Stuck Between Pressure (Babu)

It was complete darkness when I opened my eyes. I was surrounded by stones and rubble, without any sort of light coming through. I was having trouble moving. My body was quite crushed and hot. My fur also made me sweat as if it had caught fire, and it was also quite difficult to breathe.

I could feel the shivers on my back, and beginning to feel more nervous.

*Where is Hiroshi? Or the Knight?*

I was separated by them just seconds later after we entered here. As soon as Hiroshi stepped on some type of plate, the explosion had occurred and exploded every piece of the floor. I was so scared to see Hiroshi being right on the trap, but that Honorary Knight and I were in trouble too.

In this complete darkness, they were probably in a situation where they lost their way. Just like me, they were probably searching for some type of clue.

"Alright!"

If they were trying, I had to do it too. So with a certain idea, I started moving under the rubble in tempo and started to search my way through the broken pieces. Staying too long in the area I was in could have been very harmful either. My breath was getting less and less, and the rubble on top of me was slowly falling on top of me.

*I hope I don't get hungry.*

〰︎grrrr〰︎

But my belly grumbled.

*sigh*

*Then I hope I can find Hiroshi and the Knight just in time.*

How did we get into this situation? All I remember was the spark that went up just as we were being in an area of the palace and the big explosion that happened.

It was all, all of a sudden, it was just very scary.

But I wonder how the others were doing? I was supposed to search for them, but now I had to get out of here before that.

*I hope they are fine.*

As I moved my body in bits, I looked around for any space where I could move. To some tiny space, I can get my body on without the pressure on top of me. But I couldn't move my feet in any way and I was stuck in a good way.

I applied pressure from my legs to my chest and tried to keep going even if it hurt. I even wanted to give up out of fear, but I couldn't. Ryuu and Hiroshi were trying and leaving them just because I'm a panda and can't move properly would have been so embarrassing for me. So I struggled more and focused on the little space in front of me. But at that time, a breeze was hitting my feet.

Of course, because of my weight, I was stuck, I couldn't look down. But I could feel the sensation that there was emptiness and that there was a certain airflow there. I wouldn't risk falling moving all of a sudden, However, if I still can act carefully, so that the rubble on me didn't collapse, maybe I could have gone in that direction and saved myself from that situation.

*Well, that is a great idea to have!*

In such a short time, I was very amazed that I found some type of plan for myself.

*One point more for the panda team!* I said with rejoicing.

So resting my arms diagonally on the rubble, I pushed myself down. While I was doing this, I pulled my stomach in as much as possible, this way I would be more comfortable, uninjured, and get rid of it quickly. And after a ten-minute struggle, I managed to get out of it. I was back on standing and could move freely.

I've never been so happy that I was once more walking normally. Tight spaces always scared me to death.

"Wooow." I said while looking around carefully.

I had come to a very interesting place. There was a straight path below me and torches along the way. It was an underground section that looked like it had been set up for a specific purpose. Many torches burning warmly and brightly, glowing and illuminating through a path. However, this path, which was located below the palace, looked like it didn't have to do anything with it. It was too long Palace's basement. It acted as a bridge as if it was connecting to a place other than where I was. It was a long, thoroughly detailed, processed, and mysterious path.

I thought that I could create a hole in the tunnel in any way, but it was quite dangerous to break through and get to the surface. The movement I would create could move the rubble, and besides, the further down I thought about it, thinking about how deep I was, the scarier the thoughts in my mind got. So I kept walking down the hall.

It was a pretty quiet, creepy, and patchy hallway.

It made me have a weird and heavy feeling inside me the whole time. It was like someone was watching me.

*It feels, chilly in here...*

When I reached the end of the corridor, I found myself in a large hall.

It was a round hall, while at the corners there were multiple columns in the form of cylinders. They were carefully prepared columns, on each of which the face of an animal was embroidered. And there seemed to be more than enough columns to hold the hall.

I was going to continue on my way, but now the path I was following, was scattered all over the hall. In each corner of the hall, between the columns, there were paths leading to different places. There were seven roads in total in front of me, and they were all going to another part of the island.

So slowly, I started to think again.

Which one was I going to go from? Which one was going to take me where I wanted to go? Because I knew if I took the wrong path, I would lose a lot of time. And that would be a big problem since I had to find others immediately. I even had no doubt that some of the rooms were covered with traps.