Chapter 446 - They are right there!

"Dilli. Why did you stop walking?" Kazer asked, harshly perplexed of her behaviour and looking around regarding safety.

Instantly pissed, finding it odd how he can joke around in such a potentially dangerous situation. Dilli gave out a loud whisper, "What do you mean why? There are three f.u.c.k.i.n.g Demons right over there!"

Concerned of her well being, walking back to see from her perspective. He gazed at the direction she pointed at, and ensured after 5 seconds. "Dilli, there are no Demons there."

Grabbing Kazer by the arm, looking at his face for half a second before she started shaking his arm with half of her strength and pointed again. "They are right there!"

As she turned her gaze once more towards where she pointed at, to mess up everything she tried to prove until now, those three Demons have just disappeared in thin air. 

Panicking, tightening her grip around his arm until the tip of her nails sunk in his skin, she shouted. "They were right there! How could you not have seen them, we could be in danger! Maybe they ran back in the shadows!"

Ignoring the slight pain on his arm, Kazer gave an attempt to calm her down. "Dilli, I think we are safe. Those rocks must have looked like Demons." And he even tried to hug her from the side, rubbing each other's shoulders.

"No you don't understand." She pulled away from the hug and as she did a sumo squat and clapped her hands, a Fire shield surrounded both of them. "It wasn't a rock, I heard them talk!"

The Fire Shield's illumination to this Cavern made it possible for both to see up to 20 feet far, spotting the 7 foot tall Demons once again walk towards the light. She started shouting, "There! The Demons are right there!"

Hearing no sound whatsoever from Kazer, thinking that he is still not seeing anything and about to smack him if he doesn't spot the Demons once more. She lured her gaze to her right side in order to face him.

What she saw behind her, further pushed her towards craze as Kazer is carrying the same face... the exact same features as those 7 foot tall Demons, short horns curled above his forehead.

With little option, panick overwhelmed her heart and she felt forced to scream. "AAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

...

"Dilli, Dilli... Dilli?" A familiar tone repeated her name, although her vision blurry at first she managed to see who is calling her name in a matter of seconds.

It's Kazer and thankfully there aren't horns on his forehead, so she didn't want to startle him any further, keeping her tone delicate and steering away from screaming. "What happened?"

Tremendously happy that she is okay, carrying a wide smile across his face although unwilling to express the rest of his emotions, he explained. "You fainted right after we counted all them jewels, I didn't know they would make you that happy."

Feeling that her head is over his knee, it's a little time for revenge. "It's because I carried your heavy ass down the Hole, that probably knocked me out."

And in the midst of her hardly put together sentence, she lifted her head and tried to hurt him a little as she hit his leg with her head. Unfortunately she ended up hurting herself a bit more here.

Understanding the concept of revenge, something went through his mind. "If it's my fault then I should carry you now!" And afterwards he slipped his hands behind her shoulders and knees too, lifting her up with little effort.

Kicking the air, punching his shoulder and shouting. "No! I hate being picked up!"

Her punches feel like butterfly kisses, although she can hit bone breaking hard. And giving out a fake little panic here, her voice sounding slightly like one of a male's, made this whole thing adorable in his eyes.

So he insisted, slightly tightening his arms a bit more around her. "I don't like debt! You carry me, I carry you!" And continued to strut across the Cavern.

...

As they ventured deeper into the Cavern, occupying its corners, rocks and dirt trying to progress with this quest. They've finally found another deep hole they see as an only option of going too.

Dilli resisted for about ten minutes, giving light punches on the man's shoulder to let her down. But seeing that he most definitely won't let go for a while, she decided to enjoy the ride.

What are the odds of a ten foot tall man carrying her, his biceps are big enough that it felt like she is sleeping on feather pillows.

"I'm sorry to break your comfort but I have to let you go now." Kazer stated, as he stood two feet near the hole they are about to go down at.

Still a bit dizzy, drowsy even and almost fallen asleep. Dilli murmured, "Just 5 more... I mean... sure sure. It's not like I wanted to sleep here anyway."

A smile stretched across his face although she can't see it from down there, he let her down carefully and had an urge to tease her but the weight of safety concerns win this bargain so he advised. "You don't have to carry me again, I can climb down."

Still considering safety and paying little to no attention towards comfort, he offered. "You can climb on my back if you see it easier."

With no energy to fight him now, especially since he is thinking a lot about her safety, she ensured. "Nono, I can fly but I don't think I can carry your big ass again."

With decisions debated and filtered, they started making their way down the Hole. You might be wondering about the jewelry box, well it's in Dilli's backpack with the Diamonds probably mixing up with fried bunny meat or something since the chest's lock hole has been forced open.

For Dilli, flying down here is nothing but a breeze. The hole is around 10 feet wide, which gives her just enough space to move around as she pleases.

And as for Kazer, he only struggled the first half a minute as he figured out where and how to grip but it went mostly smooth sailing from that point onwards. He climbed down almost as fast as Dilli flew, and she often pinched his ass the way down to irritate him a little.

To their luck, this hole is only around 40 feet deep and they've managed to find the other side in no time although it did feel like half of a full workout for Kazer the deeper he climbed.

Their feet touched Ignite carved stairs again although Kazer had to jump from a height of ten feet.

Dilli pointed out the obvious. "I think we got back to that Castle we walked in the beginning."

This is fascinating, they've made all that journey only to end up on the Staircase they've failed to go down at earlier. There is a wall of dirt and rock running above the Staircase so one theory has been proven, this place collapsed and barricaded everything. 

These passages leading towards all sorts of directions, through dirt, rock and even a Dungeon just to get back here... in the relic of an Ignite structure points out towards a fact puzzling and a bit scary to run over.

Kazer managed to catch up first once Dilli mentioned the Ignite carved staircase, his face carrying suspicion with his eyebrows arched. "I don't think Demons dug those holes and tunnels."

Coming to realization, Dilli took Kazer's thoughts and pushed them further. "This is far too strategic for crazy Demons."

It's a staggering puzzle who made these tunnels, but the collapse likely happened because of some Earthquake.

With little information, pitching an idea of what might have happened, Kazer said. "Do you think those couple of Skeletons had anything to do with these Tunnels?"

Not used of poking her nose in the past this much, her brain became overwhelmed by all these theories and thoughts so she decided not to think it over anymore. "Maybe... but it won't help us today. Let's walk."

As they've tip toed their way down the Staircase, remembering how wide this place is and actually liking how it only goes deep considering what they did just to get there. 

The only thing they hope now is to find the portal, do everything in their power to stop these Demons from popping up and rest before they make their way back up, this journey has been tiring.

"How deep do you think these Stairs go?" Dilli asked, but felt irritated to not get an answer from him.

Turning around, her palm bursting more fire just in case he is stuck behind a little bit. She started debating if she fell unconscious again, as Kazer has started floating in midair... slowly.

Seeing no other option, she expressed her distress with a shout. "What the hell is going on."