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Twenty: Unending Dune
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
Nineteen: The Battle In The Raid
The battle had turned into a nightmare none of them could have prepared for.The giant serpent creatures came from every direction at once, their massive bodies gliding through the trees like living shadows, silent one moment and lethal the next. Every time the hunters thought they had cornered one, another would appear behind them, fangs bared, as if the forest itself had turned against them. Screams echoed through the trees. Blood soaked into the dirt. Slowly, inevitably, the Savage Hunters were losing ground.Elena gritted her teeth and swung her sword at a serpent's arm, the blade biting deep enough to force the monster into a hissing retreat."Behind you!" Dan shouted.She ducked on instinct, and a claw sliced through the empty air where her head had been a heartbeat earlier. Not everyone was so lucky. One of the other hunters cried out as a serpent's tail coiled around his body and hauled him screaming into the darkness between the trees. His screams lasted only a few seconds
Eighteen: The System's Deadly Task
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
Seventeen: Tough Beast
The hunters stood at alert. Their hands tightening upon their rifles, blade and other weapons they had brought for the mission.Their eyes were focused in the thick greens as they waited for the next attack.The hunters were certain that the snake creature was going to return. They could even hear creepy sounds too.The sounds seemed to be coming from all angles, making them confused, if they were more than one snake creature.Shadows pooled in hollows between the roots, and faint trails of mist clung to the low spots which gave hint at unseen streams or bogs nearby. Still yet, that wasn't enough to detect the creature. In fact, it only confused the hunters the more.The undergrowth was a chaotic labyrinth filled with ferns unfurled like emerald feathers at every step, thorny brambles snagged at boots.Many of the Savage hunters complained how this was only their first raid and wished to abandon it.If only they had a second chance right this moment, they'll reject whatever money was
Sixteen: The Weird Portal
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
Fifteen: Strange
The portal appeared all of a sudden, right in the center of the stadium. Reports from journalists stated that, a match was ongoing before the portal's appearance. Few footballers got stuck inside the portal eventually. They were four of them precisely. Nathan saw the hunters he had seen earlier at the Bureau still around at the premises. They had not gone into the portal. He thought some action should have began.Some other stranger hunters from different organizations were also present. A lot of them.They all seem to be engaged in an argument. Their murmurs revealed complains, detest and anger. Nathan looked around for Jeremy but could not find him nearby. Instead, he finds Elena beside him like a bodyguard.There's no point in asking her what she wants because she'll probably say: to protect him. And if he asked her to let him be, she'll probably say she has to repay back his favour first. Such a strange lady. He thought. “Hey! What is going on here?" He asked a person close by.
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