In a dry grassland past the great greenery ... a black figure flew in the air .. his gaze fixated on the ground below .. spooking the animals that saw him ...
the black figure continued scouting from the skies ... his scary gaze sweeping across the field like a gust of breeze that brought chills to one's body ...
eventually after flying for so long .. the black figure descended from the skies and landed near a beautiful pond with beautiful weeds growing from the pond ...
"That counts as the 30th animal for today ..." Terminus then deactivated his suit and went forward towards the pond .. reaching with both his hands ...
he crouched down and pulled them out carrying clear pure water ...
his lips found their way towards his palm's edges .. and drank all of the water in one gentle gulp ...
"I should create a book for nature as well .... so that humans can avoid these nature dangers ... and focus on the safest parts of the fields ... " as he said that .. he brought out his blue stuck .. and from it came out a circular device that was no bigger than his fingernail ...
with his finger he tapped on the device twice .. revealing a blue projection infront of him ...
he then moved his fingers across the screen interface swiftly ... writing so many notes with a few clicks ...
after finishing his business up he went to drink water again .. but then .. a ripple ran across the entire pond ..
he stopped his movements .. his eyes focused on an animal that was drinking from the water as well ...
silently ... he took a picture ...
he then summoned his interface again .. putting in some more information ..
"Quite fascinating .. this Thorny Devil though is very different from the ones I saw on the internet ... " Terminus frowned as his gaze fixated on the newcomer with deep black eyes ...
it's body was covered whole with a spiky rocky like structure .. however that rocky structure was actually soft skin ...
it was the size of a teenage lion ... it looked like it was naked ... more like a cat without fur ...
after drinking it's fair share of the water ... the Thorny Devil left seemingly uninterested in the figure past the pond on the other side ...
Terminus ignored whatever happened and drank the water ...
after a few gulps of refills ... the water created a ripple again ...
he looked up .. and realised that this time it wasn't the Thorny Devil .. infact there was nothing within the area's vicinity ...
his didn't even notice when the water moved from beneath ..
this caused him to drink his water with caution ...
then .. just as he was about to drink his fourth fill ... the water began to ripple again ...
and this time .. the ripples grew even more stronger as the water rose ...
Terminus's face changed ...
the thing he saw infront of him was by no means a normal animal .. nor did it seem to be suited for such an environment ...
there weren't any animals from the pond from what he could tell ...
aside from his senses being blocked by the strange animal .. he knew that there were no marine creatures residing within ...
but that wasn't what made him freeze ... what made him freeze was the animal ..
or perhaps you could say .. the thing infront of him ..
blue skin ... black four retractable big eyes ...
small white and black spots ran on its body like beautiful patterns ...
its mouth was like a single line drawn by a pen ...
it had pointy strands like wooden spears without a head ...
the cerata acted as wings on both its sides ...
it had another pair of the cerata behind the big ones ...
it's tail resembled something like sliced fish tails ...
... it's eyes fixated on him .. without even looking away ...
the two stared at each other the whole hour without moving ...
Terminus wanted to run .. but it was like the thing suppressed him so much that it restricted his movement ...
scared ...
he was scared ... that was the last feeling he got when he was pushed inside the gateway ..
he couldn't explain the feeling .. but somehow he could tell that it reacted towards his instincts ...
his brain told his legs to move ... but the hairs stood on their ends ..
"Glaucus Atlanticus ..." he muttered under his heavy breathing ...
with his last push though .. he finally moved his feet ...
he stumbled backwards ... after that .. he didn't wait anymore and just ran as fast as he could from the giant slug like dragon creature ...
after getting released from his fears ... he flew out into the air and rested on the other side of the dried grassland ...
"I just saw .. a giant Glaucus Atlanticus ... 7 metres wide ... retractable eyes 1 metre in length .. 17 metre cerata span .. 30 metres in body length ... " Terminus wrote down everything he saw and recorded inside his interface ...
he felt relieved for the fact that ... the marine creature wasn't hostile because if it was ... surfing was the last thing he could ever think of ..
although he could read the creature like an open book ... the intelligence it had proved that it could use everything in its possession to kill someone like him very quickly just like that ...
what's more was that ... it's lifeforce was vigorous like a mad flame ..
the last time he checked himself ... his flame was not vigorous because of him being calm and very accepting and very resilient everytime ...
the flame reacted like how a person lives on the outside world ....
his flame was kept still ... you could see it moving at the same time it seemed to be crystallised ... unmoving ...
it flickered now and then ... but the marine's flame .. flickered so violently he felt so compressed ... his breathing was suppressed .. as if like he was standing before something so scary it restricted breathing ...
this was the first time in his life he felt so small ...
intelligence was another case .. but that presence was still residing within the air .. he couldn't get rid of it ...
he even tried deducing the kind of strength it had .. but all in all .. he had no idea ...
his Overall Fitness was well above 300k ... but this creature had absolute power over him ..
that meant even with his full strength.. he wouldn't stand a chance against it ..
"I thought they were to be small .. for as long as they live .. even with mutated genes .. they should've at least have been the size of a catfish .. yet the creature is bigger than its supposed to be ..." Terminus muttered as he looked from the direction he fled from ...
"Luckily it can't fly .. nor can it travel on land .. otherwise i would've been dead ... even so ... it doesn't have any special traits ... it has slug genes .. so it's supposedly slow .. it has no bones ... "
... he rested under a tree for 2 hours before returning back to Washington ...
the Giant Gate .. opened on its own accord as he came closer ...
he then disappeared with it ...
the moment he appeared ... he was immediately confronted by a dozen soldiers in military attires .. they were all holding big guns .. each with electrifying shots ...
"Hey ... you .. why did you go out ...?!? ... the Big Gate hasn't been officially opened yet .. come with us ... you're going to have to pay for your crimes ..." a bulky soldier came up to him with a steel mask on his face ...
'Hmm .. just ordinary soldiers. .. ' without a moment to lose .. Terminus brushed what the man said off and flew into the sky towards his home ...
"Hey ..!!! get back here ... men .. shoot him down ...!!" the six soldiers immediately went firing electrifying bullets at Terminus without halt ...
.however ... even so ... every bullet missed him ...
.."Tch ... I won't forget you ... Sergeant Night ..!!!" the bulky soldier shouted scaring the birds around ...
by this time ... the sun had already started setting ... and the sky was painted orange with little shadows of flocks infront of the sun ...
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Terminus arrived at a corner where no one was around ... he even made sure to sense any hidden presence around him ...
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..after confirming that nothing was around ... he disappeared ...
in a millisecond .. he had already appeared in his study room ...
he then deactivated his suit and went straight to his bedroom for a sleep ...
the moment he threw himself on the bed .. his eyes closed ...
in a minute .. he then passed out ..
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"A person went into Gate without permission ..??"
"Yes sir ... "
"Did you see his face or perhaps know his identity ..??"
"Unfortunately sir .. he was wearing the latest Sergeant Night ..."
"Check the entire system .. and see who bought out that suit .. and if you do find him ... send him in ... "
"Yes sir ..."
a man clad in a military suit like an armour set .. stood in a field surrounded with corpses of people .. with dark brown foam coming out of their mouths ..
their skins were filthy and painted with blood ...
their fingernails filled with tiny chunks of flesh ..
the man turned around with a serious expression ... he looked into the horizon .. as the sun set with orange clouds ..
"Interesting ... I have a feeling that this is the cause of all of the destruction ... "