Chapter 20:
Myriad Variations
[Dark Depths\\Unknown Lybrinth\\Time:Unknown]
His chest was aching, aching so bad as he couldn't move, the pain seemed unbearable, yet our boy tried to stand, the tries were in vain, the injuries he succumbed were yet far to great.
He soon trying to stay concious as hard as he could reached out to his pockets in a short while grabbing for something, something which he could use, something could be of use somehow.
The mana stones were finished yet he found some, candies wrapped and a small wand he carried, this was it, the situation, the condition was the thing which lead Kyle to think what it was about and soon a quick idea came to Kyle's mind, with the mana he had and all he could know generative magic he casted a small spell of heal which soothe his pain, as he before felt for his thorax, it was punctured, as he could do but just remember the emergency first aid he learnt back in his past life as not much use it seemed in this world as thought, he used the wrappers as a binding to the puncture, letting a first aid for letting him survive a little longer.
The binding yet to his miracle worked, even like a charm, letting him breathe not much but better than before. As he grasped for air, feeling strained, gaining support of a wall nearby sitting still.
His consciousness was yet fading, it seemed he had internal bleeding it seemed there was not much blood flow on the outside yet he felt anematic. All those encyclopedias he read a while ago really did help him up now saving his precious life to be said.
Soon a light tremble he felt, soon another, it continued in pairs as if something heavy approaching him, it was dark yet he could see a couple meters ahead it seemed.
The exit, it was dark yet it seemed something approached from well within, Kyle was cautious yet to much, his adrenaline was yet flowing again now, it was weird all the pain and exhaustion it just vanished, thisis what fight or flight response a human body shows is he thinked.
As he looked on the surrounding he could see nothing of use yet again, he was finding for just something he could hide himself up with yet there was nothing.
The hardened steps now banging even loudly as it seemed as the approaching closer and closer he was scared, as our boy now panikingly looked around hoping to find something, just something he could hide himself up with yet to no avail, there was no extra gaps in the walls, no shrubs, no stuff he could enwrap himself up with, no puddle with shallower side and hard ground base and deeper side he could submerge well within, yet he seemed to give up and di- "what a puddle I startingly fell in, was indeed really there it was just so common sense".
He thought as he rushed himself well within as for the last time grasping a deep breath as he submerged himself just below the surface, he was a little kid, his body was small, it perfectly fell still with the small puddle it seemed.
The footsteps, the footstomps just continues right after it seemed, for a while as our boy holded his dear life well withing tightly sitting well within, his chest was aching yet so sharp.
Moments passed the stomps settled down, as soon he blasted his head out of the water gasping incorggibly as his chest ached, with pain but now with also joy.
The neat small things he felt, we're just enough joy he could never feel in his last life as he remembered some of his old memories.
Now slowly trying to come out, the water somehow managed to enter Kyle's nose and mouth a little, yet he felt the taste, of what he could describe....
It was not water which was dripping down from a giant crater upwards but ether concoction as he tasted sweet and bitterless well within.
As our boy sat there brainstorming hard, as to what caused, this liquid was of great value on the surface as he knowed, it was rather priced then holy water or any other ordinary potion he had seen so far, yet it was just laying all around here seeping from up above as a gift.
The liquid had, very high mana affinity and regeneration capabilities, as not waiting a bit our boy dipped his body again we'll within, this time, laying off his wrap and slight and slowly letting it enter within staying there he seemed to feel at ease slowly yet steadily recovering somehow as a miracle of sorts , the strong emotions he felt made him feel the place as his home, leaving him laying still for a while but more...
As he laid within closing his eyes, gentle glow he felt outside, the mana flow throughout his body seeming to improve little by little.
A long while had passed, now his pain seemed to lifted greatly, wounds plugged by newly formed skin as any minor bruised gone clean.
He could now stand up till, as he tried to walk, miraculouly was to possible as he felt the energy within.
There was no hope staying just there he thought, it was unknown, just how long will his parents take to find him from this unnatural phenomenon he thought, there was nothing but move on ahead he thought as a final stand.
As he grasped tight his short wand, now little confident then before, fortunately his mana had recovered, now as new he could cast a few spells at his disposal.
Yet the place was too dangerous to wander around aimlessly as he thought thinking about slowly approaching each path, the first being the giant stomps and the tunnel he saw be9fre his eyes.
Now slowly moving ahead he ducked and cramped moving forward to the tunnel it seemed the place was mossy as well, yet not cold enough as the room he just left.
It seemed suitable for other life forms to surviev just enough, being a bad news our boy turned extra cautious it seemed slowly looking on all side as he moved ahead.
Soon the tunnel came to an end now what remained was a blossom of caverns up ahead, it was weird it so calming and confusing at the same time, soo many options unlike before a lot dangerous but one of which lead him home.
This time scrables and shams were heard it was weird as if tattered clothes dragged and moved harshly with no hard sounds in between.
The voices paired as well, as soon from a side to entities emerged, all tattered clothes they seemed to be made up of, not completely humanoid yet darker in shades of green, as algae grew on them, the head part seemed to have a head, no facial feature just a orb lodged between the clothes as they glowed bright red.
Our boy knew he need to avoid them somehow but again there seemed nothing. As soon he decide to retreat, one of them stayed off outwards now out of view only one remained gazing below, finding something, he did not knew what these entities were like, hostile and if what kind of attacks they performed, he already guess this was some dungeon depth he had fallen into and yet to clue availed.
He had only a single choice he seemed to be of use, as he used a silent dark pike, conjuring well within moments, as he aimed at its head, the shams were heard yet so close another of of them was just beside him now revealed by beside the rocks, these things could not see yet sense, the spell he conjured attracted one of them, as he aimed right towards the scrap's head.
Soon quickly swipping his leg, he led the scrap to a fall, use the sharp side of his wand broke the red orb in pieces. Silently the other didn't knew yet as he dragged this one with him in the cave.
As he examined deeply for a while, the thing composed of nothing but scraps of toned fabrics it seemed such deep down, over grown with moss and algae. The seemed to control it well, a configured mana stone to be precise. A lot engraved spells stood within as he continued to examine.
Soon after a few hours out boy again emerged out of the tunnel carefully now with, the scraps of fabric turned into a dusty ragged robe and the broken orbe engraved with his wand, gently letting sparks outwards. He was smiling, it seemed like this was a dream for him to do solo dungeoning the depths as he felt.
A short stare ragged robbed amature dungeon walker mage was what he was, not knowing much this was what he need to do to survive the hell and adventure of life he had fallen within , just another varied variation of his life.
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