Once again, the boy's eyes opened and he was in complete darkness panic set in as he couldn't see anything at all. For a while he thought he was still in the endless expanse of void then he saw a fliker of light shining bright from above he raised his hand up to touch what felt somewhat like wood. He then inspected his surroundings he was in a wooden box. It was then he realized that the bow was moving "I'm in a carriage" If so it definitely wasn't a carriage for people but for goods and merchandise and this box he was in was just one of the many boxes that were being transported. He sat up right trying to summon the runes"um... I summon you, wake up, system" But nothing happened. "By the way what about the cross"the boy asked himself and then a small space directly in front of him began to distort forming a hollow orb that emanated a visible smoke like aura after a few seconds, the orb spread into a flat transparent hollow screen
[NAME:Utsuro saisei (Because you a hollow being died and was reborn from the void, you were named utsuro saisei) ]
[AGE:15]
[ATTRIBUTES:None]
[TRAITS:Eye of the cross(It lay in the shadows waiting, watching until it's time of use will come) ]
"My name.... Utsuro saisei". "I never had a name"utsuro said. Even though there was no drastic change in his personality, he felt a warmth in his chest as he embraced the warmth, the runes closed" Wait wait I still don't know how to summon you"ohh come on cross"the runes suddenly appeared again scaring the wits out of utsuro as his survival instincts kicked in making him spring up and hit his head against the top of the wooden box. The force was so much, even the merchant riding the carriage heard a loud thud. He got down from the carriage and walked towards the one of many boxes placed neatly against each other. He stopped in front of utsuro's box and slowly reached to open it as he brought out his mini G15 pistol ready to fire. Merchant unlocked the box and started to open it slowly as utsuro stayed as quiet as possible hearing his own heartbeat. Just as the merchant raised his hand and was about to open the box just large enough to have utsuro in his line of vision, "Bang, Bang" Several loud Thuds could be heard in a box just several several squares away from utsuro's"Ugh..... Not again... This is the third time today"the merchant slammed the box in frustration as he stormed across to the box. He opened it and pointed his gun"Keep qui-"A fist directly swung out of the box missing the merchant's jaw by a small margin but managing to hit the gun from his hand. The figure jumped out launching a round house kick which landed squarely on the merchant's waist throwing him off balance. Utsuro heard grunts and low shouts which made him want to take a peek, he carefully raised the box's cover just enough for him to take a sqeak peek but he winced and retracted as the light shone into his eyes causing him piercing pain. He had been in the dark for too long, he was in a totally dark tunnel that was illuminated by small torches which were far from enough to light up the space before he died only to wake up in somewhere worse only God knows how long he had been in that forbidding dark space where he found the cross and now, waking up in a similarly dark box. The sudden exposure of his eyes to light after such a long time in the dark was very much unavoidable but he still decided to give it one last peek. He raised the box cover just like before and opened his eyes only to experience the same piercing pain as before but worse the longer he opened his eyes, the more pain he felt and for a moment he could see nothing but white but after some time, the pain subsided and his line of vision gradually became better. By the time he could see a bit clearly, the fight was over and the merchant was the victor as he grabbed his trusted G15 at the last moment and shot the figure at point blank range. The bullet hit the figure in the right upper chest"Stupid bitch I can't put up with this any longer night will soon come, I'm in a desert so there's no place to take shelter and she keeps slowing me down. If she dies part of my pay will be deducted" The merchant said as he wrapped a bandage around her chest and I must say he did a very sloppy job even utsuro who's vision was still a lot blurry could see that the bandage he wrapped did practically nothing as the bleeding continued. Just as he was bandaging, he paused and a wide grin crept across face"hmm, I know that look"utsuro said sighing. "Well it's not my business"said utsuro while gently lowering the box cover, laying his back and humming peacefully falling asleep in the process as the merchant undressed the girl and had his way with her. Utsuro knew the mentality of crude humans inside out so he knew the merchant would get carried away and forget to lock his box. A few hours later, utsuro woke up and a very feint but slightly visible purple-black aura emanated from his eyes for a few seconds before disapearing and just like before, the carriage was moving he tried to lift the box cover up and just like he thought the merchant got too carried away with his joy he had with the girl that he forgot to lock utsuro's box"Time for the first phase"utsuro couldn't beat the merchant in a direct confrontation so he had other plans for the merchant. Utsuro opened the box completely and then hanged upside down with his head almost scraping the hard floor for a few minutes waiting for the perfect rock. He spotted one so he stretched his hand and grabbed it almost falling from the carriage due to the weight of the rock. Utsuro balanced and closed the box cover"Now, until sunset"He grinned laying on his back. Utsuro had now learned how to summon his runes after nearly being discovered by the merchant"cross" He said and the runes appeared [ATTRIBUTES:Eye of the cross(It lay in the shadows waiting, watching until it's time of use will come) ]
He still didn't know how to use eye of the cross though. Finally, night had come, the moon began to rise and a cold menacing aura filled the air a hollow ord rose alongside the moon and slowly started merging with it"Thank God, If I keep going like this, I'll be able to get to the city before those..... Things come out"Not a chance"utsuro whispered as he opened the box again hanged upside down like before and smashed the rock on the carriage's wheels several times until both the rock and the wheels were smashed before quickly jumping off the carriage as it lost balance and crashed into a mountain of sand in the distance. By this time, the moon was already halfway merged with the orb and the menacing aura in the air became denser then the runes popped up [You have killed a-] he quickly closed the runes without reading them as he did not have time for them right now"Time for the second half of the plan"he said running towards the carriage as fast as he could and started searching for any useful materials but there were only tied up individual s in each of the boxes it turned out this merchant was just another slave trader"what do these bastards gain from slave trading exactly"he shouted frustrated the moon had already almost finished merging with the orb at this moment. Utsuro ran to the other side of the carriage only to see the completely crushed merchant under the weight of the carriage. He took the merchant's gun checking for how many bullets were left as he did all these he was running multiple simulations simultaneously and he selected a path... A simulation to follow he put the gun behind In his trousers and began to pile up the people and boxes on top of the carriage to make a big heap there was no resistance because all these people were unconscious he then picked up the horse whip and looked up it seemed like he was waiting for something. At that moment, the moon finished merging with the orb and growling sounds could be heard as hands emerged from below the desert sand. Utsuro began to mercilessly whip the unconscious individuals waking them up. He continued to whip them regardless of the sound they made while constantly looking behind him he then threw the whip away and ran as far and fast as he could while the tied up individuals continued to wail in pain attracting all the horrors that were emerging from the desert sand. Then, a hand grabbed utsuro's leg making him trip and fall. He kicked and moved as much as he could but the hand's grip was too strong The creature continued to emerge from the sand until it emerged completely it was nine feet tall with mouth covering its entire face it had no eyes, no nose, no face and it had a thin stature with all its ribs showing. The creature had an exoskeleton that ran down it's spine in spikes and thin fingers the length of a standard sword it had very abnormal looking overlaying teeth and a long slimy tongue. Utsuro pulled out the G15 and shot the creature in the face. It's grip loosened as it stepped back and put it's thin elongated over it's face. Utsuro bolted as fast as he could thank God the pistol had a silencer it didn't make obvious noise but the roar of the creature attracted the others and five or six more of the creatures started to run on all fours chasing utsuro in a frenzied manner. One of the creatures quickly closed in on utsuro jumping forward attempting to pin him down but utsuro, as usual rolled to the side quickly getting back up and continuing to run. He pointed the gun backwards shooting the creatures and honestly, his aim wasn't too bad for his first time using a gun. But modern weapons couldn't kill them no matter the damage done it could only slow them down. "Damn carnages" Utsuro said in a calm tone"he purposely slowed down and let the creatures catch up and just as they jumped, he made a sharp turn to the left and accelerated making the creatures lose target and crash into the desert sand but that didn't do much as no damage was inflicted but he wasn't done. He stopped, turned around, and threw something towards the creatures it looked like a soda can but in fact, it was filled with gasoline. There were three bullets left in the gun utsuro shot the first bullet..... It missed, he shot the second one it missed again only this time it was worse"well... Third time's the charm"utsuro said shooting the third and final bullet hitting the can"BOOM!!!"a very small explosion was heard. Utsuro turned back only to be met a set of wide open jaws overlaying teeth and drooling saliva just centimeters away from his face it was a monster it was too late to avoid the monster. Utsuro couldn't do anything except close his eyes and accept his certain death he closed his eyes and heard a loud sound that made him open his eyes it was the cross placed upon millions of corpses both humans and monsters of different kinds but the cross was so big, it dwarfed all the corpses it was placed upon. The cross them made another loud reverberating sound and like before, utsuro caught fractions of what it meant"It--not your-time... Die"utsuro closed and opened his eyes again then a powerful, dark smoke like aura burst out of him sending shockwaves throughout the entire desert attracting tens of millions of those abominable creatures as three hollow orbs manifested from the dark aura surrounding him the runes appeared[The eye of the cross finally awakens answering to it's time of need and comes to your heed]. One of the orbs blasted through the nine foot abomination suspended in the air leaving a hole in it's chest and killing it immediately. [You have killed a resistant lesser demon, gorgon]the runes appeared. All the lesser demons that the runes seemed to name gorgon attacked utsuro at once climbing the mountain of sand that he stood upon while two of the three hollow orbs dashed into action melting through the gorgons like melting butter while the remaining one started orbiting around utsuro at insane speed for defence. The gorgons were climbing the mountain of sand fast but the orbs were killing them faster killing ten or some times even twenty at once.
[You have killed a resistant lesser demon, gorgon]
[You have killed a resis-]
[You have kill-]
[You-]
[You are killing multiple resistant lesser demons, gorgon].
Utsuro started running down the mountain of sandand the other two hollow orbs stopped their killing spree and rushed towards him to join the other one in orbiting around him. Together, they made the impenetrable defense any gorgon that came close was inevitably blasted through countless times at once meanwhile utsuro kept running down the cliff. He knew the orbs would soon dissipate as their light was slowly fading away and he was right. After a few minutes, the orbs faded completely and the runes appeared
[The eye of the cross gets tired it's eyelid becomes heavy and it slowly closes it's eyes falling into a deep slumber]
With his ultimate defense gone, utsuro was now left alone with the millions of gorgons that wanted to feast on him. "Well.... At least it can't get any worse than this" As he said that, a gigantic worm bursted out of the sand and crashed back in leaving dust everywhere "why did I say that, why did I say that, why did I say that, DAMN IT!!!! "Utsuro shouted on the top of his lungs. He had been running for hours on end jumping and rolling at this point it was safe to consider him a veteran athlete just as he was running the worm emerged right under utsuro making the ground tremble violently utsuro, having good survival instincts made a big roll sideways before standing up and running in his previous direction. Before he knew it, the worm came crashing down and once again locked on utsuro who as a usual habit rolled but this time to the front. The worm crashed into the ground barely missing utsuro who was blown away by the the force at which the worm crashed into the ground. He slowly got up wiping the sand of his body. He was dazed as his vision was blurry and he could hear a loud ringing in his hear. Just then, a gorgon jumped on him pinning utsuro to the ground and bit his shoulder utsuro despite being stunned tried his best to break free from it's jaws but that was hard with teeth sinking deeper into his shoulder. Another gorgon arrived biting utsuro's leg and another, his other leg they arrived in thousands tearing his flesh, draining his soul and when he had lost all hope, when he thought his death was a given, the sun rose in it's usual elegance sending all the abominable creatures into retreat but the damage was done. Utsuro probably wouldn't survive the day, but he persisted. He began to crawl towards the city, his body scrapping against the dry sand. Even though the city was still considerably very far, giving in was not his style. He would rather die trying than die while doing nothing. Utsuro crawled and crawled and crawled and crawled dragging his body against the dry, burning sand and finally, just as the sun began to set, he got to the towering gates of the city and his eyes slowly began to close. In the background, he heard sounds "hey, you okay quick get him to the hospital..... Hurry"