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Chapter 3 - 3: Lands Between

As he walked, he came across two more dead men with nothing but their swords. Quickly finishing them off, he walked forward onto the stone bridge he had seen earlier. At the other side stood another man, as if waiting for Sasuke. 

'How many of them are there?' He asked himself, stabbing the dead-like soldier in the head and retrieving his blade. Not long after, he reached another opening where bushes grew, covering most of the floor. In front of him, a dead-like man knelt, clawing at the ground. 

Not giving much thought, he cut the man's head off and looked at the man limping a bit farther away between the bushes. 'This would be a nice place to be stealthy...' He thought to himself before shaking his head. 'It's only one.' 

Jumping into a bush, he ran towards the man and stabbed him in the back, kicking it away to pull his blade out. [+11]

Walking forward, he killed two more men and stopped in front of a small statue of a woman surrounded by candles, as if giving light to the statue. The statue's arms had fallen off, giving it the looks of a battle fallen person. 

"Whatever..." Sasuke muttered and continued on, only to stop a few feet away as the pathway was blocked by yellow covered mist that fell from the ceiling. Frowning, Sasuke carefully put his katana's blade through the mist. Not feeling anything on the other side, he walks through.

Clang clang.

Instantly, his attention gets captured by the sound of steel clinging together. Looking up, he spots a soldier gripping the biggest sword he had seen with two hands. "What the hell?" Sasuke muttered adjusting his stance. 

[Soldier of Godrick]

Words appeared above his head. 

The soldier stopped close to Sasuke and lifted his sword into the air before bringing it down. It was slow enough for Sasuke to simply step aside. 

Bang! 

The sword crashed against the ground with a thud. Sasuke narrowed his eyes as the Soldier struggled and slowly lifted up the heavy sword. 'He's slow.' Sasuke thought and sung his sword from above, striking the soldier's shoulder. The healthbar instantly lost a third of it's red color. 

'He's extremely weak...' He thought, not giving the soldier enough time to ready himself as he swung his sword horizontally, cutting the soldier's hip, causing him to lose another third of his health. 

The soldier staggered back for a second and gripped his sword. Taking a leap forward, the soldier's foot planted to the ground, giving him momentum to swing the giant sword. 

Sasuke lifted his katana, blocking the swing, only for him to be sent backwards. 'The hell?' He thought, looking at the grooves he left in the ground after he slid back. 'I guess he sacrificed speed for strength.' He thought, ducking under the soldier's swing just in time as the blade cut the tips of his hairs. 

Crouching in front of the soldier, Sasuke stabs his katana into the soldier's stomach. Blood sprayed on Sasuke's face, but he paid it no mind as he ripped the blade back. 

Dong!

a Loud sound rings in Sasuke's ears as yellow letters covered his sights.

[ENEMY FELLED] It read out as a golden light shot towards Sasuke's body. [+400] 

"Whoah... 400 for killing him..." Sasuke muttered before looking around the area. Seeing nothing else, he walks forward. Going trough, he sees the same spot where he woke up in a puddle of water. 

'So it loops around...' He thought and looked at the door on the other side of the cave. Opening it up, he walks forward and goes up a flight of stairs to his left. 

The first ting he saw was the floating golden light. "Another one?" He muttered and went to touch it. Closing his eyes, he feels the warmth traveling through his body. This time though, the warmth feels more prominent. 

Opening his eyes with a frown, Sasuke glanced down at where he was struck with an arrow, only to see nothing there. "I'm healed?" He asked himself and looked towards his right where three arcs were covered from top to bottom with white mist. 

Reaching towards it, he tries putting his hand through it, only for it to stop as if touching a wall. 'What's this...' He thought and glanced to a small statue of two Imps on top of each other. 

'Wait...' He thought back to one of the keepsakes he could've chosen. 'The Stonesword key was explained that it's used to remove the seal on the Imp statues... So this place is locked down forever?' He thought to himself. 'Should I have chosen the key?' 

Shaking his head he didn't dwell on it since he couldn't change it. 'But this place...' He glanced at the floating light. 'It has powers to fully heal people...' And he glances at the Imp statue. 'And powers to seal off places with mist... Where is this?' 

As he was deep in thought, a small purple light from his side drew his attention. Turning to it, he saw a burnt corpse sitting against the wall with a purple light coming from it's lap. Slowly walking towards it, Sasuke reached out and touched the light. 

[Acquired: Finger severer - Send oneself home.] 

Words appeared in front of him with an image if a small golden dagger. Raising an eyebrow, Sasuke read the words. 'Home? Does this send me back home?' He thought and looked around for the dagger. 'Where is it though?' He thought before more words lit up in his sight, replacing the Finger Severer. 

[Equipment]

[Inventory]

[Status]

 'What's this? Equipment?' At the thought, the words changed to images of his katana, a bow, a shield and many more things. 

'So this is what I currently have equiped?' He thought to himself and looked at the medallion with red dots. [Crimson Amber Medallion - Raises maximum HP] 'My keepsake...' Glancing more down, he spots two flasks right below the medallion. One red and one blue. 

[Flask of Crimson Tears - Restores HP]

"What?!" Sasuke let out. "So this heals me..." He looks back at the floating light. "Like this thing?" he asks himself. Narrowing his eyes, Sasuke thought of a way to use it and it appeared in his left hand. Raising his eyebrows at the sudden appearance, Sasuke tightened his grip around his katana. 

'Only one way to find out...' He thought and sent the Crimson Flask back into his inventory before taking off his left glove and cutting a wound on his palm. Ignoring the slight pain, he summoned the Flask again and poured a bit of it onto the wound, watching on in awe as the wound closed up within a second. 

'So it does...' He thought and sent it back before thinking of the other options he saw. 'Inventory.' He thought and the images in front of him changed. The first Image he saw was the Finger Severer he picked up. Thinking about it, it materialized in his left hand. 

'How do I use this?' he thought, gripping it and swinging it once in the air. The blade left a trail of golden specks for a second before his sight went black.

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