" Big...big...big brother, are you sleeping? "
A voice questioned, owned by a dazzling little angel, his half lidded eyes slowly opened, he sprang out of the bench he rested out, tilting his gaze towards her.
A loud sigh escaped his lips, he recognized her with a single glance.
" Amy, what are you doing here? " He asked, she giggled softly.
Its daytime, gently receiving the morning breeze, he's dressed in rags, trending to his family's flock.
He slept on duty.
The tranquil wind blew, with cold breeze blown across space, she's dressed in a blue flower patterned gown, gently holding onto the basket which contained a few fruits, her hair was covered in a blue hat.
" Big brother...big brother....did I care you? " She asked, still giggling.
" No, not at all....big brother can't be scared by anything, he's the strongest to ever live, the bravest to walk amongst men " He bragged, gently bent down....with his right knee touching the ground.
He dropped the spear he held, placing his right hand on her head.
" Amy, what're you doing here? " He asked.
" Big brother Riley, mom said I should fetch you..... breakfast is ready, I came with fruits because you seem tired " She answered, showing off the fruits she brought along in the basket she held.
This caused him to smile, he loved this feelings, the feelings of his family being together as one.
" Thanks Amy, I was just hungry for some fruits, I guess you're a life saver but where's mom now? " He asked, turning his gaze to see the herd gathered together, being a local cowboy was tiring.
It took alot for him to bring the stubborn herd together.
" Mom is....mom is....mom is in....."
She stammered, Riley's eyes widened.....he noticed the glitch, he stepped back, stunned to see his little sister fading right of him, shocked by what he witnessed, he looked around.
" What's going on here? what's happening to Amy? why is my sister fading away? why is this world glitching? " He asked himself.
Reality itself faded and he found himself standing in a seperate reality, his home was torched, a trauma he could never recover from.
He stood in shock, staring at the scorched flames.....his house was burnt down, he swiftly rushed into the burning building to see a corpse on the ground, he halted....stunned, he recognized the figure.
" Mom? " He called out.
Snarls erupted, it tilted it's gaze to see him standing before it, a four eyed creature, a Nightcrawler, it's claws were soaked in bloods, devouring and ripping through the intestines of the young woman.
Its barred it's fangs against Riley!
Riley shivered in fear, unable to move....beads of sweats covered his face, his hands shook in fear, he muttered only a single word over and over again.
" M..mom! "
The Nightcrawler sprang at him, tearing through his skin with his claws, Riley was sent crashing into a wall, his world fell apart when he watched from the side, his little sister with tears in her eyes charged against the Nightcrawler.
Firmly tightening her grip on the dagger she held.
She attacked the Nightcrawler but she was sent crashing into the wall with a single backhanded slap, Riley crawled....with tears in his eyes, crawling towards his little sister when he was held back by the claws of the Nightcrawler.
It ripped through his spines, causing him to scream out in pains, firmly gripping the muddy ground, soaked in bloods.
-----
" Wakie wakie....its time to die " a barritone voice woke up him.
His drowsy eyes slowly opened, he tilted his head, staring at the entities present for him, his arms and legs were twisted, fractured to a point.....his mouth bruised.
His battle suit was soaked in his own bloods, he fought against the ten awakened, Subjects of the Willow's Ground, a battle to the death....he killed three, leaving seven to bring him down.
He struggled to move his right hand when he got impaled by a spear, a loud groan erupted, and the sounds of chuckles followed afterwards.
" Look, isn't that tears? Jessy....what did you do to this fool " the one who held the spear questioned, he swung his blade.... sending Riley crashing into a wall.
His spear dripped intensely with bloods.
" Nothing, I simply did what my Talent could do, I gave him nightmares, I guess those nightmares were quite horrible that even tears could fall out freely, so pathetic " the Redhead answered.
Grinning evily.
Riley spat out bloods, struggling to stand on his feets despite the intense pains he felt, he staggered, still bleeding from many sides.....he could feel his body weakening, approached by the seven subjects.
" If a simple Nightmare could do this then he is not for this world, a mere cannon fodder who luckily awakened, let's just kill him " Another of the seven subjects advised, his eyes glowed brightly.
\Heat Vision Talent is active/
Firing a laser beam against Riley, it pierced through the chest of Riley, causing him to be blasted to the wall, with a hole displayed on his chest, he bled....he crashed on his knees, with his entire body shaking.
" I agree with Subject 84, he should be killed.....we don't need to waste our time with a trash " Subject 90 of the seven subjects spoke out, he stretched forth his right hand... sprouting out a spear out of his hand.
He directed the spear against the face of Riley.
Riley reacted to it instinctively, he evaded the spear which was aimed against his face, he staggered back, stunning the seven subjects, they were all ready, ready to destroy Riley any second from now.
Every single subject of the Willow's Ground were forced to watch, while this could be considered a battle, most knew it was an execution.....Riley stood no chance against awakened sergeants who knew the game.
Who were experts in controlling their Talents.
" Tch, to think you showed me an event I never wished to remember, the day I lost my mom in that incident, the day Amy disappeared from my life, you had to show it to me again.....I'll kill you for that "
Riley uttered.
He twisted his neck, gently cracking his bones, the Redhead chuckling softly, she stayed behind, covered by the boys, she locked eyes with Riley.... hoping to mock him but she noticed something.
A burning rage which she ignited.
" Tch, this bastard can still talk huh? even after tanking my head vision, not that it matters, a second will....." Subject 84 couldn't complete his statement when he received a bullet to the face.
It happened in a split second, the Subject collasped on the ground, drenched in his own bloods and with a hole on his face.
" That hurts alot so I will be taking you out first " Riley said, he held his Glock 19 pistol, he spat out bloods from his mouth, slowly healing up.
\You have adapted to the Heat Vision Talent/
\You have adapted to Nightmare Talent/
\You have adapted to Metal Formation Talent/
\You have leveled up by 3/
\Your body has reconstructed new cells to boost your healing factor/
Riley giggled softly, he took a step forward, he brought out his mana automated pistol, firing a single blast, it was blocked by the forcefield of a Subject but he anticipated that, he calculated the density of the mana barrier.
Fired another bullet which was enhanced mana bullet.
Breaking through the mana shield, it killed the shield caster seconds later, reducing the numbers by two, seeing two members dead, the rest attacked him.....he was attacked from all sides.
\Metal Formation Talent is active/
Subject 90 created spears out of nothing, firing them against Riley who evaded them, he has adapted to them, with his speed enhanced by his Adaptation Talent, he supersped, appearing behind Subject 90.
A bullet to the skull was all that he needed.
He took out two other subjects, leaving only the spear user and the redhead, he gazed at them, amongst the subjects he fought, they are the two he wanted to torture so badly before killing them.
He fired a bullet at the spear user but it was brushed off by the spear, three bullets were fired seconds later, but they were all blocked.....Riley supersped, he leapt high, twisting his body, he fired against.
The Subject luckily evaded the bullet which was aimed against his eyes, he gripped his spear firmly, twisting it on the air, the spear glowed brightly.....with mana scattered across the atmosphere itself.
\D rank Spearmanship, Jintsu Spear Talent is active/
The Subject supersped, he swung his spear.....directing a piercing strike against Riley but Riley's too nimble for it to strike him down, he chuckled.... controlling the flow of mana he felt, he evaded another attack.
He bounced back, creating distance between them.
" Hmph, trying to create distance between us so she could attack with her Talent huh? sorry but that won't work against, and besides I'm a gun user.... don't you think distance works to my advantage? " Riley asked.
The Subject realized it too late, a single bullet was all it took.
His corpse hits the ground with heavy thud, Riley glanced at the Redhead, watching her shiver in fear, he covered the distance between them, she aimed for a sneak attack but he shot her on her arms.
Incapacitating her seconds later.
He crippled her seconds after with bullets in her legs, he turned his gaze.....he stared directly into his eyes, his gaze were sterned and cold....filled with intense rage.
" That Talent of yours.....can you see the nightmares inflicted on your targets? " He questioned.
" What?....no...no...no my Talent only brings out the fears of anyone, turning them into nightmares and....." She was frozen by the sounds of Riley's gun being cocked seconds later.
" Quit yapping bitch, I only asked you a simple question...lucky you, if you had seen my nightmares, I would have tortured you " Riley whispered, he walked passed her.
She received a bullet to the skull, she fell faced flat on the ground.
Covered in her own pool of bloods, Riley has won the battle, killing ten sergeants of the Willow's Ground.
His eyes glowed brightly, a blue spider mark appeared on his neck!
\Congratulations, you have awakened the first mark of the Celestial Hunter!/