NEETS
Chapter 20: The Collector of Sculpture

the story focuses on Jack and Mia.

after entering the trapdoor. Jack and Mia fell into a room so dark. Mia used her fire magic to make light, and right in front of them was a door. They both came to the door and checked it. it turned out that the door was not locked at all. the two of them opened it at the same time.It was true that the door was opened easily by the two of them.

right after the door opened there was a hallway with red walls and at the bottom there was also a red carpet. in the corners of the red room there are also several human statues with various forms of expression.

there is a expression that looks pain.some lying and covering his face in a shouting position with his hands.some are in a running position like they are running away from something and many more.

there was no expression that looked happy at all from all of them. The statues looked terrified and in pain.and all of it was engraved in great detail like a real human.

Jack and Mia look curious about the statues.they look so amazed to see it when walking in the red hallway.

the room was not a hallway anymore but a very spacious circular room.The room was about 50 meters in diameter and had the same color as the color of the previous room which was all red.

in the corner of the room there is a statue of a human as well as the previous room.The difference is in the middle of the room there is a mattress covered with red mosquito nets. apparently there is no one in the room.

Jack and Mia are curious about the room because there is no exit. There are only small windows on the roof. even menulusi statues that are human-shaped.

when you see the statue looks so scary, and when in the grasp of stone material from the statue it looks so fragile. Jack tried to touch the hand of one of the statues with his fingertips.the material in the form of sand from the statue began to fall out after being touched.

"CRACKS"

the statue's hand also cracked cracks from the wrist to the elbow.

"Jack!! what are you doing?" shouted Mia who immediately panicked to see the statue crack.

"a, I didn't mean to." replied Jack who also panicked.

"waduh, waduh, waduh.you don't ruin my collection ya. it's a very fragile thing"

suddenly the voice of a woman was heard.The voice came from a mattress covered in red mosquito nets in the middle of the room.

not long after a clumsy hand emerged from behind a mosquito net.it was a woman's hand.she opened the mosquito net little by little. her smooth legs in a black stocking wrap began to come out of the mosquito net. in the continue with her slender body covered with an all-red dress that adds an elegant impression of her.

but when his face appears Jack immediately screams to Mia.

"Mia!! don't look him in the eye, he's that..."

hear Jack's warning. Mia immediately turned her gaze to the woman, and directly ran up to Jack.

yes, very late when his face looks like a woman in a red dress that has a look that is really beautiful but the woman has something scary that is the hair of the woman in the form of a snake.

the woman who has such features is none other than Medusa.according to legend anyone who is grounded in her beauty and looks into her eyes she will turn into stone. it could be that the statues in the room are the work of the woman.

"huahahaha, it doesn't have to be so sweet as you, my little mice, I've not used that method to turn other creatures into stone, because I've lost that power" she said.

if in more detail see again indeed.the eyes of the woman is always closed.see that Mia curious and asked.

"your eyes are closed, is it possible?.."

while walking closer to Mia the Medusa woman said.

"yes, about a hundred years ago, someone blinded my eyes, but because of the suffering he had caused, I managed to evolve and get a new method of turning my enemies to stone."

"what's that gonna do?" ask Jack.

suddenly, a small snake that had jumped out of nowhere, opened its jaws and slid straight towards Jack and Mia. The two of them who realized it jumped up and avoided the snake.

but the attacks were not only more and more snakes were attacking, but Jack and Mia still managed to avoid them. the snakes turned out one by one to emerge from the air vents above the room.quickly the dark brown snake filled the red room.

"huahahaha. dance with you rats. Avoid the snake.if you are bitten by one of your fates will be the same as the statues in my room."

said the Medusa woman who looked very happy to see Jack and Mia overwhelmed to avoid the attack of the snakes.

Jack and Mia who are still nearby plan an attack to defeat the woman Medusa while continuing to evade Mia said to Jack.

"Jack. Medusa's woman is blind. how about we launch a silent attack on her. than we are too focused on these snakes how about we just attack the host." whisper Mia to Jack

"all right let's try it." replied Jack

Jack and Mia while continuing to dodge the attacks of the snakes. Jack pulled out his arrow and Mia took out her little stick.

"FIRE!!" scream Mia.

he took out a small fireball magic and directed it directly at the woman Medusa, but it was easy for the woman to avoid it. The fireball attack then hit the mattress in the middle of the room.

then Jack shot his fire arrow and shot it from behind the woman Medusa.The woman turned around and saw Jack was behind her. after that she raised her hand and took out many snakes from behind her red dress.

Jack reflexively manages to avoid the attack, then attacks in the further fireball from Mia which is very much but the Medusa woman seems to know again the direction of Mia's attack. the woman Medusa immediately told the snakes around her to protect her.

"ke, why?." Jack was confused and looked confused.

"haha, don't think because I'm blind I'm weak and can't dodge your attacks huh!!"

said the woman Medusa who looks confident because she can avoid the attack of Jack and Mia.

Jack and Mia continue to launch fire and arrow attacks on Medusa's woman, but she easily dodges the attack.

"the bizzard!!!"

Mia took out an ice magic.she formed an ice spear and directly aimed it at the woman Medusa.

the attack slid directly at Medusa's woman.The Medusa woman was aware of the attack but her response was a little late in appeal while using fire magic. and that ice spear strike also managed to scratch the right hand of the woman Medusa.

"ahhk!!! sakiuitt!!. what magic do you use?"

because the ice spear attack managed to scratch the woman Medusa and make her bleed.he also shouted in pain of it. he tried to stay away from Mia while enduring the pain.

meanwhile, the female snakes of Medusa gather and try to prevent Mia from approaching the woman of Medusa, because the snakes are very dangerous Mia prefers to retreat and also stay away with Jack.

"Jack, I have a plan to defeat that woman. Here I whisper"

the two of them charged forward towards the snake surrounding the woman Medusa, after which Jack pulled out an explosive arrow.he pulled out his arrow and launched it directly into the snake pack. instantly the arrow exploded and managed to provoke the snakes.

the snake that much was immediately slid towards Jack, after which Mia also issued magic again.

"bizzara" is the mantra Mia spoke

a cold wind came out from his little stick Mia. The wind froze all the snakes including the lady Medusa. the mouth is still open in a gaping and open position.

"alright..!!! I'll end this with this last attack."

Jack immediately jumped towards the woman Medusa.he took out a bomb arrow and directly aimed it at the woman Medusa.but at the same time the snake jumped from inside the woman Medusa's mouth.

("shit I can't dodge") Jack thought.

but at the same time Mia realizes the attack and quickly manages to push Jack away from the snake attack.

Jack was able to escape the snake attack.

"te, thank you Mia. I helped because you. You're okay, right?" ask Jack

"i'm fine, but somehow I can't feel my legs." replied Mia.

it was unexpected that the snake that came from the mouth of the woman Medusa managed to bite Mia's leg. Jack quickly pulled the snake and threw it away.

but the process of unification continues.The process of rocking slowly begins to propagate from the foot of Mia.

"piluyaaalll!!! why is it like this?" jack shouted furiously and was annoyed at not being able to protect Mia.

"it's Jack I'm okay. It seems like the snake's venom doesn't get much into my body so maybe the unification process won't go completely" Mia replied to Jack's calm.

"huahahaha.you think my unifying poison is as weak as that.The process of unification will continue until you are completely stone young girl."

the Medusa woman whose mouth was still frozen laughed and looked happy to see Mia petrified. Little by little the ice that froze her began to disintegrate and the Medusa woman was out of the ice.

"what did you say?"

hearing the words of Medusa's woman like that Jack was getting carried away with emotions.

"you have about 30 minutes before the woman turns completely to stone.huahaha.I can not only control the snake, but I can also remove the snake from my body."

after saying that the woman Medusa raised her hands parallel to her chest and then pulled out many snakes from behind her red dress. but it was easily avoided by Jack.

Jack also tendered Mia whose right leg was petrified into the corner of the room.

"forgive me Mia. I will definitely kill that Medusa woman and will save you"

Mia smiled and took out a blue box-shaped stone from her pocket, she placed it in Jack's palm and said.

"don't mind me Jack, use this teleport stone and save yourself while you can."

Jack clasped Mia's hand and teleported the stone and pushed her back to Mia.

"sorry Mia. running away is not my style. I will use that against her."

Jack gave his bow to Mia, then he took off the roll of bandage that wrapped his leg. From behind the roll of bandage there was a small knife.one on the left foot and one on the right foot.

but at the same time the snake attack was right behind Jack. he immediately drew his knife and slashed the snakes with ease.

with a quick blink of an eye he suddenly instantly stood behind the woman Medusa by holding both of her knives.

"what's that?"

the woman Medusa looked very confused at how quickly Jack.the woman suddenly coughed up blood and her skin began to open.The blood began to pour from under her skin and the medusa woman began to fall.

"what did you do to me? I can't move."

said the woman Medusa who was in pain and could not move. slowly Medusa woman's body began to rot. she also looked in pain until it finally burned and vanished into dust grains that flew into the sky. shortly after that the secret door opened and from behind it was a ladder leading up.

"sorry if my attack is too fast for you, miss. rest in peace in the valhalla" Jack said after the Medusa woman vanished.

after that Jack collapsed, there was a sound of broken bones from Jack.

"shit, this power of mine really crushes my body, but at least I managed to save Mia."

Jack desperately crawled towards Mia, but the process of ridding did not stop even though the Medusa woman had lost and the snakes began to disappear.

Mia was unconscious and her body temperature was also getting hotter.

"Mia, hey Mia! hold on. We still have 15 minutes. I, I promise I'll take you to Lana somehow.so hang on."

with great difficulty Jack tried to stand up and wanted to take Mia out, but her body did not want to obey. Jack was very frustrated with himself who could not do anything and saw Mia's condition worsened, but a miracle happened.

"zoooooooooo!!!!"

suddenly there was a scream of someone.At some time two women fell from one of the air fentilations in the red room.

the two women were Lana and Think. Upon seeing them Jack smiled and said.

"thank you."

after that Jack fainted and when he woke up he was already outside the mansion with some people from the Dwarf tribe.

"are you okay, son?" ask one of the Dwarves.

"i, yes sir, I'm fine, di, where's my theme?" jack tried to stand up.

"please son your friend is fine under the tree you do not have to worry.you are very lucky to still be able to get out of the big mansion.we also managed to be saved also from there. by someone."

after hearing the news from one of the Dwarven residents Jack immediately met Mia who was under a nearby tree.he saw Mia and there Mia's unity was completely lost. Jack shed tears because he really saved Mia.