The sand blows coldly but the air is hot and

humid, screams in pain and terror can be heard in the distance a large rocky cave can be seen as two large demonic beings can be seen guarding the structure as a smaller demonic being hobbles in front of them they look meek and malnourished with two legs with two toes on each foot and a beak being caressed by their singular arm one of the large demons speaks his voice dark and deep and grumbling “What brings you here meek and pathetic one” the smaller being speaks it's voice meek, pathetic, and squeaky almost like the chirping of a grasshopper

“I am here to hear tales and woes and to write them down” the larger demon grimaces as a horrid grumble can be heard from their throat “you may enter but if you holler for mercy as your mauled by the captive we will not save your pathetic spirit” the meek and pathetic walks into the cave and inside a cell lays a man a human man is in the cell he looks to be in his 40s a eye patch over his right eye a gruff beard on his face his skin lightly tan he wears a long black leather coat, a brown jacket underneath it and blue jeans and three swords lie by his cell the meek and pathetic demon squeaks out a a sentence laced with hatred “You must be the infamous Hunter Nero Dragunov I hope your stay has been painful and horrid so far for slaying so many of our kin” the demon with hubris enters the cage forgetting to lock it as it enters Nero grins knowingly, the demon with its one arm slaps the Hunter nearly breaking its own hand in the process it grumbles irritatedly “you damn hunters and your and your and your… oh no” it trips over its words as it realizes Nero isn't chained as he broke from them a while ago the meek demon feels it’s neck quickly grabbed and then crushed it's green blood splattering over Nero's hand as he tosses the carcass to the ground and exits the cell picking up his gear and leaves the cave his footsteps quiet and deliberate a swift sound can be heard like the crackle of a whip as a mushy splattering sound follows as the heads of the two demon guards roll into the cave.

A voice is numbed by unconsciousness as David opens his eyes the voice of fellow classmates speaking to each other during the teacher's lecture “And that is how humanity drove back the Homosaurs during the great hollow earth war” a story David has heard before as he was about to finish his thought the bell would ring signaling the end of school David would pack his bag and leave the classroom he overhears a conversation between two of his classmates “I heard there were some mutants spotted near town” David would sigh to himself as mutant activity has increased a lot over the last two years since he moved to this town he continued his way down crowded hallway weaving and dodging his way through he has had a bad feeling almost all day like something was following him as he entered the courtyard he would see a group of students surrounding a deceased bird it's body mingled and unnatural this site made David sick to his gut he had a feeling whatever got the bird might be whatever is following him he knew one thing though the bird was clearly crushed by the way it's body looked he turned to walk away from the scene but would bump into a all to familiar face to him who he bumped into was tall about 6’8 very muscular with unbrushed hair he had emerald green eyes and dark tan skin he wore a dark red jacket and black sweats he would speak his voice confident and firm “Sorry about that you ok” David would reply “yeah Pedro I didn't notice you were their”

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Pedro would give a response in a sarcastic tone “I get that quite often” David smirk and speaks “I bet you do anyways I'm going to be on my way”

Somewhere else in the town a small flock of demons with the face and tails of a monkey and the body of a pterosaur devour the corpse of a coyote each bite makes a crunchy squishing sound as they gobble down the meat greedily one licks the blood from it's lips and gums gulping it down making slurping, sloshing sounds it's to focus to notice it's companions have flown away as a loud thumping sound is behind it as a large clawed hand wraps around it crushing its bones as its green blood leaks from every orifice of it's form as it unleashes a blood curling screech in pain as the larger demon grins it's shape fangs twisting into a horrifying sight, it's roughly humanoid with a bat like head and ears with goat legs it opens its maw and devours the smaller monkey like demon hole swallowing it down in a single gulp it goes to eat what's left of the coyote but it sniffs the air getting the witf of something else more appetizing. Back with David he continues to walk home from school that unnerving feeling never leaving him, by him a small hole in reality opens as a worm-like demon with a human skull hops from it David ducks and uppercuts the demon knocking it behind him with a slit open skull the corpse is swarmed by hundreds of tiny mite like demons taking the body into the other reality David knew that it wasn't what he felt was following him, he's gotten used to these lesser beings attacking him when he's alone suddenly the first hole in reality increased in size a large fist comes through punching David into a stone wall creating a crater David grunts in pain as the large demon crawls from the dimensional hole it's large humanoid shape moving unnaturally as it stands to full height it speaks in a bone chilling tone “Hmmm so this is the delicious aroma I sniffed from afar” it licks it's gums and teeth hungerly