[i]Run. RUN. Run as if your life depends on it.[/i]

Except that this time, her life did indeed depend on it.

She paid no attention to the path in front of her, not like she could see anything in the vast darkness. Again and again she bumped into the cold stone wall. The constant growling behind her prompted her not to stop but keep on running. Farther. Faster. It was wonderful that the game world allowed her to run like this without quickly depleting her stamina. In real life she would’ve been long ago laid down on the floor face first, frantically gasping for air.

…back to the topic at hand, where was the exit? Would she found it if she kept on charging head first to the unknown like this? The growling started to go louder and louder. It had caught up! She shook anything else off her mind and focused her entirety to the run. Farther. Faster.

Was that a light?

Tears started to well up on her eyes, both from the sudden sunlight and the joy of finally being able to escape the hell hole which was the cave. She made out a huge leap toward the outer world. It was no longer darkness. The feeling of grass beneath her feet was overwhelming. She kept on running into the bushes, longing to go as far away as she could from the cave.

“…together. We were bigger a moment ago, but now..."

Was that people’s voice she’d heard?

In her eyes the image of two people flashed in an instant; one was a guy dressed like an assassin or a thief, and another one a woman in light clothing. They were obviously walking toward the cave’s entrance, which was the exact opposite of Ein’s current trajectory. She couldn’t hope to stop her stride, resulting in her small body charging head-on to the woman. The resulting force brought the two down after a few seconds of tumbling around like bouncing ball.

“Ugh…I…I’m sorry!!!”

Ein tried to get up, but the shock of so many things happening at once was too much, her body slid down again to the ground.