As every world has good and positive side to it, it so does have it's negative and evil sides, mostly in the dark shadows waiting for the best opportunity to attack. In case of the world of eryndral, the embodiment of evil, or deadweights were the beings who ruled over darkness and fed on it to become stronger day by day.
Before the decaying of the world started, the deadweights were seen rarely in only a few places, specifically those places where light could not reach for a long time and since deadweights fed on darkness for their survival, their prime time were during the darkest hour of the night or the middle of the night but just like everything else in the world, the deadweights also faced many changes ever since the "eternal flame" started to weaken. Now, the eternal flame is probably taking it's final breaths up in the place high above the skies, commonly known as celestia where lies the "heart of the world". The beings from the dark, deadweights, benefited the most from the weakening of the eternal flame as, the world of eryndral was shining at it's brightest when the eternal flame was in stable condition but now, as every day passes, so does the powers of the heart of the world that once shined so bright to protect the world of eryndral from the evils of the shadows.
He stayed silent, for a few seconds, only his deep breathing could be heard as he tried his best to not lose his patients. Surprisingly enough, he was quick with calming himself down because it took just a few deep breaths for him to lose his tightened face and speak calmly again.
So, would you mind explaining just what in the world is going on? I am trying my best to make a sense out of this absurd —He points at the woman lying on the floor as an indicator— "situation" but i genuinely cannot.
He sighed tiredly as he finished his sentence.
Well, first of all! Let me apologize to you once again because i clearly put my nose in something that was a sensitive topic to you. Now, setting that aside, i would love your audience as i try my best to explain this absurd situation, just like you mentioned before.
The fire from before now had completely extinguished. The temperature was cooling down slowly but surely as the ground that was burnt up before followed. It was a magical sight, a faint blue aura could be seen right above the burnt spaces of land and the burnt up land slowly healed itself to it's former glory.
In just a few seconds, the piece of land was once again one with the rest as it shined bright as it started reacting to the moonlight just like everything else in this magic forest, hence the name "moonlight forest".
Zailos sat down besides the woman once again while fixing her body in a comforting position, as she was lying down in a pretty uncomfortable posture before. Just as the effect of the fire completely disappeared, including it's effect in temperature, the place got surprisingly cold. Most probably because it was way past midnight and the eastling parts of eryndral were know for their cold temperature.
The woman was still unconscious but the cold was showing it's effects on her body, her body that was shivering hard just besides him. Zailos, well, he wasn't the typical nice guy and he liked minding his own business more than anything as well but seeing her body shivering right besides him was just too much for him to ignore. He reached for his unusually huge bag that had many things necessary for travelling in it, from it, he pulled out a thick jacket made out of leather that had a "Z" inital in the left-chest side, where the heart is located and carefully, he put the jacket on her but it was surprisingly quite a tough task, even harder than jumping in the fire as, he tried his best to avoid touching her body as much as possible.
After a few minutes of struggling, he managed to lay her back on the ground where he had laid down a piece of thick clothing, which had enough room for only one person. He sat on the cold ground and after seeing her stop trembling and sound asleep or unconscious, it was hard to figure out at this point as, she had started snoring quite loudly, he continued his conversation with the voice in his head from before.
You still there? Mr....voice? I am hoping that your explanation is worth the time i am spending on this woman who is unknown to me. —His look on his face screamed pissed off but somewhat willing to hear the explanation —
For a few seconds, the voice didn't reply to his calling but just as the young man was starting to stand up and pick up his bag to leave.
Wait! wait!! I apologize once again, it's quite hard for me to keep my consciousness intact because i am having a hard time managing inside your body. —The voice was not completely clear as, it was stuttering mid sentences but it was enough for him to understand —
It spoke in tension filled tone.
So, where do I even begin? It's quite a long story but i am pretty sure you would want the shortest version of it. —The young man node in approval — it all began when the new "Erectivialia" of the celestia was chosen, 50 years ago, when the real "decaying" of the world started.
Zailos's focus on the words of the voice intensified significantly.
When he made his way up to be the most influential person in celestia, obviously through corrupted ways, he immediately started messing with the eternal flame. He slowly and surely, day by day drained the powers from the eternal flame and made it his own. He did it for almost 50 years and now, he by now, he would have completely drained all of the powers of the eternal flame by now, if it not have been for this young woman laying besides you.