The Soul Labyrinth

“Well, if you’ll excuse me…” he put on the mask and jumped away from Hinata, disappearing into the hallways.
“Where is he?!” A familiar voice sounded from the opposite side of the hall.
“Pretty sure I heard him around somewhere” another familiar voice sounded from the same side.
They then got into the smoke screen.
“Hinata, are you safe?” Matthew asked, fear in his eyes as Sebastian followed right behind him.

[Something for you to think about (Crucial later on)]
[From what the gunner (Caleb) said, he’s got no reason to hunt down Hinata or the Knights anymore… so, where did the gunpowder on the floor come from?]

"I'm fine, guys, but I'm not so sure about the alchemist." Hinata sheathed her sword, nodding to Tatsuo. He was using a lot of her energy to be out, and she needed to preserve what little she had left. With that, Tatsuo turned back into his sword form, which Hinata skid back into it's sheath.

“The alchemist?” Matthew raised a brow, looking behind Hinata when the smoke cleared.
“Geez, when did you get here?” He asked and complained in one question while helping the alchemist up on his feet.
“Hey… it’s not my fault you all weren’t doing your jobs” the alchemist replied with a slight hint of laughter.
“C’mon old man, the Master will like to see you I’m sure of it” the half robot, half boy smiled at the two men across from him.

An announcement was made.
“Greetings Knights of the Labyrinth, this is the Chariot Master speaking…” the sentence was added a bit of sinister with a sadistic laugh.
“Currently, the Labyrinth could use some… redecoration, which is why I am here to say that I would like to step in and help. For those of you who think you are brave enough and strong enough to stop me and my fellow comrades… there are places where our sources of power would be, under the surface of the five sub realms that are connected to the Labyrinth”
“Come on brave ones… I’ll be waiting”

“Shit…” Sebastian exclaimed aloud.
“The Five other realms?!” Matthew seemed to be questioning himself.
“There’s no time to think, we’ve got to split!”

[Who will Hinata follow?]
[All of these places will have different enemies, choose wisely]
[Cassius & ??? to the Grand Plateau]
[Matthew & Sebastian to the Fountain Realm]
[andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) & Jay to the Time Palace]
[The Alchemist & ??? to the Paradise Realm]
[Intharachit & ??? to the Trinity Museum]

"Crap!" Hinata chose to stick with Matthew and Sebastian.

The alchemist nodded and ran in a different direction.
“You come with me!” Matthew pointed at Sebastian as they started to run towards the Royal Building, making sure Hinata was following them along the way.

Arriving at Karat’s Fountain and without hesitation, the two Knights reached out for the water and embraced it. They were gone from the Labyrinth, presumably ending up in the Fountain Realm.

Hinata, not missing a beat, followed their example. She just hoped nothing was waiting to ambush them.

Unfortunately, Hinata was wrong, very wrong as well.
Fleura, one of the Mythical Warriors, was waiting for them, leaning calmly on a tree. When he opened his eyes, it was clear that he was currently corrupted as his once natural emerald colored eyes turned pitch black and gave a crimson radiance.
“Hello again…” he smiled in greeting to the three people.

"…Double crap," Hinata murmured under her breath. She reached to draw her swords, very much not liking the situation they were in.

Vines came out from the ground and retracted Hinata’s hand from the sheathes, throwing her down on the ground.
“You—“ Matthew’s mouth was shut by a giant venomous flytrap that appeared in front of him.
Sebastian tried to take the time while Fleura was distracted to attack him, only to be caught by a layer of sap whilst still in mid-air.
“Why are you all being so hasty?” the Warrior asked with a slight grin.
“Don’t be so quick to give up, I’m just starting to have some fun”

"Who said anything about giving up?" Hinata hissed, pulling herself to her feet. This time, she focused on just trying to get close enough to Fleura as to use a spell.

Fleura smiled when he saw how desperate Hinata was.
“Aww… how cute…” several vines grabbed Hinata by her arms, legs, torso and neck. They were then blooming flowers from the ground up. Once the flowers reached Hinata, the petals started to cut her in those specific places.
“Come on dear… I’d love to see you struggle…”

Hinata glared at Fleura, pulling against the vines, glaring.
"I'd say that's creepy but I'm used to this sort of shit by now."

Fleura smiled softly as if he was normal, until the grin quickly turned into a wicked one.
Both Matthew and Sebastian repositioned themselves, attempting to call upon their Zodiac Uniforms.
Fleura clearly saw this but he didn’t stop them.
When the action was done, Matthew was in the Scorpio Uniform while Sebastian was in the Awakened Virgo Uniform.
“If you are going to do that… I will too…” Fleura closed his eyes and happily sighed. Slowly raising his hand, pieces of golden sheets appeared and started to loom around him. Pulling his hand towards himself, the golden sheets covered him and as the sheets fused with him, it’s clear that he was now in a light golden armor which looked vaguely similar to the Zodiac Uniforms; specifically Virgo. He then waved his hand around before settling it down aiming straight at Matthew. As he jerked his wrist upwards, from the ground beneath Matthew came lotuses which trapped him in place.
Sebastian turned his attention towards Matthew and within a second, got stuck in that position by a layer of sap again.

Hinata finally pulled free, covered in cuts and her jacket ruined. With a few mumbled words, she held a fireball in her hands, rushing Fleura with it.

Fleura glanced at her with one eye and grabbed her by the wrist before the fireball reached him.
“A little too slow I’m afraid” he teased before spinning and sending Hinata straight at Sebastian.

Hinata cursed, closing her hand around the flame to extinguish it before she reached Sebastian. Skidding to a halt, she turned back to Fluera.
Holding her hands together in front of her, she murmured another spell. This time, she pointed her index fingers at Fluera, and a black mass started to form. She fired, a stream of dark energy making itś way to Fluera's chest.

A golden tulip opened up by Fleura’s chest when the ray was only an inch away from him. When the ray stopped, the tulip closed and opened again at Matthew, firing what energy it had absorbed at him.
Matthew screamed in pain when the energy hit him, the Scorpio Uniform didn’t help much with the whole dark energy.
“The more you try… the more you will fail…” Fleura managed to spit before he started to gain consciousness. The corruptor was losing its control over Fleura’s body as he was clearly trying to resist, this was a huge opening to attack the corruptor behind Fleura.

“Because there’s someone here who can take us ho—“ as Alex opened the doors of the Laboratory inside the building, he’s to be met with Chris’ pinned body; no breathing, no movement, nothing.
“Alright… plan B…”
"and what is that?!?" Loki had the misfortune to see the body as well "I mean we could get out of here i finally found and isn't the whole point of this to get you out"

Hinata's eyes widened when her power was trapped and gritted her teeth when it was fired at Matthew. She paid heed to what Matthew said, but she was torn between that and attacking the corruptor. Finally, cursing at herself, she positioned herself behind Fluera and hesitated.

The corruptor was growing vines along its body, presumably due to being in Fleura’s body which was fully nature based.
Sebastian, who was still immobile, tried his best to help by…
“Tengoku no me” when the spell was casted, the faint corruptor became clear and was ultimately highlighted in white.

Hinata gritted her teeth, then drew her sword and charged at the corruptor, slashing at it.

“Because there’s someone here who can take us ho—“ as Alex opened the doors of the Laboratory inside the building, he’s to be met with Chris’ pinned body; no breathing, no movement, nothing.
“Alright… plan B…”

"And plan B is??" Loki's eyes widened as she had had the misfortune to see the body

“Alright alright… uh…” Alex had to stop and think for a bit.
“There’re only two other people I know who can help get me out and I have absolutely no idea where they are” he explained.
“So the only thing we can really do is look for them, around the whole Labyrinth” he finally stated.

Hinata gritted her teeth, then drew her sword and charged at the corruptor, slashing at it.

When the blade hit the corruptor, it jumped back and entered its defensive form.
Fleura then fainted when the being left his body.
Hesitating, the corruptor started to move away from Hinata.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Matthew grabbed the being by its shoulder and started to push down on it, sinking it into the ground before trapping him in a small mount of dirt and rock.
“Please!! Don’t!! I beg of you!!” the being pleaded.

[Slice off its head]
[Let it live]

Hinata held her sword in the being's face, eyes hard.
"Give me one reason why you shouldn't die."

“Uh… I can help you locate the other corrupted beings no matter how far they are…?” the being was clearly in fear. It was terrified of Hinata and was afraid of death.

Hinata stood there for a moment, considering what the being had told her. Finally, she sheathed her sword.
"If you try to cross us, I'll kill you myself," she said simply, turning to Matthew and motioning for him to let the being go.

Matthew followed in order, letting the corruptor stand on its own.
“Before you go anywhere I should warn you that the other corruptors you should look out for are all in the Five sub realms which are connected to the Labyrinth; all of which are controlling a Mythical Warrior like my cas— well, three of them are, the other one is controlling of yours” he gestured at Sebastian.
“A new Knight?”
“Yes, the one he’s controlling is named Jonathan if I remember correctly, they’re at the Grand Plateau”
Sebastian’s eyes widened in both fear and concern. His mouth failed to stay shut as it moved nervously.

Hinata listened, pursing her lips. She felt great concern for Jonathan, yes, but she was also concerned about how they would help all of those being controlled.
"This is very concerning, indeed."

Loki sighed then explained "you could pin point them then teleport to them just like you did just now"