In front of Skylar and the serpent stood a gigantic black door of a height almost a kilometer tall that is carved and inscribed with golden patterns that magnifies its valiant heritage.

  As Skylar who is still on the back of the green serpent relish the marvelous artwork divinely bestowed on the door, the door opened slightly in the middle, revealing a passage large enough to fit the titanic—a testament to the enormous dimension of the room that lay behind it.

  "Uncle, this is the new palace I prepared for you; a congratulatory gift on your stellar performance in the arena. At this rate, I hope you like it."

  The telepathic voice of the serpent feigning courteousness sounded gentle in Skylar's mind. Then it was followed by a protracted silence that implies he should get off her back.

  Bitch... a palace or a sturdier prison...

  Finding her words amusing, Skylar chuckled before he jumped from her back to the space between the two slightly open doors leading into his new 'cell'.

  "Bitch, see you soon. Hahahaha.."

  With a loud laughter, he said is farewell while he strolled, going inside his new hideout like an undaunted warrior who never looks back. Then the door obeying a command starts to close behind him, about to shut off the paused serpent who has been watching his back intently.

  ***

  Inside the new 'cell'.

  "Fu.k!"

  THUD

  The sound of the gigantic door closing drowned Skylar's uncouth exclamation at the sight he laid his eyes on. A breathtaking and heavenly sight of the unbelievable interior of his new cell which could be said to be a square paradise garden bounded by four screen-like walls that display images of ancient times and of dimensions definitely in a couple kilometers with their ends far at the top like the sky extending into a mystical dome that also display 3D holographic live images of the enigmatic and unreachable starry sky of the bright heavens he hasn't seen in a long time.

  He looked at its floor like an expanse. He saw dazzling fantastical fauna fellowshipping with exotic trees and plants of mystical glow that thrives on its sandy floor of dry and glittering fine sand that is paved with a black crystal-like reflective material which serves as a road network but at the same time depicts a strangely familiar and mysteriously attractive pattern—the flower of life.

  Is this holy and ancient atmosphere also a creation of a computer program?... It really doesn't make any sense...

  Greatly fascinated, he took another careful look at the fantastical sight unraveled around him that has a smell and atmosphere that will make one think they have returned to the primeval era. Then making a decision in his heart, with an inhuman sprint, he approached one of the film-like wall of the place—the one on his left that displays an image of several gigantic mighty beings worshiping a headless being many times their size.

  I knew it, she wasn't going to make things easy..

  Skylar concluded after having placed his hand which glow green spiritually on the wall which strangely did not respond to his command.

  "I think this place used to be an isolation room used for some form of worship in the past." Pretty sis who at one point has taken a spot beside Skylar squeaked, giving her opinion.

  "Pretty sis, did you by any chance watch my performance?" Skylar asked in response as his hand trace out an invisible pattern on the wall.

  "Yes, I was at one of the viewing platforms."

  I know you are going to think in that direction...

  Pretty sis squeaked, replying after which she took a deep breath as she added a thought which made are a bit downcast.

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  Hmm, to have points to watch a random battle, she must be fairly strong at the least... I should note this...

  "Pretty sis, what do you think about my performance? I can take criticism."

  Skylar after he noted in his mind while he is still feeling the wall with the palm of his hand glowing green spiritually, inquired... his eyes never leaving the images glowing on the wall.

  "!?.!m.?.!m?.." Pretty sis squeaked incoherently, letting her excitement leak. She corrected herself:

  "Okay, I think you were reckless after you conquered that feline beast, the felis yanura, and you should not have engaged that gecko..."

  Hmm, so that creature is called...

  "Wait pretty sis! You mentioned feline and conquer now..."

  Before pretty sis continued, Skylar chimed in with his question the little unicorn floating beside him found dumb that it gave him a side eye.

  "Sky, don't you remember how you resisted the yanura's spiritual manipulation?"

  Pretty sis who became surprised responded with a question as she turned to look at Skylar in the eye, searching for a hint that he is joking.

  Skylar smiled.

  If I think carefully about it, I indeed felt a strange feeling at that time... maybe that's why I felt uncomfortable with the lizard's action... it was strange, I don't normally interfere in affairs that have nothing to do with me, not to talk of one that will obviously get me in trouble...

  "Pretty sis, if you are saying she attacked me, why didn't she attack the lizard the same way and free herself? And how did it get captured in the first place if she is capable of messing with people's spirit?" Skylar questioned. Meanwhile he glanced at Mr Rabbit approaching them.

  "Her goal from the beginning was to get you. She intentionally got captured by the mountain gecko and manipulated him to bring her to you since she already spotted your location, but since she is a young one yet to have her adult ceremony, she didn't prepare an escape route for herself on the off chance her plans were to fail..."

  "Pretty sis wait." Skylar interrupted her explanation. Meanwhile he let the wall alone and turned to face pretty sis. He continued, "Are you saying she could kill the lizard but didn't because she came for me?"

  "Yes, she could have killed the mountain gecko, but she needed a cue for her manipulation of your spirit to work better which the mountain gecko she was manipulating can provide." Pretty sis replied with a softer squeak and a blush after she lowered her head.

  "Pretty sis, she got killed by that lizard, how?"

  A little confused and not processing her strange state, Skylar asked, then he bent down to examine the glittering fine sand on the ground. And after struggling to gain a bit of a breather from her strange state, Pretty sis squeaked,

  she replied, "Its simple, its because she underestimated your spirit. She wasn't able to successfully manipulate you and when she briefly lost focus, the mountain gecko gained control of its spirit and cut off her tail which is the amplifier for her manipulation and because of it make her loose complete control of the situation."

  "Hmm. I still don't understand. What does she really want from me that will make her do something so stupid?" Skylar questioned. Meanwhile he caught an insect-like bird made of light which upon getting into his hold, turned into specks of light that flew away from him and converge to reform again after which it continued on its flight path again, fascinating Skylar who then pause in thought.

  The creature here are bigger and far more diverse than in our previous room..

  "Ehm...."

  Meanwhile, in a bid to reply Skylar, pretty sis became tongue-tied, fidgeting nervously and unable to express herself coherently.

  "Pretty sis!"

  Skylar called out after noticing her unusual state.

  "Your seed." Pretty sis whispered with a very soft and very high-pitched squeaking.

  Meanwhile, Mr Rabbit standing at a side with arms folded glared at Skylar and the little unicorn that was listening Intently to their conversation also reacted by vanishing suddenly.

  "Pretty sis, its what I am thinking right?" Skylar asked, staring into the eyes of the embarrassed golden rat who nodded affirmatively and quickly turned her face away from the bewildered Skylar whose mouth at one side is twitching comically from shock.

  Fuck! So that's why the lizard is needed as a cue... This game is wild... I almost become a victim...

  "Pretty sis, what will happen to someone she wants when she gets them?" Skylar asked for the sake of confirming his expectation.

  "Nine out of ten survive the encounter."

  Pretty sis replied him this time with courage as she only lowers her head with no strange squirming.

  "Wait, does she later kill them after getting what she wants?" Skylar asked as his sight caught the hiding little guy who reappeared.

  "No, since its her adult ceremony, they don't kill, but very few specie can experience the act and survive because they extract a lot of seed from their victim which they will then store in a special vessel located in their womb for compression so that they can have a healthier offspring..."

  But sky you are special, you will survive and she may even cling unto you after...

  Pretty sis added in her heart, looking wistful after she lectured softly and slowly with her head bowed to hide her shameful blushing expression.

  ...Just imagining it is kind of scary... I was really very lucky or else I might have died the most shameful and craziest death ever.

  "I know now. I should take the creatures of this world seriously."

  Skylar uttered, concluding his thought with an understanding smile before he starts walking away from the wall, leaving the others confused—not understanding his words—yet they still followed behind him closely and on his back, they felt they saw a shadow on it flash briefly.