Chapter 10-The Sandstorm

On the other side of where Red was.

The mighty woman flew by helicopter to a place opposite Blue's destination. A new innovation in transportation technology had made air travel more accessible and efficient, allowing faster travel over longer distances. The large propeller-driven object could now be piloted by a single person without passengers. The pony-tailed, red-haired woman looked serious as her eyes scanned the region, which had been abandoned as uninhabitable due to the lack of a water source in the area.

The latest news said that Green had been spotted in the city of Trivia. A city in the Middle East region. However, this year in the New World Era, the countries in the region have disappeared. Only a few countries have survived, which have been transformed into cities due to the effects of war throughout the world. Only Green is Red's only hope to save Blue.

[Warning! Danger of a 2-kilometer-high sandstorm with wind speeds of 130 km/h approaching from the north].

Practically, the warning from the system made Red immediately alert. She, who had desperately tried to break through a sandstorm a few years ago, was seriously injured. Not wanting to repeat her folly, Red was forced to seek shelter.

"GIGA! Find a safe place for me!" Red pleaded with her heart pounding as she saw the wind rolling like a giant wall, like a sand tsunami, beginning to engulf the desert area she was traveling through.

[Scanning the area]

Red panicked. She rushed away from the area affected by the sandstorm. It was clear that there was only 1 kilometer left from where she was.

[Found]

Flying an unmanned single helicopter, Red immediately headed to the mountainous region where GIGA had found a cave to take refuge. However, a fast-moving and enormous sandstorm hit the helicopter's propellers.

"Argh!" Red groaned as the helicopter suddenly shook violently, and she almost hit her head on the windshield.

Red's heart was beating so fast that her breathing felt labored. She could hear the helicopter's engine rumbling. Red struggled to control the helicopter's steering wheel as it began to fly uncontrollably.

Sure enough, Red's eyes bulged as the propeller suddenly stopped spinning after being hit by the sand flying around the helicopter. The violent shaking caused Red to be tossed around inside the one-person object.

"AAAAA!"

The flying object that could be controlled by a pilot was engulfed by the fierce sandstorm. Red held on tightly to the helicopter's roof frame as the violent sandstorm swept away the rickshaw-sized vehicle.

Red's eyes bulged as she saw several objects roll by as the sandstorm hit the body of her helicopter. Red's breath caught in her throat as objects such as building debris, tree trunks, cars, and metal bars hit the helicopter's windshield, shattering it. Just as Red panicked, a tree trunk flew toward the front of the chopper's windshield, ready to hit her.

"Oh, crap!"

The helicopter's glass shattered! The large tree trunk had successfully penetrated the helicopter's body, causing the flying object to be pushed violently out of the storm. Red's eyes immediately lit up. She held the log that was trying to crush her body with both of her strong arms.

"Harghhh!"

Red managed to push the trunk out of the helicopter's body. As a result, the helicopter flew around uncontrollably fast and fell heavily onto the barren land.

"Argh! Hah, hah, hah!"

Red's breath caught as she realized that her shoulder had been pierced by metal from behind. He was stuck and couldn't get out of the helicopter seat that pinned her down. As Red tried to shake off the sharp metal, s66//*he suddenly felt a violent vibration that shook the helicopter.

"No, no, no!"

Red screamed in panic. She was alone in the middle of nowhere. She was injured, and her crumpled flying object was now slowly sinking into the quicksand.

"Argh!"

Both of Red's hands turned red and emitted smoke. She gripped the iron bar that pierced her left shoulder tightly. Red's hands became like embers that could melt metal. The helicopter continued to be sucked in, giving Red little time to get out before she drowned along with the metal carcass.

"Shit! Shit! Shit!" Red screamed angrily as her red hair lit up and burned like wildfire.

There was a loud explosion that sent pieces of the helicopter's body scattering everywhere. It was Red's good fortune that she survived because her body was thrown quite violently by the explosion. But alas. The poor woman lay unconscious in a dry area, her body emitting smoke and red.

But who would have thought? Someone saw the incident in the distance. Out of curiosity, the figure moved quickly toward the scene. He was riding an ostrich that had mutated and had a mixed form with other animals.

The creature's head, neck, and legs became thick, pointed, and scaly like a crocodile. The bird's head became large. The rider covered the animal's body with an iron shield and harnessed it like a horse.

When he arrived, his figure, covered with a cloth whose colors resembled the surroundings, stared at the unknown woman with a furrowed brow. He dismounted and circled around Red, who lay with her eyes closed. The figure then crouched down and studied Red's form intently. He could smell the burned scent of the woman's body.

Red's clothes were torn from the burns. Slowly, the two-eyed figure reached out hesitantly. It touched the cheek of the red-haired woman, who was spewing smoke and burning skin like embers.

"Argh! It's hot!" the figure groaned, then quickly stepped back.

His eyes narrowed to stare at the woman. Then his eyeballs moved as he saw that the pendant the woman was wearing had a special symbol on it.

"Oh, it's her! Probably ...."