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I didn’t expect that a tunnel would be this hell hole. It’s so narrow and the farther we go down, it is difficult to breathe. I stopped complaining for my father will be surely mad at me so I just continue to follow him going down. After twenty minutes of non-stop walking, I asked my dad how long we still have to walk but he didn’t answer me. He just continued to walk and walk like he never heard anything from me so furiously I shouted at him and he stopped. He apologized to me and I didn’t expect that will be his response to my complaining. He said we can stop for a while and rest and there we ate our food. My father told me that we need to find the stone fast before the soldier of time finds it. I guess that’s why my father is so preoccupied and he worked nonstop. I felt bad for not working so hard as my father so to compensate, I stopped complaining and started walking.

Several minutes have passed, my father stopped walking. I thought we are going to rest again and I said to my father that I can still walk farther. When I look at what’s in front of him, I saw an ancient door. I think that the door was been there since the Roman Empire is still reigning. I asked him how are we going to open that. We didn’t have a key to fit that keyhole. He said we don’t need one because this door is unlocked by magic.

I think I didn’t hear the word right. I asked again and he answered magic. I was like What? Really father? You are with games now. He told me that magic really existed because even the gods existed. I didn’t understand a thing what he was saying. He’s telling to believe in magic and gods to exist like what the heck. My father answered my blabbering when he blew a strong wind near me. I was aghast because where did that wind come from. We are in the cave so it’s impossible. He said that we are descendants of the Roman Gods and we inherit some of their powers. Our ancestors are sons and daughters of the Roman God of the Sky, Jupiter and they were demigods. The power was passed down from generation to generation but only to the first-born children. My father was the only child so he was the one who was passed down with powers so I asked him if I still have powers to. He said not yet but he didn’t tell me why so I didn’t pressure him to answer. I just want to get out of here fast.

My father faced the door and put his hand on to it. He chanted something and the door bolted open. I was amazed because I thought my father is just a crazy old man but he is more than that. Beyond the door, it was unexpectedly a temple. Who the heck builds a temple underground? A cult? Yeah, maybe an ancient cult praising the gods to aid them in achieving their goal. I have an ominous feeling about this temple. The temple is painted in purple and a statue is placed at the far end of the temple. The statue holds a scythe the same weapon of Death. This temple gave me chills and it is overflowing with power. But my father was still focused and wander around the temple. He was like in a hurry searching corner after corner of the temple. There is a large box at the center of the temple and I think there is Chronosphere located. My father and I went near the box. It was covered with gold coating and has strange markings around it. My father told me to stay away from the box because he has to do something about it. I think he’s going to use some magic again but nope it’s not. It’s more than magic because it’s a magic weapon. He removed his pendant on his neck and it materialized into a bronze sword. He called it a celestial bronze and it has many magical properties that can evil kill a god. He begins to slice the box with the sword horizontally and there is the stone we are looking for. The stone is shone with purple light and when we remove the stone from the box, the statue’s eyes lighted up. I was amazed and also angry about how a lot of secrets my father hid from me. It’s like I don’t know who are my ancestors, my family and even myself. I was planning after we get out of here, I am going to ask a lot of questions to my father but everything’s changed when the door behind us swung open.

A man seven inches tall was standing behind the door. He was wearing a robe and holding a rapier still covered in blood. I have a very bad feeling about this man. I can sense his intention to kill whoever stands in his way. The man shouted to us to give him the stone but we refused to give it to him. We spend a lot of effort and sacrifices just to find the stone and we are just going to give it to a stranger. No way! He was furious about our answer and begun to move towards us raising his sword to my father. They engage in combat while I was there defenseless and don’t know what to do. My father summoned a strong wind that threw the enemy to the wall. He attacked the enemy in his shoulder, leaving him bleeding on it. The enemy is now very angry and he attacked my father again but this time he was faster than before that caught my father defenseless. My father didn’t have time to defend so he sacrificed his left hand wherein it was cut by the enemy. I was devasted and angry but I can’t do anything. I don’t know how to use the powers of my ancestors and even to wield swords. My father was having difficulty maintaining his balance standing because he lost a lot of blood now. He ordered me to use the stone to get out of here. I was confused for I don’t know how to use the stone and he attacked the enemy once more with more force. The enemy laughed at how my father is fighting. He is at the disadvantage because he can’t use lightning because we are underground but despite it, my father still gave his best. I tried to figure out how to use this stone while my father is buying some time for us to find a way to escape. After ten minutes, I’ve figured out when I closed my eyes that you must channel your soul to the stone. I saw my ancestors telling me to put some of my powers to the stone and I did what they told me to do. The stone shone in yellow light now and sadly, my father is losing the battle. He commanded me to escape now because he knows that he will not survive that long. I channel my soul to the stone and I began to fade out from the temple. The last thing I saw before I faded was a rapier impaled to my father’s heart. I cried and I don’t know what to do anymore. There are a lot of questions that have not yet answered and I don’t even know where this stone will be going to take me.

After some hours, I begin to materialized and I found myself surrounded by a lot of people chanting words I don’t understand. Several minutes later, an announcer spoke that the games will begin now and I saw a gladiator in front of me ready to kill someone. I look around and I only found myself and the gladiator in the arena. Oh shit! I think I am now in the past and I am surely going to die here right now.

Note: this is a continuation of the A Journey to the Unknown