Seth and his 'friends' eventually left.
Vanessa looked at Shian and said. "Thanks for what you did back there""It's nothing, I just didn't like the way they presented themselves.""By the way, my name's Vanessa Emprie""Shian Smith." Shian replied bluntly then turn around and began to jog away "I'll see you around.""Wait" Vanessa called out but Shian was already gone. "What did he mean by he'll see me around. Hmmm... it seems like he is going to enter the Academy too." Vanessa said then walked into the restaurant.__________Meanwhile, Seth and his goons were planning on how to deal with Shian."That foolish girl Vanessa. She will be mine, no matter what it takes.""She will be yours Seth, but what about that lowlife who insulted us in front of everyone, what should we do about him." Druber asked still visibly annoyed about how he embarrassed himself."Let's just follow him for now, and when we get the chance, we'll teach him a lesson he will never forget." Seth said."I can't wait. He'll know to never mess with us again." Druber said while grinning.__________Shian continued his walk to where he was going to enter a portal.It was a military base with two soldiers standing guard at the gate. Shian walked up to one of them, and on seeing him, the soldier immediately questioned him."State your business.""Good Afternoon sir, please I will like to use a portal." Shian replied humbly knowing not to provoke a military personnel."Show me your ID."Shian promptly pulled out a black card from his space ring and showed it to the soldier, the second his hands made contact with the card it projected a hologram that had all his information in it.The soldier scanned it and found what he was looking for.[Basic tier Hunter]They had to go through this procedure because of several cases of people who had no business in a beast realm, going there for stupid reasons like'I was told that there is a very good plant that can make my food taste better'or'I just want to see what that world looks like'Shian had received this card as a gift from his father when he had amassed a kill count of ten basic tier beasts. The card also contained all the credits his father had secretly saved all through his life."Follow me." The soldier simply said.They walked into the base, inside the military base was like a city of its own, there were shopping centers, medical clinics, post offices, and all sorts of things you could find in a city. They walked to a building at the center of the base, it was stark white and didn't have windows, at least not any that he could see, that's if it could be even called a building.Shian walked into the sight of several people working. No one noticed their arrival because everyone had something to do, Shian noticed that the building was bigger than it looked inside. A person looking at it from outside will think it was just one random living quarters.Shian searched through his memory and remembered that his father had told him about something like this, it was the work of a Space Elementalist.Space Elementalist were exceedingly rare, like one in ten billion, although not all had the talent to create pocket dimensions.This showed how much power the military had for them to have a Space Elementalist create a pocket dimension this big for them.The soldier continued his march to a receptionist, spoke some words and left him.Shian was left standing in front of the receptionist not knowing what to do."What type of beast do you wish to hunt sir? So that I can give you a list that fits your category" She asked."Well, just send me into anyone as long as it's of the Basic Tier." Shian replied"Ok sir"She typed something on the keyboard in her front, she stretched her hands and received Shian's card. She swiped it across a board and the payment was done, she then led him to a room filled with portals.There were four different types of portals that he could see.There were Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red. Green meant that the realm was safe for all hunters, Yellow was for hunters that could hunt Sovereign tier beasts and below, Orange for hunters that could hunt Lord tier beasts and below and finally Red was for hunters that could hunt Legendary tier beasts and below, though there wasn't any known person that could do that soloShian was lead to one section where there were green portals.While waiting for the receptionist to activate the portal, a new one was being moved in.Portals could be controlled, if a portal was to randomly open somewhere, a team of scientist along with a group of soldiers will be dispatched to go and retrieve it.The soldiers will first of all clear the released beasts before the scientists will come in and trap the portal in a machine designed for that specific purpose, it will then be transported to their military base for safe keeping.After a while, the machine will scan the realm's energy signature, detect the level, before giving it a colour.Right now a portal to one of those realms was being moved in. The receptionist was done activating the portal, she stepped back then turned around to leave, she didn't see the man who was pushing the new portal in, so she accidentally bumped into him."Aye watch where you are going miss""I'm sorry sir"Shian being Shian wanted to jump through the portal that had been activated for him, he took some steps back and this time the man pushing the portal didn't see him and shoved him real hard, Shian fell right through a red portal standing by his side."Aye, who is it this time?" The man grumbledHe looked and didn't see anyone, shrugged his shoulders and kept on walking.Shian didn't realize what was going on until he had fallen through the portal."Shit. I'm so dead, did that asshole not see where he was going." Shian didn't know what to do. He got up to have a good look of his surroundings.The first thing that came into his view was the extremely bright orange light that was immediately filtered out by his vision and the slightly sandy wind blowing on his face that was unlike anything he had ever experienced in his life.The ground was completely arid with nothing but orange rocks covering it, there were various cracks in the ground and small rocky hills in the distance with the abnormal shapes of semicircles.Orange glowing balls covered some of the orange sky that Shian could not tell were either moons or stars. Out of the seemingly completely dry dead ground, grew purple flowers of dazzling beauty, its deep purple glow very profound, some of them growing straight out of the tiny cracks on the ground.Shian turned around frantically, hoping to fin
Shian was tensed, he knew he will eventually face a high tier beast, but he wasn't expecting it to be this soon."If it's an intermediate tier beast, I can defeat it if I use all the weapons in my arsenal, but if it's on a higher tier, I don't think I have any other choice but to run.The black dot kept getting bigger and the ground quaked more fiercely."If only this beast didn't make the ground shake so much, I could have escaped."Or so he thought, if Shian knew that the beast had smelt him from afar, he will not be having those thoughts.Shian waited with his trusty weapon in hand —his scythe. He steadied his breath to calm himself down and vested his armour.A grey breastplate appeared on his body, a pair of blue gauntlets covered his hands with an opening for his fingers so that only his palm and wrist were covered, a pair of dun colored boots that reached his shin appeared on his foot and last but not least, a red helmet that covered his whole head with a T-shaped opening for hi
Shian began to convulse terribly, his blood which was splattered everywhere began to flow in reverse, his bones snapped back into position, which was a very painful process. Black blood began to flow out of his mouth and the pores of his skin, his eyes turned bloodshot and he coughed violently.A grey aura began to seep out of his body gradually, then abruptly, it burst out with power, ravaging the surroundings and destroying everything within it. The wolf sensing danger turned around to flee but a suction force pulled it towards Shian.The wolf was using all the strength it could muster to run, but it wasn't making any difference.As it was pulled back, it left a trail on the ground, it's sharp claws dug into the metal floor but the suction force disavailed it of that advantage and it was finally pulled away.The wolf was sucked into the area and devoured by the aura Shian was releasing. Shian's eyes which were bloodshot previously were now glowing with power. Shian didn't know wha
Shian left the room and made a mental note of the location. He walked out of the building and chose a direction to go. As he walked he reminisced about his life with his father and neighbours, unknown to him as he thought about them, a smile crept up his face. He thought about how they all took care of each other like one family, but it all got ruined for him when his father died, the smile in his face slowly faded and was replaced with a frown."That's why I need to get stronger, so I will be able to take care of myself and those around me. I will awaken my ability no matter what and become the strongest human in the world, or even the universe."As Shian finished his thoughts he looked ahead of him and saw a lake in the distance, he rushed towards it and got down on his knees and began to gulp mouthfuls of water. He hadn't realized that he was that thirsty until he saw the water and after drinking to his fill, he brought out his flask and refilled it.He took off his amour and cloth
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
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,