But the desert, it is not so deserted, as they have been entering there are certain animals that are drawn slightly under the sands lurking, at a certain distance not to be noticed.
Waiting, patiently for them to enter their domain, where there is no return.
The journey, the heat, tiredness and dehydration have hit them.
They walk almost by inertia, full of sand from the times they have fallen and this has been stuck in sweat.
At one point, NAIFU sinks into the arena, INKU, which was guarding the rearguard, notices it and those who go after it.
Everyone has been on alert, hoping to see NAIFU, detect it so they can help it.
In an instant, OKE, WAPURO and ESU sink as well.
They all ran to one of them to try to reach them, but to no avail.
There is a great tremor underground, under the sand you can hear a somewhat thunderous noise, like a roar that makes the sand tremble, the earth below them rises and slides like water between the shapes of the huge monster that is emerging.
Its size is colossal, a beast about 8 meters high, which has tentacles, in some of them it has trapped NAIFU, OKE, WAPURO AND ESU.
The mouth is round, large, with sharp fangs about 4 rows inwards, it pulls out a lot of slime or a slimy thing of bad smell.
Even though the entire group has tried to escape the beast, fatigue slows down their movements.
Even the weight of the sword is too much to ask.
He catches TOIRE and UISUKII who was preparing a bomb when he was caught.
The beast goes for KEKI who, unable to jump due to the sand, decides to slide under the beast to reach the body of the animal that is still attached to the sand.
KEKI clings to his sword and climbs up the monster's body while the animal has been distracted by hunting the others.
But, the beast is very clever, it has not stopped attacking KEKI.
He finally manages to catch her with one of the tentacles, wraps her around and gets her into his mouth.
Everyone else worries, with so many rows of teeth, it's impossible for her to have come out unsathed.
Everyone is desperately trying to let go.
INKU, jumps on the center of the back of the monster that, it seems to have no eyes, no naríz, only has the mouth.
INKU tries to bury his brush in that beast, but, he has a very thick skin, he is unsuccessful.
KIRO who, has a lot of skill with the sword is the one who has been able to cause some lacerations in the tentacles, by the way of using his sword.
He continues to attack the animal with perseverance despite feeling suffocated by the effort, this he does to gain time by calling his attention, he does not want it to hurt anyone else.
They've been close to his death on several occasions, it's not new to them, but, this time, they don't see the way out.
They have not been able to damage the monster and, keki has been swallowed, they no longer have strength and are very tired.
WAPURO's power to turn it into stone has only been able to damage part of its tentacle due to WAPURO's weakness.
The beast roars fiercely and begins to storting sharply, which causes the beast to release some of them in the process and squeeze others.
A large explosion is heard inside the monster, followed by others of the same magnitude.
All are thrown by the force of the explosion, falling on the sand covered with viscous liquid from the entrails of the animal.
Everyone turns to see the remains of the animal somewhat upset, among the remains closest to the explosion is KEKI.
All covered with the foul smell substance, there is nowhere to wash, they will have to put up with the smell that almost makes them vomit.
But, that's nothing compared to the joy of having all come out alive.
They would hug each other, but, being close, because of the thing that covers them, they prefer not to do it.
It is dangerous to stay there.
Perhaps other beasts will come to devour the remains of the beast.
As they move forward, they realize that that viscous liquid, although it sucks, repels the heat of the desert and that helps them move faster without becoming dehydrated.
They have been rationing the water, however, they have almost run out, the food rations will only last them 2 more days.
The road is like a pool full of sharks, there are animals under the sands that follow them by the smell, at a distance, others walk away from them in fear, believing that they are colossal beasts.
Cunning animals make sure of the size of their prey and launch themselves to attack them.
The group remains alert and in formation to detect if any of them are missing.
Everyone receives the beasts with magic and with the sword.
After 3 days later, they manage to get out of the desert.
The climate has been changing with the appearance of small traces of vegetation and the land is changing from sandy to rocky.
After some smaller mountains, you can see a large mountain that is hollow inside, it is rather, like a wall that surrounds something inside.
In the inner part of that mountain, crossing some caverns, is the castle of AISU.
At the foot of the mountain, there is a fissure, which, is the entrance to the caverns to reach the sacred city of NANEKI.
The news always has wings as an old phrase says, certainly, in the castle of AISU, the news of this new group, has arrived.
With it, a new imposition.
END OF CHAPTER 52