Chapter 1
Sigmund turned around once more and pointed ahead, choosing the crystal-like maze passage way. "This one. This passage probably has traps in every corner possible. It'll prepare us for the rest of the passages," he explained and then smirked. "And it looks the most dangerous," he had added.
With that, he walked in alone, knowing they would follow him shortly after. It was dark inside, and once he passed the door way, they entered a huge room of nothing but a crystal-like maze. Sigmund walked up to the entrance of the beginning of the maze. He extended his arm out and touched the crystal with his fingers. It felt like marble to the touch, but not quite smooth. It had a bit of a rough feel, meaning it could do harm just like Kenji-sensei warned earlier to them. "Be careful. Try not to touch the crystal. This can easily slice us up if we are careless," and once he said that, he winced and looked at his fingers. They had been sliced already, but it was minor. It felt like a paper cut.
It was also extremely cold to the touch just as the air was cold to where when they breathed, it stung his lungs and their breaths could be seen in the form of semi-fog. "Try not to breathe too hard. Our lungs may not be able to handle all this cold at once, so steady, long breaths. Panicking may cause us to feel incredible pain," he pointed out as he steady his breathing patterns.
"All right, we need some light. Not too bright though. The brighter and longer you hold it, the faster you'll be exhausted," he explained to Nanami and then he closed his eyes, focusing small amounts of chakra to manipulate his calcium in this bone in his shoulder.
Suddenly, a bone crackling sound could be heard from him as if his bone was breaking apart. Because the room was filled with the crystal, the crackling sound echoed throughout the whole passage. The bone tore through his shift and coat from his left shoulder and to others, it was gruesome and gore, but to him, it was normal. He reached to his shoulder with his right hand and pulled out the extended bone. It was in the form of a thin, but very sturdy bone-like sword. He gripped the hilt tightly. This will be my weapon of defense. he thought over to himself.
He reopened his eyes and with the sword in hand, he walked into the maze, hopefully his team following right behind closely. He felt himself get anxious as he walked alone for a few seconds. Mazes were so uncertain to him. Anything could happen in every corner or they could simply get lost. Once he reached the end of going straight, he had a choice of going left or right. He waited patiently for his team.