BXBX NOVEL Chapter 178 178 - The OtherWorld
It was the very first time that Moriyana had forced her way into Asmodia's prison instead of forcing her way out of it. Which had consequences, some more severe than the others, but, for the elves and the demi-cat it was even worse than what she had to go through.
"Dear lord…of Darkness," Knowing her mother was always listening, Moriyana corrected her tone as she leaned over to the shallow liquid to pick up a ball of flesh. "Shit, I forgot that only demons can come and go so easily."
Moving the ball in front of her eyes, she saw a muddled mess of the elves and demi-cats squeezed into a small pile of flesh. The portal to their way here had shrunk them down, but unlike demons who could easily change their forms, they were left stuck as a marble until they exited the otherworld.
"What is this place?" Looking around in the ever-stretching darkness, the only thing Margarette could feel was the cold blood underneath her feet. "There's no light, I can barely see even with my demonic instincts."
"Yeahhh…Try not to think too much, this place loves to torture you with your fears," although Margarette barely had any clue what Moriyana meant by that, she decided to listen to her advice for once. "Let's move, we need to find an exit door, it shouldn't be far."
Pushing the marble between her breasts, she pursed the rest of the groups between her breasts. Walking through the darkness in a straight unaltered line, it felt as though despite the numerous steps they were standing exactly where they started. The only thing giving them some confirmation of their progress was the riddles in the blood left behind with each of their steps.
"You've been here before?" Curious about Moriyana's knowledge about the place, Margarette couldn't help asking that question.
"I have, I was…" Heaving a heavy sigh, Moriyana kept moving forward. "In a sense, I was born here, in between reality and illusion, but then mother turned into a prison for me, and I did everything to escape it."
Listening to her explanation, Margarette for the first time felt empathy towards the illusionist. Being a mother, although not biologically, she couldn't fathom the thought of raising a child in such a desolate place.
"Margarette, don't think…" As if Moriyana had read her thoughts, she warned Margarette not to pursue her thoughts any further.
"Okay, sorry," taking no chances, she washed her concerns for when they were both out of this hellhole.
For a while longer they traveled in silence with only the sound of their feet hitting the blood resonating through the dark. However, on a keener look at the front, a flickering shadow of light could barely be discerned.
"It's here," Moriyana whispered before slowing down as she took her next steps forward.
A bit puzzled, Margarette looked on, wondering why she'd suddenly taken a change in pace, but then as she realized the distance between the two, she instinctively started rushing over to catch up. Catching the dashing steps, Moriyana's eyes widened in horror. Slowly turning around, she tried to hush Margarette with a finger over her lips.
"What?" Stopping altogether, Margarette's mind was teeming with questions.
But then, she saw it. Following Moriyana's gaze down into the blood floor, a creature of darkness was lurking right under her. As big as a giant, its mouth opened by her feet, appeared like an everlasting pit of darkness. Looking around a bit more with her fear gripped heart, she noticed the countless teeth circling eternity in a circular pattern. To further the stroke of insanity, it pushed out one of its countless spiked tentacles and held it over Margarette's face.
'Wh-what the hell is this thing?!' She wondered as the creature feasted on her fear. 'Go away!'
If only she'd been quiet, it would've simply gone away. Instead, coiling its arm around her neck, it squeezed it tight. With each gasp for breath, it squeezed even harder and harder, until the very moment Margarette felt her eyes about to pop out of their sockets.
"Enough…" A voice ordered making the creature let go before promptly returning into the depths of darkness. "Do not come back, or just don't bring your friends here ever again."
Left gasping for breath, Margarette's burst into a fit of coughs. Rushing over to her, Moriyana picked her back on her feet before slowly straddling with her to the light door.
"Who was that?" Asked Margarette, hearing that voice for the very first time.
"Mother," Moriyana replied.
"Well fuck her…" Knowing full well who she was talking about, Margarette wanted her mother to know what she thought of her.
"Yeah, let's just go before she sends the real nightmarish creatures," hastening up, Moriyana pulled Margarete through the light door.
On the other end of the outerworld, they were both spat out into the dense forest right out of the city they were attacked in. Falling straight to the ground, both of them hit their head against each other, and to make matters worse, the ball of flesh between Margarette's breasts tore through her blouse and pushed both of them away from the force of its uncoiling between the two. Laying on top of her everyone was crushing Margarette under their weight. As for Moriyana who was at the top of the pile, she felt no pressure except for the head trying to move between her giant breasts.
Letting out a loud gasp, Damien peeked out of her boobs and looked right into her eyes. The very face of the flustered elf made her forget everything and just chuckle out loud.
"Mister, unless my master allows it, no touching, ahaha," poking him on the nose, she made his eyes roll up into his skull before he fainted from the ordeal.
"Get off!" Tired of being used as bedding, Margarette used holy chain magic to drag everyone off of her body.
Finally being able to breathe properly, Margarette took deep breaths before letting everyone off of the chains. Stumbling up on their feet the elf twins tried to help each other but ended up throwing up from the trip to the otherworld. Athena and Alice weren't in all that different of a condition either, but barely keeping it in, they just let themselves lay on the ground a bit longer.
"What the hell happened?" Asked Laura, struggling to stand up.
"Oi, help your boyfriend here, and everyone get up, we're not out of danger yet," getting up herself, Moriyana was already trying to reassemble the group so they could get as far away from the city as possible.
"B-boy-boyfriend?!" Stuck on the word, Laura jumped around to look at Moriyana with a jumble of expressions reflected on her face.
"Yeah, but after tonight, you'd probably wanna give him some privacy from time to time though," still not being able to help herself, Moriyana sneaked in a dirty joke. "And make sure there's a pair of tissue around, that is unless you guys want to donate some of your panti-"
"Moriyana!" Cutting her off, Margarette glared at her in anger. "Thanks for helping me back there, but we don't have time for your antics. Let's get away from here before you continue your perverted jokes."
Shrugging her shoulders, Moriyana decided to go along with what Margarette had to say.
"Where are we going to hide though? We can't head back since it's not yet time to rendezvous with the others, " Moriyana asked, referring to Haruki and the rest of her group.
"I know, our village isn't far from here, we can stay the night there," Laura suggested, and her village being as good as any other place, they decided to head over and spend their night there in hiding.