The sun is blinding in the cloudless sky.
Sand dunes stretch to the horizon.
A massive Magic Circle with the infinity sign
in the middle covers a large area of sand.
A mysterious man in a a black robe with a metal masks on his face and hanging off him stands atop a dune casting his magic. He waits there wile the sun comes up three times
When the sun rises again he finally stops and speaks.
"bah, another failure, the texts of old are just too incomplete." the man speaks to himself
in an annoyed tone.
The man takes one more look around
then says.
"finally, it's time to get out of this godforsaken
desert." as he summons a giant bat-like creature with some kind of crystal.
It had large fangs and was dark red in color.
Sand was displaced a flung into the air from the force of the red beasts wings.
The Robed man jumped aboard his pet and flew away only taking a few seconds to be far
into the distance.
When the sun was halfway through the sky.
A large hand covered in rusted armor burst up from the sand. A second one appeared and
then a humanoid in rusted armor stood
with grains of sand falling from the large
gash in the armor near wear a human
heart would be.
Two strangely unrusted greatswords hung off its back.
It had a height of 10ft and the swords were slightly digging into the sand.
the humanoid takes off its helmet to reveal
a clearly male face with light gray skin, white hair and a pair of golden eyes he also had short pointed ears.
The Colossal young man looked at his chest
and thought for a moment.
(how am I still alive? I clearly remember that Duman mage squad sacrificing themselves to pierce through my armor with [Soul Blazing Arrow].
I must have healed myself right before passing out, it's the only explanation I can think of.)
Kron put his helmet back on and decided to walk until he found civilization.
And so the rusted knight walked, as the
moon rose into the sky Kron sensed a presence.
(something's here)
he grasped the hand
A massive creature burst from the sand
(hmm.. a sand worm, why is such a pest
attacking me? usually they run away from
any intelligent race.)
The worm dashed through the sand as if it was water.
(Lightning Aura)
Kron's body now brimmed with red lightning.
he felt the world slow to a crawl,
then he stepped forward the sand turning into
glass then shattering from the Impact.
The worm was cut from its head all the way
to its tail. Kron didn't see any blood yet
but that's because [Lightning Aura]
increases speed, speeds up his perception
of the world making it appear slow and
augments him with lightning.
Kron deactivates his [Lightning Aura] and
sighs.
(looks like I can still only use one at a time)
Kron is dejected because the symbol of
status and prestige in the Colossus Regime
is being able to use more than one of
the 8 [Elemental Auras] that only Colossi can use.
The Supreme leader can use them all at once so it's seen as being closer to him.
As his perception returned to normal, Gallons of blood spilled from the sand worms body.
*****
An Elven Village near the forsaken sands.
"Chief! Chief!"
A male elf was shouting wile running towards the chiefs tent.
A very beautiful elven woman came from the tent.
She had dark green hair and red eyes
and a dark tan from being in the sun.
Her pointed ears twitched from annoyance.
The male elf got to the tent and spoke.
"Elaine, is-is the Chief here?" the elf leaned on one of support beams the tent while catching his breath.
"Yes, but she is resting, that's why I wish you would be quieter. If their is something you need to tell her you can tell me."
"I understand that but the king of the sand is dead! I found his body about a days run from the village!"
Elaine's face looked at him in shock and joy.
"So we no longer need to make offerings! I will tell the chef right away!."
Outside someone was yelling
"Demon, demon in the village -"
*****
Kron slowly walked, the sun peaking over the clouds. He saw a large camp and a person running at full sprint towards it.
(looks like I can finally get something to eat)
The last time he ate was 500 years ago after all, though Kron didn't know this.
When he made it up to the adobe brick wall with a rather short entrance at least to his standards. Elves with spears and armor came out.
"Who are you? and what is your business here?"
"I am Kron vignette and a I'm trying to get something to eat in a desert."
One elf spoke up "why are you so tall?"
"Because I'm a Colossus? isn't that obvious? don't worry my country has nothing against yours."
One of the other elves said "What's a Colossus?" in confusion.
"What do you mean? it's one the 4 races of Grance!"
The same elf replied in confusion : "But there's only 3."
Getting slightly frustrated Kron took off his helmet
and said "Do I look like a Duman or Human to
you?"
When the elves saw his face they all screamed in shock "Demon, demon at the village Gate! close the gates and attack!" the spearmen ran back inside and closed the gates.
Kron shouts back "what even is a demon!?"
But they didn't listen and the that archers that stood up on the walls and fired their arrows.
Kron activates [Steel Aura] and his body glows sliver. It drastically improves defense at the cost of mobility and is also able fix any metal equipment that aren't legendary artifacts.
All the arrows "Ting" off his magical Aura.
Kron looking at the arrows.
(Not even enchanted steel? its impure iron
I think, how can you kill anything with that?)
One the arrows even hit Kron directly in the eye, but still bounced off like all the rest.
When the arrows finally stopped Kron spoke.
"Are you finished?"
Evidently all the archers quivers were empty.
One of the elves jumped down from the wall and unsheathed his sword
then ran up to Kron and slashed at him but the blade snapped as soon as it came into contact with Kron's exsposed head
(what is he made of) thought the elf with the now broken sword
Now that understood they they couldn't win they all said.
"Please spare us oh great demon"
Kron spoke with slight agitation.
"I'll spare you, just stop calling me a demon!"