"Kekeke, Sucker!"
A mocking snicker left Everlearn's lips as he quietly swam forward through the stream.
The fool had led him forward, thinking he could capture him next, but he had failed, and Everlearn had slipped away.
The current carried him effortlessly until, moments later, he found himself approaching a waterfall.
It wasn't violently gushing or particularly wide, so he followed its descent, allowing the water to lower him steadily.
What Everlearn didn't know was that midway through the ten-meter drop, a blue mist, twisting like a soft vortex, waited.
The moment he drifted into it, he vanished, never reaching the pool below.
Yet to his senses, the sensation of falling simply continued, uninterrupted and disorienting.
More water lay at the bottom, and he continued until he found land.
Quickly rushing forward, his head burst out as he placed his hands on it, trying to push himself out, but in that moment, his face changed.
