Dragons : The Dragon Hunt

69. The Exploration (Part 2)

-15 Minutes later-

As we finally gained strength and our energy from our running last time, we finally stood up and continued our journey towards that city in the east that Hiccup talked about. We finally didn't feel the ache from our muscles and bones due to our long rest.

We stretched momentarily and finally continued to walk. Now, we are finally crossing the Desert realms of Agartha, we are still very unfamiliar on this place. So we had so many precautions about our safety, for a moment, I did want to continue the journey tomorrow, but Hiccup said that we need to go there as soon as we can.

So we decided to continue it after we had a good rest and ready to go, I took a long look at the desert to see it beauty from the outside. This desert is particularly like the same deserts on the over world, but the sand is about the same color as the sun. After taking a hood look at the sand dunes, we finally started to walk on its grounds.

"Let's go gang, we got a city to go on", I ordered them, as they all smirked at me and I finally walked towards the border where the forest and the desert splits. As I finally stepped at the sand, I noticed that the sand is kinda like a cement to me due to fuse of the sand grains. Maybe they we're compressed due to tge pressure? No, we don't feel a sudden change in our surroundings or any hint that there is a exertion of force on the area. I did shrug my shoulder and continued to move on the desert, some wind are present brushing our faces but it was no matter.

We finally walked on the desert and tried to cross it, we had our things in our hands even our rifles. And don't forget that we still also stand alert just in case that we will be attacked again by some unknown species. We still rested our finger near the trigger to be ready for some attacks. We climbed some small sand hills as we crossed them over, as we we shielded our eyes with our hands to not be affected by the small sand grains that might enter our eyes, causing irritation that might last up for an hour. Then, more winds pumped us more faster every minute that passed, more and more grains had been floating up with the wind.

"Guys, we should be going back! ", Nafie commented at us using the radio,  breaking the silence, as he was mainly scared of being in monstrous sandstorm that could blew us away. I know it's hard for us that we had to be in a sandstorm, though we had not experienced it, but I convinced that it is a normal sandstorm, hopefully.

"Guys, it is only like a normal storm for that. It's a no big deal for me though", I said, as the wind whistled everywhere and the sand grains with it started to cluster more larger. I didn't show any fear for this so we only continued to walk, I had a contingency plan in mind that would help us to get away from this desert. Plus it only needs our communication and a compass, really.

"Well, a no big deal for you Dennis, what about us? ", he scoffed, as he looked at me barely, still shielding his eyes from the sand-filled wind. I looked at him and everyone else, I stared at them hardly and noticed that they are breathing uneasily. I thought that they were suffering from the sand filled air, because they are now covering their noses to prevent the sand particles to enter their nostrils. They could hardly breath due to the sand grains that merely filled the breathable oxygen. This time, I finally ordered to wear the gas masks from Dusty's carried bag to finally solve our hard breathing issues.

"Dusty, get the gas masks inside your hand carried bag, and distribute it to us quickly! ", I exclaimed at him, as he dropped the gun bag on tge sandy grounds and unzipped it open. He dug deeper and searched for the gas masks on the bag. As he finally got it, he brought it one by one then tossed it to us.