God of Discovery [high fantasy, slow build, mlm]

The mahee is one, part 4

"Shit, shit, shit!" Lilian started cursing. They opened their fan and started creating winds as if trying to gather Tassikar's form back into shape, but the dust of him scattered and disappeared into the white. "I should not have done that!" Lilian almost screamed and when they looked at D'Argen they looked so afraid.

"Lilian?" D'Argen could only call their name in worry.

"Yes, yes, yes. It's me. For now." Lilian was speaking so fast that their words blurred together like how they usually did for D'Argen. "Look, we've not much time. I've to be quick."

"What is—"

"Shut up! Just... you have to leave here. Now!"

"Where is here?" D'Argen asked, at the end of the rope.

Thar groaned and when D'Argen looked over, the man was still on the ground.

"Shit! Yes, sorry, forgot." Lilian quickly rushed to him and flicked their fan. Thar got up off the pure white ground as if he was stuck there since he had fallen. "Look. I'll explain everything to you. Both of you. Just, not now! You have to go!"

"Lilian, wait! Is this... this place..."

"It's where the dead gather. But not really? I don't know. I don't have the time to explain it now!" Lilian suddenly groaned and dropped the fan. The metal disappeared into the ground as if it had fallen through it.

"No time! Fuck! D'Argen. Remember: do not come back here!" Lilian screamed the words at him.

D'Argen reached out. Lilian was so obviously in pain and he wanted to help them, to ease—

Lilian smacked his hand away so hard that they may have broken something. D'Argen was so startled by the action that he stared at his hurting hand for too long. When he looked at Lilian to ask them why, he was even more startled to see a pair of lilac eyes glaring at him.

"You have to leave!" Lilian screamed. The white shimmered and rippled and Lilian was holding D'Argen's sword. The same sword Tassikar had used to attack him. "Now!" Then Lilian rushed him with the sword.

Thar was on his feet again and he moved quickly, taking D'Argen out of Lilian's path. Lilian, however, moved as fast as D'Argen did and easily pivoted on the spot then charged again.

D'Argen did not dare reach for his mahee and his daggers were gone, so he could only roll out of the way and hope that Thar did as well. This time, Lilian charged Thar instead of D'Argen.

"How do we leave?" D'Argen shouted the question but it only drew Lilian's attention to him.

They brought the sword down with both hands to the side of their waist and then crouched. D'Argen knew that position. Lilian pushed off an invisible mound right for him, charging so fast that he could barely keep track. He twisted as fast as he could but the sword still slid along his side and then Lilian used another another invisible mound to change direction. They were so much faster than him.

The white space right between them shimmered and rippled and Lilian slid to a stop, staring with wide brown eyes. It looked like a mirage was forming between them and a moment later there was a stone pillar blocking D'Argen's view.

It looked like the pillars in the worship hall, but it was darker. As he watched, the pillar grew and D'Argen had to jump back out of the way. The white space where it came from disappeared and the pillar grew both up and down, as if there was no ground at all. D'Argen had to stretch his neck to try and see the top but it faded away into nothing at all. By the time he looked down again, it had grown to the same size as that horrible pillar in the snow. It even had carvings all over it.