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You pulled a good enough amount of threads of Qi and Blood during this week. But while your spiritual Hawk and Horse funnels them toward your aperture, you feel there's something more with your Astral self.
Mainly, why do you see a Wolf and a Snake? Why no other animals? Will it be forever like this?
Plus, you're not bonded to any Wolf or Snake spirit : where are they coming from?
Your gaze shift, showing a wooden door ornate with snakes engraving. Your spiritual self pushes it.
You are sucked in. You see from above a subterranean maze - somehow seeing through the rock walls - with each turns leading to caves with various environment : crystal, lava, forest, light, darkness...
You fell face first. Picking yourself up, you are surrounded by Spiritual snakes. Small ones - a nest?
They rise, hissing. You attempt to calm them.
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To no avail. A first one, Golden, jumps at you. You brace for impact - but the spiritual Hawk is already let out, tearing the assailant to shreds.
You dodge while all around you, snakes launch a relentless assault - most are golden, but some are deep crimson, one is strikingly rainbow-colored, and a few seems made of pure element : Fire, Thunder, Rock, Water.
You hold on a few seconds, until a more potent spiritual snake awoke - made of a blinding pure light. You turn on your heels, and flee.
Mind numbing pain. Your leg have been stabbed, a fang completely traversing your left thigh. You fell. In your back, the Horse - when did he appeared? - charges the Light Snake, get dispelled in a tail whip-motion. The Hawk charges for your sake, and is dispelled in a blast of light.
With both your spiritual beasts hit, you feel weaker, on the verge of exhaustion, in addition to your wound. You turn from your stomach to your back, only able to see the attack coming from your throat.
You're pulled back from the Spiritual realm.
"<span class="mu-s">You're alright, kid?</span>"
The Snake mistress is bent over your prone self.
"I... think so? Wait, what's in my hands?"
You can see relief upon her face while you speak. You look at your hands - a few snake scales, a moult, a fang, a couple viscera, a stone?
Wait, the pain in your leg haven't subsided. Is that... blood?
"Wait, I'm... not... so... well..."
Blood gush from the wound.
"<span class="mu-s">Quick! someone with a fast beast! He needs to be taken to the Infirmary!</span>". The world fades to black.
