Phantasia: The Princess Knight 171 The Darkness

Using a light spell to illuminate their surroundings Alicia and her group made their way down a set of stairs that led to the deepest part of the building. They could not just ignore the ghoul now that they knew about it. The thing about ghouls and one of the reasons why Alicia had felt something was wrong when entering the building was the evil air they exude. Similar to what creates demon spawns but not as bad. It would not affect people as much, only making them more irritable and get angry easier. 

The group was surprised as to how deep the stairwell was going. From the ground floor, all the way to the spot that they were currently at they had already gone down ten more floors. It was not until they made it to the fifteenth floor that they finally reached the bottom. There was a large metal door at the bottom of the staircase but they did not open it right away.

Blake stepped forward and turned to look at every one. "Before I open this door let me cover you all in a layer of light. Be ready as the ghoul inside might attack as soon as the door opens."

With a wave of his hand, everyone was clad in a thin layer of light. This light was to ward off the effects of the evil air the Ghoul was exuding. When Blake saw that everyone had their weapons ready he turned and opened the door. But what they found inside was not exactly what they were expecting.

"Hahaha! You came! I can finally feast on your flesh!" The ghoul shouted out. 

But everyone including Alicia just stood there looking at the ghoul in disbelief. Alicia even reached up and rubbed her eyes to make sure she was not seeing things. She then looked up at Blake who happened to look down at her at the same time. He then nodded to Alicia's silent question of is what I am seeing real? 

It was dead silence after the Ghoul had shouted out. So quiet that you could easily hear a pin drop if one were to be dropped at this time. "It's a head. A talking head!" Annelia was the first to shout out, breaking the silence.

"Definitely a head." Rose also chimed in.

"You dare make the great Loeri, get all tense and ready for battle when all you are is a damn head!?" With a humph Loeri stomped angrily towards the head and lifted her foot, bringing back and thrust it forward as she kicked the ghouls head off into the far wall inside the room.

"Hey! Why are you kicking me!? Let me eat your flesh! Come closer so I can gnaw at your ankles!" The ghoul screamed. 

"It's deranged."

"Yep deranged."

As if putting on their own little comedy skit Rose and Annelia seemed to be on the same wavelength while looking at this ghoul. "So it must have used magic to amplify its voice earlier."

Alicia came to this conclusion. She had originally thought that maybe the ghoul was roaming around the building, never did she think it was actually just a head.

"So umm what should we do with this? Burn it?" Blake looked at the head that was bouncing from wall to wall from Loeri's kicks and pondered.

"Well, we can't just leave it be. Even if it is just a head, it still gives off an evil air. So it would be bad to just leave it." Alicia answered. "Let Loeri, get her anger out then she can burn it."

"Mmm sounds good. Let's rest a bit since we have been walking a great deal today. " Blake suggested which everyone took too quickly.

Alicia tossed up a large ball of light that illuminated the room. There was not much here, just a large machine that seemed to harvest energy from the planet. Although it had been sitting here for who knows how long, it did not have a single speck of rust on it or its components and did not seem to show any sign of deterioration. Alicia was not sure if this had something to do with the metal that was used in its engineering or if it had some kind of magic on it to protect it from aging. 

"After our break, we need to head back up to the fourth floor and return the remains. After which we will… Loeri why did you bring that over here?" Alicia who was in the middle of going over their next plan of action asked as she looked at Loeri holding the ghoul's head in her hand.

"I asked her to bring me over. After being kicked around I cam back to my senses. I do not know who it was, but some fool from one of your above world races cast some kind of weird spell that destroyed my body otherwise I would not be in the state I am in now. Luckily I was deep within the ground at the time so I was on the outer edge of the spell where it was the weakest or I would have lost my head as well.

"About earlier, I apologize. When I first smelt fresh flesh I went a little crazy. But that is only because of the instincts of Ghouls. I was originally a Subterranean. So whether you believe what I have to say next or not is up to you.

" I want to warn you all. My race was destroyed by the 'Darkness', I do not know how much you know about this 'Darkness', but it is something that you could not fathom. As someone who was able to keep their sentience even after death and someone who was once part of the great Subterranean race, I want to share what I know with you all. Because the 'Darkness' is not gone. It is still out there and when it will move next not even I know. But when it does, not demon nor god will be able to withstand the terror that thing brings. " 

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