Artemis woke with amnesia underneath the shattered remains of a once prosperous human civilization. He remembered nothing, his past or the events that happened that caused the world to become as it was. He was no longer purely human, he woke to find...
The chirping of the birds and the dancing of the trees greeted the adventurers as they entered the treeline. Six young men, three of them were swordsmen, two were bowmen and one of them was a mage. The six were expert hunters of magical beasts, earning a living by hunting down any magical beasts, even the mightiest of them all, the wyverns.
Albert was the leader of the group and the best swordsmen of the three. He was 26 years old and had been hunting magical beasts ever since he was 16. The group was headed to the Engravin Temple, the ancient temple of the Goddess of Fordalt that was located at the center of the Alnub Forest.
The group was a talkative bunch, they couldn't walk one minute without one of them initiating a conversation or remarking about their surroundings, they were young and still had the energy of the youth flowing through their veins.
"This new magic beast, I hope it wasn't just some wild rumor," Zed remarked. Zed was the second best swordsman of the group, and a late D-rank in his physical abilities.
"If it was, I wouldn't have supported Shen's Idea of searching for it in the first place" Albert replied, chuckling. Also late D-rank.
"You always agree with what we suggest. you can't resist us" Shen joked. Shen was the third swordsman of the group. Mid D-rank.
"Albert, knowing you, you had someone from the garrison confirm the rumor" Kirran retorted as he chugged on a cup of blueberry wine. He was a bowman of the group, an expert marksman but also a heavy drinker, and a early D-rank.
"Kirran, you're gonna exhaust our supplies if you continue on drinking the wine" Albert scolded. Albert then turned towards Sin, the mage of the group, late D-rank.
"This ancient temple that you talked about, why haven't you told us until last night? boy we could've looted it and got filthy rich"
"The temple itself is thousands of years old and was just abandoned a hundred years ago, no more treasures remained after the Criminal Sect set-up their base there" Sin answered. Albert took a deep breath, he was always annoyed on how Kirran knew so much but still refused to share any information with the group unless there are other parties involved. Not knowing that Sin was just trying to protect them.
Tyrron was the second bowmen of the group, a silent man. Tyrron would not speak to anyone, he would just nod or shrug to communicate, the group believed he was mute, a mid D-rank.
The group's babbling mouths accompanied by the sounds of nature quickly broke the silence of the daytime. Not knowing they have exposed themselves to their so-called magical beasts.
A few meters above the treeline, a Recon drone was following them. Maintaining a safe distance and blending in with its surroundings to avoid detection. The constant dancing of the trees accompanied by the loud chirping of the birds almost made the drone invisible from the group.
The group were only a few hundred meters from reaching the defense line around the Machine Base, they were already in-range of the sentry turrets standing on the defense line. Sentry Turrets were mobile defense platforms capable to transverse any terrain due to their three-legs that resembled a crab. A double-barrel turret was placed on the sides of the Sentry Turrets that could blast either a Primelium ammunition adding with a new type of nuclear energy towards a target with frightening speed and accuracy.
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