In the darkness

Erya’s lips stretched into a nasty grin. - Did you really think that I would help you? The Wizard of the Lake opened my eyes! You can’t trust anyone! You have to do everything yourself! When you save people, Sasha, where is the guarantee that you will not become a new oppressor? Madan, I have always been in your shadow! Nobody noticed me! I’ve always envied you! But before I couldn’t do anything, but now I have incredible power at my disposal! I will destroy you and seize power in the world! — she shouted. - Sister, don’t! Come to your senses! — Madan begged, horrified. - You are no longer my brother! Say goodbye to your lives! — The blonde said with a grin. By that time there was no one on the square. Erya took off, and a ball of energy formed in her hands, it kept growing. Madan frowned, took the sword in his hands and stood in a fighting position. Sasha closed her eyes and prepared to use force, but the villain took advantage of her “friend’s” blindness. She sent a huge ball at Sasha, and the girl lost consciousness. *** - Then you are no longer my sister either! Madan swung his long sword, but did not have time to hit the target. The energy knocked him off his feet and he fell into the water. Erya burst into devilish laughter. She lifted her brother into the air and began sending daggers at him, not allowing him to rest. Madan wriggled like he was in a frying pan, and so far he was doing well. But he realized that he wouldn’t last long like this. But Erye was apparently tired of the games. She turned her brother upside down, so that the sword almost fell out of his hand, and her head began to spin, and slowly flew up to him. - Well, brother, I proved that I’m better than you. Now all creatures of the world will know my name. I will enslave them! And now you will die. Although no, I will make an obedient servant out of you. Domestic animal. In any case, I will destroy you mentally! — the girl decided. Madan shrank inside, but tried not to show it. It was not enough for my younger sister to be afraid. But Erya caught this emotion and burst out laughing. The young man gathered all his will into a fist and, with considerable effort, raised the sword. Erya grinned. - You can’t do anything to me! I’m immortal! - It seems you skipped history classes. This sword is capable of killing even immortals. He swung and cut off his sister’s head. With an inhuman scream, she burned, and Madan fell into the water. *** - Sasha… Lex, get up! The girl woke up to someone patting her on the face. She sat down. - What’s happened? Where is Erya? — she asked immediately. - I… I killed her. We are safe now, — Madan said hesitantly. - Were you able to kill your sister? Are you strong enough? — the girl was horrified. - She joined the dark side. I had to do it. Although, I admit, it was really terrible, — the guy said, immediately becoming sad. — Now what? - I was hoping Erya would take us to Emrant. But now we’ll have to get into the palace and find the entrance to the dungeon, — Sasha suggested. - Why do you think that the entrance there is in the palace? Okay though. You have good intuition. Can’t we swim across the water? There are guards in the palace! — Madan exclaimed. - It’s unlikely we’ll make it. And you can outwit the guards, — Lex said with a sly grin. - But how to outwit the guards? The strongest and smartest goblins are hired for this position! — said the young man. - I think we can handle it. What physical laws apply here that can help us? — Sasha asked. - Well, here the force of gravity to the Earth is not very strong, — Madan said doubtfully. - Seriously? Why didn’t you say it before? This is wonderful! So we can take off? — the girl asked with delight. - Not really. Just jump high, but in some cases you can hover a little in the air, — the guy explained. - It’s still good. Let’s jump up and make our way into the palace without going through the gate. But where is the best and safest place to climb? — Sasha asked. - Somewhere in the back. There are different corridors, we’ll go through them to the dungeon, — Madan suggested hesitantly. - Sure? Do you know the diagram of the palace? — Lex asked, noticing her friend’s confusion. - No, but, definitely, we need to go down somewhere. And then we’ll figure it out! — Trying to cheer up his friend, the blond answered. - OK. There’s no one in the square anymore, we can start, — the girl decided. Madan rolled up to one of the windows on the second floor of the palace and froze. - Are you ready? This seems to be a corridor, there are almost no guards in this part of the palace, — Madan said quietly. - Ready. Who’s up first? — Sasha answered just as quietly. - You. I’ll help you and hold the boat, — the guy offered. Sasha jumped and almost gasped in surprise. She flew up three meters! Despite her surprise, she managed to grab the window sill. The window was slightly open. Lex pulled herself up and tumbled inside. Her companion followed her. They looked around. Madan was wrong. This was not a corridor. The room was furnished very richly. You can’t see much in the darkness, but Sasha saw huge shelves of books and an oak table, in front of which they fell. There was a bed against the opposite wall, with someone lying on it. He was most likely asleep and did not wake up during the break-in. The guys were scared. The girl explained with signs to her friend that she needed to leave. They quietly, trying not to make noise, moved towards the door, when suddenly a loud voice was heard: - Who is there? Come out! The guys froze and turned around. The young man lying on the bed woke up and sat, looking at them and pointing a pistol at his friends. - Surrender, or I’ll shoot! I’ll call the guards! The guys raised their hands. Sasha was finally able to look at this young man. A brunette with eyes as blue as the sky. He was very handsome, but he looked tired, and the bags under his eyes slightly spoiled his appearance. - Who you are? Answer! Deciding not to test the patience of the guy who seemed to be a prince, Sasha replied: - We… we are residents of Lyoward. We wanted… to play, and… we climbed in here! Please have mercy! The prince frowned. — Play? At your age, it’s time to stop playing games like this. Come on, boy, tell me, why are you here? Your girlfriend seems to be a liar! Madan turned pale. - Your Highness Prince Eric, have mercy! We just wanted to see what the palace was like from the inside! - Well, I can’t get the truth out of you. Leave before I change my mind and put you in prison! Madan obeyed and had already thrown one leg over the windowsill when Sasha could not stand it. She took advantage of the fact that the prince had put away the gun and quickly approached him, squeezing his throat. - So, child (Sasha noticed that the young man was no more than 14 years old), lead us to the dungeon. We urgently need to go there. But when we leave, don’t you dare call security, do you understand me? — Lex spoke quietly, afraid that they would be heard, but firmly. The boy nodded, and tears flowed from his eyes. Sasha felt sorry for him. After all, he didn’t do anything wrong, he even let them go, and she treats him like this. But maybe he treats people like cattle. Although, it’s unlikely. Madan fearfully approached them and bowed to the prince. Sasha, still holding him by the throat, said: - He can give us away. But we need his help. What should we do with it? Madan responded without hesitation: - Don’t know. Actually, this is all wrong. If they catch us, they will kill us. Lex, realizing that her friend would not offer anything useful, took the pistol from the nightstand and leaned it against the prince’s temple. After checking that it was charged, she released her grip. - You will be caught and tortured. You… will regret sneaking in here! — the prince whispered whining. - They won’t get caught. Bypass the guards and lead us into the dungeon, quickly! — Lex ordered. Sobbing, the guy got out of bed. Sasha put her hand on his shoulder and pressed the gun into his head. - If you make even one sound, I’ll shoot you! Madan stood up on weak legs. A strange procession moved towards the exit from the chambers. Eric walked hesitantly along the corridors, trying not to move his head again. Once they almost caught the eye of the guards, but the prince turned into some nook in time, and everything turned out okay. Ten minutes later they arrived at a massive oak door surrounded by a force field. Eric touched it with his hand and it disappeared. Probably reading DNA. The guy walked up to the door and took a bunch of keys hanging on the handle. He turned them over for a long time, but found the right one. Eric inserted the key into the keyhole and, after turning it several times, opened the door. - I brought you to the dungeon, let me go! — whispered the prince. Sasha was about to put the gun away, when suddenly Madan said: - He’ll run after the guards now! At the same moment, steps were heard in the corridor, and Madan grabbed Sasha and the prince by the hands and dragged them into the passage. Sasha slammed the door tightly. The guys felt that the force field had appeared again.