“I feel sorry for your team,” Xyla Quest stated, glancing at Stanley Batton’s gameplay to see that they had already lost their advantage.The rest of his team couldn’t fight against five opponents without him, leaving only four of them playing actively.They started cursing at him.“Hey, dude! Are you crazy? What the hell?”“What is the meaning of this? Hurry up and start moving, or else I’ll report you.”“Could the opponents have sent him here?”Xyla started getting annoyed by their criticisms.“Your teammates are all yelling at you because they are about to lose,” she said as she lifted her chin toward his phone. Glancing at his screen, he picked it up leisurely. “Not exactly.”He began to play while keeping his hold on Xyla, ignoring the ongoing curses courtesy of his teammates.“Hey, idiot! What are you doing?”“You don’t know how to play at all, do you?”“You got lucky when you made those god-like moves, didn’t you?”As they spoke, Stanley made another error during a
“Really?” Stanley Batton asked.Xyla Quest nodded. “Yeah, you were. You would’ve been hailed as the battle god if that happened during a professional match.”“Oh?”“I’m serious,” she insisted.“But that wasn’t a professional match. My opponents were all terrible,” he stated as he made a face. “How could there be terrible players at such high ranks?” she asked.One of Stanley’s teammates from the match sent him a friend request while they were speaking, and he accidentally clicked on the button to accept.Almost immediately, that person began to speak.“Boss, are you interested in joining my team? I’m the manager in charge of Team IM’s Honor of Kings section.“How old are you this year? We can discuss wages by meeting up in person as long as you agree.“Our club would never exploit our professional gamers.”Stanley smirked in amusement before replying to him. “I’m not interested.”However, the man didn't let that deter him from pestering a talented gamer.“Don’t say that.
Suddenly, the lights went out in the elevator, plunging Stanley Batton and Xyla Quest into darkness.It was pitch black.She instantly tightened her arms around her husband’s neck, feeling nervous. “Oh no, I think there’s a power disruption, but it shouldn’t affect the elevators. The backup generator should automatically run in the event of a blackout,” she said in confusion.“Don’t be nervous. I’ll try calling someone to check on it now,” Stanley told her as he put her down slowly.At that moment, the elevator suddenly plunged downwards, making them panic.She grabbed for Stanley blindly and held on tightly while he hastily pressed against the wall behind him to find balance.The elevator continued its rapid descent into further darkness.An eerie feeling made the air feel stale.Xyla felt goosebumps erupting all over her body. “What’s going on? The elevator is out of control. Honey, what do we do? Are we going to die here?”If the elevator kept descending at this rate, the
“Do you think there’s something wrong with the elevator? Logically speaking, we should’ve reached the bottom by now. Why do you think we haven't yet?” Xyla Quest quickly raised her question.She couldn’t help feeling frantic despite trying her best to calm herself down. Her heart could very well beat right out of her chest any second.Stanley Batton frowned deeply in the dark. “Yeah, you're right. I think so, too.”“What do you think is going on?” she asked.He shook his head helplessly and didn’t say anything.The elevator continued to drop, and it seemed to be heading downward in an endless pit.It was as if there was no end to the descent.Time passed very quickly.Half an hour had passed unknowingly, but they were still moving downwards.Xyla began to feel less nervous after a long while of being in perpetual fear.Her eyes searched around in the darkness before turning toward her husband. “This is very strange. The elevator is still falling downward. We seem to be going
Unexpectedly, an unusual world appeared in front of Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton, almost blinding them with glaring brightness.They could see an endless sea of red spider lilies before them, where each glistened vividly in full bloom.Although it was currently autumn in Atlantis, supposedly the most comfortable season of the year, it now felt as cold as winter.Bone-chilling breezes blew from every direction.Xyla and Stanley were freezing and both shocked by the peculiar scene they were seeing.The elevator incident was strange enough, but whatever this was made it even weirder.There were no longer in the real world.According to myths, red spider lilies only grew along the pathway to hell.Xyla couldn’t help but think they had gone to the Underworld somehow.Did the elevator take them all the way down to hell?She couldn’t help but gasp at the thought.Stanley frowned as he gazed at his wife. “Don’t be afraid. No matter where this place is, I will protect you.”She nod
“She even had our memories erased in fear that we would find out. Such a foolish girl," Xyla Quest lamented sadly.Everything she had seen made her hate the concept of fate even more. She thought that karma from a past life was illogical.Everything in the past should have been resolved in that lifetime.Why did it have to be brought into the next life?Xyla wouldn’t have minded bearing her own karma in this life. Why did God allow someone else to do it for her?Sophie Kenwick was innocent, so why then did she have to suffer all this on behalf of Xyla and Stanley Batton?All the painful memories related to the young girl began appearing in her mind, with every scene feeling like a stake through her heart.Beside her, Stanley felt equally heartbroken.Suddenly, the air felt more dense, and the temperature seemed to have dropped further to become even colder.“How did we suddenly recall our memories?” she asked.Sophie had erased their memories, but who caused them to come floo
Stanley Batton shook his head slightly, feeling equally confused.“If you have any questions, you might as well ask me. What’s the point of murmuring between you?" the voice said. “Xyla, my original plan was to torture you and Stanley adequately before killing you both.“I wanted you to feel the pain of losing everyone important to you right before losing your life. I just never expected Sophie to appear out of the blue to take my life, leaving me in my spirit form to wander this world.”Fear began to spread through Xyla Quest. Her palms dampened with sweat instantly upon realizing the grave danger they were in.They were only ordinary human beings whereas the nine-tailed demon fox proved to be a deadly adversary despite being in his spirit form.“Where is this place? Are you going to kill us?” she asked boldly.At this point, Xyla knew being fearful wouldn’t solve anything. She had to face her fears head-on no matter what. So, she forced herself to remain calm.“This is the pat
Xyla Quest proved to be as brave as a female commander when her motivation was to protect the man behind her.She needed Stanley Batton to live no matter what happened to her.The nine-tailed demon fox began to laugh when he heard her.Then, a golden ray of light flashed before a man wrapped in a long, red robe appeared in its place.Xyla thought he looked familiar, resembling the character who once appeared in her dreams before.There was no difference in both of his appearances.She frowned, subconsciously pulling Stanley backward like a hen protecting its chick. “You’re the nine-tailed demon fox.”He smiled in a way that had a sinister effect. “Indeed, I am.”According to legends, he was a fox that transformed into a human.He naturally had good looks and seemed attractive, particularly when he smiled.However, he had a cold aura around him that overshadowed his attractive looks.Despite how good-looking he was, he still instilled fear in others.“You appeared so suddenl