Dragonieth 18 Forbidden Desert Swamp

The men sprinted on the hard ground path that Azaria led them along, making sure they didn't move out of the visible stone path lines the desert winds revealed occasionally as sand brushed over their boots.

It also helped that Luca's Seriph green eyes were acute with sublime vision that allowed him to see outlines of hidden objects a few meters before him. He could help keep them on the path and catch Darick if he was close to falling into the desert's death zone.

His eyes were starting to go weepy with lethargy as he felt his lùth draining out fast due to their hard sprints that had been going for a great distance. This weakness of his frustrated him. If it he didn't become stronger soon, he'd only hinder their progress.

"Hey Luca." Darick called out to him.

Luca opened his mouth to answer his call and found Darick's pressed against his. His kiss feeding lùth into him.

"Is that enough for now?" Darick gently pulled out of their kiss.

Luca licked his lips, feeling more energized. He nodded his head.

"Tsk! Sneaky weak Seriph." Azaria grumbled, annoyed at the sight of their kiss.

"Keep moving!" Corin urged the men, glancing to the sky and noting the sun setting fast to the west. "We have to reach the Swamp Standing Stones before night fall!"

The men resumed their hard sprints.

They saw two tall pillar bluestones towering towards the setting streaks of orange, red and pink light drawn across a gradually darkening sky in the near distance.

"Ugh!" Luca let out when he lost his footing as the firm ground beneath them quaked with threats of splitting open.

His Seriph eyes saw movements of erratic lines beneath the sand some distance on other side of the path they ran. The lines bared the patterns of scorpi demons. One or two they could fight through, but if they were faced with a nest, they'd need an a.r.s.enal of fire power.

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"Hurry!" He cried out as he reclaimed his footing and continued his run.

Darick cursed. He unsheathed his longsword and bathed the blade with blue fire via a spell. Corin said his spell that wrapped his fists and limbs in bluish light. Luca readied his bow and arrows fortifying their strength and aim with airborne magic. Azaria unsheathed his sword.

The men braced themselves to fight through any on coming nest of 4-foot scorpi swimming through the sands towards them. A nest of black-sh.e.l.l insect-like-men crawling on six legs blocked their path to the standing stones. Their crescent shaped tails and pointy stingers were arched over their hammer shaped heads.

"Hold your aim steady men," Corin said as he raised his glowing fists in a fighting stance.

They stood their ground, prepared to fight for their lives as the black sh.e.l.led scorpi slowly rose on two legs to make themselves twice their height. A few stretched out their insect thin arms, testing their sword-sharp pincers with a few clenches.

One grinned with its salivating mouth opened wide to reveal its rows of black pointy teeth. It hungrily looked at them through four pairs of eyes that were grouped in round cl.u.s.ters on either side of its flat nose and flaring nostrils.

The stench of sulphur overpowered the air.

"I tell you run Luca. You run." Darick coolly ordered Luca.

Luca frowned. "Likewise."

A shrill cry shook the grounds and rumbled through the skies as the last slither of color faded to the black of night.

Azaria coolly stepped before the grinning scorpi nest. He bathed his sword with orange fire and said another spell to enclose them in a ring of fire.

The cry reverberated louder as scorpi nests swarmed madly for them and went for their kills. Stirring up a sand storm with the aim to put out the fire and bury the men.

"Darick!" Luca cursed when the hard ground beneath him quaked and parted. He fell into a chasm.

"LUCA!" Darick jump in after Luca's fall.

Corin and Azaria gave each other looks as they found themselves fall into their own formless dark hole.

The scorpi bellowed a frenzy of shrill cries above their heads, fading fast to silence due the uncontrollable speed and gravity of their descent.