Cold.

thats how Chen felt.

The cave was sickenly cold and damp.His clothes were covered in ickly slim like water.It shined a nasty gray.The place smelled of rotten food and decayed bodies.He was nestled down in this wooden contraption that had him suspended in the air.It was like a sphere hamack with no opening.

He stretched his arms through the wooden bars to reach out to the rough cave walls.He finally stopped trying once his arm began to hurt from constantly trying.Frustrated he shook the cage yelled out curses.He sat down with a huff picking up his earpiecw that was covered in slim.He twisted his nose up sighing.

he looked foward to see two silver eyes staring back him.A young girl no more than the age of Nao was standing in another cage across from him.Her brown hair was dishelved and her clothes were raggady.Her body was covered in grim and blood.Her ankles held broken chains.She was a prisoner as well.

“Hi, whats your name?”Chen said leaning towards her way.She hissed and he immediately back away from the child.She back away in her cage until he couldnt quite see her in the shadows.He could tell she was still eyeing him suspiciously.

“Who are you?”Her voice was weak and timid.She slowlr revealed a small portion of her face.She was shaking.

“Jongdae of the 2nd household of Dermines.”He hoped she would recognize his status in society but it only seemed to confuse her even more.She quickly looked between the two passageways of black rocks and water as if search for someone.

“You arent an illusion?”

An illusion.

It reminded him of how he had gotten into this situation in the first place.Trolls best weapons were illusions.He shook his head and the girl let out a breathe of relief.

“You must be who they were talk about.”He raised an eyebrow confused.Was this planned?He needed to get some information about the situation from this girl.Something told him she had something to do with it as well.Trolls only feasted on creatures they deemed worthy.

“Who was talking about me?”

“These... Monsters said they would capture someone.They’ve been talking about it for weeks.”She said looking at her feet.He narrowed his eyes.He took a look at his surroundings.If trolls had been planning his capture for a while it would take time for him