I’m beginning to feel afraid. This isn’t how an Elder’s realm should be, it should be like a paradise or hell, yet all I could find was the ground and darkness. I knew it was a bad idea, but it was already too late when the gate’s closed.

For decades we’ve wandered. Because of our Godhood, we didn’t need food or water, but we wished we had. Imagine, walking around for years not knowing where to go, turned back, nothing was there, and the two guys didn’t came back. This isn’t a normal place. Oh how I wished I could die.

I’ve occasionally seen eyes in the darkness, I told the others, they’ve ignored me once again. Except for my friend, Joshua

“I’m telling you, there are eyes there, SEE! I just saw one!”

“Look, maybe you’re stressed out, maybe it’s just flashes of light, who knows”

“No, really! The eyes are always there, watching us. Sometimes I saw a mouth!”

“Ferkh, you should calm down, besides, we’ve been wandering for decades and there was nothing out there”

That’s what worrying me Josh. Just to keep his morale, I won’t tell him.

So we continued, the same routine, every day. I see eyes, I tell Josh, he calms me down, repeat.

This is even worse than being forced back into a mortal form. This is torture, eternal torture.

Until one day,

*BOOOOM*

“Hey, did you hear that! Explosions!”

We all heard that, and a bit of hope for civilization was in our hearts. As long as there was a way out, no matter how, we’re all taking it. Heck, I’m so desperate, I could even worship The Mad God if it’s what needed.

What greets us there wasn’t exactly a town, but at least it’s a break from finding nothingness.

We find an outwards curved cliff. It’s like a bloated belly made out of rocks. Perhaps the hope had gotten in my head. When I tried to use flight, the hope was a bit damaged. I couldn’t use magic

“JOSH, CAN YOU USE MAGIC!?”

“Yeah, wh-…no I can’t”

DAMN IT ALL! We should have checked when at the gate!

“Relax, our weak spells are still available”

“Those pathetic things? Explain how are we going to fight something with balls of lights, or fireworks, or even a healing spell?”

“I don’t know, we could blind it with the light, then use the fireworks at it, or when we get injured, we could heal ourselves”

I just stared at him. Trying to counter it, but it was useless anyway, we couldn’t use magic, and that’s that. I’m glad he’s being positive

“Magic or not, we are all getting out of here!”

“YEAH!”

There’s no guarantee that there’s even something up there, it could be another empty space. I hate it when I’ve got no magic, it’s what making me feel secure, take that away, I feel like a puny mortal.

We all climbed it anyway, stick with the majority they say.

Once reached, we explored behind the cliff. It was a flat ground, not too flat, just a little bit uneven. At the farthest to the back, there was a huge vertical wall. We found out that it was actually a pillar, a huge pillar. It might take a couple of days to circle it by walking.

I can’t shake the feeling that this is something that I should be afraid. I know it’s just dirt, but is it just that? Why is there a curved cliff out of nowhere, why a pillar? So I resorted to my drugs, Joshua and his mentality

“Hey Josh, I keep getting vibes that this isn’t what it seems to be”

“It’s just some mountain, sure it’s high, maybe Mad God wanted to copy the Mount Olympus’s design”

“Yeah, maybe…. you’re right”

Even when we’re climbing the pillar, I keep looking at the ground. I feel somehow that it’s important. My subconscious telling me that it’s connected, but why?

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“Is the research with the gate complete?”

“Yes leader”

He takes a deep breath. This is probably a long one

“According to our researchers, the drawings resemble notes”

“Notes? As in the notes where you write things to remember them?”

“Yes leader, it seems like something like a warning, but perhaps he wanted to puzzle the ones who came in, he made them a bit more cryptic”

“Have you decoded them?”

“We tried a plethora of languages leader, but none of them are suitable”

“Have you tried the Universal Hieroglyphs?”

“We did leader, still had no result”

Interesting, so he didn’t used language then

“Perhaps there are just drawings then?”

“We also took that into account leader, we could give you our speculations in paper form”

“Sure”

He handed me a couple of pages, on it was organized writing.

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1 – Rocky figure

Top Model : Gaia

=Gaia, belonging from the Greek mythology where Gaia is the ancient goddess of Mother Nature. Gaia is told to be extremely large as it belongs to the Titan’s group

Second Model : Terra

=Terra, belonging in the Titus mythology. Terra is the prime leader between the 3 giants, and is responsible for the creation of the Universe in the mythology.

Third Model : Darkhul

=Darkhul, an Elder God. He holds the title of The Land. Not much is known, but considering that The Mad God is an Elder himself, there are possibilities that he sealed Darkhul inside.

2 – A long line with eyes at the end

Top Model : Jormungandr

=Jormungandr, in the Norse mythology. Also known as the World Serpent. It is a child of Loki, and the size of it can warp an Earth sized planet.

Second Model : Ushter

=Ushter, one of the first Originals after the Elders. As it was such a long time ago, much of it’s recordings are lost. We do know that it’s a snake. Why it’s inside, nothing.

Thi-

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I had enough. Titans, Gods, Elders. What the hell did he want from those type of people?

“Let me ask you something”

“Yes leader?”

“Are you telling me that most of the drawings are Godlike figures?”

“Yes leader”

“Is there any way that maybe you’re over exaggerating it?”

“We did considered the possibility leader, but when the subject is indeed The Mad God, it’s impossible for him to seal weak things inside”

He’s right. We need to tell the Lord of this.

“Tell the warriors to relax, just a bit. Then send some messengers to the Lord of this matter”

If we want to destroy this place, we need big things. Big enough to rival what’s inside there

“As you wish, leader”

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Annnnndd as always....thanks for reading