“Stop staring too much, you have awful eyes.” She suddenly snapped as him, darting her eyes away from his.“What! You praised me just now.” He yelled, feeling angry about her sudden resent, when he found her attractive.She yawns. “Keep your voice down okay?”“Who are you and why are you hiding? Are you an imposter?” Nathan asked, still curious of what she was doing in his room.“ My name is Elena and I'm a fugitive.” She says boldly, crossing her legs and twirling her hair like a slut before her victim.Nathan wonders if she was for real. How she could be bold enough to expose that he was a fugitive.He was about to say something to her, but then a harsh knock appears upon his door, distracting.“Who is it?” He asked while staring at her, thinking it was her whoever was at the door had come for.She suddenly looked tensed and buried herself under his covers.“What is wrong with this girl? Is she psycho?” Nathan thought to himself, while he nodded, frustrated by her presence alone.“I

Nathan had to take a taxi to the central city, since the vehicle meant to convey the hunters on the mission had taken off without him. It was no big deal for him since he'd get there anyway.The car drove its way out of the Association's premises. Out of a rock, through a forest before appearing on the main road. He viewed the Association, like a fortress surrounded by forest. A sigh escape his lips as the car made it to the expressway.----The central city look elegant with the tall buildings and skyscrapers that stood still at their district positions.The buzzing sounds of vehicles , trains and pipelines fill the air.The central city's view was magical as it felt brighter than the rest part of the city. Many wondered why the 'Hunters Bureau Association' wasn't located in the central city instead, where fits its standard.The 'HBA' had shut its doors from receiving regular people. They only receive calls. Therefore, their building was as good as invisible to the public.The cent

They entered a large forest and the energy was in different level. Most hunters confirmed that it was mixed with both high and low energy.The hunters couldn't quite tell what demons they were going to encounter, but Nathan's system has given him a hint.[Portal of five creatures: The drastic wolves, Giant scorpions, Serpent- man, Devil bees and ghost ants].Nathan gulped. From their names, he could imagine what they were.The drastic wolves, he imagined them as rigorous wolves who would stop at nothing but to tear open their enemy. For the giant scorpion, he hope not to encounter such a creature. The smaller ones alone are enough to creep out a person, but a giant scorpion is dreadful. The name serpent-man got him puzzled for a moment. Is he a half man half snake, or his a man with snakes? He thought about it.Devil bees sounded like a killer name and ghost ants was totally unimaginable.A reminder of his fatigue appeared on the screen.He groans and ignores it. But he won't be able

Nathan tumbled through the shimmering rift, the invisible portal spitting him out like discarded refuse. The system had taken him into it's belly once he activated 'proceed task'.He hit the scorching sand with a thud, rolling several meters before skidding to a halt. The air burns mercilessly hot like furnace, baking his skin instantly.Sands clung to his sweaty face. "What the hell?" he gasped, pushing himself up on trembling arms. His head hurt from the fall, and the world seem to spin in a haze of golden dunes stretching endlessly under a blinding sun. No trees, no buildings, just waves of heat-distorted horizon. It was a desert, one that seems to have no end.SYSTEM NOTIFICATION[Task: Survive the eternal sands and claim Oasis core. Failure to perform inflict great fatigue.]“This is more like a punishment than a task.” Nathan complained. He blinked hard, swiping out the sands off his faceThe words materialized in his vision like augmented reality overlays, glowing blue and

Evening came slowly over the dunes, the way it always did in a place with no mercy left to give.The sky bled from gold to a deep, bruised orange, and then to a purple so dark it looked like the color of a wound. Nathan lay half-buried in the sand, watching that color spread across the horizon, and for a moment it was almost beautiful enough to make him forget where he was. Almost.He didn't know how long ago the portal had taken him. He remembered the serpents, the screaming, Dan's voice telling him to run before the ground had simply opened beneath him and swallowed him whole. There had been no light this time, no gentle blue glow easing him through. Just darkness, and falling, and then heat — a heat so absolute it had felt like breathing fire before his eyes had even adjusted to the endless gold-brown of the dunes stretching in every direction.The forest had been hell, but at least the forest had shade. At least it had sound — the rustle of leaves, the distant calls of birds, so