The Mask that was delivered to me

Another World

Falling through the portal, I landed flat on the ground. Everything hurts. Ow.

I took a look around, I was in the middle of a desert.

"Shit, I just have to land in a desert of all places."

With the atmosphere humid and the air dry, scorching my throat, I head forward. I summoned Combo-Maker, using it as a walking stick, and just travelled forward.

Occasionally while walking through the desert, there would be monsters appearing, trying to eat me as prey.

Giant snake-worms appear from time to time from the sands trying to devour me.

I had a very close encounter 35 minutes ago where one, the size of a Truck burst out trying to bite off my hand cleanly. I took Combo-Maker, using it to jump up a certain height and from there stab it in its eyes.

Ending it off by using a 3-staff mode, I smashed the earthworm's head to a pulp. Panting heavily, I continued heading forward.

After 2 hours of walking in the hot sun. There seems to be no end to any nearby civilization.

"I can't do this. It's too hot."

I reached out checking my inventory.

I still had the bottle from previously in the hotel.

But I already drank half of it.

[Just a bit more. I think there should be a town ahead.]

I continue stepping ahead and walk forward, for the next 2 hours.

With the bottle completely empty and my lips cracked and dry. It looks like it's the end for me.

Trying to think about anything but the heat, I think I started to hallucinate due to the sudden emergence of a tower in front of my face.

That image kept me going for at least 30 minutes. Until I heard someone saying "Halt."

I looked in front of me, and 2 guards in strange-looking armour were staring at me. The armor and weapons were mixed with animal parts and metal. They were also pretty jacked, where the muscles look as if it's going to pop out of the shirts. One of the guards take his palm and stopped me.

They started speaking to me in different manners but I was too tired, hungry, and thirsty to hear them.

There must be water inside right? I asked them

"Water?"

The moment they said yes, I took my staff and tried to bash through the doors.

However, the two guards were strong. They took their spear and slammed it against my staff.

It shocked me. I started retaliating by spinning the Staff a lot and poking one of them, one of them nonchalantly just step one step to the left and punched me in my nose.

Pow-!!!

I blacked out again.

I woke up again, just to find myself hanging on the ropes on top of a tree.

A tree? in the desert?

I looked around trying to see what was going on, finding out that I'm not in the desert anymore. I'm in town now. The surrounding huts and houses were all made from natural materials as well as parts of animals, like their bones.

Just as I was still looking around, A couple of kids were playing by one of the huts when suddenly one of the Giant Snake-worm popped out heading for the kids.

"WATCH OU___"

Bam-!!!

The Snake-Worm was cut in half cleanly.