Academy

Arc 21

Sandstorm

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Heavily wounded , Neo stood back by holding onto the wall behind him.

Patting himself on the side of his waist , Neo felt a painful sensation

Neo-"Ah.....My bone is broken.."

The remaining beast bug quickly rush toward Neo , facing so many of them at once , he yells out for Sven

Without noticing , his pendant glowed a dim blue color.

Neo-"Get behind me Sven!"

The tiger pounce and hid behind Neo's leg

The bug quickly arrived infront of Neo and thrust his claw at him.

Smashing the stone floor , Neo quickly ran on the arm as he pierce through the beast , reaching the shoulder , Neo stumble clumsily onto the ground.

The beast screams in agony as the blue spurts out of his arm.

The beast that was behind , quickly diced his claw through the air but Neo quickly manage to roll over to dodge the attack.

Neo could clearly feel the pain getting stronger as he move his body.

Neo-"I have to finish this quick..."

Sven who was standing beind him decided to use his power to paralyze the beast bugs

Sven-"Rawwr"

3 blue lightning orbs appeared on top of his ears , Sven shot the bugs one by one as Neo finish them off , after 10 minutes , they finally managed to kill off all the bugs.

Neo sat down on the floor with Sven on his shoulder

Sven-"Rawrrr"

Neo-"Mhmm..Good job Sven , I am exhausted too... but it doesn't seem to be over"

As Neo rest , his surrounding began to get brighter , torches around the wall were getting lit up one by one.

The walls surrounding them formed a perfect square room but Neo also notice the black empty spot on the ground where he first took his first step.

Neo-"Ughh.... Don't tell me I have to go down there.."

Sven-"Rawr.."

Neo took out his Space card , he took out some food and bandages that he brought incase of a emergency.

After resting for an hour , he walk to the hole he made

Neo-"Hmm..I can't see anything.."

Neo took a torch from the wall and went back to the hole to drop the torch.

After waiting for a really long times , the torch light disappeared into the darkness

Neo-"Hmm..Nothing below.."

Sven hop off Neo's shoulder and began to sniff around as he pick up a weird scent.

Sven-"Rawwr"

Scratching the wall , Neo came to see what he was doing.

Neo-"Is something behind this wall?"

Not wanting to use his blood , he began to inspect the wall with his hands.

Hop hop

Sven who jumped on Neo's head , pushes the wall with his 2 paws , he manage to activate a hidden switch on the wall.

Neo-"Good job Sven!"

Sven-"Rawwr"

The wall slowly open side ways and Neo quickly walk through the wall without any hesitation.

Neo-"A hall..?"

Neo couldn't see the end of the straight hall because it was dark , but as soon he took 5 steps deeper into the hall , the torch began to light up

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Tchhs tchhhs

As Neo walk deeper into the hall , the torch quickly radiate when he was close to one.

Neo-"What is that..?"

At the end of the hall , he sees a flat circle platform with a green metal looking chest on top of it

Neo-"Ooh! A treasure?!"

Neo quickly ran toward the chest

As he open the chest , Neo could only manage to find a small orange crystal

Neo-"A beast crystal..?"

Neo decided to keep the crystal because the fire crystal could be used as a light source.

Trembles

As the ground shakes , the circle platform began to spin slowly clockwise and ceiling disappeared.

The edge of the platform began to rise up quickly forming a staircase that would led him into a upper level.

Neo-"Hmmp..that must be the sun light.. which mean it leads outside!"

Neo walks up the yellow circle staircase , hoping he could get out soon to go see his friends.

3 Hours left...

After a while , Neo and Sven finally manage to climb up the staircase.

The hot wind blowing on his face , he could see the whole desert.

Neo-"On top of the structure..huh.."

Neo examine the surface , he could only see a small monument with weird scribbles on it.

Neo-"The suns...a bird with long a neck..?Hmmmmm.."

Neo who was in his thought , he slowly move his finger toward the scribbles.

The drawings and symbols slowly began to glow in red.

Neo notice the sun moving toward each other , closing to the center.

Neo-"The cursed moon... now is the sun?"

The moon became one and a fury red light descended from the sky and hit the monument

Suddenly , a loud scream howled throughout the whole desert as the scribbles glowed more brightly.

Kuuuuuuuaaaaaaaa!!!!

Neo and Sven looks around but they couldn't not see anything.

Suddenly , tornadoes appeared one by one , the wind grew furiously as the sand began to hinder Neo's vision.

Neo-"A storm..?"

Sven-"Rawwwrr!"

Sven lift his right paw

Neo-"What..?"

Neo focused his vision and he notice 2 small figure infront of the gate

Neo-"Fayn.. and Fleur?"

Neo could barely see Fayn running behind Fleur as she already went through the gate

Neo-"It seems like they are looking for me"

Boooom!

A red lightning flash landed beside the gateway and completely destroyed the gate

Neo-"...Fayn..Fleur.."

Neo was really worried for his friends

Fleur-"Fayn!!!!!!!"

As Neo was going to jump from the building , the immediately notice the sky glowing brighter , thousands and thousands shiny lights appeared

Neo-"This is bad...falling stars...!?"