm not sure if a gateway exists down in who knows where we are." Lee Seng waved hishands around. He slowly stood up as Keng finished patrolling the room. It looked like a closed off room that hadn't been fully mapped out.
"We could just pop over there, go through a gate and show back up on the surface." Keng suggested
"I think the furthest gate is two and a half hours outside the city. It would be easier to just figure out how to get outta the tunnels." Lee Seng answered.
"This place hasn't been mapped yet. There's no lights or poles." Keng told Lee Seng. Lee Seng sighed.
"Did you hear anything while walking around? A way out maybe?" Lee Seng asked. Keng turned to his right and pointed at the wall about twenty feet away.
"I did some tremor sensing and noticed an opening here. I didn't feel anything near us either."
"Good, we don't have to worry about enemies or allies being around." Lee Seng started over to the wall Keng had pointed out. "This wall?"
"Yup." Keng nodded. Lee Seng tapped a finger into the wall, tremor sensing the area around him. There was indeed another side behind the wall. He took a couple steps back and reached for his katana when he noticed it wasn't there.
"Shit. Did I lose the sword too?" Lee Seng whispered.
"You lost it in the fall?" Keng asked.
"Yeah. That's gonna be rough.' Lee Seng groaned. He wanted to complain more about it but knew he was delaying time to find his way back up.
"Do you need me to handle it then?" Keng asked.
"Nah, I got it. It's just gonna be messier." Lee Seng moved his left hand backwards and balled his hand into a fist. He swung forward, slamming his fist into the wall and feeling gravity push out. The wall exploded, shooting debris and smoke in front of them.
Keng waved the dust away as Lee Seng made a small clearing with a small gravity wave. Rocks and dirt spilled in front of them as Lee Seng slowly made his way out. The two popped out into a dark tunnel. They followed it for a while, Lee Seng occasionally emitting vibrations to know where he was.
"It's just nothing but tunnels." Lee Seng grumbled. They were standing at a fork in the tunnel. The path split left and right. "Where do we go?"
"Left." Keng pointed.
"Just like that? No thought about it?"
"You asked. I'm just answering." Keng moved to follow the elft path. Lee Seng followed after him. He didn't like the idea of being alone who knows how far down. Keng led the way, casually turning down random tunnels. Lee Seng continued to check for any signs of life but didn't get anything out of the ordinary.
"Where are we going?" Lee Seng asked.
"I dunno. I'm just picking for us." Keng answered.
"Great." Lee Seng stopped and looked around. The tunnels all looked the same to him. He glanced at his watch which confused him. "Everything got taken from me but this watch. What the hell?" It was only about 10am. He didn't know when they had started walking but he took a mental note of the time.
"Good to go?" Keng asked.
"Let's just continue. Maybe we'll come across a sign of life or something." Lee Seng answered.
"You think there would be goblins running around down here with the amount they used to ambush us." Keng commented.
"Honestly, I'm more creeped out. It's empty here. This place looks like it hasn't been in use for awhile." The path snaked and eventually opened up into a large open room. Lee Seng tapped the ground with his foot and listened. His body could grasp just how big this place was.
"Sixty feet?" Lee Seng guessed. He pointed up and looked at Keng. "There's another floor up there. Do you think we could open it?"
"There's enough room for us to blast an opening." Keng nodded. "Was there anything above us?"
"Not that I could tell. The vibrations barely reached up there."
"You need to hit someplace higher?"
"Probably. I'll be back." Lee Seng jumped and hovered in the air. He had gotten the hang of keeping himself afloat. Keng watched Lee Seng fly off towards one of the walls. Lee Seng tapped one of the walls and watched the vibration map itself in his head.
"What the hell is that…?" Lee Seng whispered.
'What's wrong?' Keng asked. Lee Seng could feel something strange coming towards them. Something was twenty feet or so above him. Lee Seng immediately released the gravity. He began to fall as Keng watched the curling explode.
'They found us!' Ler Seng alerted Keng.
"Shaaarr!" Goblins shouted as they spilled into the open air.
"Vysra!" A goblin waved their staff in the air. Wind blasted the goblins straight for Lee Seng. Fox fires flew past Lee Seng as gravity pulled his head. He shot to the other side watching goblins light up in flames.
"Goblin Mage." Lee Seng announced. He came to a stop, standing in the air. He watched the Goblin Mage extinguish the goblins on fire. Keng continued to blitz Fox fires at them while Lee Seng made a finger gun.
"Pew." He mimicked a gun noise, pulling the thumb trigger down. He watched as gravity pierced through the goblins, instantly killing them. Keng and Lee Seng blitzed the goblins as they spilled out of the hole. Some goblins landed on the ground and rushed at Keng.
"Aura Expansion." Keng spoke. Silver light washed over him and twenty feet around him. Keng raised his hand. Silver fox fires flew out of the aura. Keng's finger flicked straight to the the Goblins rushing at him. Goblins fell as more rushed past.
"Vshya!" A Goblin Mage waved their staff. Wind rippled out in a cone, rushing past the goblins. Lee Seng shot himself straight for the Goblin Mage.He pulled the scabbard out and tossed it straight for the Mage. A loud sonic boom shook the room as he came to a stop. The goblins screamed as they jumped in front of the Goblin Mage.
'Too late for that.' Lee Seng smiled. He watched the scabbard burst through the line of goblins, stopping short of the Goblin Mage. The Goblin Mage chuckled as it waved its staff and readied an attack for Lee Seng. Lee Seng snapped his fingers and watched as the scabbard exploded. Goblins exploded into bits as Lee Seng lowered himself onto the ground.
"There's more coming!" Keng shouted, reaching Lee Seng. Fox fires flew straight into the smoke erupting goblins in panic as they were lit. Lee Seng and Keng watched the goblins rush at them, falling on the ground and rolling.
ROAR!
"It's here." Lee Seng whispered. A loud slam in the smoke came. "Keng, we should be really careful."
"What is that?" Keng asked, keeping his eyes on the smoke. The large monster pushed out of the smoke. "A Ogre?!? What's that doing here?!?"
ROAR!
The ogre ran at them. It was probably ten feet tall and held a large stone and wood club in its hand. Lee Seng's gold aura brightened as the Dark Matter suit sightened.