The Game Of Fate

The Realm Of Darkness

Ugh...it's getting more and more complicated. I have to think more.

I pace around the dark room. Thinking harder and harder. Recalling every little detail I saw in my dream. Suddenly something clicks in my mind.

"The building falls over the duchess and she takes her last breath" I recall.

That was in the game’s ending chapter, when the state of the kingdom was being explained. That was just one line.

But......the duchess is...........

A shiver run down my spine. My legs give out and I sit on the bed, horrified.

Does that mean...mamma will die?

The only person I love will die as just a background character? Just like that? And I..I will just watch?

Tears roll down my cheeks.

No..this is not the time to be sad. I have to save mamma. For that, I need to get stronger. Stronger than anyone. Stronger than that cute boy. Stronger than the final boss, the demon king Diablo.

Because this time....the story will change.

Suddenly I hear a dreading whisper. Like someone's calling me.

I don't know what name they're calling or what language they're using. But they're calling me. And I have to go.

I start to walk downstairs.

No. "I" don't walk downstairs. It's not me. It's like....something's pulling me. And I have to go. My feet are moving on their own. Someone's calling me. To the sanctum.

I reach the door to the sanctum of the house Marbus, where the servant of the king, the guardian demon of house Marbus, lord Marbus is said to reside.

The door opens by itself with a creaky sound. Stone walls, flickering torches and the scent of old incense.

An old childhood warning seems to come to my mind.

"Little Ari, no matter what happens never enter the sanctum."

Yes. I remember. My mother said that. She said I shouldn't disturb the sleep of our protector. But...my feet won't stop.

The words echo sharply in my mind. But my feet betray me.

As long as I set foot in the sanctum, the world dissolved into darkness. The darkness is so thick, I can't breathe. I can't see anything, not even myself. There's no ground below my feet. Only darkness. The cold emptiness presses against my skin, as if alive.

In the empty void, I hear a terrifying roar.

Is it a lion? A monster? No..it seems far more dangerous than that.

The darkness swirls up and there appears the mysterious creature, who's thrice as big as a human. It has sharp claws, teeth jagged like broken glass, uneven and cruel, dripping with red....saliva? No..... blood.

Its body is pure black with crimson marks glowing like veins on its skin.

Suddenly It kneels before me and says, "Welcome to the realm of darkness, chosen one. "

It's unlocked. But why? And how?