Chapter 25: Blood Curdling Shriek.
Like any other day, the blind girl held tightly onto her brother as he descended down the dune structure at a rather steady pace.
With a dark grimace, I dug the dagger into the dune structure. Though I made sure to find cracks in the surface of the ancient architecture in an attempt to ease the harsh pain radiating through my hands with each clanging sound.
...But even then, the descent was still nothing short of arduous. And by the time we were done with the descent, every single muscle in my arms ached and groaned in agonizing pain.
'...Crap! That hurts like hell!'
With a grim expression, I turned to face the rest of the cohort who all tensed up, a dark expression creeping up on their features as they gazed at the vast, desolate land before them. Except for the fact that this desolate and ruined landscape wasn't all that desolate. And instead, sprawled across its surface were nightmarish creatures of all kinds. Each one a conductor of nightmares and horror.
"...Hum."
"So," I paused, shifting my gaze towards Mia. "How do we plan on facing the nightmarish creatures we might encounter?"
Aezel turned to face Mia and I, his expression growing tense.
"...Was also about to ask the same thing?"
I turned to face him.
'Yeah. Very obvious.'