Chapter 92: A Lucid Dream, a Loose Lip
"You have to go!" a familiar, booming voice roared, filled with a desperate urgency.
Eirin’s body turned behind her, and there, amidst the apocalyptic landscape, she saw the familiar, gentle giant. It was Girak, his colossal body covered with fresh black burn marks and fissures from the relentless fire surrounding them.
Eirin couldn’t understand the context, the meaning of this vivid nightmare, but the giant reached out and pulled her small, dream-body hand, which appeared to be glowing with an intense red color. He then carefully carried her, covering her with his huge, boulder-like body, shielding her from the inferno.
Girak ran with Eirin in his arms, his massive strides shaking the dreamscape. He ran through a terrifying sea of fire, with massive explosions erupting constantly behind them, sending shockwaves through the air. Eirin still couldn’t understand what kind of dream this was, why she was seeing Girak, and why she was reliving such a catastrophic event with him.
"Stop right there."
A cold, commanding voice, devoid of emotion, sliced through the chaos.
The giant abruptly stopped, and Eirin’s eyes, still beyond her control, gazed at what stood directly in front of them. There stood a woman, her features strangely blurry, indistinct, as if shrouded in mist, but her eyes... her eyes glowed with an intense captivating emerald hue, a stark contrast to the blood-red sky. She radiated immense power, an aura of terrible beauty.
"Please, spare this child. She did not do anything wrong, she’s innocent," Girak pleaded, his booming voice tinged with raw desperation, directed at the emerald-eyed woman.
Eirin couldn’t move, couldn’t even blink; it was as if the dream was fully in control of her movements, an unwilling spectator to a traumatic memory. The ground beneath them trembled violently as another massive explosion from behind them permeated their ears, a deafening roar that shook the very foundations of the dream world.
"Go!" the woman’s cold voice commanded, and with a surge, Girak moved.