The Forbidden Land ||on hold|| ~BOOK #1~ [The DARK CREATURES series]

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"Stronger than iron
Crueler than death
Sweeter than springtime
It lives beyond breath"- Juliet Marillier❤️
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Great walls were rising from the ground. Thick, tall, scary...they were surronding the place. Green vines were growing on the stone and by the look of the place, it is strange to see anythimg alive there.
However, there was something else that looked alive. The manuscripts and markings carved on the walls were...talking. All the writing had a language of their own, a story of their own. They were writen by the ancient, -the people say- but we know better.
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The markings were carved by the thousands of creatures and men, who were desperate, cold, not knowing how much time would they have before they were killed. Butchered. Slaughterd by the army of the Dark King. The writing was the only memory of them.

They were brought there for information, taken away from their homes, their families. They were taught that if they give the right information they would be set free. LIES. They all told the King that the son of Malisar was dead, along with his mother-every one thought so too-
But when the King found out that Tath Dragon was alive, he thought that the prisoners had lied to him and He ordered that each of them shoud be killed or burned with dragon fire.

And that is the harsh truth that not many of us know.
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Far north from where I and Garon were, in the land of shadows, Ben finally woke up from his sleep.
A rough wind cut in his clothes as he was getting on his feet.

He made a few steps ahead and heared something cracking under his feet. As he lowered his sight, he remain frozen. Skulls and bones were all over the place. Every step you made, made you break someone's face or hand or any other part of the body. Ben panicked. Running over dead bodies and bones isn't as easy as you would think. It takes strength . Powerfull mental strength. He took deep breaths and looked around, trying to figure out where e was. He saw he was surrounded by gigantic stone walls. It looked like he was in some kind of arena.
I am trapped...all this skulls...am, am I going to die too? A chill ran through him at the thought of DEATH. I can't just die! I am too young!!

As he was thinking of depressing things, the ground beneath him began to tremble. The walls were moving and they made a huge path-way.

Ben waited a few minutes yet nothing went in and nothing got out. It was like the path was made for him.
"This is not right, why would someone capture me and then just let me out?" he said in a low voice.

"I am not letting you out" a deep and dark voice spoke.

Ben looked around but he could see nothing. Am I hearing voices? I am going ceazy, aren't I?

No. Not yet. the same voice answered.
If you can solve my riddle, I shall let you go.

"A riddle? Is this some kind of a game? Is this how you play with all your toys? Well I am not your puppet! Ben shouted, still searching for the mystery voice.

Oh but you are, my puppet. And yes, it is a game.If you resist till the end, I will let you free, the mystery voice spoke again.

"Resist? What do you mean reaist?

Guess my riddle and you will see.

Ben nodded and the ground begun to shake again. This time, a stone table was formed in the middle of the arena.
Ben quickly ran towards it, ignoring the bones.

He found a piece of paper whitch said:
"Many have heared me,
But no one has seen me,
And I will not speak back until spoken to"

After a few minutes of thinking, Ben said.
"Echo! The answer is ECHO!

Very good. Very good indeed.

In that moment, two orcs came out of the path way. They carried wepons as well.

"What is this?" Ben said frustrated, "You said if I solve you riddle you will free me!"

Well, this is the resisting part that I was telling you about. Every time you solve a riddle, you will have the chance at your freedom. The voice said with happines.

"And what happens if I don't solve a riddle?" The young man asked ,although he didn't need an answer.

And with that, the orcs charged towards Ben and his fight for survival begun.

A/N
Hey guys! Hope you like this chapter as much as I do :3 again, thanks for the support and the hope you are giving me. LOVE ya'❤️
P.S: write in the coments if you can guess the answer to the riddle given as quote at the begining of the chapter. 😁✌🏻️
~Dragon