The night view of the dessert was pretty yet it's experience was wild.
With two horses walking through the dessert that late night, The atmosphere of the dessert didn't cease to get all cold and chilly..
The cold had wind carelessly hovering around the place as it blew aside Ares' hair from time to time.
The wind was strong enough that it mostly brushed through his hair covering his face with it..He had his eyes closed most at times to prevent the sand from getting all over his face.
Iris had a scarf which she used around her neck and all over her head in an Arabian style. It was mainly to protect her from the nasty wind that erupted the sand.
"How long is it going to take? We've already been traveling for three days now and there's nothing we've seen" Iris had asked Ares who didn't bother replying.
Ares firmly had his attention Locked up ahead to the road ahead.
"Hey... when are we getting there?" Iris Asked again but came no reply.
Iris seemed exhausted from the tree day trip with no meal or water. She was already Shabby enough to endure such hardship.
And it came as no surprise how she fell off the horse all of a sudden.
She fell onto the sandy ground, partly covered up in sand.
Ares had no choice but to pull over his horse.. With the harsh wind blowing through his face and hair, he managed to look at her horse which had stopped.
Then he looked down at the unconscious body there "Oh Geez, I Knew she was going to slow me down.. Can't I just kill her off?"
"At this point you have no choice but to consider her as well. She's not as enduring as you, She's a mere mortal housing such power" Neon explained.
Ares sighed again almost rolling his eyes as he got down from the horse. He stood there for awhile, staring at her body.
"And what do I do with you now..." He folded his hands as he thought for awhile.
***
The next minute, Ares had Iris tied up at the back of his own horse as he himself got onto the front.
He had a rope with which he used in holding onto the other horse and controlling it on. Using that formula, they had continued their journey through the wilderness, with the cold lashing wind of the dessert blessing their path.
It wasn't long, They had finally escaped the wrath of the cold and windy dessert..They had arrived at an isolated area. The first thing they saw was a huge cave ahead
"I think we can rest there" Ares said suggestively, looking ahead. He had chilling smokes flying out of his mouth as he spoke.
He then led the two horses ahead until he finally arrived at the Cave's entrance.
He stopped and then got down from the horse " Here should be enough for the night I guess. We can continue tomorrow" As he was about to get Iris down from the horse, he overheard a roar.
It was a wild roar from within the within the Cave.
Ares slowly stiffened as he looked towards the the cave..He slightly gasped " And what's that now?"
"That's a bear I think" Neon said as Ares stared at the cave with wrapped attention.
"Are you sure about that? Even so, then I should be in trouble right? Because I don't think I can..."
Before he could finish his sentence, The roar grew Wilder as a huge brown bear walked out of the cave.
The bear stood before the Cave's entrance as it roared loudly and wildly through the night.
Ares blinked "No, This is certainly not happening..I don't have any strength left to fight this beast" He said staring at the huge bear.
The bear roared again as he looked down at the beings he saw there. He seemed annoyed at the sight of the being.
And then, Ares thought of something and said" Hey, Buddy can you do me a last favor?"
"And what's it?" Neon asked as Ares stretched out his hands.
"This shall be the last time. And besides it's animal hunting, nothing severe, right?"
Understanding what he meant, Neon said nothing but transformed into a red sword in Ares' right hand Once again.
"Thanks buddy, I'll pay you back in some way " Ares said as he waved his sword above him, red light sparked through the air where his sword moved.
The wild bear roared again as it rushed towards Ares. But Ares had quickly threw off the sword with all his strength.
The red sparking sword covered with sparking energy was directly flying towards the attacking bear in speed.
And as they clashed, The sword had pierced through the bear's chest and then boomeranged itself back to Ares' hands.
Ares smiled on catching the sword because he already knew his aim was successful. In the next second, The bear fell down to the floor.
Ares smiled once again as the sword disappeared "Are you okey?"
"Not in the best State, But still manageable" Neon said.
****
They had managed to make a fire before the cave.
Sitting before the fire, Ares was roasting the meat of the bear which he had killed. With a big shot meat like that, there was more than enough to feast on.
Behind him was Iris who was sleeping on the floor with the bears skin which Ares had creatively scraped out.
"Can I ask you something?"
Both Neon and Ares were having a conversation regarding the Seven soul Sea beast when Neon suddenly decided to bring up something which had been bothering him for awhile now.
"Yes? and what's that?" Ares permitted with his attention still on the meat he was roasting on the fire before him.
"Well I don't know if it's just me, But I partly feel like after your return, you've grown rather softer compared to previously."