Alomitsu

Chapter 29: Studio City (15)

There were always people who believed that everything in the world had a soul, and some people believed that there was no soul at all. I belonged to the latter. I never believed in the soul.

The experience I learned from this was to not completely believe the words of the deceased. They might have good intentions, but their words always brought anger towards life. At that time, I was almost deceived.

The scene was too chaotic. I used my shield to resist the blue rathead. I picked up the spear on the stone slab to stab it.

Smack~

There was pain on my face. Although it was not as painful as the pain in other parts of my body, this slap made me find that I opened my eyes, but wasn’t I opening my eyes just now? The thoughts in my head were at a loss.

“Mr. Dante, what are you doing.” Rui, who was severely bruised, clutched my hands and looked very anxious. “Why do you want to blind your eyes!”

Rui’s words helped me recover a sense of sanity from the hazy chaos. I looked around, and now the old man in the red robe was fighting with the emperor in the white robe. It escaped under his feet.

I moved my body, and my nerves from head to toe made my facial muscles cramp like I was electrocuted.

This was not normal, absolutely not normal. I was wrapped in blue light, and my body was full of great power. I fought bravely in order to save Rui, but Rui was now holding my finger that stopped in front of me.

Did I just want to pierce my eyes?

“Mr. Dante, it’s dangerous here. Let’s leave quickly.” Rui carried me up and ran towards the altar in the corner. With us were three prisoners.

I didn’t know when the rope that bound them was untied. They were like headless flies. They saw Rui and I walked up to the altar and ran over. Obviously they regarded me as the leader. I was afraid that the reason was my unexpected appearance.

Huh~

I exhaled like an asthmatic. Rui put me on the altar, and he sat down beside me. It seemed that Rui was also a little tired.

We were like watchers watching the battle in the distance, with blue shadows flying horizontally everywhere. Even if there was no blood, this scene was extremely shocking.

When Rui and the three around watched the battle anxiously, they hoped that the red-robed old man could win. They believed that the red-robed old man was the righteous party. After what just happened, I didn’t think things were as simple as we thought.

I looked at the only building on this stone slab, the altar. I followed the red-robed old man into his palace. He showed me a similar sight in the blue flames.

He was tied to the execution frame, beaten with a whip, and swallowed by rats.

I racked my brain thinking about everything that the old man in red had shown me. He could control beasts and even fish.

Is it that magical potion? I thought about it. The old man in the red robe almost controlled me, because I also touched this potion on my clothes, but why did he control me? He even told me to leave before dawn. Is he a good person or is he a bad guy?

While I was thinking, drowsiness came. This drowsiness did not come from my own drowsiness, but as a person told me that he wanted me to lie down and sleep.

I struggled with the predicament and tried not to distract myself. I felt that my head was so heavy that I couldn’t lift it up, and my lungs that had been relieved were once again breathless with inexplicable panic.

I felt a tingling in my eyes, and I noticed some foreign body sensation in my eyes. Sleepy tears flowed down my cheeks, mixed with a few fine sands from the lake.

When I looked up and saw the stars in the sky again, a red moon appeared in the night sky that was originally a crescent moon. It exuded evil light, just like a living devil trying to call me. It was moving towards me to convey some kind of message, trying to lure me to sleep. The rhythmic words constantly echoed in my mind.

“I want revenge, stand up, my soldier.”

“At the end of reincarnation, the past will reappear.”

I slammed my head on the altar. My forehead tore open, and the blood dripped down my forehead. The blood on my forehead gave me a hint of energy from this extreme sleepiness.

“Mr. Dante, what are you doing! As long as the war is won, maybe the old man will send us away.” Rui hurriedly grabbed my shoulders to prevent me from further stupid behavior.

The sobriety at this moment made me look at the altar. The triangular altar had exactly the same structure as the execution rack of the hanged red-robed old man. The stone walls of this altar were carved with stars, the moon, and the rainbow.

In the center of this altar carved the gentle smile of the old man in red robe, but his hair was upside down, the stonewall was carved with the moon. The stonewall with the gentle smile of the old man was carved with stars.

In the upward pattern, the rainbow and the moon were carved together. It was not the rainbow that hid the moon, but the explosion pattern when the moon and the rainbow collided. Under the explosion pattern was a cylindrical pattern, which was very small, like it was hidden deliberately.

As a person who often studies archeology, I understood the meaning of the stonewall. We were just a few poor and stupid bugs, and we had been played around in this studio.

The stars represented the benevolent side of the old man in the red robe, while the moon represented his evil side. The rainbow and the moon represented the battle between the two sides. Below this, the column represented the observation tower, which was the ground. It was very likely that this was not where we were. It was another crazy world. Everything here was fictitious.

I looked at my blood-stained fingers. If it weren’t for Rui, I would have killed myself. I recalled all the clues that could be connected. The astrologer said this when hypnotizing me not long ago. “Outsiders, you are doing well. This power can temporarily protect you, but it will not heal you. Before dawn, if you can’t escape, you and your friends will not be able to leave forever.”

I lowered my head and looked at the patterns on the altar. According to the astrologer, I explained in the order of the patterns. The meaning of this sentence was likely to be like this, “Outsiders, you are doing well. This power will lead you to my side. It will not heal your wounds. Before the moon and the rainbow collide, if you can’t escape, you and your friends will never be able to escape. You will always be by my side.”

Astrologers were most likely extreme people of good and evil. I was afraid that there were reasons why this country had become such an astrologer. I didn’t know why, but what I understood now was that the stories carved on the temple were not true. His good side was shown and his dark side was hidden. The carved patterns on the altar were the characters of the astrologer. This was the proof of my speculation.

Whether it was a stupid king or an astrologer with a good and vicious personality, they were no longer living creatures. They were just shadows of the past. They wanted to keep us here with great probability.

Although it was only my speculation, I was determined to take a gamble.

“Mr. Dante, look. The door is open,” Rui shouted excitedly. The blue shadow door rose from the stone slab, and I could even see the watchtower outside the door. My heart was shaking.

“Mr. Dante, let’s go.” Rui put me on his back.

“Rui, we can’t go there. This may be a trap.”

I didn’t believe in the door in front of me. Yes, it was attractive, but it appeared when I made up my mind. The lullaby in my mind also disappeared. The owner of this sound noticed my thoughts.

“Mr. Dante, if we don’t leave now, this door may close at any time.” Rui’s voice brought out anxiety. I understood his thoughts, but now was the time to be extremely calm.

“I don’t care about you anymore. I can’t stand it anymore!” A black man yelled and ran towards the blue shadow gate. His face was full of fear. The two white people next to me looked at me. It seemed that they were also hesitating.

Kang Dang!

The sound of running came from a distance. The four of us turned our heads and saw that the blue ratheads and the blue shadow men were no longer fighting with each other, but rushing towards us. They also perceived my thoughts. They wanted to keep us, so they reached a consensus. It seemed that they didn’t want to continue playing this bad scene.

“Rui, believe me again. Run toward their temple. Don’t run into the blue shadow gate,” I said this word by word, saying this sentence also meant that I would be right. It was a gamble for everyone to take responsibility for their lives, but I was sure that I couldn’t be wrong. The only towering place here was the temple, which was the only building on the stonewall that could represent the connection to the watchtower.

“I believe you, Mr. Dante. You go so badly injured to save me, even if you are now completely uttering the idea like a lunatic.”

Rui’s words made me feel my heart beating inside my chest, and then I turned my eyes to the two people next to me, “I won’t force you. If you believe me like this madman, you’ll use all your strength to run towards the temple.”

The two of them hesitated for a moment and then nodded to me, and the black man who happily ran into the blue shadow gate was swallowed by the closed blue shadow gate. I didn’t know his fate. It was his choice, but I still hoped he could escape safely.

I gripped Rui’s thick shoulders. Even though the little guy was bruised all over, he was still in good spirits, which relieved my worries about his physical condition.

“This trip full of hope is also an adventure full of unknowns. This is a song for walkers and a war song for life. In this unknown place, we are forced to choose. That is not what we can do. Now, we can make our own choices, and the consequences will be borne by ourselves. Are you conscious of it, Rui?”

“Don’t worry, Mr. Dante, no matter what the ending is, I will be willing to take it.” Rui smiled honestly. I saw tears of excitement on his cheeks, and my tears shed again. It was clear that I was just like a weak little girl that was always crying.

“Then go ahead, my dear friend Rui. Let us escape this damn place together.”

“Understood! Mr. Dante, I won’t let you die here. Rui will definitely protect you, just like my father!” Rui strode his sturdy black legs. While running, the drops of water on his cheeks fell on my face.