Shian began to kill beasts with more fervor. After witnessing a beast eat all the crystals he had saved for opening the portal, he was extremely annoyed which lead him to almost double his kill count. If Shian could kill two beasts in three minutes, now he could kill four beasts in four minutes.
Shian's main aim to enter a beast realm was to get high tier crystals in order to use them to forge a new set of beast equipments. He also planned to sell some crystals in order for him to have some money with him.Shian had gathered enough crystals and was heading back to the base, he placed the crystal in the compartment of the portal and closed the lid. He turned it on and waited, the blue glow in the portal intensified, Shian was about to go through it when the glow dimmed down.Shian quietly went to a corner and sat down, he was seriously depressed, the crystals were not enough to power the portal. Shian was tired and he had several injuries on his body that were struggling to heal. He thought of resting for a while before going to hunt for more crystals.He brought out a dish of food he had stored in his space ring and began to eat, halfway into the food he felt a vibration on the ground, he stopped what he was doing to confirm if what he felt was real, after waiting and not feeling it again, he ignored it and continued eating. Some minutes later he felt the vibration again, this time more fiercer, dust from the ceiling fell down slowly and settled on the floor and on his food.Shian immediately got up and ran outside to find out what was causing the vibration, he summoned his long sword, the same sword in which he had used to kill the beast that had ambushed him when he slept in a cave on his first day in the beast realm. The sword had a green one edged blade and a white handle.On getting outside, he saw in the distance, two massive beasts fighting. one of them looked like a giant Rhinoceros while the beast it was facing looked like a giant snake.The rhinoceros charged at the snake with force, if Shian was close to the fight he would have struggled to keep up with that level of speed. The snake swung it tail from above like a whip aiming to crush the rhinoceros in one fell swoop, the rhinoceros jumped to the side without slowing down its momentum and the tail crashed on the side and sent out a shockwave.Shian could see dust rising in the distance and coming closer while destroying everything in it's wake, he knew that he will be blown away by it.He got down on one knee and thrust his sword into the ground and waited. When the wave almost reached him, the sword glowed faintly, and out of the ground, thick roots burst out and wrapped themselves around his waist, arms and legs. Shian braced himself for the impact and when it reached him, he held on tight.The force pushed against Shian furiously, the roots were strained but held on firmly, Shian himself was not feeling okay but he had to hold on for his dear life.After some torturous seconds, the shockwave finally passed by. Shian coughed out blood and fell on his back, he gasped to catch his breath, he got up and was about to go into the base and rest when he saw another shockwave speeding towards him. Shian hastily pulled out his sword and ran into the base.His sword had the active skill that made the user able to hold something down with the roots in the ground. One disadvantage of this skill was that, if there were no roots in the ground in that area, it won't work.As Shian entered through one of the holes in the walls, he grabbed onto a door handle because that was the closest thing to hold at that moment.The shockwave reached him and he was lifted off his feet. The only reason he wasn't immediately flung against the wall was because he held on tightly to the door handle.Shian once again struggled, he held on until it was all over. He fell face first on the ground and bruised his mouth, he coughed out more blood and wiped it with his clothing.He was already feeling dizzy from hitting his head hard, he stretched his hand to grab the door and pull himself up. Shian didn't notice that the ground had vibrated which indicated that another shockwave was on its way.Shian held the door by the edge and pulled himself, midway to getting up he caught a glance of the dust and debris closing in on him, his hand shot forward as he summoned his scythe, he stuck the blade of his scythe in the door handle because he couldn't reach it in time. He was pushed back with more force than before, the door couldn't handle the pressure, it groaned before snapping.Shian was blown away and crashed against the wall, the shockwave kept him pinned to the wall, Shian didn't know how long it lasted but he persevered, and when it stopped, he fell from the wall, but this time, he landed on his feet.Shian was bleeding severely, both internally and externally, his scythe had cut him on his leg when he was blown away and some of his wounds that had closed, reopened. He sat there and didn't move for a while in case he needed to brace himself for another impact.After about five minutes, he got up and limped outside, he saw the rhinoceros walking towards his direction, Shian was scared shitless. He wanted to run but realized that even if he ran the oversized rhinoceros would catch up to him in no time, so he stood there, rooted to the spot.As the beast was getting closer, Shian saw a deep bite mark on its neck with purple veins that was constantly pulsating."It's going to die soon, that's great news. I better not move then to prevent it from noticing me."Shian stood there like a pole and waited patiently. The rhinoceros kept on walking in his direction and ignored him, when it reached Shian's side, it stopped and turned to look at him.'oh f**k f**k f**k, I forgot about the blood' Shian thoughtThe rhino sniffed him and smelt blood, it opened its large mouth and was about to swallow him whole, Shian closed his eyes and began to pray to all the gods he knew of.The beast was taking its time and moved its head slowly, it suddenly convulsed and dropped to the ground with foam coming out of its mouth, the beast was envenomed by the giant snake which Shian came to know as a Basilisk.Shian was instantly relieved of the pressure that had built up in him.He lay down on the ground and rested his aching body. A wide and scary smile slowly crept up his face and he said."Let's go and harvest some crystals"Shian waited for some minutes to gather his energy before getting up. He studied the dead rhino at his side, poking random places at intervals, he went round the rhino but didn't move close to the bite mark on its neck, he felt that of he touched it he would die instantly. After scrutinizing the rhino enough, he produced a dagger from his space ring and began to cut in between the armor-plated skin of the beast. After an hour of arduous struggle, he finally got to the core of the beast and saw a massive crystal the size of his head glowing brightly. Shian was mesmerized, he had never seen anything so breathtaking in his life. While he was looking at it, a fight was happening inside him, he was resisting the urge to grab the crystal simply because of its beauty, but his rational self knew better that if he touched the crystal, the system that was synchronizing with him, will synchronize completely and he didn't want to know what will happen if it did, so Shian did what he had been do
Shian lay down on the floor to rest, then remembered that he had to hunt for crystals to power the portal and return back to earth, he sat there for a while, too lazy to get up and hunt beasts.He soon got up to go and gather crystals but returned later to rest with nothing in his hands. He got up again to go and get crystals and once again but returned with nothing, this continued on for weeks without Shian noticing anything wrong with his actions, albeit each time he returned he always had one thought. 'I went outside for a reason right, well, I'll think about it later'.Shian walked out of the base, his scythe in hands, with the intent to complete his mission. As he walked towards the beasts in the distance, his mind began to wander, he thought of irrelevant things and soon found himself walking back to the base while thinking.'What the Fuck did I come out to do!!!'Shian was getting angry but didn't know why. He walked briskly back to the base and entered an empty room, he slamme
Shian stood there with his bruised and battered body staring at the moving rock. The giant head revealed itself, four tortoise like arms burst out from four sides of the rock. A ceature that looked like a tortoise made out of uneven orange rocks scrutinized him briefly, before turning around and walking away. Shian heaved a sigh of relief and sat down, he was relieved of the tension that had built up in him in that short moment. For a second, he thought he was going to fight with his life on the line again, but when the beast turned around and left, he suddenly felt weak and fell on his butt.Not long after that encounter, he felt a vibration in the ground and the sky turn dark, he looked up and saw a giant circluar foot coming down on him, if he lingered any longer, he would be crushed into an ugly mush in no time.Shian picked himself up and assessed the situation, he chose a direction that could lead him faster out of the area of impact of the giant foot and ran with all his might,
Shian swung his scythe wildly, severing and dissecting several beasts at the same time, he tried his best not to move his legs too much because of the pain that might distract him, but some beasts unknowingly forced him to, and those beasts... He gave them a very cruel death. A beast charged at him with its horns, aiming to gore him to death, Shian jumped to the side and avoided it but his legs were strained in the process.Shian gritted his teeth and gave the beast a threatening stare, if stares could kill, the beast would have died a dozen times already. The beast felt a shiver run down its spine, it ignored the threatening gaze of Shian and charged at him again. Shian who was slashing at a beast suddenly stopped, caught the horns of the beast charging at him and snapped them, the beast wailed but it was short-lived as Shian stabbed the beast to death with its own horns and then...he smiled. 'Have a taste of your own medicine' He thought coldly.The beast he had neglected to kill s
The old man in blue armour was standing behind Shian looking at him worriedly, he had sensed something was wrong with Shian and immediately killed all the beasts around him to lift the pressure off of him.'He's still alive. I caused this, so I think it's only right I take care of him' The old man thought.He gingerly lifted Shian from the ground and ran. He moved at a steady pace so as to not disrupt Shian's rest, though he wasn't slow by any means.It didn't take long before they reached a base that was bustling with people, the old man stopped in front of the gate where two guards were positioned. They immediately bowed their heads and let him in, several similar situations occurred as he walked inside the base, the people he walked by bowed their heads with respect, though not the type of respect forced, but the one willingly given.The old man made his way towards a room, he opened the door without knocking and entered.Inside the room was an adjustable hospital bed with railings
"Umm...Do you know us?" Maya asked curiously."My father had only one good friend amongst all the friends that he had when he was a hunter for a certain someone. When he had a disease, that friend didn't leave him, he always came to visit to check up on my dad, even when all the others left him —heck even my mum left him— until recently, he stopped coming to visit." Shian sighed. "That friend, his name was Ryan Blackwill."The old man wasn't looking too good, it seemed like what Shian said had shaken him for some reason."My son!!, Ryan Blackwill is my son." The old man said. Considering the way he said it, something seemed to have happened. "What happened to him?" "Ryan died a few weeks ago." Maya sighed and replied gloomily. "He was assassinated.""I'm...so sorry about that" Shian said."Anyways, you might want to head back to earth..." Maya spoke but was cut off by Shian who was already standing up from the bed."Yeah, I really want to go back, like, right now. This planet has giv
Grandpa Enzo led the way out of the room, but before they left, Shian took a good look at the room, it was wide with white walls on each side and nothing in it except the portal in which they came through. "Why did we come through this portal, I thought we were supposed to come out through a portal in a military base?" Shian asked."The portal we used to head to that beast planet belongs to the military, but the one we just used to come back here is connected to this one we just came through." Grandpa Enzo explained while pointing to the red shimmering portal behind them. "So if you want to go back to the beast planet, you have to use the portal that belongs to the government, right?" Shian asked. "Hmm...not really. You see..." Grandpa Enzo was about to say something but changed his mind. "Nevermind, you're correct."They left the room and he led Shian down the long corridor, the walls where bare with nothing except the windows.'I thought they were rich, aren't rich families suppos
Shian and the blind boy in the conical hat fell on their butts with a thud, the sound waves from the shout was that powerful. Luckily their ear drums didn't burst.Grandpa Enzo could be seen standing in front of the open double doors, he walked down the stairs and stood between Shian and the blind boy."Why where the two of you fighting?!!" Grandpa Enzo said with a vein bulging at the side of his head at the lack of a reply from any of them, he was getting really angry that they where just staring at seemingly nothing in particular without even making an attempt to answer him. This was the first time Shian saw this part of Grandpa Enzo, he always appeared to be a gentle old man, but when he snapped, all the image of a gentle man was replaced with the aura of a predator ready to pounce on its prey, Shian was terrified to the point where he answered automatically without thinking of what he was about to say."I don't know." Shian said.This reply seemed to only make Grandpa Enzo more an