They froze and a cold chill settled on them as the painful scream rend the air. Jael's hair stood. That didn't sound like a monster. 'It's the screaming of a human'
And because their sense of direction has been messed with they don't know where it was coming from. It surrounded them and was far away at the same time.
And why is it that they could hear the sound of screaming when they couldn't hear anything else? Jael swallowed. This place is messing with their heads.
They knew then. Although they might not see, others might be seeing, which makes things worse. Then, just as it began the scream was cut short and a deadly silence followed.
"Ah." A playfully voice filled the silence. "Oh I forgot to mention. You can steal green coins from other warriors by killing them. May the Grace of Solomon be onto you!"
"Start moving now!" Temur shouted, already jerking them forward, pulling them with him. With there hands linked together, they could sense each other.
They began to walk like a crab. Jael walked with his back, using his legs to sweep the way, but the village that was filled with buildings earlier was suddenly devoid of it because as much as they walked around, they didn't touch any building.
They did touch an Awakener who was moving blindly, too, but she quickly got out of their way after swearing at them when she made contact with them.
They moved around like that until at last, they touched a building, it was Tim who brushed it with his shoulder but the brief contact was enough, because they saw the building dimly with that alone. They navigated their way inside through the crumbled wall.
It's a single-room building, but it's taken them out of the open for now. "Now we can think of what we can do," Temur said.
"What can we do? The spirit said we have to kill monsters and get green coins. But we can't see in front of us not to talk of hunting any monsters....."
Jael ignored them while he felt the place he was standing at with his legs. His right leg connected with something, and he jolted, stopping the conversation... "hmmm, guys,? I think there's a body lying here."
Litha made a shield around them, and immediately she covered them it was as if a cocoon that blocked the darkness was made. Suddenly they could see and hear. Litha blinked. "Wow...shit!."
The fireball that Cele made earlier bloomed and they flinched as their eyes took time to adjust.
They stopped holding hands and checked themselves. 'The five senses are things people take for granted' Litha muttered to herself as started to breathe a little easier.
Whatever the darkness that blocked their senses was, it must be a spell that the sudden barrier cut off. "We still can't see anything past shield. Everything else is back outside of this place."
Temur sighed. "At least we can see for now. We can plan on how to defeat this trial."
Jael crouched and looked at the dead Awakener. "Looks like one of the freelancers. I can't see anything on him that'll point to where he belongs. What should we do to it?"
"Nothing we can do," Litha replied. "Unless we want to loot it?"
Temur shook his head quickly. "No need. Just leave it there. We are here for bigger things. We have a lot on our plate already, and it might even be a bastard Awakener that killed him and might still be around."
"Can we move around with this shield surrounding us?" Jael touched the edge of Litha's shield feeling the hardness.
"No. Unless I can continuously make the shield....!!"
Something struck their shield from the outside and the blue translucent barrier sparked with energy. Jael looked in the direction sharply, but he saw nothing except for empty darkness that rolled like fog.
"Get ready for battle!" Temur shouted.