He grew increasingly anxious the closer they approached the desert. Kane, on the other hand, while alert, was oblivious. He continued to jog towards the desert at high speeds.
Rui's senses and alertness heightened as they drew closer to the desert. His senses spread across the entire area, looking for any and all monsters and beasts that might be trying to ambush them.
Yet, strangely, he couldn't spot a single lifeform.
That was strange.
The Beast Domain was filled with all kinds of lifeforms at all scales; he had seen plenty of strange insects and little critters native and unique to the Beast Domain. Yet there was not a single soul in the vicinity. He could not spot even a single insect.
That only strengthened his gut feeling.
Yet it was only after Kane took the first step into the desert that it finally clicked.
The way the sand moved.
The way each of its grains shifted.
The strange, inorganic, and unnatural feel to it.
Shivers crawled up his spine.
as a memory flashed
shown him. One of the many visions of death that she had shown him was him in a desert, being swallowed up by sand that was so powerful he could
RUMBLE!
his Martial Heart and Neo
frowned, turning
him in a matter of no more than a dozen microseconds. Kane's Martial Heart had already instinctively
WHOOSH!
haziest of blurs as Gale Force Breathing and Outer Convergence propelled
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!
he barely managed to pull at Kane, avoiding the initial crash. Thankfully, Kane, too, activated his Fulminata
attack shook the very lands of the region to their core as an abyss larger than a mountain emerged from the titanic weight of
watched in horror as the sand slowly retreated back to the desert
was that?!" Kane
desert is alive," Rui's expression grew grave. "It consumes organic life that steps onto it like you did as sustenance.
freak like the Gatekeeper,
to Rui, utterly astonished. "How in the world did you know that? I thought this was supposed to be an unknown region? Also, how in the world did you react faster than me?! I thought reflexes were the only advantage that I had
"I didn't react, I preacted. I recognized the desert from my grandmother's prophecy. In that prophecy, I actually ended up dying here because it
froze when he heard
grew severe. "This entire region is a predator. That's why I couldn't sense
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