There were about seven men armed with guns surrounding a building. Damien was standing aloof, a couple of distances away from the building. The building was the only completed building he had seen since he had been searching through the island. Though the building was not painted or decorated, it was sturdy and spacious. There were a couple of trees surrounding that area. It was a good thing for Damien if he needed to hide himself. "What are they guiding? The statues of red gold?"That was the only thing he could think of. It it wasn't something valuable in the building, there would be no reason for men to be surrounding the building, let alone armed men. "I can't idle around. I should be quick about it before Ari finds me again. That fool will never give up."He observed the men closely. "They are not even moving. Why would they stand still like rocks? At least move your necks or something, you fool's."He cussed from behind the tree he was hiding. As though one of the men heard
"Oh my God! Gold! Fucking gold!"Ari exclaimed. He was swept off his feet by the sight of it. He looked from one corner of the room to another, gold everywhere!He hurried to a corner and made to lift one of the ornaments."No touching, please Master Ari."Darren warned. "I'm sorry, but the best I could do for you is this. Just look around."Ari didn't look like someone who had taken an offence in what Darren had said. "This is crazy. I could never have believed that there was gold left on this earth. Thought all the golds have been discovered."Ari turned to face Darren,"This gold is strangely looking. Red in colour instead of the normal one we see everywhere."Darren smiled. "Well, the one which you call the normal ones is actually the common one. Most of them have lost their values because they have been compromised."Darren paused for a while. "You would be very surprised to find out the process that many of these privileged political figures go through to make something that
Damien followed the lady into a room. It was well furnished and spacious. There was a bed in the corner and a set of couches in another. "You can sit here while I go prepare."She said so coldly. Then she walked away. "You might as well pour yourself a glass of drink."She added before she shut the door. Damien sat there as he stared at the door for a while. "What the hell is wrong with her? Does she have feelings for Ari or what?"He realised that that wasn't his problem. He lifted his gaze and saw a bar of drinks."Man, what sort of a room is this? Has everything you could ever think of."He muttered and got up. He walked to the small bar and picked a bottle of white wine. He turned the bottle to this side and that side to read the inscriptions. "Let's hope it's tasty."He took a sip from it. He shut his eyes to savour the taste. He sniffled. "Damn, why does it taste so good?"He gulped the whole content of the glass and poured another turn. While pouring the next turn, that wa
While he walked hurriedly up the path, he was accompanied by the echoes of the crickets and the building symphonies of the idling creatures of the night. He had just one thing in mind, and he wasn't ready to compromise it. He used the zoom function, and he was standing behind one of the trees, which bordered the building surrounded by the armed men. He zoomed around the building and realised that there was no spot whatsoever that was not occupied by the armed men. He returned to where he was earlier. "Did you hear that?"He heard one of the armed men say to the other. "I thought I was seeing things, actually. Does lightning travel round a building? I thought it only flashed from the sky."The other guy explained. "I don't think you should worry about that. Nothing should surprise you around here. I mean a piece of land that has cannibals occupying it. You should know that it had some laws of nature different from our world applicable to it."There was silence again. "Those fool
LUGAL. That was the name that was given to him by the cannibals decades ago. Before he earned that name, he had to prove himself over and over again to be worthy of their respect. He had learnt a lot of things from the cannibals and had discovered that they weren't as bad as the media had always presented them. But at that moment, he was going through a lot of emotions. Watching the cannibals in pain wasn't something he could have imagined. When he had left them, he had warned them and equipped them to protect the island until his return. But then it seemed as though the equipments were nothing in the fact of a ruthless government that would do anything to get whatever they wanted. He walked closer to them. Suddenly, the door of the building was pushed open from the front door. "Oh shit."Damien couldn't guess who might be there. He hadn't even spent five minutes in the building. In short, five minutes was a short period of time for the armed men to get rid of the clones. "Who co
Damien missed the first blow and halted. The panther glid to a stop, using its claws as its aid.Damien stopped at the foot of a tree. The panther turned to look at him. It was snarling. But Damien could tell that the panther must not have seen it coming. But at that moment, he didn't have the Jungle Wits skill, so he couldn't possibly tell what the exact reaction of the panther was. If he did have the Jungle Wits skill, he could have used it as an advantage to himself like he used to do in the past. The panther was crouching this time. Flexing its limbs for the next possible attack. Damien closed the space between them. He was standing not too close nor distant from it. "We can all just go our way and pretend that this didn't happen in the first place. It would be good for both of us."He paused for a while. The panther was snarling. Damien could tell that it was very angry. "See, I understand that I ruined your fun. You were about to make a meal of her. But what did you think,
"What's that noise?"Damien could see the yacht in sight. He was standing at the edge of the fallen forest. He was staring at the yacht checking out if he could see any figure passing by the yacht, no matter how remotely. But a sudden group of movements coming from behind him had caught his attention. He quickly found a place to hide himself. He saw Darren and his men, strapped up and walking past his hide. They kept walking in the direction of the yacht. "What the hell is happening?"He watched as they advanced to the yacht, walking in long strides and with urgency. [Ping! Skills exchange portal opened]A window pop-up appeared in his face. [Exchange a skill with the ILLUSIVE NIGHTMARE]"Illusive nightmare?"He was trying to make a meaning of what the system had just said. [Ping! System dictionary: Illusive nightmare could be used to take away the memory of events in the mind of a person or a group of people. Events that happened later then three days cannot be subjected to the
"Heyy... heyy! What's the matter? What's wrong?"He stooped and tried to hold her hands but she yanked him off, jumped on her feet and ran towards the door which led out of the yacht."Hey! Where are you going?"Damien was surprised. Slam!"What's the matter with her? Did the skill fail to work on her?"He couldn't hide how confused he was. He zoomed towards the door and ran up the stairs which led to the deck. She was standing by the railing, just a shove away into the endlessly blue body of terrifying water. She gripped the railing strongly, and was slowly lifting her soles off the deck. "Hey! Don't you do it. Don't."He wasn't sure if that was the best way to talk her out of what he thought she was about to do. "What are you trying to do?"He could zoom to her tp stop her, but she was in her right mind. If he zoomed, she would realise that something unusual had happened. That wasn't a good thing. He was still bothered about whether or not she was affected by the illusive nightm