Again the darkness, filled my vision.
But this time, i was standing.
Standing on solid ground.
Wherever i looked, it was all darkness.
I felt fear and loneliness.
But suddenly,
Something held my hand.
The texture of the hands felt rough, yet it pulled me gently forward and as it did, i have seen it.
A being with dark skin, he had the body of human but the face of jackal.
He stood approximately 10ft with muscular frame.
He pulled me gently, as he did the deep darkness i was in, started to fade slowly, turning into gray like color.
The gray color filled the entirety of what seemed like a sky but the ground we stood on was still in darkness.
Pulling me, his gaze turned forward.
Following his gaze, i found two objects floating in space.
A burning torch floating in space and beside it, floated an orb of pure light.
The jackal-head being turned his head towards my direction.
We stood in silence, but that silence told me something that is clear unlike the gray sky.
'i probably need to choose but why-' just as i was about to speak and question the jackal.
I heard voice invading my mind.
' Dont forget the light-
-Soon enough, you will make a choice-
-A choice we all have made.
When the time comes,
dont forget the purpose.
Break the cycle.'
I turned my head towards the entity.
The jackal-head entity noded as he spoke his words inside my mind without moving his mouth.
His voice was calm.
Then once again, the world shattered.
Falling like glass on the ground.
Darkness filled my sight once again.
But this time, i closed my eyes and opened them and found myself again in the cave.
Yozrasef woke up from his sleep.
Breathing heavily and drenched in sweat.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, he recalled the dream he just had.
' choice...-choose..- light, fire, Jackal...what the fuck is going on here?'
Yozrasef cursed inside his head.
'first i wake up in prison, trapped with a maniac that tried to kill me, then my damn body evaporate in space, then i find myself in the abyss or whatever that creepy woman said!'
Clutching his head, yozrasef cursed under his breath.
He felt unfair as if the world is turning around against him.
Yozrasef got up from his bed and headed outside of the cave.
He can't handle it anymore, his head is throbbing with thoughts, trying to process what is going on.
Stepping outside the concealed entry of the cave, the world before him changed.
This time he looked at where his feet is so he doesn't trip over the chains.
He walked down the stairs reaching the rockish-land.
The smell of death and blood still loomed into the air.
But to his surprise, everyone was present, their gaze turned towards the approaching yozrasef.
Yozrasef walked slowly, he tried to supress his internal turmoi, boiling inside of him.
he felt burdened by their fierce gazes but his expressionless face made it impossible to know what he is thinking off.
The chains of his limbs clicked together.
his small build made some wonder how a guy like that made it in this kind of place.
Sekhm approached yozrasef.
Yozrasef stopped in his track, freezing.
The rumbling of the ground caused by sekhm's feet.
he didn't know where to go but also if he ran, he felt like they would hunt him down. he felt they all are planning to kill him for some reason.
" You- how did you get here?"
Sekhm asked skeptically standing in front of yozrasef while picking his own ears, the muscles of his body made yozrasef gulp instinctively.
" I-..dont know"
Yozrasef spoke in harsh tone.
His mouth was dry.
"Oh- are you fucking with me now?"
Sekhm blinked in surprise- he didn't expect that guy to speak but then his eyes narrowed as if insulted.
"I- really Don't know..-i woke up here" yozrasef stated, his harsh tone made it hard for him not to attract most of the crowd's attention and it made it even hard for him to sound like he is lying either.
"Uhh- do you even know where you are-?"
Sekhm asked in almost concerned tone of voice.
"No."
Yozrasef said right away, there is nothing to even hide, it was the plain truth.
"I see-i don't even know if you are lying or hiding something, its not like i even care" sekhm said and walked past yozrasef while scratching his head.
Yozrasef stood there unsure of what to make of that encounter.
Others that were paying attention, turned their gazes away once they met yozrasef's.
some sneered at him.
some felt petty.
some didn't even pay attention to him.
some looked at him in disdain.
Yozrasef felt overwhelmed once again by their gazes.
The dagger he kept holding onto firmly, trembled.
Then he felt a ripple through the ground.
Looking a head far on the ground, he could see the rocks were shaking.
It wasn't only him that felt such changes in the calm atmosphere, everyone else seemed to notice and already unsheathed and ready their weapons.
Then it occurred,
the voice came again from the ceiling.
"They have come once again.
But this time, a head on clash.
Be ready, i may not be able to help like last time, cause im already busy with that damned snake"
kheru's voice echoed through the space reaching everyone on the ground.
Sweat poured down my forehead.
'shit- what is gonna happen again!?'
Yozrasef cursed once again inside himself, he was fed up with continues fighting.
Taking a deep breath, he looked behind him.
Everyone behind him, were calm.
It as if they have done that millions of times.
their gazes gave off a fierce aura around them.
they didnt even get bothered by the rumbling of the underground, especially sekhm.
Yozrasef eyed the guy and sekhm winked at him in cheeky manner as his laugh resounded in the entire field.
For some reason, he was amused amd excited.
the rumbling stopped.
Then yozrasef turned his head forward, standing at the fore front of the lines, he could see them.
Through the darkness of the ceiling, they descended in charging manner unlike kheru who descended the sky like stair-case.
They all had humanoid body shapes but their skin had scales, their golden glowing eyes were slitted, they had elongated jaws.
some of them had fangs.
some had their forked-tongues out.
They were the creatures of the naunet.
the creatures of the abyss, they are known in many cultures by the name 'reptilians' and 'demons'.
they are great ancient beings with greats wisdom and intellact, they had superior strength to humans and their agility is above any creature that any humankind have known.
But to the clueless yozrasef, obviously he didnt know, all he saw green beings that wants him dead and obviously shiver ran down his spine.
Their clawed gripped their weapons in inhuman confidance, the metal gleaming beneath the torches-light.
each one of them held different type of weapon, some of them held spears, some of them held bows.
They were all organized troops.
At the forefront of the charge, those who held spears, spear warriors.
The ones in the middle those who held the double edged swords, sword warriors.
The ones at the backt are those who held bows, archers.
At the very rear of the troop, three beings stood out of them all.
50 spear warriors.
20sword warriors.
30 archers.
Yozrasef's eyes scanned the whole troop and their eyes locked together.
The troops before them all had the same skin tone, green, except for the three in the rear.
All of these creatures, didnt wear anything exposing their muscular body.
They wore tiny cloth around their body but wrapped a sheet around their private areas, which indicates of their pride in their free will.
The three beings, the one in the middle which seemed like the captain of the troop, was 8 ft in height, his build was almost identical to sekhm, the one on the right and the one on the left had the same green color skin, they stood at 7 feet height.
On side note,
The troops were 6ft in height.
Based on what yozrasef witnessed, he could deduce that those in the back are the leaders of those troops.
Tension rose in the air, yozrasef turned his gaze towards the people behind him, he sighed.
'i don't think we would win, those beings are organized, we will die at this rate.'
Yozrasef turned his gaze towards the charging troops, then he heard it.
As he his gaze was on his own group of people, he heard some bickering.
"Tch- damn naunets"
"When are they gonna learn their lesson?"
"I guess its time to try my new techniques"
"Technique this-technique that- every time they are here, you say the same-shit"
" Hey- do you want to be killed?!?"
" Oh please-"
Hearing the unbothered tauntings from the back, yozrasef was bewildered but he brushed it off.
He learned one thing that those creatures are called naunets.
But soon his trail of thoughts was caught by the monsters.
Heart trenching scream escaped the mouth of the gray being at the back and the entire group of the bow holders held their bow high in the sky, they pulled the bow string empty.
The heart trenching scream caused the everyone to turn their attention towards them, including yozrasef.
At the same minute, sekhm's laugh could be heard echoing in the sky simultaneously they let the bow string and what unfolded made yozrasef's expressionless face, flicker in astonishment and awe.
Arrows blazed from their strings like streaks of fire, the arrows doubled on the bowstring as the creature let them the string loose.
50 arrows filled the sky, illumnating the darkness.
at this sight, yozrasef floundered on the ground in the opposite side of the arrow that was aiming at his being.
The arrow of fire hissed past his ears, dust rose from where it struck.
yozrasef straightened himself on one knee as he looked back.
The others evaded successfully.
Yozrasef thanked god internally, thinking he might have chance to survive this time too.
Thats when the charging troops reached the ground.
Then growls and the battle crys erupted from everywhere on the battlefield.
Yozrasef felt the rumbling on the ground of their charged, the pounding of hundred people felt like the thunder.
The air vibrated with primal fury and desperation to survive, everyone wanted to survive.
Yozrasef's chest rose and fell rapidly from the weight of the unknown.
he stood holding his dagger in defensive stance.
Closing his eyes, taking in a deep breath.
'im gonna survive'
Yozrasef said to himself, holding his shit together.
Sweat pouring down on his expressionless face.
He opened his eyes again, his crimson eyes glew with determination.
Looking far at the distance. He felt the ground shake from their charge, he could see the ground crack under their feet, thats when yozrasef felt chill run down his spine.
'6ft in height, strong , mascular physique, their speed is high-fucking monsters'
Yozrasef thought to himself, he felt frightened but his expressionless facade hid that very well.
The first spear came in yozrasef's direction, lunging at him, in attempt to stab him in the heart.
Yozrasef instinctively darted to the left, evading the stab and thats when another spear came in his direction attempting to stab him in the neck from the left side he stepped too.
'fighting in groups- what the fuck!?' yozrasef cursed and wondered in his mind.
He took another step back, trying to regain more distance evading the other stab to his left side.
Looking at the golden eyes of these creatures, yozrasef could feel like they are not normal creatures.
they are intelligent.
Their superior physique as well, their agility, everything at their peak.
Yozrasef shot a quick look at the rest of the battle he could see that the rest are doing pretty fine.
Sekhm is crushing down skulls, with his monstrous strength, laughing like maniac.
peh is taking on three opponents and like the creatures, peh lossed arrows from his bow string with a blur of precision from his bowstring.
his arrow weren't fire like theirs, it was pure.
It caused the fire of the torchlight beside him to flicker as if the wind blew against it.
Then yozrasef realized it was wind like arrows.
The blindfolded girl is taking 5 enemies at the same time, she was dodging, blocking and parying their double egded-sword-swings with her sword, effortlessly.
Watching her battle prowess, yozrasef exclaimed in astonishment on how can she fight without even seeing her opponents.
He switched his gaze to the expressionless guy with the hollow eyes, his appearance mixed with darkness of the sky giving grim- reaper- like appearance, his fast footwork made the 7 reptilains' slitted golden eyes twitch, but despite his successful evasions and powerful sword strikes, the creature didn't give up, believing in their advantagous numbers.
Not only those three that were overwhelming the monsters, everyone on the battlefield was unparalleled veteran with those monsters, the fierce glow in their eyes gleamed in fury and determination.
Yozrasef felt out of place in that battlefield that made him wonder on what to do next.
Everyone seemed as they know how to survive but yozrasef didnt.
He felt lonely again.
Lonely battle he is going through.
'this is life now- no matter how lonely it gets- i will survive.'
Yozrasef straightened his resolve again.
But soon the spear came in his way to cause yozrasef to regain his focus.
Yozrasef stepped back but as he was stepping back, the other spear came in by the other creature, like phantom.
Yozrasef shoulder was slashed by the other spear, yozrasef groaned in pain.
clutching his right shoulder while he floundered the ground making enough distance again but due to that, he had gone far away from the others, cornering himself, unintentionally.
Yozrasef thought to himself as the two creatures approached but this time they distanced themselves from each other, one walking from the right side of yozrasef and the other walking in the opposite left side.
'those spears are long ranged weapons, they thrust it from distance which makes it hard to get closer'
Yozrasef thought.
sweat pouring down, the drop of sweat fell on chains of his left hand, looking at it.
A thought occurred to his clueless mind.
He unwrapped the chains.
the shackles fell on the rockish ground, causing a loud ticking sound.
The glint in the eyes of the creatures flickered as they noticed the sudden change of yozrasef's demeanor.
They all felt it, the real battle starts now.
'8 meters on the right, 7 meters to the left, charge, obscure vision, take advantage, kill'
Yozrasef thought of the plan, the creatures felt the danger in the glint of his crimson glowing eyes.
They charged at him, in the span of seconds they all were 4 meters away from him but thats when everything change.
Yozrasef charged a head straight in the middle between them.
his two arms were stretched far behind.
the chains were floating high from the force of his charge.
He pulled the chains of his left and right arm simultaneously throwing the dagger and shackle towards the creatures.
at that sight the creatures thrusted their spears forward while evading the dagger and the shackle by leaning their upper body to the opposite side of the dagger and shackle.
Simultaneously, his right foot stepped in the middle between them.
Yozrasef dashed downward causing a dust erupt, obscuring their vision, while evading the thrust of their spears.
Rolling on the ground.
he straightened his back kneeling on his right knee.
he grabbed the dagger and the shackle from the ground.
The creatures stood their cluelessly, looking through the dust cloud, thinking he was still there.
Yozrasef took advantage, he extended his right arm forward, with all of his strength he threw his dagger at the creature's neck.
The dagger sliced its way through the space between and stabbed the creature deep in the neck.
Yozrasef's eyes flickered in hope, he pulled the dagger by the chain at the same time, the other creature noticed its comrade falling down lifelessly.
purple blood gushing out of the wound on the back of its neck.
Startled, the creature stepped back, looking back at yozrasef.
his crimson eyes flickering with hope, it let out heart trenching scream as of protesting at what happened.
Yozrasef feeling the tension rising, his gaze locked on the creature before him.
the creature's eyes glew in golden light, mixed with fury and anger.
'i think- i messed up'
yozrasef felt that he finally angered the creature completely.
' i was definitely being toyed with'
yozrasef realized why he wasn't dead up until now.
The creature charged at him, the rockish-ground cracked.
Yozrasef saw the creature approaching, he was reminded by the guard.
'emotions clouds reason and judgement'
yozrasef thought to himself as he stood still, holding the dagger in his right hand, the shackle and the chains of his left hand are on the ground, he pulled it and retrieved it.
Simultaneously, the creature was 3 meters away from him, it tucked its upper-body down as it thrusted the spear forward, attempting to stab yozrasef in the neck from a lower angle.
Witnessing that,
Yozrasef blocked with the edge of his dagger, from the force of the thrust, his wrist almost broke under the pressure.
Yozrasef clenched his teeth in pain, groaning loudly.
He pushed harder against the creature's thrust.
Yozrasef stepped to the side,
he redirected the spear thrust force in the air which caused the creature to lose balance and trip forward.
witnessing the creature losing balance, yozrasef charged in directly.
the creature tried to thrust the spear once again while rolling on the ground but unfortunately yozrasef jumped in the air.
Evading the thrust, he landed on the creature, stabbing it in the neck.
Startled by that, the creature couldn't defend.
It only voiced its anger in desperation attempting to inflect fear but it was no good.
The creature lifeless body layed on the ground.
Yozrasef wiped his face from the sweat while getting up.
'i survived!'
Yozrasef exclaimed and rejoiced his successful survival.
'from now on, i will survive with everything i have,
Even if i will crawl on the ground with no limbs, i will use my teeth as feet to keep moving'
Yozrasef charged his resolve once again, feeling the trhill of he battle.
Yozrasef, picked up the spear from the ground with his left hand.
'lets join the rest, i can't rest without making sure i can survive for another day.'
Yozrased straightened his resolve.
Started to charge back at the battlefield.
As he did, the torchlights of the land made it easy for him to see what was happening.
Sekhm was fighting 4 of those creatures, his monsterous strength and size gave him an advantage to go toe on toe without suffering like yozrasef did, his agility in dodging and charging in, all felt inhuman.
One of the four creatures charged at him holding the double edged sword with two hands and swung it diagonally at him.
Witnessing the incoming attack, sekhm darted to the right, evading the attack with so much little of effort.
his left right hand extended forward, grabbing the creature from its head.
Simultaneously, another creature attempted to thrust his long spear from sekhm's right side in an attempt to stab him in his neck.
Sekhm's survival instinct kicked in.
he leaned his upper-body backwards, evading the spear thrust.
As he was gripping the head of the creature, he yanked the head at the path of the incoming spear thrust and the blade drived clean into the skull of the creature.
Sekhm held the shaft of the spear.
Tightening his grip on it, he pulled the spear in an attempt, to pull the creature simultaneously he would extend his left hand forward punching the creature in the throat.
As this scene occured the other two creatures felt overwhelmed.
Two of their own troops have fallen helplessy on the ground but what made it even unbearable,
his unbothered facial expression mixed with bloodthirsty smirk, the gleaming of his brown eyes caused the slited golden eyes flicker for a second out of fear.
It felt like it was fighting one of it own.
Noticing that, sekhm laughed
"you freaking snake like bastards"
Sekhm stated while laughing loudly.
Sekhm took a few steps forward confidently.
But something suddenly, changes the entire atmosphere.
Yozrasef wasnt the only one watching over the battlefield.
The gray creature was watching it too, sekhm's monsterous ability intrigued and attracted its attention.
The gray creature landed on the rockish-land.
With every step it took, the air felt heavy, heat started to radiate from its body as well.
That sight didn't only attract sekhm's attention but everyone on the battlefield.
Everyone had a single thought in their mind and it was the same.
'the real battle starts now'
At that time, sekhm's smirk widened into hearty laugh.
"Oh- now we are talking"
Sekhm stated in tone full of excitement.
"Finally a worthy opponent- you know i was getting bored-aren't you bored aswell?"
Sekhm didn't stop talking, as he walked forward, directly towards the creature.
But this time, sekhm completely started to change.
Everytime he moved, crack would form on the ground, cratering it.
Heat started to radiate from his body as well, making it hard to breath for those who were around them.
Cracking his joints, he stopped in his tracks.
Witnessing its opponent on sight, the creature immediately kicked of the ground, charged at sekhm.
The creature's movement blurred which made it hard for yozrasef to understand where its moving.
In the span of second, the creature appeared in front of sekhm, its hand extended forward landing on his exposed torso.
But as if sekhm has seen that already, he tucked down, twisting his body upwards along his right fist, giving an uppercut punch towards the jaws of the creature.
The creature sensing the danger, pulled its fists in defensive stance upon that, the upper punch landed on the wrists of the creature, sending the creature afew meters away.
"Oh- you blocked that?- Well, it wouldn't be fun if you didnt"
Sekhm stated in mocking tone.
Charging this time himself, his feet kicked off the ground, causing the ground to shatter and cleave in.
The creature witnessing his charge, spitted on the ground, its slitted golden eyes gleamed with fury.
Witnessing the anger in the creature's eyes, he smirked.
"-I will show you true anger"
Sekhm brown eyes glowed intensely for the first time.
The air rippled and his speed escalated.
The veins on body bulged turning his skin into red like color.
His whole body blurred due to his incomprehensible speed.
The creature's slitted eyes widened in shock, as sekhm appeared beside it.
His left arm extened forward in one inch punch, landing on the torso of the creature.
What happened later caused yozrasef exclaim in astonishment.
The torso of the creature cleaved in, the creature's eyes poped out from the monsterous force of the punch.
Everything was so fast to comprehend but based on the aftermath it can be understood.
Sekhm stood there, looking at his fist.
the leader of the creatures, falling helplessly on the ground.
"Tch- boring fucking bastard"
Sekhm stated in annoyed tone of voice.