Chapter 18.

Along the course of the new objective they encountered wild animals, poisonous snakes and exotic plants... Traps created by nature itself to prevent them from reaching their destination, however, this was not a problem for the quartet who were still standing and with their minds clear on what they wanted to obtain.

On a rocky cliff they would have to look for the lotus-shaped disk created by their own guardian, a rock giant who was asleep at the time the quartet arrived at that place, immediately visualizing the lotus disk that holds the secrets of immortality.

Almost instantly Reena warned her colleagues that they would have to keep their eyes wide open and attentive to every movement because they could not afford to lose one more of them at the hands of some other guardian.

 Nodding, Oscar began to measure the perimeter and, guided by a compass, he began to look for another way out of there in case the path they had come from had to collapse because of the guardian.

Lucas slipped, but held on to a very shiny rock which had a very complex shape and almost immediately when Dario touched the lotus disk, the stone guardian woke up and grabbed Lucas by the shoulder and threw him to the ground and began to move in his direction, but when he saw that the giant was approaching, he threw the disk into Oscar's hands who keeping it with the other objects, began to devise a plan to escape from the clutches of the rock guardian.

Angry, the guardian looked at them all and then told them that they would have to hand over the lotus disk; if they did not return it, they would have to pay with their lives and take his place eternally; Oscar then told him that they were looking for the lost objects because they needed them to be able to ask for a wish from heaven along with some kind of reward.

The guardian laughing told them that anyone who steps into heaven will never be heard, and the myth of the rewards is only a legend to attract fortune hunters such as you; however, Lucas who was in pain and badly wounded and had a trickle of blood running down his chin told him: that is nonsense, we are going to leave here with the lotus disk because it is our mission to get the objects, and even if we have to continue sacrificing our lives in its search we will take it… 

The grumpy giant, took one of the closest rocks with one of his hands and the path began to crumble, they could no longer return the way they had come, because they had just seen how the entrance savagely collapsed.

Dario cared little about the guardian's threat, as he grabbed rocks on the floor and threw them at him and seeing how they did not hurt him he asked: ¿What hierarchy are you in? We have been able to get several fragments of your fellow guardians, however, you are different because you do not feel any kind of suffering, then the guardian told him: because the guardian who are the king of Limbo can not have any kind of feeling, we sacrifice our humanity and what they call feelings, we force ourselves to complete tribulations to strengthen the spirit and in this way we can protect the objects, we have to take care of said object with all our strength and really if you think you have killed one of us you are wrong, because you cannot kill someone who is already dead, however, the other guardians are weak and they had to take care of simple objects that they cannot take care of, since if you have the objects, it means that you are in cahoots with the previous guardians to form a rebellion in the afterlife or you were very lucky, however, you cannot separate me from the lotus disk, because we are both of the same feeling.

 The mermaid's feathers were her heart; the tears of a demon were really the heart of the skull guardian; and the heart of the Rattlesnake, the ochre-colored jewel; and even so, they still lack 2 objects to continue, they lack the scrolls of heaven and the stone where the loving destiny of each being on Earth is written, but even if they manage to defeat me, which is impossible, they will never be able to against the next guardian because he is a very fair person and much less will they be able to get the last of the objects, because really the last guardian has never wanted another species to take his place... 

¿What makes you simple human trash believe that you can defeat the guardians of the lost objects? ¿Does humanity not remember what its destiny is? ¿Do you not know or realize what your place is?

 You only have to worship us as gods, so surrender now, come back alive and forget this journey or you can prepare to burn in hell tonight. 

The quartet cared little about what the guard was saying, they only had in mind implementing solutions to get out of the place as soon as possible, and all the show that the guard had put on.

It had only served so that Lucas could lean on Oscar to get up and thus not be left behind like this guardian.

Reena began to tell the guardian, let them go, because I am the one who has the lost objects, let them leave alive and I will stay in this place to worship you as a God if you prefer; the guardian began to laugh out loud while Reena made a sign to the boys with her eyes to continue until the next object that she would reach them later, in this way the guardian stopped laughing, looked at her and surprisingly told her that he accepted her offer, that they could leave the place alive, but she would keep the objects, and if she was deceiving him she would die.

She said that she was a woman with very firm values ​​and that she would not deceive him for a moment and the guardian seeing the situation told the boys that they could leave and she would stay, so that trio of men continued on their way leaving the guardian's domains and thus beginning to look for a way to get as far away as possible from his domains, so while Reena and the guardian began to stare at each other, he told her: give me the objects and I will let you live right now, if you don't give them to me I will still get them again, but I will take your life in exchange, to which she said: okay, but if you want the objects you must answer me only one question, to which the guardian said: you only have one question, so ask it in a wise manner.

Then she looked at him and said: I want to ask you, ¿how is it to live without being alive, and how is it to die without being dead? To which the guardian replied that her question was a bit complex, science certainly understood human feelings and that to live without being alive is to die and enjoy death as if you were a child who is just beginning to live; and to die without being dead is the cause of suicides, the madness of letting yourself be dominated by third parties who really only use you for their own benefit, that is to die without being dead and that is also to live without being alive, and now, as I have answered your question, please hand over the objects and live a fruitful and peaceful life full of dignity that you will be proud of after death; and she only remembers this trip as a little dream, then she told him: I'm sorry, I have deceived you and you have answered me, with sincerity they deceive you because the objects are no longer here and your heart does not beat in this place either and if a heart cannot beat in a body it means that that person has limitations, and even though you are a guardian you cannot be separated from your heart, because you have to guard it and protect it with your life, ¿or am I wrong? 

The guardian then told her: you are a cunning woman, you have deceived me and you have deceived me, you have thought well about your steps, you have even thought very well about your question, but ¿have you thought exactly how to get out of here? Because I will tell you that you will not be able to get out of here, since you are under my domain and all this belongs to me. 

Then she started laughing and said to him: ¿you know something? How ironic life is, but even more ironic is death, you told me that I can’t leave this place and a few moments ago you were saying that I should live a life that I would be proud of, but have you stopped to think if by chance I don’t feel my life anymore ¿or if suddenly my way of seeing life is very different from yours? Because we all have biased opinions about life.

The guardian approached her, looked at her and said: I will only let you go this time alive because I know that you have a greater purpose, you are a true leader by nature and a queen can be felt in your blood. You are smart and cunning, on the outside you are an ordinary girl, but on the inside you are a very powerful empress, you are everything that anyone would want to know and much more your circle of friends that is closed, but they are valuable and therefore I will let you go, because if I were to take your life I would not be satisfied because I would be stealing a soul that is worth seeing shine and if one day you need some wise advice you can come here, I can use the source of your thoughts and your questions, please continue and meet with your companions who are barely halfway, if you take the path on the right it will take you 3 days to get to where they are, if you take the central path it will take a day and a half, if you take the path on the left you will arrive in 3 hours, it is your decision, only you will know which one to choose, to which she said: at some point in my life I will come to this place again and you will no longer owe me a question, you will owe me 2 questions and for your answer I will choose the path on the left because I trust in what you have said my guardian.