individuals stood amongst the dead bodies of countless unrecognizable monsters.The first individuals was a man who had very Grey skin he had long grey hair.
He had a tall and slender build he wore a black kimono.In his hand was a black katana.This was miguedaras.
An angel who leads beside angelo.Beside him was a tall woman around his height being 6,2.
She wore a long black dress with stars sprinkled across it.She wore long black gloves and in her right hand was a massive one handed axe.
The axe was pitch black in color with a bright red edge.She had slith green eye's and had a neutral face and brown skin.
She was a giant serpentine hybrid and is an angel who leads along side angelo she was askirda.
They were inside a dark desolate desert.Streching for miles was black
sand this was the asafa plains in the human realm to east of the bergred kingdomm
They were in the middle of a sand storm which covered the area in black dust.Askirda held up her hand her lantern only illuminating a few meters infront of them.
Miguedaras the connection with the hidden realm has been cut."Yep askirda I could tell I'm just as connected to it as you are."
"You just can't reply without being a piece of you know what you can you whatever I'm not gonna be baited by you."
Miguedaras smirked as he raised his sword.He then sliced off the head of a humanoid creature that seemed to be made of the black sand that surrounded them.
"When will this thing show itself how have so many manged to get into the six realms."askirda said annoyed.
"Well the worlds are currently going through another faze of expansion which means more of these things can find weak points to enter the realms from the forbidden realm."
Yeah I know that but I'm not looking forward to what creatures will be born due to the realms expansion or what treasures will be revealed.
"It could spark a war comparable to the one ten years ago or even worse the one that took place three hundred years ago."
"Askirda the only reason that war took place a decade ago was because of angelo I doubt such an event could feasibly take place now with the current state of the countries."
"Yeah it's strange the prospect of getting home seemed impossible now it's so close yet when we go back we feel nothing.
Or that's what it's like fir me atleast what about you?"Honestly it's the same I never had much in that world I had thought of revenge but organization and it's members had long since been wiped out.
I had not done right by many people in that life so asking angelo to find the few I did right by wasn't hard.
Their are alot of problems in that world but it's no longer my duty to fix those issues unless asked but still going back i wish I had more things to be glad to experience again and not a bottle of liqour."
"Well stop dwelling on it in this life we have so much more to live for so instead of dwelling on what we didn't make for ourselves in that life.
Why don't we focus on what we could and have made in this life."I guess you're right but let's hurry and find this thing.
I don't want to deal with the human sun gods daughter trying to incite another marriage with angelo."
Askirda nodded before responding."I don't think they'll try that afterall angelo made up an excuse that the "master" had ask him to be a celibate priest and to not take sides between the races."
"Kinda smart of him when he did that saying that he was only given power by an ancient god was the best.
Except for the cardigan and reincarnates nobody knows the truth."And for those who do know trying to reveal that is in now way valuable nor will it be believed.
The different races already think angelo is a liar and a fraud they'd never believe something so outlandish.
But it was good on angelo to make them think he was far stronger than he actually is."
Miguedaras then halted his speech as he saw askirda come to a stop I front him.He then looked up as he twelve glowing red eye's staring down at them.
The figure these eye's belonged to was obstructed by the black sand and clouded by darkness.
Askirda lantern then went out as she lifted her axe.The sand storm then increased in
intensity.
A crystal formed from sand was then lauched towards askirda's abdomin.But she twisted her body around it.
But in the next moment a crystal of sand emerged from her chest causing her to spit out blood.
The sand then started to swirl like a hurricane making each grain have the same sting,speed and power of a bullet.
"You want to handle it or should I."Asked askirda."You go ahead."Askirda lifted her axe gripping tightly.
"You're manipulation of sand is a disgrace."She then swung her axe down a Shockwave of pure wind pressure blowing away the five hundred mile wide sand storm.
Revealing a creature that was over twelve meters tall it had thin limps made of rocks a humanoid form and twelve glowing red eye's.
The creature was then surrounded by black sand it then vanished appearing behind askirda.
It then swung down a scythe at her splitting the ground and creating a massive thirty meter deep gourge where she stood.
But the scythe did not react askirda her axe striking it at it's tip causing it to crumble into dust.
The creature flew back in a cloud of sand as the moon that never set shown down on the now shaking desert.
Sand then flew from the ground the massive southern releasing sand as if it was water pouring from the ground.
The sand then started to spin forming a seven hundred kilometer wide vortex of swirling sand.
With askirda at the center.Unlike the previous storm the sand here was excelerrating at such a rate where askirda noticed it was almost reaching the speed of light.
Yet still not a grain could touch her dress.Her muscles then tensed up as she spun around cleaving in half a ten meter long desert worm.
The creature then burst out from the ground beneath her a ray of black liquid sand forming from it's mouth.
The sand then flew straight at her however askirda smiled."You have potential I'll keep you."
She then swung her axe at the bean of disintegrating sand.Her axe glowed bright red as the sand upon coming in contact with the axe was obsorbed.
The creature then released several sand serpents from holes covering it's body attempting to sink back into the ground.
"Controlling my kin how dare you."Askirda then swung her axe cleaving apart six hundred serpents in an instant.
Askirda's head then sprung out before the creature could sink into the sand.Her fangs pierced it's earth armor causing it to corroded away and collapse.
Revealing what seemed to be a massive brown octopus.The octopus then attempted to bury itself back in the sand.
But askirda bit the top of it's cranium injecting paralyzing venom into it causing it to
freeze.
The octopus then squirrel around tears flowing from it's black eyes as it fell down into the sand.
"It's not what we're looking for."said miguedaras as he walked up to askirda."Did they really mistake a sand octopus for a forbidden world beast."
"This is no regular sand octopus it's crying as of it's aware of it's own death has it gained sapience or."
Askirda walked pass miguedaras as she rubbed the octopuses head.In any case I don't care were keeping it.
"I was planning to turn it into serpentine puppet but I think I want a sentient
pet."
Askirda then massaged the octopuses head as it was showing signs of confusion."Yep it's definitely sapient I wonder if it's a reincarnation that kept it's memories.
Would explain it's strength t."Askirda then stopped hugging the octopus as she looked over to miguedaras.
"You think sarian will let me keep it."Well we keep Arthur around a sapient octopus isn't too far off. "
"Anyway remove the poison from it's body."How do I know it won't run."Do you think it can get far."
"Fair point."Askirda then touched the bite mark as she bit it again reobsorbing the paralyzing venom.
"Their now if run I'll catch you and you'll be a good dinner instead of a good boy."The octopus then shook it's head hastily.
"Good were on the same page I'd get a dog but we have pocoloa and nosra she and her two little musketeers didn't quite like the other cat we got."
"What are you gonna call it?"asked miguedaras."I not sure I'll have angelo name it."
"Wait how did it learn to make that shell either it's extremely intelligent or."The desert then started to shake as the octopus started to squirm around.
"Oh that must be it you are not a reincarnation you don't have that unique essence so the powerful that thing gave you sentience or could be a mix of both."
The figure of a beast easily similar to the shell the octopus wore then started to rise from the sand except it was over three times larger.
It towered over askirda,miguedaras and the octopus.Askirda smirkedas she lifted her
axe.
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