“You may now look outside the window…this giant block with a little garden inside is your next test. You jump out of the zeppelin with a paraglider and land in this little garden forest inside the block. You have three days to come out and let me tell you one thing, people are not getting rescued from there, Hehehe…I wish you all good luck in the block of hell, hehe hehe…”

  So fast everyone was out there, Veylan and Riven teamed up again. There are many ways to get in the block, probably even more than hundred ways in, way less out; but the whole block is connected in one way or another.

  The block inside has a burdening atmosphere, the only light is some torches at the wall, nothing colorful beside some dark green but pale tendrils. Soon they couldn’t find out if they wanted to.

  They found a little table, on it are two backs that are barely a palm big. Inside it is black good smelling powder. Veylan instantly remembered it “Isn’t this from what my mother got…” Riven wanted to touch it but Veylan slapped his hand away. “Don’t touch it, or do you want do you want your fingers to literally rot completely off in seconds?" He was dead serios about it, even more than he is usual. Riven was confused, wanting to know what he meant. “This is black rot powder; I have heard that you find a lot from this here; never touch it with bare hands!”

  About thirty minutes later they heard screams, screams as from hell. A participant runs at them, he seems like the powder touched him. “Please! You need to help me! There is…huff…huff…there is a rot snake!” Then, the back part of a snake grabbed his leg and pulled him into a dark room. Riven was absolutely terrified of how the powder works, an infected arm doesn’t just rot. It turns black in seconds; in a few minutes the effected part literally falls off or maybe even explodes!

  Maybe are Veylan and Riven not the strongest, but they are definitely not the dumbest, so they took another path.

  Out of a dark corner a few big rats jumped out, they were also poisonous, but less dangerous than such a snake; they threw the powder at them, and they died almost instantly from it.

  Not much later they found a palm big bag with black rot powder. But this time not on a table but on a little shelf, Riven accidentally bumped his little toe at the shelf “Ahh, fuck, fuck, shit, shit! Dumb shelf!”

  Little walking more and they arrived at hall, it seemed like a checkpoint, there was food and even something for the injured. Some other participants also rested there, one of them is also Lorken. Then, someone bumped into Lorken, he didn’t apologize.

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  Suddenly both arms of this guy were completely infected! A few seconds later he had no arms. “Looks like the arms of this poor man have fallen off, what a tragedy…” His voice was treacherous and even though it sounded deadly, it also sounded playful. Everyone was left in shock, and many ran for their life.

  Veylan and Riven tried to ignore him, they don’t have any injuries or needed something else, so they moved on. “This Lorken is an absolute psychopath!” Riven mumbled.

  After an hour of walking and low threat monsters they found a green door, normally this place doesn’t have any normal doors, behind the door was just a hallway like the whole time before.

  Time passed extremely fast there, both thought that they walked in there for ten minutes; but in reality, their clock showed that they spend already one hundred minutes there. Not only that, but everything also repeats itself. The same four doors with their rooms, over and over again. “I think we are in a type of labyrinth, the question now is how do we get out.” Riven was silent, thinking about solutions. “What if we go backwards? Shouldn’t we then get to the exit?” But this wouldn’t work, they aren′t just somewhere and accidentally go in a circle; they are in a pocket dimension.

  Because Veylan had no other idea at this moment, they went back. Ten minutes later they didn’t reach the exit what would be quite impossible normally. Ten minutes normally equal ten minutes to get out; but not in a pocket dimension.

  Suddenly they reached the door. “Looks like were still getting out here today!” Riven opened the door smiling, but his smile instantly vanished.

  A big rot snake!

  This wasn’t a normal one, it was double the size of a normal one! Running away from it only helped a little, it was fast. Not much slower than them. “Veylan, I don’t want to pressure you…huff…huff…but what are we doing now?” Veylan stayed silent and continued running, he himself had no idea what to do now. Unlike the ice turtle already one hit could be easily the end of one.

  “Why did we never look into one of those four rooms? Maybe the puzzles solving is in there?” This was the only thing he could think of. “Don’t we wanted to avoid any unnecessary inconvenience? But your right, the next time we see them, we go instantly in!” Riven said motivated and determined.

  Once they reached the door, Veylan went in to search for something, Riven stood outside to warn him if the snake would come. The first room was useless, just a normal bathroom.

  Three doors left.

  Even though their traveling speed got slower, the rot snake disappeared; little later they searched through two more doors. If the last doesn’t help them at least a bit, they would have a big problem.

  Right before they entered the last room they heard something. Two rot snakes, each coming from one direction.

  They locked themselves up in the last room, they gained little time to escape…

  Bam! Bam!