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Oil lantern hanging on the walls, tools laying down... Mirii and Hun kept running, while hearing the man's voice blasting around the corridors. They took a turn to the left, sprinting down another corridor with oil lanterns and tools: the walls had cracks spreading across, with some small quantities of gold in each of them.
The boy turns his head behind, seeing their footprints.
"Hunley!" Mirii was breathing loudly, as a frown decorated her face. "Keep your sight on the front!"
"S-sorry!" He returns looking forward.
In front of them, a wall with an horizontal path crossing from left to right. Mirii's head twists left and right.
"To the right!" She points her forefinger over the right corner.
The Inklings turned to the right, sprinting down a long corridor: only the sound of their steps were echoing throughout, as only wooden boards and oil lanterns were spread on the walls. A small chunk of fire was inside each lantern, while parts of the areas were swallowed by the darkness.
"Hunley, let's cease our run right in this instant." The girl slows her legs down. "Because… uff… being careless would do nothing but ruining our perfect careers."
Mirii stops, as her hands grabbed her knees. Hun slides a bit forward, walking back towards the girl. He was breathing silently with his mouth.
"So… what are we going to do now?" He looks to his left, trying to focus to the very far away wall. "For now, there is only this path… so, we continue in the same way?"
"Of couse we continue to proceed from this direction, Hunley." Mirii stands up, smiling. "Why would you always underestimate your intelligence? It's capable to solve the most difficult enigmas known to Squid."
"Well… in all seriousness, you are the one who solves mysteries like nothing." He smiles, as he walks closer towards Mirii. "I mean, while we were taking some breath… you could have realized the solution for this magical maze!"
Mirii giggles a bit.
"My legendary deduction skills may detect every detail out of place…" She slightly rose her head. "But even a professional detective must face some…" She coughed once, as her head turns down-right. "… limitations."
"Huh?" Hun shook his head, as his eyes squeezed a little. "What did you say?"
The girl immediately looks over the boy, as sweat was forming on her forehead.
"Nothing to memorize!" She swallows silently. "Just remember to always follow perfection! Th-that's the only rule everyone learns ever since kindergarten!"
"Ehm…" Hun looks up-right, as his right hand scratches the back of his head. "What was kindergarten again…?"
Mirii sealed her mouth, as her eyes were staring down the boy's face. Suddenly, a loud breeze passed by: the girl's tentacles lifted and waved ahead. The fire inside each oil lantern leaves only a line of smoke. Darkness conquered the corridors, leaving only a very blurry blue light which stood on squares right in front of each oil lanterns.
The Inklings yelled in a second, turning left and right and expanding their eyes.
"Wh-what's happening?!" Hun's mouth downturned a lot, his eyebrows were up and his arms opens.
"A message of danger and despair!" Mirii's eyebrows rose, her teeth were showing. "Hunley, we must dare an escape!"
The girl sprinted down the corridor, disappearing in the darkness, reappearing under the blurry light. Hun reached her left side, occasionally turning behind.
"Mirii! Wait just a"
"No! Don't talk, please!" Her head rose up a bit. "Our steps aren't too loud… we must use our ears to catch the smallest of the noises, instead of our voices!"
Hun kept looking over Mirii, sealing his mouth. Her heart was beating faster, as her mind was instantly hearing that sound… she closes her eyes, as her mouth was mumbling something in a very low voice. As the girl opens her eyes, she finds herself approaching the right corner.
A moan passed throughout the Inklings' ears: they slowed down, standing still immediately. They looked at each other: Mirii leans on Hun, as her arms wrap around him. Some other sounds came in: one of them was resembling a dogfish chewing down meat. The following one… made Mirii's heart jump out, almost hiding an incoming gasp.
Hun's throat was trying to cough something which wasn't visible at all. Not even the cough came out. Mirii kept moving her lips, with her eyes flattening to no end. She reopens them, frowns a bit and took a deep breath.
"Hunley…" Her voice got ant low. "… stay here… let me discover the beast, behind this right corner…"
His gasp chocked at the same time. His head kept shaking, almost spinning around! The girl shushes once, still holding her lungs. The boy hugged, pulling the girl closer to him. Her cheeks got brighter, as her legs felt melting in place.
She pushes him gently, as her right forefinger points down the ground. Hun sighs, as his arms were down. Together with the noises, some occasional grunts were making the walls tremble. Mirii turns over the corner, frowning and keeping her posture. She leans her back on the wall, moving sideways and stopping right before the corner.
Her body tilts, as her irises steered to the eyes' right corner. A long tail moved left and right in a slow rhythm. The girl tilted a bit more, as her heart pounded loudly. What she saw next was a large leg with a foot composed by just three toes.
Chocking sounds were coming from the creature, as splashes of a black substance kept flying off and resting down on the floor. Her left leg stretched more, as the girl now holds her breath. Her irises tracked down the body which had two short arms, larger than hers.
That right hand had a cage, though… if Mirii would grab her legs, she could have stood inside. Finally a massive head was right on sight: the eyes were dark blue and the teeth were as sharp as swords. Under the blurry light, the creature took a large piece of gold which the hands threw inside the mouth.
Black liquid flew away from the teeth, the monster coughed and snorted. In just a second, the gold was spat out: it rolls down, touching the wall. The girl's eyes almost popped out.
"Impossible! It's simply, outrageously impossible!" Her thoughts were shouting out of her ears.
The creature bends down, touching with the nose… a black material.
"I can't believe this… th-that liquid I analyzed earlier… its source comes from this monster?!" She tilted even more, as her tentacles were resting down on the ground.
The monster growled, as the right iris steered away from the center. Mirii let out a loud gasp, as her hands were covering her mouth. She stood there, immobile. Not a single limb could move. Even the monster was standing still, showing the other leg next to the right one.
All the sudden, the right leg rose in the air… stomping on the ground, as the girl fell down on her left side. Hun rushes in front of the girl, holding her hands and pulling Mirii up and closer to him. His arms were almost hiding her face from the creature's cold irises.
The boy puffs his chest, frowning a lot.
"YOU BETTER STAY AWAY FROM US!" He walks backwards, breathing loudly. "OR ELSE I'M GOING TO ATTACK YOU FOR GOOD!"
The monster snorted, growling loudly against the two Inklings. Hun kept moving backwards, slowly… Mirii's eyes were a bit watery. Suddenly, the creature sprinted: the boy and the girl turned behind, running together while yelling at the top of their lungs.