[Western Continent]

Deserts, deserts cover more than one-fifth of  the western continent's land area, and they are found on every places in the continent. A place that receives less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of rain per year is considered a desert. Deserts are part of a wider class of regions called drylands. These areas exist under a "moisture deficit," which means they can frequently lose more moisture through evaporation than they receive from annual precipitation. Despite the common conceptions of deserts as hot, there are cold deserts as well.

In this moment at the time when the desert is really humid, a single cloaked figure could be seen weakly walking along the sand dunes, as it tried to travel somewhere with an intent in mind. Of course as much as possible it tried to avoid any people of the land, in order to not repeat its mistake it had done in the previous place it had visited.

It's past mistake was caused by its naivety towards the power it held, and the moment it had realized its power, everything was already destroyed and about 2 towns were already wiped clean from the face of the world. The first incident was caused by its naivety, the second incident was caused by his trying to get help, both of the incident led to every person in the town dying and nothing was left and no life would ever spawn in such places ever again. That was one of the reason why it is now trying to avoid places with people.

Another reason why it tried to avoid people so much is because the previous two incidents didn't go unnoticed to the people who held power in this continent, basically the people who have authority. The moment the incident was learned and some witnesses from afar saw a cloaked figure amidst the dead, he was then regarded as a criminal of the land is currently on the hunt for the cloaked figure.

Its bounty had reached to a total of 300,000 gold, be brought in either dead or alive. Due to that any people who saw an opportunity to rise in fame to successfully hunt the infamous cloaked figure or any people who is greedy for money, then applied for the hunt, as they begun to march across the land. Of course most of them are mercenaries of the land, so such an easy job of hunting him down in exchange for a high reward was like a sweet deal to them. What's more the people who posted his bounty for the mercenaries to get involve were none other than the people in the authority in politics or better yet mayor's of the specific towns.

With him being hunted down and the fact that he's presence causes death, he then has more reason to avoid life which explains why he was wandering the desert alone.

However despite him trying to be covert as much as possible, a single eagle flew above him, as it shrieks loudly before flying away after sensing death approaching it. As the eagle flew away from danger, it then passed through the wide dessert, unto the rocky plains, above the mountains, and reaching the cliff where a group of soldiers were on stand by as if waiting for the eagle itself. After getting a clear spot for landing, the eagle then dived down unto the cliff, as its body churned and it quickly transmuted back into a human being full of armor with brown skin and black hair.

"Captain!"

Seeing some soldiers taking a salute at him, the guy who had just transmuted back into a human and was called captain, then looked at the soldier who saluted at him, before easing the soldier up.

"At ease"

"Sir yes sir!"

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Ester

Male

38 years old

Captain of the Tekoa Captain Brigade
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After the soldiers eased themselves, Ester then picked up his stuff as he commanded his brigade.

"Prepare to depart soon! We are returning to the mayor"

"But what about our mission to find the cloaked person responsible for the massive killings in two towns?"

"That is what I'm going to report! I've found him, so it's time for us to report back to him since I know where he is"

"But Captain! Shouldn't we capture the target now that we know where he is?"

"I wish I could do that! But we must put the priority of information towards our mayor! So we need to return as fast as possible so we can chase after the target much earlier"

Upon hearing Captain Ester's words, the soldiers then hesitated for a bit before following behind him. But the person who doubted his judgement the most was none other than his assistant officer who questioned him just now and is currently in its armored uniform.

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Reuben

Male

28 years old

Assistant officer of the Tekoa town brigade
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[Town of Tekoa]

Located about a hundred miles away from the location of Captain Ester's brigade, the town of Tekoa is in full throttle as their market boomed and the resource money just kept pilling up in the towns treasury. While the towns aconomics is bringing prosperity to the townspeople, the person who benefit from all of these is none other than the mayor of the town itself.

With all those coins raking up, he could literally build a mountain out of its profit from the taxes he collects per month from the people itself. Thus right this moment he is currently sitting on his comfy chair with some female servants servicing him in front of the commander of the town and its elite troops.

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Zoabi

Male

56 years old

Mayor of Tekoa Town
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Jabarin

Male

43 years old

Commander of the elite troops in Tekoa town
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Adri

Male

31 years old

Member of the elite troops
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Vaknin

Male

41 years old

Member of the elite troops
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Segel

Male

30 years old

Member of the elite troops
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Amit

Female

29 years old

Member of the elite troops
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"You really outdone yourself Zoabi!" Said by Jabarin

"Oh old friend! I wonder what your talking about?" Asked by Zaobi

"In stating that the price reward for the capture of the cloaked person is about 300,000 gold, are you sure you can depart with that huge amount of gold?"

"Oh that thing? Bwahahahaha! That's just a bait to force hyenas to make their move, they should be honored that they are actually doing something for the sake of the town and not just drink all day"

"I see so you lied about the reward, you never plan to hand out the reward from the beginning aren't you? What a greedy person"

"Maybe I am.... after all if they persists, we could just silently kill them and feed them to the pets"

"Your right"

Zoabi is donned in his expensive white Arabic like attire with its brown skin, and slightly fat stature. Gold rings on his fingers symbolizing his wealth and a fancy white head cap which indicates that he is someone of authority. As for Jabarin, he is donned in his black like Arabic like clothes from head to toe, while also donning some armor underneath that pile of clothes. Brown skim, brown hair, and evenly shaved beard, he is quite charming as a person to anyone among their people. Basically their clothes are almost similar to the early Israelites before christ was born back on earth

As Jabarin contemplates what Zoabi said in regards to the fake reward on the wanted poster, he then remembered something about their incoming visitor from the capital in regards to the incident that is happening in this frontier.

"By the way! Zoabi! What are you going to tell the Datu? I heard that a datu was ordered by the sultan to head to the frontier in regards to the mysterious deaths that is happening in this area"

Datu, Datu is a title which denotes the rulers (variously described in historical accounts as chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs) of the people throughout the Philippine archipelago back on earth. In this world Datu is used as a title in ther western continent which denotes as a 2nd highest authority in the land and only below than a Sultan. Basically a Datu is equivalent to a Duke in the hierarchy of a kingdom.

The word sultan has many different meanings in Arabic, including "strength," "ruler," "king," "queen," and "power." Definitions of sultan. the ruler of a country. This is mostly used by the Muslims back on earth to denote their leader during the olden times.

"The Datu! Well we will show courtesy and answer him truthfully while hiding some facts. We cannot reveal that I am currently supporting those dastardly cult, or else my head will fly.... once I obtain the target and managed to gain that power from it, that is when I will make my move"

"... I see"

"Yes! With the power of death in my hands, the datu... no... not even the sultan could go against me"

"Your reaching so high Zoabi! You wanted to be a ruler? A sultan? Are you sure it's not going to bite you back?"

"Not a chance! As long as I get that power! I fear nothing.... of course you'll help me right my friend?"

"Hmmm that's a tough choice my friend"

"What's there to hesitate about? Once I gain that power, I'll even share a portion to it towards you, with that both of us could be invincible"

Hearing that Jabarin simply smiled as he said.

"Thats quite a tempting offer my friend! Alright! I'll help you!"

With Jabarin joining in Zoabi's plan, the latter then laughed heartedly as he clapped his hands and rejoiced.

"This calls for a celebration! Bring in yhe food and women to entertain my friend! This is a joyous occasion since my friend will help me from now on"

Time passed just like that, night came upon the land as the hotness of the land was completely overridden by the intense coldness of the night. The sky was clear, and there was no such thing as clouds in this land of almost devoid of rain. Because of that the moon was shining down ever brightly along with the other night stars in the sky.

In that moment donned in his robe while walking away from the bed filled with about 3 to 4 women, Jabarin then sigh in relief as he somehow enjoyed his stay with the accompaniment of four women in bed. Truly his friend Joabin had given him fine women to entertain him during his stay. In fact unlike him, Zoabi has about a current of 20 partners in his room and till this very moment he could hear the excited noise in Zoabi's room from his balcony.

From that noise alone, he could guess that Zoabi was still going at it with his women until he spills every last bit of his fluid into them. His friend was just that too energetic in bed.

Feeling the cold wind brush past his hair, Jabarin was thinking about spending the whole night taking a rest as he slowly closed his eyes to feel the cold weather itself. However his peaceful concentration was immediately disturbed when he heard a shout from the gates of mayor Zoabi, that came from a certain Captain of the town's brigade.

"Mayor!!! I got a report to make! Mayor! Please open the gates!!!"

As Jabarin saw Ester shouting by the gate, some of the guards calmed him down and his horse, as they soon received orders to let him in. Just like that Ester entered the Mayor's mansion itself.

Not long after as Ester entered the main room of Mayor Zoabi, the captain himself then noticed Jarabin and his elite soldiers standing by with fully armed clothes themselves. But despite their appearance, their attitude and behavior were quite lax to the point that it seems contrast to their position. In that moment the door flung open as Ester saw the half naked mayor Zoabi which just puts on his own robe and slightly sweating, which indicates that he had been busy.

"Its deep into the night Captain! I hope you have a very good excuse on why you disturb my paradise"

Upon realizing that fact, Ester then kneeled down, lowered his head, before he answered the Mayor's words.

"Mayor! We've found the target!"

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