shadow riders

"like I just told you we only have two talisman in our possession it would work without the other two " the mysterious man looked even more angry as he blocked him on the wall by the neck "if it wasn't for your negligence we would have had the four talisman " "i think its time you have don't your time " the mab had a very vicious smile as he exerted more force martin wasn't taken aback by that he knew from the moment they forces him to work for them by capturing his daughter he knew they would dispose of him and his daughter after obtaining what they wanted that was why he intentionally threw two talisman in one river by which they passed he perfectly knew the consequences of opening that door and it wasn't something he could handle nor could they , they where playing with powers that was out of their reach at that moment when Martin was closing his eyes giving up all hope of surviving he knew that even if he die nine of them would survive either the message in the hall was categoric from the moment they entered the pyramid their faith was sealed he could only pray that his daughter will leave a happy life

john approach the mysterious man silently why he was occupied with martin after activating [astral wave ] his plunged his right dagger in the man chest by the back and made a horizontal cut at the man throat with his left dagger at the same time the mysterious MSN didn't even have time to utter a word before he was dead

[ Pierce (throat , heart ) target dies.....]

john didn't waste time and rushed to the other five guards who were near the [night confusion ] ring showed it usefulness a guard by the side stabbed his companion taking him for john killing him on the spot another waved his saber horizontally decapitating the others a trail of blood was left on the wall john just completed the work by killing the last man standing by leaving a deep cut on his throat with his dagger the man knelt while holding his neck blood dying his hand red when Martin who had closed his eyes prior to this opened his eyes when he felt the nan release his grip he couldn't help but be amazed in less than the time required for him to understand what was happening John had already eliminated all his enemies

john returned to the mysterious man side and searched him he discovered a small ring on his hand and a glowing book

[name : eagle eye ]

[type : ring ]

[rarity : magical ]

[requirement : wisdom F ]

[effect : warn of any unanutural activity near ]

john finally understood while the man could detects him the first time he saw him he surely felt something strange he wore the ring still on his left hand and touched the book but when he touched it . it dissipated into smoke and disappeared leaving john perplexed

[remark : resistance to fire acquired ]

"interesting " the last time he remembered acquiring resistance to something was when he was locked up by Raul in the previous dungeon

he then shifted his attention to martin who was still in daze "hello Mr martin I am Evan " after registering what happened he stood up "thank you Mr Evan you saved my life " but his face was still pale his eyes moist John knew he was surely worried for his daughter "don't worry she is fine and in security " Martin looked at him in surprise then gratefully he was very happy he could finally heave a sight of relief and die in peace "what were talking about just now what will happen after the count down " martin sat down and looked at him with pity shaking his head why was heaven so cruel why should a young and heroic man such as him die "we are going to all die " john was flabbergasted by that "should we not be hurrying out then " he said he had many question to ask Martin but all those could wait the more important think was to leave before Martin could answer the were interrupted by scream coming from the other end "i know this voice " before he could say anything he saw gra and Jones rushing to their direction while screaming behind them a purple monster with the moth largely open devouring and destroying everything on it way all what came in contact with the purple monster was disintegrated the monster was hideous whit two big purple eyes he took the wall corridor from left to side it was just flowing towards then it had neither legs nor hands only a large opened mouth at first glance he wasn't even frightening john finally understood while Martin said they were doom there was no way to fight the monster and no other road grey could take to flee this was a dead suddenly he had an idea that he surely knew he would regret "did not he say he had two talisman " John crunched down once more and made a thorough search of the mysterious man body when he searched the first time he didn't pay attention to that he was only looking for potential reward so when he saw the book and the ring he didn't bother to continue searching soon enough he found the two other talisman he took the one he had on the neck and shouted to gra still rushing in heir direction "the talisman " gra without a second thought threw him the talisman as he rushed to their side the monster was still vigorously chasing devouring the corridor as he moved john inverted the four talisman in the hole click... Martin didn't first register what was happens in his head he already knew they were done for so when he saw john inverting the talisman he had a faint trace of hope but the smile on his face immediately disappeared after "what are you doing don't open.... " they were finished either way was a dead end john stared at him "what is the point if not opening it know either way we are doom if i can gain some more minute of this our pitiful existence I would gladly accept " if they entered they may not certainly die but if they stayed there they would be doom for sure die he could only gamble like that the talisman melded with the door then it began to glowing then the door slowly opened without further ado the group jumped in before the purple lake monster could devour

john who had fallen inside turned to look back at the door strangely the purple lake stopped several steps away from the door as if afraid of what was inside he saw a familiar Shadows rushing and entering then the door closed with a bang

"oh no " he exclaimed as he quickly stood up what he had just was exactly as the shadow that took the body of the assassin in the entroport he knew that they did a huge mistake by opening the door but he wasn't regretting it either because they could at least survive for now "we are finished you let the shadow riders in now the humanity is doom it will perish with us " Martin spoke hysterically the group stood up . after which the hall light up through the whole circular hall they could see in front of them a golden sarcophagus bound in the middle of the hall it was very dignified and magnificent it was a given that it was for an important person john could only think of an emperor or something in that light . there was status of warriors standing behind the sarcophagus the warriors whee human and in armor holding huge swords on their shoulders they looked very life-like as if the could move with a simple touch but they wee ultimately status the hall had many drawing on the walls , celling , floor with one glance john could tell that it was the oros civilisation been represented but unfortunately he didn't have time to admire . "explain your self what are those shadow rider and what is in that sarcophagus " "to make it simple the shadow riders are the evil beings in which the summons of the oros turn when corrupted those who you see before you are the first seven shadows riders and this is only their formless appearance they want to bring back their bodies into this world and for that they need an item which in their time only the monarch of the summons could posses and is probably stored in the sarcophagus " then he looked at John with a pitiful face and asked for his help "please Mr Evan you have to help me prevent them from obtaining the item "

[secondary mission : prevention prevent the oros artefact from the shadow rider ]

John smiled bitterly "i will do what i can " "so if I am following correctly the one in that sarcophagus is one of the ancient monarch of the oros " Martin noded "why is heaven against us " john wandered his first encounter with a shadow rider he almost ended drowning in water at that time it was alone and know they were seven "seriously ..." but there was also a good sulfide about of all this there was bounded to be some reward he could only console himself with that "should I still remark you that we aren't out of danger john you see the brain here think of a way to bring us out of this " john glared at him "and what do you think I am doing " "you should look at this " gra pointed with a worried expression then a sudden sound brought then back to sense looking before them they saw the shadows circling round the sarcophagus then the sarcophagus began emitting a golden glow as if resiting the intrusion of the shadows rider then it shook vigorously and slowly rise from the ground "i think it is the moment we have to stop them " john reminded gra if anyone in their clique could handle those shadow riser it was naturally the two of them "what are we still waiting for then " gra rushed forward

john followed closely behind as he took his [twin killer ]dagger and activated [astral wave ] bullets was of no use against this formless shadow riders neither could the assassin set help

when the shadow riders saw them rushing two of two left the group and enters the status behind soon enough the stone status began trembling and without restraint moved forward with their gigantic two hand swords

"i take the one to the left " "okay " john rushed to the one to the right when he stood before the status he understood that he was really short the status wasn't that tall and was barely more taller than a defense post basket player the thing with them was their gigantic stone sword they held only looking at it john could imagine the amount of force needed to carry such a sword not even talking of wielding it the stone status brought down its sword with a loud boom the spot whee John had been presently exploded john had jumped in the air and landed on the extended hand of the status who was still trying to raise it sword before running on it heading straight for his neck [shadow feint ] showed its utility once more he was startled by the speed at which the status had brought down its sword it was impossible for him to avoid it normally without been wounded he performed a horizontal cross strike with his daggers but nothing happened only a sparkling light the status where as hard as gravel

the status raised his swords with a lot of power forcing John away then it began waving its sword madly in all possession manners to john who could only roll to avoid horizontal strike and side step to avoid vertical once and making some backward flips to avoid deadly attacks

after which he did a wrong step and the status brought down its sword horizontally with all it might and at inconceivable speed john could only use the sheathed blade of chaos to parry the attack boom... upon impact his was forced to one knee by the cheer brute force of the status he felt his organ ringing and vibrating and his hands going numb