The flow of time across the underworld was symmetrical to the rest of the world. Maybe time moved slower down here by one hundred of a second, on account to the underworld being closer to the planet's core, but even that was debatable. Or completely wrong.

The process of night and day, however, was a lot more complicated.

Jimmy and Anna kept riding through the jungle, on Almara's back, and they did so for around eight hours, either fighting every creature that attacked them, or trying their best to avoid another fight.

The jungle kept them busy, but at some point, they noticed that they were getting tired. Neither of them knew what time of day it was, because the process of night and day was not visible down here.

The jungle in itself, along with the entirety of the underworld, was well illuminated. There were some dark spots here and there which seemed spooky, but the entirety of the underworld was otherwise well illuminated by these gems spread across the ceiling of the underworld, reflecting light endlessly, and therefore causing the effect of 'eternal daytime' across the underworld.

The gems were in the thousands, some of them as big as Almara herself in her dinosaur form.

The gems were indefinitely valuable. Back on Earth, they would be sold for millions of dollars each, but down here, they provided light.

The source of the light was difficult to pinpoint. One would think the gems drew sunlight from the surface world, and bounced the light around endlessly, but that could not be the case, as at least then the jungle would be dark by night time.

Neither Anna or Jimmy could figure out where the light came from, but at some point they caught up with what was going on. Likewise, both of them agreed that it was time to take a break.

The city was a few days away anyway, so there was no point in grinding through the forest for hours on end.

Jimmy slapped Almara's back, and said, "It's time for a break, girl. Turn back into a human, and maybe we can climb up a tree or some shit? God… I'm starting to hate trees too, but what other choice do we have?"

Jimmy's request barely came like half a sentence in Almara's head, but she got the gist. She ran around a hundred feet more, and then stopped, leaning over, prompting Anna and Jimmy to climb down.

Afterwards, she turned into a puddle of flesh, and shifted back into a human. Her big breasts jerked up as she bounced on her feet.

On account to the fact that she shapeshifted twice today, both to achieve the great size of the dinosaur, and to reduce herself into a human afterwards, more than half of Almara's mana pool was shot. She burned through it, all thanks to the intensity that came with working around the shape of a River Fatty.

She didn't spend any mana after she transformed, thankfully, because her magic, as a shapeshifter was efficient like that, but the shifts themselves were expensive.

Anyway, once she turned back into a human, it was evident in her face that she was tired. She behaved accordingly.

"Are you ready to sleep?" Almara asked, "And don't worry, Anna, I won't seduce your man."

"You might seduce me before him," She smiled, "How do you suppose you'd seduce anyone up there, on a tree, Tarzan? You could fall down."

"Tarzan…?" Almara parroted, her face curling in confusion.

However, she didn't care to learn foreign words either, so immediately after, she added, "Why the heck would we climb a tree? Come on, follow me, I know where the safe house is."

"Safe house?" Jimmy repeated, and for once, he was confused because of 'weird words', and therefore added, "My God, I never thought I'd hear about houses again, not to mention fucking safe houses. What does it look like, is it made out of rocks?"

"You two talk too much," Almara sighed, irritated, "Way too much… just follow me."

Neither Jimmy or Anna knew what to expect, but they followed suit nonetheless.

Almara led them within some thick vines, boulders, as he predicted, but what he did not expect was for the boulders to lead further underground!

"The underworld of the underworld," He joked, "Nice."

The entrance to this underground pocket was tight, so they had to put quite some effort in to squeeze through. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Almara tried to squeeze through first, uncaring of the fact that she left her guests exposed to the dangers of the jungle.

Worse yet, she got stuck mid way through the thin, oval entrance. Her bare bottom exposed to the jungle.

Jimmy noticed that she was stuck, so he started pushing her. He tried to be respective, as Almara was naked, so he pushed her by grabbing her on the thighs.

However, he leaned over quite a bit as he pushed, and as fate had it, his foot slipped on a vine.

Since he had been putting a lot of pressure on her, to push her through, his head landed right in the short bridge between Almara's vagina, and asshole.

Half of his nose sank in the latter, but the sudden impact came with a benefit, as he finally managed to push Almara's big hips, and plump booty through the oval slit, otherwise known as the entrance.

"Smooth," Anna cackled.

Jimmy stood up, rubbing his head, "She farted on me… I can't get the smell of digested fish out of my nose."

"Trust me, she got the worst of it," She said.

Anyway, Jimmy and Anna were thinner in comparison, so they slipped through the entrance no problem. Almara avoided eye contact with them after that point, because she was beyond annoyed, most of all, and now a little bit embarrassed too!

Jimmy was about to annoy her further, even if accidentally, because he didn't like how dimly lit this place was. There was only a bit of light piercing through the entrance, but that was all. He didn't like the idea that scorpions, or any other creature that was under two feet wide, could slip through the slit, and attack them within what felt like a void. Insect heartbeats were beyond him, he could not detect them.

When Almara dissappeared into the shadows, he was even more worried, and was about to call her name, but then, all of a sudden, there was light!

"Sweet baby Jesus! Did I die?" He yelled out in panic.

"What? No!" Almara exclaimed, matching his tone, "I just thought we could use a little bit of light."

"I see," He said, embarrassed.

"You're welcome," She mustered the energy to make a light joke.

The embarrassing scream aside, Jimmy was also stunned to see where he found himself in.

He saw Almara close to a steel wall, her hand lowering from a light switch. Behind her, he saw a door, which he found it to be all the more amazing!

"I never thought I'd be so excited to see a door," He said, "You weren't kidding, this is a safe house alright."

"Yes baby girl," Anna added, "Insects can't go through doors, so you'll be safe. The silly little bugs won't hike up your dress."

"Mean," He expressed.

Anna was excited because of this place as well, but mostly because she wanted to rest flat on her back, and allow her body to decompress. She has been sitting on top of a hard, scaly, dinosaur's back for over eight hours, and simply wanted to relax.

Anyway, the three of them walked towards the door, opened it, and Almara pressed another light switch beyond the door, before she went back to shut the prior lights. She didn't want the light to lure in unwanted guests in front of the door, no matter how small those guests might be.

As they closed the door, the team were both given the chance to relax, and observe the surroundings. If cigarettes existed here, this was the best time to smoke a couple.

Anna found a bed to lay on. It was quite rustic, but it had something that she hadn't seen in a couple of months, an actual mattress! Granted, the mattress was made of feathers, she still very much enjoyed it.

Jimmy did not sit down. He twirled around like a ballerina, checking out every item, great or small within the room.

Granted, the room was small, and it could barely fit all three of them in, but it seemed advanced nonetheless! Advanced compared to the stone age his people were still stuck in.

The framing of the beds were made of metal, clean, simple work. Whoever built these had a forge, a welder, and overall knew what they were doing!

Other than that, there was a small fridge, filled to the brim with cool water in glass bottles. Almara gave her guests a glass each, locked the door, and then she crashed on one of the two bunk beds.

Jimmy, being the technology hunter he was, finally asked, "Who built this safe house?"