Temporal Pearls

"The pressure got easier the more I got out!" Seth said. He was now three kilometres away from Living Root forest. He checked the time, he still had 15 minutes.

He bent down and rested his hand on his knees with a deep breath. He then stood and grabbed Soothing Gourd and gurgled in some water to refresh his dried throat.

It was night, the stars above were bright and the moon also was illuminating. What also made the journey easier as he jogged was that the ground was sand.

There were crevices but only on some of the embedded ground rock. And also as far as his Aura Sight goes he had not seen anything remotely alive.

One thing was that it was hot in some places and in some places it was cold. He really didn't know how it was possible but he wasn't here to find out.

Seth scooped the sand and stored it and then looked ahead. As far as he could see it was desert sand. Gray under Aura Sight and a bit yellow and brown in normal sight.

Seth decided to went back. He was far away from Living Root Forest and he needed to walk before he jogged to reach there in time.

Turning around, Seth saw his shadow enlarged and he froze. 'Dragon?' He thought it was impossible. Over the days he had learned dragons emit an oppressive pressure that suppressed lower life forms.

"Roooar… run!" A thundering voice rang in Seth's ears as if he was electrocuted, he dash forward, adrenaline coursing through his body and he ran like no tomorrow.

The other part of his brain was already processing what happened. Is this a game of chase? Is this a hunt? I'm I going to die? There should be a Quest now, why is it? All kinds of questions came to him and then he saw a small shadow in front of him and it was increasing in size, he dashed to the side.

Boom

Sand exploded, whatever that landed there was heavy and strong.

"Rr… run, faaaaast!" The thundering voice whispered. The desperation and fear in it were apparent.

How could a hunter be afraid? And why was urging him to run?

Seth quickly plants his Staff down and then he shoots forward several meters using Size Reschedule. He landed and rolled and ran again.

[You have used 1 Exertion Point]

"Why is the function alert now?" Seth cursed. The game never alerted him when he used the damn point except now.

As he ran another enlarging shadow appeared. Seth avoided and the creatures landed, this time almost swiping Seth's face with its claws.

As he ran, he wanted to turn and see what it was.

"Noooo!" The roar was so strong that Seth's eardrum busted and his head was disoriented.

[You have lost your hearing capability]

[You are disoriented]

In a dummmm sound he felt in his ears, he managed to grab a Soothing Gourd and drank some water. His body was already trembling as he expected an attack. An attack that never came and he stood and ran again.

Boom.

A shock wave pushed him forward and further stunned him.

[Health Status: Good>Stun>Injured]

Some of his bones were broken, he crawled up and used Size Reschedule to propel him forward but another shock wave hit and that almost killed him.

[Health Status: Injured>Lethal Injury]

'Where is the fucken Quest?' Seth wondered. With it, he may understand what he was up to!

He laid down there, his eyes looking at the sky and a shadow loomed over him.

What he saw was a cataclysmic beast. However, the beast was in a bad situation, half its head was smashed, one of its hands was mangled, and only a single vein holding it to its body. Its chest was caved in, blood dripping and countless slashes around the creature's body. And… It stood four meters tall above Seth.

Strangely, the wounds were healing slowly, while the only hand that was uncased was the one attacking the body. Yes, the injury was self-inflicted.

As the beast leaned and his eyes weren't indeed the moon above Seth saw its face. It resembles a feline beast and a wolf. More like a Lion without its mane.

The beast's hot breath washed over Seth as he stared at him, "run!" It mumbled without letting its voice come out. Seth froze for more moments and then realizing the creature was not moving, he crawled out from between its legs and started running.

He turned with a single glance and saw the full picture. It was a bipedal lion without Mane, a powerful one but also corrupted. Seth made that judgment because the hand that was just mangled had the features of a crocodile skin but this one seem soft but rougher and more menacing

"A fucking Crodo!" Seth cursed as he ran with all his might. He doesn't know where that stamina was coming from but he ran nonetheless without even getting tired.

The bent Lion struggled to move but the original owner of the body hold on.

~fut!l€~

The side that has transformed into Crodo muttered to the lions. But the lion bid it time as it hoped for the little human to run far, or even reach the Nightmare Forest.

The original lion has been sapped of his power gradually, ever since the Asteroid Descent, he has been battling the aliens and trying to destroy them but he only weakened them.

The Dragons have come too and he forced his body to stay still for it to be completely destroyed by them but his body is too strong for the fledgeling dragons to destroy, they can only weaken him before they run when the Alien took over.

The Jungle Beasts and the Dragons were mortal enemies since time immemorial. Their war for supremacy started before humans knew how to make their trinkets but then an enemy from beyond grace them.

Ever since then, whenever that enemy was present they united to vanquish it, and then they resumed their war.

~fut!l€~

The lion breathed deeply and the ground underneath him quaked and the gust of wind blew at Seth's running figure and almost toppled him. But he kept running.

"Roar!" It was just a single-second roar, but it was enough to send a blast of sound kilometres away and Seth was thrown away, his bones shattered and his orifices bleeding.

[Dire Quest]

~Kill yourself!

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Seth in his dizzied state didn't see it. His mind was so disoriented.

[Dire Quest]

~Kill yourself!

[Reward]

~Escape

[Failure]

~Complete Lost Of Avatar

[This Quest was generated by Roana Prada, the Scout Lion-wolf Hybrid]

This quest blinked for some time before it stopped blinking. Seth recovered after some minutes. Instinctive he placed his staff on the sand, tilting toward the forest and activated Size Reschedule. The forest now was just less than 500 meters away.

The moment he shot in the sky, the quest appeared in his eyes and then went up far, extending the staff more and then he fell head down, he intended to kill himself by falling on his head.

~fut!l€~

The alien creature said, "Futile" before it bubbled with power and took control over the lion's body in an instant and then released a sliver of the lion's pressure. Everything slowed down and Seth felt his very being locked by something beyond him.

His fall slowed until he touched the ground without even a scratch but with a deep-seated fear. His will can't keep up.

Crack!

[Pure White Stone Will Broke]

Seth's eyes became dull as he lay down on the sand waiting.

All this happened in just a moment.

The pressure released by the Thing through the control of Roana Prada's body created a zone and influenced the fall of Seth and also broke Seth's will to make him obedient.

~G°°d~

Roan Prada took control of part of his body. However, Seth was still lying. And then the alien forcefully made the lion's body move forward to the still Seth.

In time they were close.

[You have been locked by a higher life form]

[Your Will have shattered]

[You have become its slave]

[First Mighty Activated]

[Attempt to remove Slave Mark failed]

[First Might Activated]

[Your Pure White Stone Will recover]

When Seth's mind came to his body he saw the notification.

Tuss

Tuss

Tuss

He also heard the tuss sound of something heavy walking in the sand with difficulty.

He quickly searched for the Quest and found it different.

[Dire Quest > Slave Quest]

~Kill yourself! > Obediently wait for your Master

[Reward]

~Escape > Crod Possession

[Failure]

~Lost of Avatar > Curse Of Crod

[This Quest was generated by Reverse-Roana Prada, the invader]

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[You have faced Higher life form pressure and survived]

[Your Will level up ×5]

[Pure White Stone Will 6]

Seth felt he could think and understand what happened better. The fear he was feeling was still there but it was not clouding his judgment.

[First Might Activated]

[Slave Mark Broke]

Seth was about to stand as he felt himself freed but then...

[Slave Mark returned]

[First Might Activated]

[Slave Mark Broke]

This rang until the lion was just three meters away from Seth.