Chapter 34: Chapter 34: Don’t Delay – Time for Play

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Black, the sky was black, the floor was black, the air was black, and he himself was... well, he couldn't even see himself in this extremely dark space.

All around, there was nothing but darkness without even a tinge of light for as far as the eye could see.

'W-where?' Oz mumbled to himself.

He tried to remember how he got here, 'that man,' the boy mused to himself as he thought back to the struggles he and Zee went through to reach what turned out to be a trap and the conversation he had with that suspicious man, 'but... he left.'

Oz shook his head, attempting to clear his thoughts as he looked around the dark space once more, 'is this another dream?' He gritted his teeth, 'or a damn memory?' fear twinkled in his eyes as thoughts of that golden-eyed creature flashed in his mind.

'I-I gotta get outta here.' that bad feeling rinsed over Oz, and choosing to trust that premonition, he slowly walked forward, step by step maneuvering through the darkness, unable to even see his own hands.

However, as he walked, his body felt slow and unresponsive, as if each step was through a knee-high swamp and his arms swung slowly at his sides as if they had nearly frozen into blocks of ice.

'This is no good.' Oz thought to himself, a look of worry on his face, 'that feeling...'

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As his premonition had foreseen, a sense of danger quickly overtook the boy, sending his mind into a frenzy as he entered a state of panic, panting quickly and whipping his around in hopes of at least coming face to face what he expected to be his demise.

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That drumming, whether it be his beating heart or that creature's anthem, was getting faster and faster, louder and louder, and then...

Silence.

Huffhuff...

Oz's breathing was rapid as if he had just run for hours and his heart felt as if it were on fire, yet he knew, somehow, that he had taken no more than a few footsteps in the span, he had been here.

Huffhuff...

"How?.." yet before Oz could question this plane's logic, a bright golden light burst forth, caking the world in a golden glow and flipping the world into a blank white space, devoid of even the tiniest smidgen of dirt or color.

"Woah..." the boy let out as he looked around at the blank white space that seemed to stretch on forever into an endless nothingness.

Up ahead, he saw something that made his eyes nearly drop out of his sockets and his jaw unhinge at the sight.

Up ahead was ol' reliable black box.

The same box that made him capable of surviving the Dung Den and then seemingly disappearing out of nowhere, leaving him powerless, yet now and right before his very eyes.

There was his o'l reliable black box.

Yet, there was something strange about it.

The cryptic subtle glow that flowed out from it had traces of... something else.

And it felt like that something else... was watching him, something foreign to even this mysterious object.

WHOOOOSH!!

The golden light leaked out once more from the black box, bathing the boy and the entire space in its golden rays, spilling outwards and filling the entire white space, yet these beams contained a more malice energy to them as a loud-

BOOOOOOOM!

rung out across the sky, shaking the entire space.

'What's going on?' Oz wondered as the world around him moaned and creaked in agony.

That premonition of danger had not yet disappeared, and so Oz wondered, 'is it cuz of the box?' the boy continued to watch the box as it shook and sputtered in the air, finally...

The golden light pouring from out the black box solidified into 2 golden orbs that hovered above.

Each of the orbs was massive and looked like the sun compared to an ant when comparing its scale with Oz.

'Wait a minute...' the boy thought as he watched the scene unfold, 'this feels... familiar.'

Just as his premonitions would have it, black slits resembling devilish pupils began to roll down from above the orbs, fully facing the boy and staring him down.

"Heh," Oz muttered as he stared at the colossal floating balls of energy that looked to be eyes, "looks like no matter what, I can't seem to escape you." he had a sorrowful, hopeless smile on his face.

"At least make it quick, bitch." Oz arrogantly squinted his eyes at the pair above him.

The orbs began to quiver, perhaps from rage, perhaps from something else.

Yet, before it could instantly decimate the young boy, it began to disperse, fragmenting off into tiny golden specks of light that slowly descended back down towards the black box.

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The light resembled millions of tiny fireflies that gently fluttered down, unbelievable for such a dangerous, bloodthirsty being to be so... "beautiful." Oz subconsciously muttered out, not realizing he had spoken it until the word parted from his tongue.

Finally, as the army of gorgeous lights reached the black cube that floated motionlessly, they began to melt into it.

An extraordinarily bright glow burst forth, nearly blinding Oz as he covered his eyes and turned away.

Yet, a strong suction pulled at his chest, pulling the boy off his feet and sending him flying toward the bright center.

"Wahhhh!" he screamed out as his body tumbled through the air, "shit, shit, shit!" he cursed as he felt his eyes flood with tears and his bones reduce to sludge from the high speeds.

If this didn't leave him paralyzed, then this collision definitely would, or worse.

The bright box in the center, which had specks of floating fireflies surrounding it, was fast approaching as Oz moved, so quickly he couldn't even look in front of him to know when the impact would arrive.

So with no other options, he screamed out as his body continued to fly through the air "Gahhhhh!" he knew that in just a few seconds, he'd breathe his last.

WHOOOOSHHH!!

Yet, there was no pain, no feeling of collision, and no sound.

'Did I stop?' Oz strained his neck to look down and see he was still floating.

The black box was right in front of him, yet Oz's eyes widened in shock as the black box was being... eaten!

Few remnants of the box remained, with it now reduced to a small lump, resembling a piece of charcoal faintly humming and continuing to float.

Oz felt a lump in his throat at the sight, 'm-my levels, my bloodline...'

His ol' reliable, black box, "it's gone..." he muttered as he stared at the devoured box.

Not even a single crumb was left of it.

However, the sparkles of lights weren't finished as they began to converge upon themselves, a bright light pouring out from it, causing Oz to cover his eyes with his hand once more and look away.

Finally, after the light had died down, the boy's eyes widened in shock at what he saw.

Floating in the space where the black box had previously been was now a new floating partial-box, this one golden with a hateful malicious ooze seeping out from it.

This one was partial because parts of it were missing, as if a whole chunk had been bitten out with only the 50% of the box remaining there, yet even with that being the case, Oz felt a far more dangerous energy leaking from this object.

A strange pulling sensation tugged at him as if tempting him with the prospects of greater glory.

The boy's tranquil gaze held fast on the enticing object, not even thinking for more than a few seconds before slowly reaching out with his hand.

Both were suspended in the air, and as Oz felt his touch near closer and closer, it felt like reuniting with a piece of him that went missing.

HISSSSS!

It whizzed in the air, past his hand, and straight into his chest.

WHOOOOSH!!

Oz's body was sent flying back and tumbling across the blank white floor, sprawling and spazzing on the ground in pain as a blazing sensation coursed through every part of his body.

Even the tips of his eyelashes and the edge of his fingernails felt overwhelming agony.

The boy grit his teeth and squeezed his eyes, trying to contain the pain and control himself from screaming out, yet as the blistering pain took a tighter grip on his body, he failed to contain it any longer.

"AAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"

A scream far louder than he had ever done and far longer than even before blared out, and with that wail, a golden beam of light shot out from his mouth and reached far into the white void.

The beam was wider than the thickest of trees and denser than the hardest of metals, yet it looked like a column of pure golden light that shook the surrounding area.

Huffhuff...

Finally, as the pain winded down and the boy regained his bearing, he lay there on his back, his arms and legs sprawled across the pure white canvas that stretched on forever.

He opened his eyes, his topaz eyes now a renewed golden glow that slowly dimmed down to a pure black.

Huffhuff...

The boy's chest heaved up and down, and a thick sheet of sweat painted his face; however, as the boy continued to catch his breath, his pitch-black eyes staring off into the void, a smile crept onto his face, as that most beautiful sound and long-awaited message had arrived.

[Ding]

[System... Evolved]

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