AC: This is the chapter 3. It is another short one, but when the prologue end, it will be longer.

Chapter 3: A way out of the underground?

Tigerslash stopped searching and he was crying on the ground.

"Illumina. *Sniff* No...I lost you...What am I going to say to the ruler when I'll see him and the other Overworlder friends you have. That I fail to protect you? Also...I didn't even have time to say that I love you." Cried Tigerslash on the ground. "If only you- ARGH! MY EYES!" Screamed Tigerslash when a flash of light appeared right in his eyes.

He putted his hand in front of him for a few seconds until he looked in front of him. He saw Illumina in front of him. He ran at her and he got her in his arms and he hugged her.

"YOU'RE ALIVE! I'M SO GLAD!" Screamed Tigerslash crying of joy this time.

"Tigerslash! Sorry I made you so worry. I was in a strange room where I found him." Said Illumina pointing to Ica.

Tigerslash looked at Ica and putted Illumina behind her.

"Who are you?!" Asked Tigerslash grunting at him.

"...I'm Ica. I'm here to find the Cothica, but first...We have to get out of here now." Said Ica with a neutral voice and not answering to Tigerslash aggressive behavior.

"Get out of here?" Asked Tigerslash confuse.

"Danger is coming here and you will die if we take too long. This place is a holy place not control by the Cothica, so he can act anytime he wants here. There is nothing to stop him in this temple. He will send his minions soon and it will then become worse." Said Ica.

He then started walking to a wall. He then raised his hand and pressed a brick and it opened. The other two saw the passage.

"Tigerslash. We have to go. He might be telling the true." Said Illumina.

"Are you-" Tigerslash was cut by a scary and inhuman scream that no creature can do. It made both Tigerslash and Illumina jumped of fear when they heard it. "Alright. Let's get out of here."

"Follow me." Said Ica.

They walked in the secret passage and walked through a corridor.

"Do you know an exit?" Asked Tigerslash.

"Of course. You just have to follow me." Said Ica.

Tigerslash looked at Ica with suspicion while Illumina nodded and walked by his side. Tigerslash saw this and stood between them.

"I'm sure he's getting us into a trap and not to an escape route. Just be careful." Said Tigerslash quietly at Illumina.

"I don't think so." Said Illumina. "I'm sure he will help us."

"You can be so naïf sometime Illumina." Said Tigerslash looking at her.

"Over here." Said Ica who didn't hear them and grabbed their attention.

They followed him to a stairs and they started climbing it. The ground suddenly started trembling.

"! Hurry! He's starting to manifest himself!" Said Ica less calm. Ica started running and the other two ran after him.

Lunar Eternal blue: Growing Fear theme

"Who's this he?!" Shouted Illumina.

"Yeah! Someone made up?" Asked Tigerslash suspiciously.

"I wish he was only a part of my mind. Sadly, it isn't the case and he is extremely powerful. I cannot face him if we take too much time." Said Ica.

Tigerslash looked at him and he saw that he was serious and afraid of this He. He said nothing and he knew he had to trust him a little.

"Stop...He already started." Said Ica.

The two stopped running when he also stopped and they looked around them. They saw nothing for a while and remained silence. A suddenly was suddenly made and they looked at the source of it. A wall started to distort itself far away and they would have been ambush of they haven't stop. The stone glue thing was blue and it took the shape of knight in armor.

"Knight?!...But they look like it's not coming from here." Said Illumina quietly. She knew about history and she recognised the armor looking like those of the France army during the 11 century.

"Maybe..." Said Tigerslash.

He prepared himself to strike when Ica raised the left part of his cape.

"Get out of our way!" He shouted.

Energy came out of his cape and it flew in the air. It then charged at the knight and they immediately broke into pieces.

"We have no time for you!" Said Ica. "Go!"

They then continued running at the corridor and more knight appeared. Tigerslash said nothing, but he felt that Ica is extremely powerful; more than any creatures of Perim and even more powerful than Aa'une if faced alone in his final form.

"We have to hurry. He will send more powerful being eventually." Said Ica.

"How do you know that?!" Shouted Tigerslash glaring at Ica.

"His power is growing. You can fell it." Said Ica looking at Tigerslash without being affected by the glare.

Tigerslash looked at him and he knew he was telling the true. He could fell something malicious around him without being present. He remembered that Ica said that he could enter in holy place not claim by the Cothica. He didn't believe anything he said about the Cothica, but this event is very strange. He said nothing and he looked at Illumina who showed sign of exhaustion. Tigerslash took her in his arms and he kept running.

"Illumina! Use your scanner and get out of here!" Shouted Tigerslash.

"I'm not leaving you behind!" She replied.

"..." Ica didn't understand what was going on, but he focused on moving forward. More knights were blocking their part.

Ica raised his cape again and the same energy appeared and destroyed them.

"He's trying to make us lose time." Said Illumina.

"What?" Asked Tigerslash. "Also...He's not even here and he knows where we are."

"You don't know anything about him and its best you ignore it." Said Ica.

They continued running through the corridor and they turned left. A wall appeared in front of them out of nowhere.

"What is that?!" Shouted Tigerslash.

"A trap." Said Ica and Illumina.

"Wh- I forgot about those!" Shouted Tigerslash face palm.

They looked behind them and they saw knight appearing from the walls.

"What now?!" Shouted Tigerslash panicking a little.

"I need some time to figure out how to open the door." Said Ica calmly. "Give me some time."

"I'll help you too Ica. It will be faster." Said Illumina.

"Sure. Leave all the fight to me." Said Tigerslash with a smile. "Flash kick!"

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete - Brave Warriors (Battle theme)

He threw energy at one of the knight and blasted the knight with a hit. The knight exploded into pieces and he watched one of them down. He charged at the other one and he threw a Vine snare at it. He pulled it and he gave it a punch at the head and blew the living statue head.

"What should I search?" Asked Illumina.

"...Use the crystal around your neck to search for a secret passage. There must be something we are not aware of." Said Ica. "I can use my ability to see behind the wall...Let's just hope Tigerslash can fight."

"It's Tigerslash. So there is no need to be worry." Said Illumina. "He can fight them without trouble."

Tigerslash looked at the knight and he started to beat them up one by one. The blue knights are weak for him and his attacks exploded each of them one by one.

"Rock Wave!" Shouted Tigerslash.

He gave a punch to the ground and rock raised and crushed the blue knight without any trouble. He charged at them and he gave a kick and broke the head of one of them. He jumped backward to evade swords and he countered with another rock wave. He raised the ground and created a wall. He then started to regain his breath.

"Better hurry up! They keep coming!" Shouted Tigerslash.

"I'm sorry, but it is hard to find anything to open the wall. I hope it's not behind them." Said Illumina.

"There shouldn't be any trouble. I know one thing, is that they're easy to fight. I did not expect them to become as frail as granite." Commented Tigerslash with a smirk.

Tigerslash charged at them again and he beat them with his power. He rolled on the ground and he broke the legs of blue knights and he used his power to defeat each of them. Tigerslash saw one of them giving a punch and he blocked it with his hand. The hand of the statue broke at the contact of his hand.

"Granite...Even more fragile than that." Said Tigerslash.

He continued fighting them.

"Come on! Is that all you can do?!" Shouted Tigerslash.

"Do not provoke him!" Shouted Ica.

"That's all what he can do. I don't think it is as scary as you made me belief. He must be a...Pussy." Said Tigerslash with a smile. He was arrogant.

Suddenly, the ground shook again. It was as violent as before.

"You provoke him. He can be a sadist and he enjoys giving pain...You just ask him to make you suffer more." Said Ica looking at Tigerslash as if he was stupid. "You also forgot that he needed to increase his presence here. His manifestation isn't too strong now, but you are helping him."

Tigerslash looked at Ica and he heard a sound as if he was an idiot. He turned at the direction of the walls and he saw new knights coming out. He saw that they were different. They were completely dark. They stood up and they were bigger than the blue one. They had longer sword on them and they were more powerful. Tigerslash looked at them.

"They just change color. Granite Balls!" Shouted Tigerslash.

He raised his hand and he threw granite balls at them. He hit them a few times and they moved a little backward, but they had no damage. He looked at them and he saw five black stone knight coming at them. Tigerslash looked at them and he attacked them. Nothing happened to them and his attacks are useless. They approached slowly and surely steps by steps.

"This is not good." Said Tigerslash. "I can't hurt them at all and they are not destructible."

"That's good for us. You asked them to act more strongly and you got it." Sais Ica.

"You had to say that he was a pussy." Said Illumina. "That's not even the right insult! You should have said that he was a weakling. It is more in the context."

Two more dark knights appeared with evil face glaring at them.

"Come on! I was only explaining what the right thing was too said! I wasn't really insulting you!" Shouted Illumina.

"Illumina!" Shouted Tigerslash. "That is so helping us right now."

"Do not talk to him! Let's find an exit now and-" Ica was cut by Illumina.

"I found it!" Said Illumina with a smile.

She found a switch thanks to the crystal and she pressed it. The wall blocking them raised and they could one again ran away.

Ica turned around and he raised his hand. He threw an attack of pure energy and he destroyed the dark knights and they blew up in pieces.

"Let's go because more are coming." Said Ica.

The two others nodded and they continued running. They ran while nothing appeared around them. They were surprise by the fact that nothing appeared from the walls. They found stairs and they climbed it and they reached the top and they were at the surface. They looked around and they saw nothing.

"Did he just give up?" Asked Tigerslash.

"No. He isn't the type to give up...Unless it is something he had planned." Said Ica with a serious tone in his voice that is different than his usual one.

The ground shook again in the city.

"We have to get out of here." Said Ica.

"I think you are right. Illumina. You have to port out now!" Ordered Tigerslash.

"But...Alright." Said Illumina.

"Come on now Miss Illumina. You shouldn't leave them behind. Not when you are our...Welcome guest." Said a voice that resonated with cruelty and some weird cheerful tone in his voice.

"Who's that?! Show yourself!" Shouted Tigerslash.

"...It's he...His name is Tenebrae." Said Ica grunting with fury.

"Finally telling them my name...Now...Let's have a nice..." He then laughed lightly. "Chat together."

The voice awaked fear in Tigerslash and Illumina heart while Ica was very defensive for any bad surprise Tenebrae had.

AC: This is the end of Chapter 3.

Chapter 4: A cursed chat.