Inside a dimly lit place whose walls were slimy and the area under feet was filled with a strange fluid that had a really putrid smell, two men were sitting face to face, with a distance of around three meters between them, the space itself around was over 30 meters wide.
One had purple hair that wasn't too long, with an extremely gentle and charming face, he seemed to be in his twenties, while the other person had black hair and was in his mid thirties, he looked quite handsome too, but he seemed ordinary compared to the other man.
Jayden was calmly sitting in the air, with his legs crossed, two red swords with white patterns all over their blades were plunged into the soft ground on either side of Jayden.
" My good friend, what's your name? "
The other boy asked, showing a friendly smile.
" Jayden " he simply replied, his expression remained emotionless.
" Haha, so Jayden I'm Ardino, although we are meeting in such a place, but still nice to meet you. " Ardino said, he looked like a friendly neighbour and despite meeting Jayden not too long ago, he was acting as if they had been friends for years.
"..."
Jayden stayed silent, some kind of liquid was constantly dripping from the top, but there seemed to be an invisible layer around Jayden that stopped it from touching his body or cloth, but the other person wasn't so lucky, and when the Gu type of fluid came in contact with his clothes they immediately began to dissolve along the fluid.
" Uh... Can you... Can you do that thing for me too, I'm sure you wouldn't want to see my sexy naked body. "
Ardino asked, he was wearing clothes that looked quite similar to the earth's modern clothes, but with a classicism to them, as if he was from an academy of some sort.
" Sure " Jayden used telekinesis and instantly an invisible layer appeared around Ardino too, he showed a satisfied expression and then asked:
All around them, a lot of half dissolved skeletons, and many other things were lying, the cave from which they had come inside the stomach of this big demon, seemed to be close now, even the flesh from inside the demon was very hard and it would be impossible to penetrate it with any weapon, so Ardino looked at Jayden in wonder as he was able to easily penetrate the flesh of the demon with his dual swords.
" I am from the Beginning Kingdom, have you ever heard about it? " Jayden asked drinking more wine from the flask.
" Hmm... Beginning Kingdom, I don't think I have ever heard that nam- wait, I have read something related to it, I think it was something like a place on the other side of the forest that uses some really strange ways to train, is that right? You are really from that place? " Ardino asked curiously, in a surprised tone.
" Sounds right, anyway yes I am from there, it's a good place and safe from everything, no demons would enter it because of a protective layer around it. "
As Jayden spoke the surprise on Ardino's face became more evident, he wasn't floating like Jayden was but sitting on something that resembled a treasure chest, but it was empty.
" Whoa, is that really true? Damn, at my place there are no such barriers, so demons would come occasionally to hunt people, and strong people would just use these chances to grow their strength, if you were living in such a great place why did you come into a dangerous forest such as this?
Haa if it was me then I would have happily stayed with my family and lived my entire life peacefully, have a wife, and maybe two kids and that would have been great. " Ardino said with a dreamy look on his face.
" Hmm, achieving peace isn't that simple, one thought from someone is all it takes to destroy your peace entirely, unless you are strong enough, you will be devoured by others. " Jayden said, yet his face remained emotionless.
Then he continued his story: " So, in the Beginning Kingdom- " but his next words were interrupted by Ardino.
" W- Wait look I know you are a good person, and we don't have any kind of animosity between us, but I don't want to die here, so... " He paused while looking down with a look of guilt on his face.
" I'm a really bad person, I'm sorry, t- the wine you are drinking, I- I have added poison to it, I really didn't want to do that but my family wouldn't be able to survive if I don't go back, you can resent me, you can blame me, but it was the only choice I had. " Ardino said in a low voice.
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