Desert

with the fine texture of the sand under their feet it wasn't easy running it was like running with chains on the legs

when Jones fell john stopped his track and turn to help him gra on his side tried to occupy the enemy by shooting like wise his shoots were precise enough to stop the momentum of the thug giving some time to john to take Jones by the shoulder as they moved

the sand was deep and the ceaseless shoots from the enemy was another problem the group of thug were not more than thirty

the trio ran forward but they couldn't shake off the enemy they were really following them like their their tail gra restricted their advancement while john help Jones to move forward but their movement was slow and john finally fell himself he took a bullet on the lower back

[shooting inflict 300 damage to target HP target has zed camouflage damage negated 200 ]

he crawl forward while dragging Jones to go into hiding with gra "you won't survive with me leave me and go I can still retain them while you run " Jones said loudly because of the endless sound of bullets john "we Won't leave you gra cover me "

then he ran out of hiding using the acceleration effect of the boots he could listen to bullet whistle while running then the spider robe became visible on him as if he had instantly changed using the shield of gia running straight to the enemy then made a double jump forward before landing directly in the middle of the group and allowing the [grenade FM ] he had in hand while also activating the [ spider arena ] then a smoke roses and recovered the whole area then a spider web drew itself at lightening speed covering the whole area where the thug were he took out his [twin black vulture ] guns and started running in the smoke and making a massacre

bang.....bang.....bang.....

bang.....bang...bang.....

they where fires at the same time killing many enemies

[head shot instant dead....]

[head shot instant dead....]

[head shot instant dead....]

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several similar notification popped out all his bullet took an enemy life the [night confusion ] ring confused all the enemies in it range coupled with the smoke produced by the [grenade FM ] and the conceal effect of [aragna robe ] and hide effect of [zed camouflage ] and finally the fact that the spider arena restricted the enemy movement and doubled his damage he was like shooting poles who couldn't move as easy as lifting a finger he was literally inexistent in the zone he could do all what he wanted unhindered he understood the meaning of king if the spider arena

even thou the spider arena restricted their legs they could still aim with their hands but none of their bullet touched john first they could know where he was and who he was the [night confusion ] only helped in their mutual mutilation in less than twenty seconds the seemly endless shot finally ended there was dead silence it was so calm that they could clearly head the wind blowing the smoke finally died down revealing john in blood red robe black gloves and boots holding two black identical guns in hand a real assassin all the enemies where at his feet he had dense murderous aura around him then the robe disappeared once more as he rushed to help Jones who was bleeding

after tending to his wounds the trio picked all the food and water the thug had their supplies were destroyed with the helicopter "which direction should we take " none of them could answer they were using a numerical cart but everything was destroyed they could only move

without direction moving in the desert would be evident they took cloak from the thugs to cover their faces from the heat and started moving forward without knowing where it would lead them

they moved for hours and hours on the harsh sunlight of the desert it was very difficult to move the sun rays were like laser striking on them they quickly used all their stock of water and their throats were already dry they moved in the seemly endless desert the sand under their feet was extremely hot it was like moving on fire couples with the high temperature itself it wasn't difficult to take this place for a volcano

after moving several more hours the night finally fell and there was still nothing at the horizon all they could see was sand Jones was already in despair "we would never live this hell " gra and john were very calm and only continued onward but the temperature had drastically fall it was extremely cold they were literally freezing the dramatical change in temperature was a huge blow to their will power and it was very difficult to even lift a leg they then powerful winds began blowing sand on them coming from the west "why are the gods against us " Jones couldn't take it any more his will power had already completely crumble even john who was calm will power was shaken the sand storm apraoching with immense power blowing everything on it way they couldn't see anything anymore the sand was blocking their sight and it was intensifying "burry your self in the sand " john ordered and they buried their almost freezes body in the sand it fortunately after some minute the sand storm passed above them only then did they stood up they still couldn't see nothing at the horizon only an inselberg not far from them under it they could see two people seating "lets move " they trio moved forward till the reached the area the two people stood up immediately "what can we help you with " the elder ask in a low and calm tone he had white hairs and probably had more than fifty years . the other on his side was more young had an average height and stared with dagger at them the intriguing thing about them was their attire they where both dress like what resembled archeologist " hello elder we are lost and are looking for the village of kiri can you help us find our way " john asked in a polite and gentle manner the young man by the elder side was more aggressive " we can't help you go and leave us " he said in harsh tone

john didn't take it to heart with him the young man was surely afraid seeing how john and the rest were armed he maybe thought that they were from the desert wolf it was normal to think that way the desert wolf had done many infamy here so they couldn't trust anybody even john was on his guard while speaking he had asked that question because he was sure that from their attire they were archeologist and surely had a cart of this was region if not they wouldn't had been here in the middle of this hell in the night

"we are not from the desert wolf rest assure " only then did the seemly tensed face of the elder relaxed "oh we are heading there we can travel together but it is late let's rest here for the night " the elder was very amiable and proposed them to stay since they too were going to the same place so they could travel together so they all sat and fortunately they had water so that the trio could rinse their throat "no i don't want them to stay with us " the young man still refused to acknowledge their presence "Henry... " the elder shouted angrily "sorry for my son he is sometimes difficult to handle " "no its okay " "i am Robert and this is my son Henry " "john , jones and gra " they all introduced their self to the elder after some hesitation John finally asked "what are you two doing here in the middle of the night they had been chatting for a while already and knew a bit of each other " we are looking for the an artefact " an artefact interesting john though "which type of artefact exactly " "if you want to know let's start from the beginning it is said that thousand of years ago existed an ancient civilization called the oros they where believers and lived together with what they called summons this where powerful beast with unimaginative power who they said live with us in our daily lives but need a particular connection to enter in resonance with them before summoning them in our world the link between the summon and his master was sacred for them but a fatidic year their world entered a chaotic state and a catastrophe occurred and the appearance of four legendary beast they disappeared from the surface of the earth without leaving any trace disappearing with their technology " "that is all I know for know , i am looking for the rest of that civilisation I am sure that even if it has disappear long ago the summons are still leaving with us just that we can't see them " "imagine if we could enter in resonance with those beast " the elder spoke with a lot of enthusiasm john and gra where flabbergasted could those four beast be related to the talisman they had " if that was the case then catastrophe that led to the destruction of such a formidable civilization is linked to the shadow rider is still unknown " this though was lingering in johns mind "do you know anything about shadow riders " he asked the Robert who immediately shook his head he clearly knew nothing about that "how do you know so much about them " "i discovered this when exploring a pyramids one day " he took out a book from his bag and showed it to them the book was huge and had Many strange marking on it titled "oros civilisation " opening it he discovered many ancient and strange symbols he didn't understand anything neither could gra "how could you understand all this " he asked "i learned it from this other book " he gave another book to john it was more small than the previous one titled " ancient knowledge bases "and had the explanation of some symbols and their interpretation he even recognised the symbols of the sacrificial matrix that Ferguson used to transform into a dragon but this one was more simple and had less complicated symbols "can I look at it for a moment " he really wanted to know if he could understand most of the symbols it would be of great use to him "of course you can I already know everything inside it is of no use for me now you can have it you want but the oros summon i will keep it for now " Robert was a very easy going person "okay its late you should rest " Henry was already sleeping under a mat he placed while everybody was sleeping john was reading the "ancient knowledge " book he read the whole night till the sun rose only then did he stop "good morning " Robert created all of them while he prepared his belonging john stood and took his bag he was very tired and his movement where sluggish he hadn't eaten yet and was hungry he could absolutely eat an elephant "follow me the kiri village is not far from here " john wanted to know why they wee heading to the kiri village but he didn't want to be too nosy

the group moved under the hit sun and sans for several more hours then john saw from the distance a small village the buildings were not high and made of bricks there was an oasis to the left side of the village it had beautiful palm trees near it couple with the simplicity if the layout of the village it was actually a very pleasant scenery they went down and arrived the village after entering "i think our journey together ends here " "i think so too farewell " john handed back the oros civilisation book back to Robert then he turned and left followed by his son to another part of the village

john could see that the young Henry was very happy of seeing them leave