As the skyfire looms proudly in the sky, a human silhouette could be seen roaming the desert. Suddenly the silhouette stopped and raised it's hand in a hushing motion.
Behind the silhouette many smaller silhouette's abruptly stopped as well.
As a soft wind moved across the scorching sands revealing the silhouette's masked by the blur of heat.
A tall man in his late 30's stood before the group of much younger individuals with his hand in a shh position.
To the left the group was an emerald lizard.
A type of monster caused by the corruption of the elder one. It's skin was a emerald green as if to live up to it's namesake and it's skin was as tough as a harden sandstone brick and was the size of a small horse.
As such the emerald lizard was favored by the Kuh for the lightweight leather that was as hard as stone. It would be used for a variety of necessities the main one being leather armor worn by the warriors of the village.
Wearing plate mail and or any type of heavy armor within the desert is amount to committing suicide.
Clearing his throat silently.
The man started to whisper to the group.
"This lizard will be your first hunt." He said as his charcoal colored hair flowed in the wind revealing his fierce purple eyes.
"Remember the only dishonor is to die before your foe."
"None of you are allowed to be stupid am I understood?"
"Yes chief Rai." the countless youths whispered as if afraid to breathe.
The first group of youths then proceeded to break off from the main group trying to corner the beast into their trap.
The shuffling of the sand could be heard as the emerald lizard suddenly sent a glare to the distance as if aware something was trying to hunt it.
Suddenly the first group that broke off emerged from the right of the lizards with their bone spears in hand.
Suddenly a low hiss could be heard
"Shit this isn't good." Rai said as he cursed himself under his breath and ran towards the first group.
"GO BACK NOW! Rai screamed in a panic not caring that he had given away his position.
This was because the hissed belong to creature that was a much more terrifying existence than a mere emerald lizard.
A void serpent, the only snake monster type species within the desert of the forgotten one and one of the most dangerous.
As if sensing the incoming dread the emerald lizard attempted to flee, as it darted across a sand dune once it reached half way as if the sand itself was alive swallowing the lizard whole.
The reason the void serpent was one of the most feared monsters within the desert was not because of it's venom. But it's sheer size it could be comparable to a long semi truck with it's load still attached.
"Kal hurry and take the children back to the village!" Rai screamed as the monstrosity of the desert emerged from it's hiding place.
Two giant almond eyes stared fiercely at the fleeing silhouette's. Suddenly bringing it's attention to a charcoal haired man with purple eyes, the snake hissed as if it was disappointed with it's opponent.
Rai readying his black steel spear while silently staring at the serpent as it look intrigued by this human laughable attempt of trying to fight him.
Suddenly a strong bloodlust swept over Rai as he stared at the creature sweat appearing at his brow.
Still looking amused the serpent open it's largemouth and charged at him despite it's large body it was shockingly fast.
Barely dodging to the side in time Rai brought down his black steel spear on the side of the serpent only to be greeted with a *Ting* as his spear did virtually no damage at all.
As he cursed within his mind he attempted to retreat to give himself more room, suddenly the tail of the serpent came down in a fury of strikes.
As if the situation couldn't get any worse, normally it would take a group of the best warriors to bring down a void serpent let alone a single one by himself even if he was considered the best warrior in the village this still amounted to suicide.
Grimacing at the fury of strikes Rai used this opportunity to release a fury of his own strikes with his full power if he held any back he would die.
The clash of the two powers created visible waves in the air as the mana fluctuated wildly.
Each spear strike seemed as if multiple spears suddenly would emerge from the single strike in fact it was Rai's sheer speed that made this illusion.
Though you could achieve the same effect by using realms energy (Mana) it was normally slightly weaker than achieving the same through your own physical abilities.
The serpent suddenly released an ear piercing hissed as it charged to the human able to block it's attack it's eyes could be seen filled to the brim with a unrelenting fury.
As if it expected the man to retaliate.
Suddenly a spear pierced through the air creating multiple ripples within the air this was caused by fusing the realms energy into your weapon it would allow you to pierce and or cut through things that seemed impossible.
One of the other supervisors of the hunt Ruka had came back after ensuring the safety of the children.
As the enraged serpent charged blindly at Rai not noticing the incoming spear until it pierced the side of it's throat.
It stumbled slightly and released an even thicker bloodlust then completely ignored Rai and charged directly at Ruka
The reason Rai hadn't attempted to use the realm's energy was simply because he was one of the few unable to do so.
Relying on his physical prowess Rai's feet dug into the sand as he propelled himself forward towards the snake.
Once airborne he came crashing down on the middle of the serpent the same *Ting* sound reverberated however this time the attack succeeded in bypassing the serpents scales.
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Effectively impaling the serpent the sand right before it's mouth reached the defenceless Ruka.
Within the scorching desert a group of silhouette's hurried to the hunting spot. There was a total of 5 silhouette's Kal, Tase, Rase, Nii, and Rufu. These five were considered the be the best warriors of the tribe second only to Ruka and Rai the leader of the tribe.
As the serpent hissed in it's enraged fury it quickly struck at the immobile Rai with it's tail, knocking him into a sand dune 100 feet away as the impact filled the air with sand.
"Rai!" Ruka screamed as he pulled out his black steel short dagger, staring at the enraged serpent in it's eyes.
Hate. Pain. Rage. Fury. Hunger.
These were some the emotions currently flowing through the void serpents mind as he was lost in his anger.
How dare these miserable creatures harm it's magnificence self?
Ruka suddenly began to chant, unlike Rai he wasn't magically indet and could cast some medium level myth spells.
"Light can only shine the brightest before the abyss."
The serpent was currently trying to free himself from the spear Rai used to anchor him to the desert sandstone floor, slowly losing blood through the wound on his neck.
As the chant finished a blinding white light filled the entire vicinity of 300 feet.
Taking his chance as the light blinded the serpent Ruka charged towards the head of the monstrosity jumping into the air to reach it's eye level before stabbing down with his dagger on the unsuspecting serpents eye.
As he stabbed his short knife into the beasts eye socket he instantly began to chant another spell.
"Fires of the eternal flame turn my foe into ash so he can dance up on the wind."
As the words left his mouth a tiny flame appeared on the tip of his dagger still within the eye socket of the serpent.
Soon the earth shattering hiss of the void serpents death throes could be heard before it's body completely burst into flames.
As it roared in defiance, it wasn't ready to die yet it hadn't even found a mate yet. The look of fear could be seen in the once amused eyes as he turned into ash, a gentle breeze soon followed scattering his ashes upon the winds.
Ruka fell down to his knees covered in sweat and weak in the knees using to medium myth level spells was actually over his limit but at least he was still alive.
Soon the 5 silhouette's approached the site fearing the worse.
As the quickly approached they noticed the silhouette of a hunched over man it was none other than Ruka.
Kal quickly called out to his friend "Ruka! are you alright!?" a delighted smile appeared on Ruka's face as he replied. "I'll live, go check on the leader he was thrown over there." Ruka said as he pointed to the location where the void serpent sent Rai flying too.
Rase, Nii and Tase all hurried over to the mound upon approaching they found a bloodied Rai laying limp on the ground.
"Hurry check if hes alive!" Rase barked out as panic could be seen to spread across his face.
"He's still breathing brother" Nii replied as the look of panic lessened for just a split second.
"Hurry and gather the clothes in our packs we have to be careful in how we move him." Rase said as he stared at Nii and Tase, both simply nodded and began to work on a makeshift hammock to carry Rai back to the village.
As the skyfire began to descend from the sky news of what happened during the hunt spread across the town like wildfire.
Within the inner ring a group could be seen gossiping about the news.
"Apparently they ran into a void serpent on the younglings first hunt. What horrid luck." Old smith Ruku sighed as he ran his hand through his hair to move it from out of his face.
"How is Rai doing?" A petite woman asked.
"At least the brat is alive, as to how well he feels I doubt hes in a very happy mood." old smith Ruku said as frown was plastered on his face, although he approved of Rai becoming the leader of the village at the young age of 25 he has had some doubts about some policies he has tried to enforce within the village.
A bitter sigh escaped from his mouth as he stared to the northern middle ring where Rai and Rii and that troublemaker son of theirs lived.
"Oh come on honey i'm fine I only broke a couple ribs and my leg I'll be fine!" Rai said as he tried to calm down his fuming wife.
"Fine? you call this fine?" The glare he received from the void serpent is nothing compared to the glare of his wife.
Beads of sweat could be seen trickling down his head as he tried to come up with a way to calm her.
"Mom is father okay?" A soft voice called out in the hallway.
"Yes your fool of a father will live to be a fool yet again." Rii said as she stared at the man before her.
Before standing up and leaving the room with a look of disgust clearly present on her face.
Sighing to himself Rai slightly smiled 'She's always been so very.. scary when she gets mad.'
"Kou." Rii called out as she reached the inner hallway of their small home.
"Yes mom?" Kou replied as he tilted his head in confusion.
"Don't ever grow up to be an idiot like your father am I understood?"
Beads of sweat appeared on Kou's face instead this time.
".. of course I won't mom."
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