72 Cat / Tiger - 1
"Illusion?"
"Hmm.....There is a possibility"
That's what Eli suddenly thought and looked around to see any prison cell present but he couldn't see so,
'.....'
He threw a fireball to the side to see if any prison cell was present but to his surprise, the fireball disappeared.
"....I see" Eli nodded his head.
And he looked at the Door in front of him and walked towards it, was about to touch it but,
"I guess, everything here must be an illusion to draw the escapee here and..." Eli pointed his hand near the door and fire a water bullet at it with full force.
'...'
The water bullet passed through the door while the door distorted a little bit and return to normal.
"....shit"
During the time door was distorted, Eli could see the sharp long tooth.
"It must be the boss monster of the 'ghostcat'..." Eli didn't know what their name was, so he named them 'GhostCat".
"....how should I break this illusion?" Eli muttered and pondered.
But he didn't get any idea to break this Illusion...so he took a rest before taking any other actions.
'Deep Exhale'
~pant~
~pant~
Eli slowly sat down and waited for a few minutes.
....
"Hey!" Eli shouted at the door.
'....'
"Can you please stop this illusion?" Eli asked.
'....'
"Come on, I know you are an intelligent being just like your minions"
'....'
"I am not here to hurt anyone....unless they hurt me first"
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"I am definitely not stronger than you, so why bother with illusion?"
'....'
"sigh, If you want something and if it is within my power, I will give it to you"
'....'
But nothing worked out, so he stood up and walked towards the path he came then stood at the narrow path but before entering,
'Let's give a final one....if it didn't 'deep breath' I will come later' He thought and,
"Hello, Mr. Big Ghost Cat!" Eli shouted with frustration....but this time,
"Who are you calling a cat, Human?" A majestic voice resounded throughout the area.
"...." Eli thought, 'Did that worked?....I can hear, let's catch the end rope..' with that he took a few seconds to do something and then turned.
"I am calling you, a Big Ghost CAT" Eli shouted at the end.
".....you have some nerve to call like that when you are just a punny human" Angry could be sensed in its tone.
"If I am a punny human then you are Big CAT, right?" Eli asked smugly as he walked towards the door.
"ENOUGH!" it shouted as the illusion disappeared.
Eli looked at a 20 feet Cat or more like a tiger because it has tattoos on its shiny white fur and its eyes shined dark blue, long teeth and big sharp nails that could slice him half.
'gulp'
Eli gulped inwardly, 'I would be fucking dead, if not the chains hold its body...' Eli thought as looked at the chain holding his limbs and neck and, 'and what's more if I entered the door then I straightly entering my grave....' He sweated as thought because it opened its mouth a few millimetres away from the illusionary door.
"Hello" Eli waved its hand.
"..." The Tiger looked at him but didn't say anything.
"Hello" Eli again waved its hand.
"...What?"
"You can speak...." Eli raised his eyebrows.
"....." The tiger didn't reply.
"I don't want to fight....all I need is any paper that hides in here" Eli said while looking at the surrounding which was still dark.
"....You just called me, Cat and now you want my help....you people always like that" the tiger snorted.
"...you just called me, Human because I looked like a human...and the same can be said to you who looked like a big cat..." Eli tried to reason with the tiger but,
"Don't call me cat again!" the tiger shouted.
"....sigh, My name is Asher Eli. What is yours?" Eli introduced himself.
"...." the tiger didn't answer anything.
"Then Big cat....." Eli smiled as he said.
"I am not a Big Cat" the tiger again shouted.
"hmmm, then what's your name?" Eli asked innocently.
"..." the tiger just snorted.
'This is not going anywhere' Eli thought and sat on the ground while trying to annoy the tiger.
"Hey, Big C-guy, who are you?"
"..."
"Why are you here?"
"..."
"Who put you in this dungeon?"
"..."
"Why is your fur shining?"
"..."
"You know your fur gave majestic aura...as I was mesmerised when I saw that"
"...I know" The tiger suddenly had a smug face.
"Yes, your fur and your teeth clearly gave off a dangerous aura as if no one worthy to touch it" Eli who caught its attention tried to make it friendly.
"..Yes, that's what they say in my hometown" the tiger said with melancholy.
"I see. They are right" Eli nodded as if he understood something.
"Yup, they would be scared to touch my furs and with a single growl from me they runway like a scary cat" The tiger was amused.
"That means you must be stronger than anyone else, right?"
"Haha...I am strongest in my hometown, everyone pisses themself when they see me" the tiger laughed.
"But why are you here then?"
"Well, what can I tell, due to my naughtiness they sacrificed me to the gods" the tiger said with a sad face.
"....then why are you here?" Eli frowned.
"I woke up suddenly here with chains after my people sacrificed me" The tiger said flatly.
"....I see" Eli didn't understand but let this matter aside for now.
"Do you want to be free?" Eli questioned.
".....Well, I don't know myself...Initially, I was in a rage that someone locked me here but as time passed...I gradually accepted this life also" The tiger with lonesome.
"I see....I heard that someone already killed the boss of the dungeon?" Eli asked the important question because, during his time in Division, he did read and heard about the Boss of the Dungeon Prison already dead and the Dungeon still functioning due to Boss's Soul Cyrstal.
"I don't know if they killed me then even if with my soul crystal, it wouldn't sustain the dungeon"
"Is that so" Eli muttered.
"hmmm...after a long time, I spoke with a person. Even though you are weak, If you want anything ask right away" The tiger acted proudly even though it needs help first.
"....Is there any book or torn papers hidden here?" Eli hesitantly asked.
"Hmmm..if you are looking for that then...it's here" the tiger answered while pondering.
"Where?" Eli's eyes shined with hope.
"Under my back left paw" as it moved its paw slightly.
"Oh..." Eli was about to walk then suddenly stopped.
"What happened?" the tiger asked.
"Well, you won't hurt me, right?" Eli doubted.
"....Who knows?" The tiger smiled as it showed its sharp canines.
"...." Eli startled.
"sigh, come on.." Eli was annoyed by its teasing.
"Hahah.....why do you want that?" The tiger asked with amusement.
"Well...I want to know whether the resurrection is possible or not" Eli said with hopeful expression.
"...."
"Is that so" The tiger also muttered and looked upward.
"...."
"Hey...Hu- Asher Eli"
"Yes?"
"I want to see the outside world"
"I thought, you are settled with this lifestyle"
"...Yes, I may like here. But you made me remember something, something I have long forgotten..." The tiger didn't get into details.
"..." Eli also didn't ask anything more.
"I can see your pure heart...can you take me out?" The tiger asked.
'Pure heart?..ah', He thought and said, "I can if you don't cause any problem" gently.
"hahah...The humans until now scared of me or tried to use or suppress me but you want to help without knowing me...you are truly foolish...Asher Eli but I like it" The tiger laughed at Eli's idiocy.
"....hahah" Eli awkwardly laughed.
"Well then, I want to you touch my head" The tiger said.
"...Ok" Eli thought about the cat biting him but he shrugged it off because he could see the longing in its eyes.
Eli slowly walked towards the giant tiger and looked at its eyes straight and slowly touched it, between the eyebrows.
"....." The tiger muttered something then blue light covered both of them.
'ssssshhhhh'
But,
'cchuukkk'
"Naive..Human"
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