The Seven Monster Spirit

Chapter 16 - Dream or Memory

The dark place was empty, that was how Neron described this place, there was nothing as far as the eye could see only the darkness that was there, this place seemed to have no boundaries, which is why Neron called it an empty dark place.

The boy did not remember why he could be here The last memory he remembered was the massacre of the people in the village, His friends, the people he knew all died in 1 night, all of them died in 1 night, and what he hated the most was himself because he was not there when the villagers needed him, Neron was late to help them and finally the happiness he felt was gone, now a new feeling arises called sadness and anger, a feeling far different from happiness, if time can be repeated Neron hopes to save the villagers, he said, so that he did not feel this new feeling and could only feel happiness, but that would not happen so all Neron had to do now was continue his life, she said, but before that he had to get out of this place.

Walking around was fruitless, there was no way out as if Neron had not moved from where he was standing, but from then on he continued to walk looking for a way out, In that dark place there was no direction, facing forward or that was what Neron thought he was doing something from the darkness appeared, "A Monster" Neron retreated a little alertly prepared that the Monster would attack, The creature did not appear from a distance but emerged from nothing but a body with four legs crawling up, a black neck with a head that had horns and golden eyes that lit up, on its back two large wings folded with dark black scales that looked creepy, Neron knew just by looking at it, Neron knew, it must have been the Monster in the book, the first Monster in the world and then disappeared, people called it "Dragon".

"A Dragon" Neron was a little pleased but if the Monster attacked him Neron would definitely die, there was nowhere to run, so all the boy could do was fight him.

Neron put up the horses and prepared to fight the Dragon, but what came out of the dragon's mouth was not a burst of fire as in the book but a word that was "I have been waiting for you for so long".

Neron was surprised to hear those words, unlike what he had imagined, the dragon was not spouting fire but rather a word that Neron had not expected, but the boy remained alert not to let his guard down, seeing that the Dragon opened his mouth again and said, "Just calm down, I won't eat you".

"Why should I trust you?" Neron asked that with a sharp gaze and remained vigilant, Even if a Dragon were to attack him, he would not be afraid and still fight, even though the boy knew that he would not win.

"Because I'm inside your body" the dragon's words once again startled Neron, but he remained calm, from the fact that there were monsters who could speak, then the monster did not attack the man in front of him, and now the monster says that he has Neron's body, not that it is enough to make anyone surprised, but Neron remained calm and digested everything. After remembering somehow he had felt the presence of creatures in front of him and as if he had known him for a long time, but Neron also did not know what all happened, so there was still a lot of emptiness from his conclusion.

"we don't have much time so if you have any questions it's better to ask now" The black dragon said as if he knew what Neron was thinking.

"I actually have a lot of questions, but I'm just going to ask you a general question, who are you? and also why are you in my body?" Neron aired it because he had to know who the monster in front of him was and what he meant.

"you asked me to tell you a story when my time was not much" Thinking about what he would do the dragon then continued "My name is Artaros the Black Dragon, Master of Shadow the only dragon in this world"

Thousands of pieces of information began to flood his brain, images of the past began to appear randomly, but somehow Neron could understand it, ranging from adults in white coats, to little children in tubes, monsters tied up in chains, to injections with strange liquids, and there were also some cruel words that sounded like "The boy is no longer useless just throw it away", "Cih, just throw it away, the torture is still lacking, make it until his body has a severe injury" or "Make the children lose some limbs, so that we can see the results". Those few words instantly rang into Neron's brain, and then a heavy, sinister voice said "What do you think?" that was the voice of Artaros.

"They're the worst" Neron said with sharp eyes after witnessing countless children being tortured to death.

The images of his past continued unabated until there, now the more cruel he saw, the injection in the hands of a child, the sound of screaming that reverberated in the room, the Monsters who were killed cruelly, the blank stares of the human child, the child who was severely tortured and the adults who smiled cunningly, the, seeing that hatred in Neron's heart began to grow and made the boy want to kill all the adults he remembered, but it was too late from that place only Neron survived.

"We don't have time anymore" the black dragon warned Neron.

The picture of the most terrifying thing was visible, and at that very instant the dark place turned into something different, something different, and Neron fell asleep on a large leaf but also soft and by the door was a sleeping wolf.

"Memory or Dream?" Neron asked himself about what had happened just now, his head ached and a lot of sweat was coming out of his body. Looking around Neron asked again "Where am I?".

Neron got out of bed or what he called, trying to walk with a limp body, a dizzy head and a sick stomach.

Hearing Neron's small voice, the white wolf lying on the floor woke up and stared intently at Neron, but from the look in his eyes, Neron knew that the wolf in front of him was no enemy to him.

"It looks like he's tame" Neron said as he held onto his aching stomach.

After a moment of staring at Neron, the white wolf blurred through the door-like vines and from behind the door, the smell of good food was smelling making Neron's stomach hurt even more, walking slowly hoping for something good from that door, passing through the vines, Neron saw something very different.