The body didn't answer; instead of this, he put the pomegranate close to Heyth's face
In a silent and clear invitation "EAT"
Amex remembered the ancient myths he had once read about not eating underground food
Because whoever eats it stays there forever
He looked at the pomegranate then at the skeletal corpses floating then at the his dead doppelganger
Whom he saw behind the glass
Heyth, realised that that's not a hospitality offer, that's a test
Heyth stepped back and he said loudly and crying, no "no no no nooooooooooo I won't take it, I wanna see my family"
The first time reaction came from the black body
His towering head tilted slightly to the side
As if he were surprised by the rejection. Suddenly, the black void in the entity's face split from a wide mouth filled with teeth resembling shards of broken glass
He growled in a voice that made the void around them shake "back requires a price… if you don't eat, you should choose"
As soon as the entity uttered its words, the white void around them exploded
Instead of stillness, warm, copious blood began to come out of nowhere, flooding the place and reaching Heyth's knees
It wasn't just blood; it was covered in millions of dead insects
Flies, beetles, and the dry skeletons of insects the likes of which he had never seen floated above the surface of the hot blood to fill the place with the smell of death and rust
Amidst this disgusting scene, three old wooden doors appeared in front of heyth
floating above the sea of blood
and on each door was engraved a different history
"Choose your time, Heyth," the black entity hissed in his ear, "but remember.. Every door takes a part of your soul from you as a tax to cross."