Chapter 379 378. Pink.
Everything in Vine's domain was pink, like pink PINK. And what was that about the "NEWER," when he initiated his domain? The word to initiate the domain just flashed in his mind when he thought about how desperately he needed a technique to either attack Eshwar or escape from him, and upon pondering over the words in his mind and the words Eshwar had muttered about him becoming a new, unique existence,
He combined both of them and concluded that it was because he was a newer, unique existence, hence his domain was named after.
Though he too was weirded out by the most pinkest world he had ever seen.
It was fluffily disgusting.
Disgusting enough to make anybody's stomach churn.
'What in the actual f**k?' Vine thoughts as his expression flashed utter disgust at his own domain.
SHING-!
'?'
Confusion marred his face upon gazing at the bright blue line manifest mid-space.
SHING-!
Another thin line manifested with an end connected with the previous one, and as they gazed at the phenomenon, hundreds of thin lines manifested, each connected with the one materialized before it, until the last one connected with the one that had materialized first.
Upon gazing up at it, from whichever angle, it had formed into a circle, a complex, abstract circle with millions of octagonal shapes found, if tried to find one.
With the abstract circle together with the different coloured, skins and armoured clothes of those in the domain, nothing seemed to be unique in Vine's pink dyed world.
Katline, among the other core members of the adventurers guild, opened her mouth to comment, but closed her mouth without voicing any of her thoughts, it was a strange sight and action, but none commented anything against her as they too were going to do the same if they hadn't noticed how strange her actions seemed from third person.
CLACK-!
"!?" Vine's pupils dilated when he heard and felt something intrude his domain, but he soon understood that it wasn't "intruding" if it was a part of his own domain.
With a series of clacking sounds of heels, a two legged creature's footsteps resounded throughout the pink domain until a humanoid woman's figurine appeared next to Vine, placed it's arms around his neck as it hugged him while swaying sensually.
'I-it's soft....' Vine, who had expected the figurine to feel hard like a mannequin, was surprised when he felt how soft the woman's figurine.
"Master~" It spoke in a breathy voice, as puffs of hot breath was felt on Vine's neck.
It didn't feel strange nor foreign to Vine, maybe it was because he was the creator of the domain, while it was an existence created within his domain. His arms involuntarily wrapped around the figurine's slim waist as he pulled the doll closer, while it was adorned in a pink ribbon gown.
Vine gazed down at the figurine's back and defined things about the figurine as a single thought flashed in his mind.
'Barbie?' Vine thought. If it was what he thought it was, the pink world could be explained(?),
Or so he concluded since he didn't want to think about it.
He pushed the doll back and cupped its cheeks gently, and it wasn't long until he saw an horrifying scene which could potentially make him piss his pants without a second thought appeared in sight.
Its eye sockets were empty as something pitch-black occupied them, and same went for its month and nostrils, but he couldn't fear nor hate the figurine as he gazed at it as if he was captivated by the most alluring woman's sensual gaze he had ever seen, and unconsciously and involuntarily, he leaned in and kissed its plump, soft pink lips.
While,
'That's the most "healthy" image and figure the "void" could have chosen.' Eshwar thought, gazing at scene that was as creepy as it could get.
"DOMAIN OF THE DREAMER!" Vine exclaimed into the doll's mouth as he broke the kiss that disgusted everyone present around him.
CLICK-!
With a clicking sound, the pink domain rippled and settled upon being given an appropriate name for its existence.
"House Of The Fool." Vine initiated his domain's unique skill.
POING-!
PING-!
BOING-!
POP-!
With party poppers, ping-pong sounds, trampoline bouncing sounds, together with the festive pops sounds, a large circus house popped out of the pink coloured platform that materialised behind its creator, while a creepy head of a joker hung atop the house's cone head.
FLUTTER-!
The house's cloth-door unveiled with a flutter, as a pitch-black carpet rolled out of the opening, from where nothing inside was seen, upon ending after rolling out till a certain distance, dense threads stretched out of its end and wrapped around Vine's and the doll's waists, binding them together as they began to kiss again, before they were dragged back atop of the pitch-black mat,
And it wasn't long until, Vine and the doll disappeared into the circus house that had different coloured strips stretched vertically.
"Hmm~ shall we follow him?" Eshwar asked as he turned to face, Seo Hana, Katline, Grace, Neal, Reynolds, Hannah, Louie, Core, Arngrim, Frostine, Amanda, Gerry, Greg, Simon, Ash, Clifford, Dominic and Belinda, who wore terrified expressions on their faces.
"Y-you crazy? That's creepy as f**k!!" Arngrim shouted as he trembled, hugging Louie while crushing Core, who was tapping Louie's shoulder, in the middle.
"Maybe~" Eshwar simply shrugged with an ethereal, playful smile on his face, that unveiled his curiosity to follow Vine into the clown's house.
"I am scared of clowns too, but isn't the horror house kinda exciting?" Eshwar's ethereal smile widened at that point.
"And it has been a long while since something really scary has happened~" Eshwar muttered as he closed his eyes for a brief moment, as nobody spoke to him, though he had appeared in front of them after a long while, it wasn't as if they had forgotten that he wanted to kill them, or at least that's what they heard from Seo Hana, the only one who had met with him after he started the apocalypse.
"Hmmm~" Eshwar's smiled brightly for no apparent reason, but the reason behind his smile soon manifested in front of them.
ZWOOP-!
Isha, his wife, had appeared next to him out of nowhere as soon as Eshwar flicked his fingers. She smiled warmly and clung onto Eshwar's arm not resisting his offer to escort her, it wasn't long until they heard him ask her not to use any of her abilities until he asked for her to, and he would do the same, his wife flashed a bright smile as she nodded to his words.
SNAP-!
With a snap of his fingers, Eshwar's, handsome white-haired man's figure replaced his celestial form, as he began to walk towards the clowns' house that remained unmoving.
And it wasn't long until he disappeared into the house.
Seconds later,
"Ummm...." Amanda hummed in hesitation before flashing a pitiful gaze at Frostine, who sighed deeply in response and offered her a hand to escort her into the horrifying clown's house.
It wasn't long until they followed after the pair, in pairs; Seo Hana & Katline, Grace & Neal, Reynolds & Hannah, Louie & Arngrim, Frostine & Amanda, Gerry & Greg, Simon & Ash, Core & Dominic, and Clifford & Belinda walked into the house.
BOUSSH-!
With a strange sound, the pairs disappeared into the house, and got separated by the next instance, they were glad that they decided to enter in pairs, without even wondering what would have happened if they entered by themselves as they followed after each other.
The first four of the separated pairs----Grace & Neal, Reynolds & Hannah, Louie & Arngrim, and Simon & Ash----stood in front of a mirror room that reflected everything and even multiplied their own reflections. They, the pairs, weren't the only kind of pairs in the room, but that didn't matter as they didn't even about their own friends roaming in the same room.
Another pair ended up on a creaking wooden bridge that seemed to never ending on either sides, there were nothing to stop them from falling if they leaned too much on which were side, but the figures hugged each other instinctively, they were none other than Hana and Katline.
While another pair, Clifford & Belinda, had appeared in an endless hallway that resounded of ominous giggles of a child, as a few horrifying calls for them to walk towards them, the children, sounded in both sides as they even took the names of the pair in the lightless hallway.
Frostine and Amanda were in an wide, open spread circular hallway that had many thick threads lowered from the ceiling that wasn't visible, and when they tried to walk around in curiosity, the ground beneath them disappeared into nothingness as abyss seemed to cover the depths, they quickly understood that they had to move using the ropes and reach wherever they lead them in the path they took, Frostine kicked off of the footing that had began to crumble and offered her hand to Amanda, as they decided to play along with whatever was thrown at them.
And the other pairs, Core & Dominic, Greg & Gerry, had ended up in the a strange room filled with mannequins that seemed immobile, the scene was a bit too scary that they tensed up and raised their weapons, as both pairs were unaware that the other existed.
Since they had their abilities they weren't too worried, but their hopes shattered the next moment when the system prompts that stared that their mana was sealed and they were under a state of fear appeared in front of them.
While another pair, Eshwar and Isha, appeared trapped in maze room, that was dark and revealed nothing but the walls next to them, Isha tightened her grip around his arm with a excited smile on her face while Eshwar placed his palm on her grip in assurance that everything was alright.
He wasn't assuring his wife;
He was assuring himself that his wife was next to him, so he didn't need to worry.