Chapter 20:Monster Hunting

Chapter 20: Monster Hunting on Bar Island

"Wait so you're saying we are going to have to go across the island and just kill monsters? It can't be that easy." Amon says with a cocky demeanor.

"Well it's meant to help you work together with your group. It'll test your communication, your judgment, and most importantly your leadership. That's not all though, you can also sabotage the other team, by incapacitating them or killing their monsters before they deal the final blow."

Pravarasena nods "Very well I understand that, I would like to test my abilities against some of the members of the other squad." He says looking at Jake curiously.

Scott grins and shouts in excitement "Yes! Finally some action! I can't wait to blow all the monsters away with my blade!"

Claire shakes her head "About that, you cannot use anything but your abilities. That means no weapons, if you use them your squad will be disqualified, and you'll lose this part of the program."

Jake raises his hand "What's the other part?"

She only stares at Jake "You'll see after you complete the first contest."

She pulls out wristbands one colored red, and the other blue. "Eve's Squad is going to be Team Red, while Pravarasena's Squad will be Team Blue."

Jake thinks to himself "So this Pravarasena guy is the leader of his squad….it makes sense since he seems to be the most calm and collected one out of all of them."

Claire continues "Everytime you kill a monster the gauge on the wrist band will fill up. Whichever team is able to get their filled up completely will win. There's every tier of monster here. So be careful, some may very well kill you."

Everyone has a shine of determination in their eyes as they hear this. They put on their wristbands, everyone leaves whatever weapons they came with on the counter in front of Claire.

"Now here's my final warning to you all. These monsters have been left here for a very..very long time. We don't have that many bad agents so this place is barely checked on...don't underestimate this place, and have fun!..Oh and I don't give points for killing baby monsters so please refrain from doing so if possible!" She says waving them off.

Everyone heads outside as they start to leave the compound. The Pravarasena group look at each other and dash off.

"Well dang..they just went right to work…" Jaden says yawning "Let's get this over with so I can take a nap."

"Yeah that wasn't very...inspiring." Leslie says holding his stomach.

Jaden looks at him "Hey man do you think you can handle going in here? You don't look to well…"

Evie puts her hand on his shoulder "Yeah if you'd like you can chill back and we'll handle it."

Leslie gives off a weak smile "No I'm good..it's just a stomach ache."

Evie thinks to herself as she worries for Leslie "He started acting like this ever since we got the second sigil...could that be it?" Evie sighs "Fine Leslie but don't hold us back, I really don't want to lose my license I just got it."

Leslie laughs a bit "Yeah...don't worry! We got this!"

"If you say you're good I believe you Leslie!" Jake says with a confident smile "I have a feeling this might be a little fun. I want to see how those guys have such powerful tools!"

Xander face palms "getting excited? Just make sure you get our points up."

Evie looks at the group "Now let's make sure everyone is grouped up. Leslie you go with Xander. Jaden you're with me and Jake I'm sure you can handle yourself. Be safe okay?"

"I'm going to check the big mountain up top!" Jake winks at her and starts to fly into the air heading towards a huge mountain at the center of the island.

Leslie makes a blank face "I...don't think that's a mount-"

Evie interrupts him "No..just..just let him find out…"

The group separates as they head further into the island wilderness. The sound of creatures chirping and roaring across the island becomes very clear to hear as they take their last steps from the compound.

Evie and Jaden head left as Xander and Leslie head right.

Evie walks with her yellow aura glowing as she looks around "Jaden, how good is your healing?"

Jaden yawns a bit "Well..I'm not a high ranking healer for nothing! I've tested it before and I can heal people completely. At Least physical injuries….but the bad side is that i use an insane amount of energy healing people."

Evie looks at him as they continue to walk "Why don't you try to train your body? Your body probably can't handle it..you could try to build your endurance. It won't make your healing strong but you could last longer."

"Yeah...maybe I can try that but I'm lazy." He says laughing.

Evie rolls her eyes "Whatever Jaden."

As they continue to walk through the dungeon they notice that the nearby sounds of monsters have stopped all together as a black mist starts to surround them. They hear faint whispers "The light...much snuff out the light.."

Evie gets in front of Jaden putting a yellow aura over him as well. "Stay behind me and be cautious."

Jaden nods in agreement as they see something emerge from the mist. A humanoid figure floating above as if it's a part of the mist itself. He has a torn hood that shows his glowing skull underneath. It points towards Evie and Jaden showing it's long black claws. "The Light! MUST SNUFF OUT THE LIGHT!"

-Chapter 20 End