The Vanishing Path

CHAPTER5

The clearing anarchy exploded. The shining obbilis violently pulsed, it became light blind, as the ground under Lisa's feet was shaken with almost a fundamental force. Stuck and written in the shadow, they are trying to dissolve their demonic forms on the edges of clearing, such as the protective barrier made by the ritual. Lisa's body trembled under the weight of energy growing through her, but she refused to let Obilisk go. The word burnt himself in her mind: * "Choose." The pieces of parchment in his hands disintegrated into the ashes, their symbols are now inscribed on the surface of the obbilisk. Lisa's breath was ripping, her heart was getting faster because she realized that she had come in the last moment - the moment everything was resting. The forest demanded a sacrifice. Lisa did not know what it meant or what it would cost, but she did not have time to hesitate. Shadow began to crawl closely, his movements were slow and deliberately, such as hunters circled the injured victim. He fist, digging his nails in his palms, as he faced Obilisk. "Tell me what you want!" He shouted, his voice broke under the weight of his fear. "What does this mean? What do I have to choose?"

Obilisk fade brightly, its light intensified until it was almost unbearable. Lisa closed her eyes, but the images flooded her mind regardless of her. He saw himself standing on the edge of the forest, independent and untoward, but the price was clear: someone else would be taken to his place. She saw the faces of the people she loved - her sister, her best friend, her mother - all staring at her, her expressions were filled with confusion and betrayal. He opened his eyes, his heart was running. "No," he whispered, shaking his head. "I can't." Obilisk again erupted, images shifting. This time, he saw himself at the center of clearing, his body was disappearing into a rotating mist because shadow had consumed him. The forest used to let him go, but only makes him one of his. She will become part of the other side, bound to its twisted realm forever. Lisa's breath once again stops the word echoing in her mind: * "Choose." Man's voice fainted in his mind: *"You should be stronger than this." , After standing in front of Obilisk, tears were swept away on Lisa's face, his hands were trembling. He thought of his sister, his best friend, his mother - all the people are waiting to return to her house. He thought that the life he had worked so hard to make, he had dreamed of a future. And he thought about the forest, on the other side, and countless life that he had already claimed. Lisa said, "I did not let you take them." "I did not let you take anyone else."

She reached out and once again put her hands on Obilisk. Energy increased through it, stronger than before, threatened to tear it. Lisa shouted that Prakash covered her, blinded and suffocated, but she refused to leave. There was anger in the shadow, the ritual reached its c****x as spreading their forms. Obilisk violently trembled, its surface was falling under the c***k and energy weight. Lisa felt herself after disappearing, her body dissolved in a rotating mist, but she held. She did not allow the forest to win. The moment spreads for eternity, the light consumes everything in his way. Then, suddenly, it was over. Obilisk disintegrated, its pieces shattered in clearing like stars. Shadow retreated, their forms disappeared in the dark. The forest became silent. Lisa fell on her knees, her breath scared and her body trembled. She was alive, but something changed. The other side had allowed him to leave, but he took something with it. She felt hollow, empty, as if a part of it had been taken away. He looked around, scanning his eyes to clearing. The shining footpath had disappeared, and the trees once again looked normal. The oppressive silence was gone, which was replaced by unconscious sounds of birds twiting in the distance. Lisa was standing, as her leg shaking she took a temporary step forward. The mark was waiting for him, uncomfortable but familiar. He followed it, his steps slow and hesitated, until he came out of the forest. The moon was less hanging in the sky, there was a gentle glow on its light landscape. Lisa saw the stars, her heart was heavy with the weight of what was lost.She did not know what the forest had taken from her, but she knew that she would never be like that. The memories of the other side became in his mind, persecuting and vivid, which he had made, reminded him. He turned and looked at the forest, his tree dark and still. The shadow was gone, but remained whispering.