43 C43 Facing Death

Azo felt his legs growing weak, his mental resistance cracking as those large eyes stared through him. He felt like screaming, but no words could exit his mouth. He could only stare as the rattling of chains continued; it was clear that this place was meant to contain something of massive size.

"The pit is not for keeping discarded undead. its to hold this..."

He voice was less then a whisper as everyone was also watching, bows falling to the twins sides as they both knew that fighting such a creature was almost pointless, Bull was also on the same mind as he knew that this thing would be practically impossible to reach without putting him into the jaws of death.

The chains would continue to creak and moan as they moved above them all, a colossal figure slowly coming out of the darkness, those two eyes slowly coming closer as a face appeared behind it, then a full body with only a few shreds of clothing to cover any remaining part of this person.

Azo, Bull and the twins felt shame as the noticed that this person was not a horrible creature but a massive person chained down here, it was clear that all this undead flesh on the benches around the room was harvested from this large creature chained up in the massive area to the north.

The creature was female from a simple glance, skin a pale white with tints of green on the edges. Her left leg gone, wounds all along it which seemed unable to heal, her right arm missing as well with parts of the cheek, jaw and neck empty as well. Yellow dull eyes that had intelligence and pain behind them as she stared back at the group.

She was human in all aspects except for missing so much and having a slightly sick green aura around her; the giant status as well did not help things as she was nearly three times the size of a giant.

"You are not with the church, how did you wander into here."

The voice was soft, carrying a modesty and power that could never be forgotten. It was the kind of sound that would make those who heard bow down to the wielder. It was a voice that made the group pause, the fear replaced by curiosity as the woman did not seem hostile as they could still hear the chains in the background.

"We are sent here, to get something. Our employer requires an item here."

Azo had to be honest with this creature; he could not lie to this person. He could not understand the compulsion, but he knew that if he even made one false statement, then he would regret it.

"Strange, who is this employer. Nothing here will be valuable to you."

Azo felt his tongue drying in his mouth; he needed to get some water as he felt his mouth starting to move quickly without him even considering it.

"She never gave us a name; she gave us this ring, so we assume she is powerful. We are getting paid a rather large amount of money, and we do not even know the item we are supposed to collect, it's rather strange."

The woman came closer, her long patchy black hair cascading down her shoulders, chains creaking as she came as close as she could. It was clear the pain in her eyes as was rather clear that she had spent a long time here.

"What did this woman look like?"

Azo felt another chill going up his spine as the woman came even closer, his memory hitting him hard as he could swear something was amiss, he knew something about this woman, but he could not put his finger onto it.

"She was perfect, beautiful with porcelain skin, attitude and demeanour like a queen... She was timeless."

He would hold out his hand, showing the ring to the woman as he did not know what else to say, showing off the item they had gotten.

"She gave us this ring to help out."

Azo felt the sweat driving down his back, his skin and scales both covered in it as he knew this creature could spell doom, she was clearly undead with having lost so many body parts but still alive. He felt his heart beating rapidly, each second ticking past as he could hear the drumbeat of his soul inside his mind.

The giant woman pulling her body slightly back, her eyes resting on his hand and the ring he had wore. She stared at them for a moment before her eyes turned from pain to pity.

Azo felt his heart wrench, this creature who spent so many years in torture here was pitying them, it was something that made him in equal parts worried about himself and her.

"I know why you have come. I know the person who employed you."

She spoke with confidence as she looked at them with the same pity filled eyes, body moving again closer as the chains rumbled loudly, dust and brickwork falling to the floor as the chains seemed to glow a bright blue, the creature chained by them unable to move anymore.

"You said you know why we have come and the person who employed us. that is excellent; please tell us the object we are supposed to take?"

The woman took a few moments as she looked at each of them, her mouth moving slowly as her cracked lips spoke.

"It's not a physical item you are to take but words, I'm truly sorry as well."

Relief hit Azo as he heard that his item to collect was simple words, a message was more straightforward than any physical object. It only took a few minutes as his relief died, the sorry making him worry again as he would open his arms, a weary smile on his lips. He knew something was coming and he felt his chest pounding away. It was at this point he felt his jaw drop, the pieces connecting as he almost swore.

The woman seemed to hang her head in shame as she spoke her next sentence.

"I'm sorry, My name is Aelina, Goddess of death. You are now part of the world of Gods. The church will know you have been here. I'm sorry."

Bull would let off a whistle as the words hit him, nodding his head slowly as he would put his hands on his hips.

"Welp, I was right. We are one hundred per cent fucked!"