Chapter 42: Assasination attempt: Mirror World (Part 2 of 3)
So there are no working mirrors in this spell, and it's also confirmed that there's a lack of reflections of any kind for whatever reason. The staff working around the mansion are also unable to see me or notice that I'm gone, which means I'm probably still near the garden somewhere, but then where am I?
Is this place even moving my natural body around, or is it only tracking my soul somehow? If nobody is wondering where I am for more than twenty minutes, it could be safe to assume I'm still safe or someone knows where I am, which can only mean one thing. I'm under an illusion type of spell.
Let's say for the sake of argument that I'm under some sort of illusion spell cast by that despicable church guy, something still doesn't add up. Why would they want me dead in the first place, and also, why would they want to lead my soul outside if they already have control over my mind?
What could the outside of this mansion space mean, and why can't they simply take me outside by force? Is there something preventing them from doing that, or is it that they want to do what I think is the ultimate reason they even want to lead me away from my actual body?
The main reason they even want me to see all of these things before killing me if they really can't use anything but the red light is the fact that they think they can absolutely kill me no matter what; otherwise, it would make no sense to try and kill me when they know I will tell everyone about it if I survive.
The balls on that man for thinking he can kill me so quickly are to be respected. I'll give him that for sure. Leaving that aside, I still don't know what to do about the light until I notice it gone again, but this time, after looking around, I don't see it on me or anything. It's just gone, but something else appears in the distance.
{Eight Trigrams - Naoki Sato} (Kisshou Hakke - Blood-C} +++
A large fat woman with long hair and an ugly face appeared on the other side of the mansion as well as on another one at the end of the hallway I was running toward, which only freaked me out a lot more than anything else; what the hell were those things?!
Seeing no clear way out of the illusion, I finally give in and try to summon whatever bit of power I might have left in me, but nothing works at all. It's like my power is locked away, unable to be accessed, like the stream of darkness is cut off from me, only frustrating me further, and that's when I notice the creatures slowly walking toward me through the hallways.
"Come on! Darkness magic! Covered in darkness! COME ON! RESPOND TO ME DAMN IT!" Tired of much previous running and confusion, I desperately try to summon any sort of spell I can remember, but nothing manifests whenever I try to summon valuable anything to try and fight the monster slowly crawling my way.
"Holy magic! Come on! At least you have to work! COME ON! HOLY MAGIC!" I once again try to use another one of my streams of magic flow, but nothing responds to me, only frustrating me even further, making me realize that I will not have an easy way out of this trouble like always.
Whoever the caster was, they clearly had thought of everything I might try to use, but then why would they show me all of this thing before summoning actual monsters to attack me? Whoever the caster is clearly is taking their sweet time, killing me. They are still thinking they got this on the bag, don't they?
"You think I'm afraid of some bizarre monsters bitch!? I'll fight them with my hands if I have to! Once I get out of your spell, I'm going to fucking kill you! So do you damn worst, you coward!" Out of frustration, I let my emotions take over me, which only seems to power up the creatures even more as they speed up their walking pace.
Could my level of frustration be related to the power of the damn things attacking me? I was starting to get more frustrated when the red dot disappeared and was replaced with these fat women now dangerously close to me, which only creeps me out even more.
The fat women were big, about three meters tall (Nearly ten feet in freedom units). Not only were they tall and wide-bodied, but they also had a sinister smile plastered over their crooked face. Their hair looked thinned out, and their bodies seemed so slimy it was repulsive to look at.
Once the fat ladies were about to grab me away, I simply looked down the balcony of the garden. I jumped down to the ground below the garden, which seemed to piss off the monsters that didn't seem able to jump down like I could, which was a noticeable difference between them and the dot.
The red dot would've followed me down here no matter what, but these creatures are unable to follow me in the same fashion, so I could potentially use that to my advantage.
Soon, the fat ladies suddenly appeared in the downstairs hallways and slowly made their way toward me again, but now, knowing their weakness, I didn't fear them as much, which seemed to slow them down.
So, to recap, I'm trapped in an illusion that is cast by that church guy who wants me to go outside the mansion so they can quickly get rid of me or lead me into a trap for whatever reason. The illusion world lacks reflections and mirrors of any kind, and there are things or creatures designed to kill me and feed off my fear or negative emotions, better said.
{Low of Solipsism II - Yoshihisa Hirano}
Okay, fine. It's good to know all of those things, but how do I get out of this trap? I don't see myself having the stamina necessary to run away from danger for much longer, and my courage is slowly regressing as I see no way out of here, which only powers the creatures up even further. Damn it, it's such a perfect trap.
If I try to run away, I will eventually run out of stamina, but if I try stuff and it doesn't work, I will get frustrated, which will only make the things trying to kill me stronger. It's a chokehold strategy. So first things first. I have to calm down! I must not let fear take over, or I lose!
But what can I do besides run away and panic? None of my powers seem to respond to this illusion! I seem to be unable to get a hold of either stream of energy, so this world must be something other than a simple low-level illusion. Come on, Yoimiya, think!
There are no mirrors in this world, and there are no reflections. No mirrors in the world? Why wouldn't there be mirrors in this world? What do the mirrors have to do with this whole thing? Where did the staff go now that I noticed? There's no longer any staff walking around the halls.
The ladies soon start to get too close to me, but this time, instead of running away, I try to throw a rock at one of them, which gets absorbed by their bodies as a body of water or slime would. Suddenly, the creature, however, grabs my left hand and twists it up in a sadistic fashion, which causes me tremendous pain.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!! AHHHHHHGG! GOD! IF YOU'RE OUT THERE! HELP ME!" I scream with all my might, but nothing happens as the lady lets go of me, throwing me against the wall upstairs, letting me go. For this time, it seemed like these things were toying with me?!
Once I'm up in the balcony area again, I look at my arm and notice it's all bloodied and that my entire arm is dislocated. Goddamn it, whoever is trying to kill me not only wishes for me to die, but they are also enjoying playing around with me. Damn them! I will kill them if I make it out! UGGGHH!
The pain on my left arm is intense; it feels all too real not to be from my actual body; screw the theory of this being my soul; it's my natural body somehow because souls don't bleed! For a moment, however, I can't think of much but the pain as it burns my entire insides with nothing but intolerable pain.
However, just as when they first appeared on the bottom floor, the ladies soon appeared on the upper floor once again; the one who broke my arm only laughed at itself as it licked its fingers clean, enjoying the flavor of my blood like a psycho.