The time seemed so long in the perpetual darkness, surrounded by eerie silence broken only by the occasional sound of dripping water.
Zeryon moved deeper into the underworld, the darkness grew thicker, and the air grew colder.
He came to a massive cavern, the walls of which were studded with glittering crystals that gave off a faint blue light.
The past few days he always returned to the place where the connecting portal with the earth's surface was located. But there was no sign of the portal.
Meanwhile, Zeryon's health was getting worse. He should had gotten better after his body cells received air and nutrition from the world where he came from, but somehow, he looked even more unhealthy.
Maybe it's because he's used to the air on the earth's surface, snowdrops or the sun's heat.
Zeryon took out a crystal from his shirt pocket. The shiny object he found while on his way to find a way out.
