The others followed closely behind him, the big guy taking last place and the little guy still in invisible mode, his location unknown.
Suddenly the moment lady cat from behind Skylar jumped and landed on the golden altar the white furs on the back of her head to her spine and her tail furs stand erect like a cat in fight mode. Her mystical eyes which the others couldn't see as she is backing them welcomed a black flaming spiky ring that encircle her ruby vertical-slit pupils.
(Meow "That crazy serpent is coming") this she said as she relaxed her muscles and faced the others. She elaborated (Meow "for some reason the moment this great me stepped on this altar, this great me can sense what's happening outside the ruin..."
"You are saying your senses were amplified and your sixth sense was triggered?" Skylar chimed in as he also jumped onto the altar.
He placed is hand on the altar and after some time he faced the others and addressed them "i have two information for everyone. One, i know how to get us out of here easily but there is a possibility it might me be dangerous. Two, the bitch, sorry, the serpent is coming here with her army of giant snakes and she will reach here probably in an hour..." He paused, moved to another location on the golden altar and continued "...this altar is obviously a signal amplifier and i won't delve into how it works some of us should have an idea of what i am talking about. In short to activate this guy we need blood like i mentioned before, but we don't have to kill someone to get blood. To use this guy, there are a hundred and eight quadrant sectioned on it with a respective unique glyph that serves a particular function i have no idea of right now. But one thing i know is, there is this one function that when its carved depression on the altar is filled with blood, can surely get us out of here..."
(Meow "There is no way we can fill that thing unless we really sacrifice someone.") lady cat interrupted his lecture and moved closer to him.
Well there is one thing they don't know or have not thought of... If we all donate a fraction of our blood we might be able to activate this guy and still keep our lives... But everything i have deduced so far are mere speculations, the people that offer sacrifice in exchange for an exit might have been lucky the quadrant that got filled first is the one that let them out... And the unlucky others... Well, they might have experienced something else...
Skylar turned to them and smile. "We are not going to do that." He paused and pointed below him at one of the quadrants. "Here, we fill this place first and see what happens"
I need reference... If i understand what this glyph does, i should be able to find the one that will get us out of here... But i hope we don't trigger a trap...
Skylar led the others as he cut his wrist with an energy blade and let his blood on the golden altar. And the others
followed suit.
Spilling my blood might have been a bad idea... I feel dizzy and this hunger is starting to get out of control...
A few seconds after everyone contributed and complete the task and moved a bit far away from the altar; the altar vibrated first then suddenly shined brightly that its golden light illuminated the broken inner heavens above and flooded every inch of the sacred ground, Skylar and his group included.
"Fu.k, wrong choice." Skylar muttered after the altar ended its performance and like his voice were a trigger, intense earthquakes seized and rocked every inch of the ruin.
(Meow "What is happening?") lady cat asked, but the earthquake mocked her as It continued for a while before it suddenly stopped.
At the same time outside the ruin; the army of snakes that have arrived for quiet sometime like they receive a
signal all rushed into the ruin orderly the moment the earthquake ended.
Now, inside the ruin; Skylar yelled "Mr Rabbit follow me, everyone else they are coming from all angle. They are two, i repeat their are two forces in action"
(Meow "My mate, what do you mean two forces?") lady cat question got no answer as Skylar in no time as reached the top of the altar.
Not long after, many large pits started appearing on the earth outside the sacred ground surrounded by the stone structure, inside the stone structure included but never the sacred ground. The others saw this and they waited patiently for what's up, while Skylar atop the golden altar invest in really solving its mystery hiding in patterns.
the main issue was never the blood or luck... it was about the frequency of the signal it generates or if by luck the abundance of the blood... The number of quadrants we fill with blood only determine the energy of the signal generated, yes, the intensity... The signal frequency decides what happens in this ruin and currently this ruin is on locked down, so how do we switch the frequency and which frequency is the right one that can help us out...
(Meow "Its really two forces, Raftelia take the other side behind them, they are animated corpse puppet and they are quiet strong") lady cat made her instructions clear as her figure like a mirage disappeared and appeared at the edge of the sacred ground under one of the stone frame.
The pressure was high, senses stretched to the limit, focus extreme
and tension hung in the air.
From the large pit simultaneously like a thoroughly rehearsed choreography creatures of different kinds, forms, sexes and sizes crawled out like a zombie apocalypse.
Funny enough inside the ruin, a few kilometers to the stone structure everyone felt the sudden clash, the army of giant snakes arriving versus the legion of zombies that have risen to punish the herectics that dare profane the sacred ground.
Lady cat, true to her appellation as the great one raised her paws slightly to the air like writing on it while a black spiky ring spinning incredibly fast appeared around her ruby slit eyes and then the legion of zombies matching forward into the sacred ground to complete their ordained mission paused in
confusion, regain their focus and like they have been drugged rush into the sacred ground especially at two particular location like they have been redirected.
(Meow "Raftelia this great me can only do this for a while finish them fast and don't drain your self, the bitch and her army her close behind") lady cat transmitted her voice to the other side, to Raftelia, one of the two location the incensed zombies are rushing to, the other being lady cat's position.
(Squeak "Aye, my lady") Raftelia responded and then she threw on the ground something like small black stones she got from who knows where. The black small stones like fish in the water sank into the reddish brown soil of the sacred ground and like jack and the bean stalk grew into giant creeping flower plants with dangerous looking thorns on their large and thick stems. And with them Raftelia engaged the zombies coming for her. Controlling the plants she flogged the zombies, grab them, tie them, tear them into pieces, suck them dry. it was basically a one sided affair for her.
On the golden altar, Skylar looked briefly at the progression of their tower defense spearheaded by the only two females in their group or so he thought.
She is just spamming air blades like crazy, they can't even put up a fight... Is this the level of a powerhouse, no i think there is more, clearly she is holding back... And pretty sis, she is also another monster, always acting cute all day, look at her, she has not even raised a finger...
He turned to Mr Rabbit "Mr Rabbit please rotate the altar about thirty degrees." And the cool Rabbit unbothered by the current state of affairs nodded and did as instructed.
(Stone roling, gear shifting)
(Meow "Here they come Raftelia don't let your guard down") lady cat warned as the army of giant snakes in front of the first ring of the stone structure massacared the rest of the zombie legion in front of them, and coming from the stone structure; and as they surround the stone structure tightly leaving no gap whatsoever.
The bitch has finally arrived... But you lost, i solve the mystery finally...
Few seconds just after the snake army surrounded the stonehenge and took their first step inside it; mr Rabbit rotated completed the thirty degress rotation of the altar and once again the altar lit up in blinding golden light and unlike before, this time one of the stone door-frame in the innermost ring also lit up brightly in resonance with a less intense golden light.
(Sonorous hum)
"Impossible!, impossible!, impossible!, absolutely impossible..." Beside Skylar who is bathed and seemingly transfigured by the golden light, a bit far away from the altar and above it, the little guy who reappeared the moment the portal on the portal-like stone door-frame took shape, like a madman shouted with an expression of horror and a child-like androgynous voice. And Skylar, his figure seeming like a supreme being above the cosmos smiled at it, a smile with meanings and probably across time.
You crazy bastard i know you were hiding a lot... You could definitely have offered more... But no problem, just let me catch you, a hundred and eight lashes will land on your rump...