Stepping out of the tombstone portal, the Shackles of Death crew arrived in a scorching hot desert which was continually ridding every living body of their moisture.
“Whew! This place is extremely hot.” Exclaimed Hard Steel. “They don’t call this place Scorching Dunes for nothing.”
“What did you expect, dummy?” Cockroach bumped Hard Steel on his shoulder.
Rooster stuck his foot into the ground and back out again. “Damn, this ground is really sinky.”
“This place is…?” Angelina scanned her surroundings with a meticulous vision until her eyes saw a large statue situated in the distance where they were a lot of dry bone. “That must be the artefact. The Pinnacle of Grace.”
“You mean the Grace of Pinnacles.” Hard Steel corrected her.
“Whatever, come on. Let’s go get it before others come and snatch it away.”
“I agree.”
All four of them tossed out their Motors Cube which transformed into their respective motors. Angelina hopped onto her motorbike, Selain; Cockroach mounted his Pyro-maniac which was actually a beetle-shaped motor; Hard Steel flashed into his punk-looking jeep and Rooster got into his Big Dang. They all got into gear before riding off to where the Grace of Pinnacles was sitting ahead.
Angelina unsheathed her dark blade as they got closer to the artefact. “Everyone be on guard. There could be Field Monsters around.”
“Roger that.”
“10-4”
“Affirmative captain.”
“Could you guys stop with the army talk, it’s really annoying.” Right when Angelina let her breath out to scold her teammates, a monstrosity burst up from among the sand with disgusting valour.
“RAAAAAA!” The monstrous Field Monster screamed out an air of disgust which almost burst the Tomb Riders’ eardrums apart. The rotating red halo above its head shined brightly as it got ready to attack.
“Holy shit! That Ghoul Monster is one big son of a bitch!” Cockroach screamed out while shifting out of the monster’s attack range.
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“We’ve run into a Rank-B Field Monster already?” Angelina tilted her motor adrift while tossing her dark blade at the monster’s head.
The Field-monster raised one of its oversize arms to block Angelina’s blade.
“Shit! It got stuck in its arm. Return!” Angelina tried calling back her weapon but it didn’t budge.
“I got this! Over here you big asshole!” Hard steel got behind the monster as he drew its attention then pushed a button on his motor’s dashboard which caused parts of his motor to open up. Two extra-large metallic swords shot out of Hard Steel’s motor, moreover, they slashed towards the monster.
“Have some of this hard steel, monster!” Parts of the monster’s oversize arms were cut off. “Not so tough now are ya?” Hard Steel jeered the monster.
“RAAAH!” The monster screamed out in anguish and it wasn’t any ordinary scream either. The desert started vibrating.
“What’s going on?” Angelina and the others were startled by the unexpected rattling. Moments later, they understood what fear truly was.
“WOAH! WOAH! AWOH!” Similar to a colony of unruly ants, a lot of Smeagol-looking creatures were busting out of the ground and rushing over to where the Tomb Riders were.
“What the f*ck! Are we in Lord of the Rings?”
“Guys! We have more company!”
“We can see that!”
“They’ve surrounded us! There is nowhere for us to go.”
“Then we just have to break free. Everyone get closer to me!” Rooster called out for everyone to rendezvous towards his position. After they got a closer bond, the secular creatures began crowding them like a throng of paparazzi.
“What are you going to do?” Angelina asked Rooster worryingly.
“Just watch.” Saying this, Rooster dove deeper inside his motor and tinkered with some intricate mechanisms. He was taking his sweet time too.
“Whatever you are about to do, hurry the hell up! We can’t get eliminated here!” The others were sweating droplets of dread, fearing that they would be eliminated too freaking early. Too bad for them that the horde of revolting creatures had no mercy to wait.
“RUAAAHHH!” The creatures leapt towards the gang of Tomb Riders which caused them to panic even further.
“Here they come!”
“Rooster! Hurry!”
“Rooster! Rooster!”
“I’ve got it!” Rooster came out of the depths of his motor with a – (I know this is going to sound ridiculous) but he had a flipping chicken in his hand!!!
“What is that damn chicken for? Are you thinking of having a meal right now? Seriously???” Angelina stared at Rooster with wide eyes, she couldn’t believe her very sight. ‘I think I made a mistake recruiting these idiots.’ She thought.
“RAAAAAH!” The creatures saw what Rooster was holding in his hand and became even more vicious. Their mouths were watering with appetite until they started muttering: “Precious! Precious! My precious!!!”
Rooster saw the mouth-watering gaze of the Ghoul monsters and hurriedly flung out his chicken into the air. “Cover your ears everyone!” he told the others. They did what he said and hoped his plan work.
Seconds later, when the chicken was high enough, it stretched opened its yellowy beak, at that moment, it cawed really loudly. “CAW!” The chicken gave off a formidable vibration which was enough to stun the myriad of creatures surrounding 50-metres in radius.