My Godkiller System

Mind Hex(2)

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 slammed the door to the room with force making it fly off its hinges.

"Something is wrong, anytime I go out to hunt for crystals I forget what I went out to do. I need to get out of this place before I completely loose my mind" Shian said out loud.

He immediately stood up and went out through a hole in the wall that faced the opposite direction of where the dead basilisk laid. As Shian left, he looked ahead of him and what he saw made him curse his luck.

'Tarnation'

In the distance he saw the sky darkening, large puffy cumulus clouds spreading and slowly moving towards his direction. The abrupt changes in the winds direction and sudden drop in temperature made him shudder. He still hadn't recovered from the cold he was feeling and now it was worsening with the storm that was getting closer by the minute.

Shian stumbled back into the base visibly angry at the development of things. He sat down, crossed his legs in a meditative pose and waited. Not long after he heared the distant sounds of thunder rumbling in the sky. He brought out his blanket and wrapped it round his body, even though he still felt very cold, the blanket reduced it by a little margin.

The rumbling sounds intensified, Shian began to shiver and cough as a chilling breeze blew sand and dust to his face. Shian squeezed himself into a ball in a corner of the room he was in. As he waited, the sand and cold assaulting his body increased, his teeths began to clatter and goosebumps filled his whole body not sparing any part.

At some point, Shian turned and looked round the room but didn't find a window or anything where air could slip through to make him feel that cold, except for the door which he had destroyed. Shian endured the bitter cold for a while, his consciousness began to slowly slip out of his body. He began to think about his life.

'Is this how I am going to end up...

He breathed in cold air

...dieing a meaningless death'.

He looked up at the bleak ceiling and sighed. 'At least I tried to change things. Dad, I'll see you soon.' He thought with a smile.

Shian closed his eyes and waited, expecting death. Shian's mind began to wander again. 'Hmm...Basilisks where great masters of illusions, perhaps that was why I always forgot what I went outside to do. But illusions are not supposed to work when the user is dead right?, then why did it?...The Blood. Shian's thoughts where interrupted by a loud thunder clap, the ground shook and more dust fell from the ceiling, he looked at the ground and all the dust that was falling, when the dusts reached the ground they seemed to disappear.

Shian's eyes where as wide as saucers.

"If the dust isn't real doesn't that mean..."

Shian looked at his arm and focused intensely on it, suddenly, the goosebumps became a mirage, he was no longer feeling the biting cold on his body, the howling winds of the incoming storm seized and everything looked calm.

Shian got up and walked outside to be sure he had been freed from the mind hex. Some minutes later he walked back to the base with a bright smile on his face. He had finally acquired the beast crystal of the basilisk, unfortunately, he couldn't use the crystals of the beasts that had died around it because they were tarnished by the potent venom of the snake.

Shian left the vicinity of the base without looking back. He didn't want to fall under the mind hex again because the power that the beast showcased even after its death was terrifying and beyond his imagination.

Shian traversed the rough and dry terrain of the beast realm. He intended to find another base to head back to earth, he was so scared of what might happen if he delayed any further, so he had left all the crystals he had amassed over the past weeks.

Although Shian was worked up over it, it didn't worth sacrificing his life, what was the point in it anyway if he was dead, so he left them in search of another base. Shian was rushing, his food wasn't going to run out anytime soon, but his water reserve was dwindling fast due to the heat that permeated the surroundings.

Shian walked for hours without stoping until his legs began to hurt, he wanted to get as far away from the dead basilisk as much as he could, he eventually stoped at a large rock when he was out of breath. Shian sat down in its shadow and brought out his flask of cool water and greedily drank some not letting even a drop go past his open mouth, It was with reluctancy that Shian took the bottle away from his lips. He was rationing his water because he didn't know when he was going to find another body of clean water again.

Shian had covered a long distance but hadn't found a sign of clean water or a base where he could make use of a portal. Shian performed first aid on his injuries, but the more serious ones needed for him to get to a hospital. Shian was really tired and couldn't fight at his peak if a high tiered beast were to show up at that moment. Shian snorted and said

"They won't dare disturb my rest"

As Shian spoke, the massive rock he was resting on surged and a giant head revealed itself underneath it.

"Shit!! Me and my loud mouth again"