The young man seemed confused but kept trying to get up the courage to approach the magnificent and strange building in the middle of the forest.
But before he reached the palace steps, something long and shiny slicked out from the gap of the palace door like a living thing and immediately caught his leg making him fall to the ground.
Trying to free himself from the snare of the giant pacet-like object, the young man rolled on the ground, but the object tightened around him. Even now it has wrapped around his body.
Ssshhhh.....!
There was a long hiss from inside the palace in the middle of the forest.
Lucia hid behind a tree, peering in horror at what had happened.
The young man in black tried to struggle to free himself but couldn't. The entanglement of the slimy tendrils was gettin
