Academy

Arc 20

Blue

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On the top of the hill , the suns were brightly staring down at the desert.

Fayn-"Ooowah... there's nothing but sand.."

All they could see was a ocean filled with sand , the sands were even hotter than the sun light , suddenly , Fleur noticed something strange.

Neo , on top of the hill they stood , he notice a big structure that blends in with the color of the sands , as he was going to say something , Fleur said it first.

Fleur-"Ah! Look , over there!"

She points toward the strange spot and they notice the sands shifting in one direction.

Fayn-"You are right.. how did you manage to see that?"

Fleur-"Hehehe , because that is what you can expect from a desert"

Neo-"It looks like a river ... something must be causing it"

Fayn-"Mhmm I say we go check it out"

Fleur-"Mhmm...."

Fayn-"What's wrong miss Fleur? Scared of bugs?"

Fayn and Neo let out a smirk

Fleur-"But.. but.. it has so many legs... ewwie...Stop making fun of me Fayn!"

Neo-"Hmmm..*red blood?*"

Neo , Fayn and Fleur drags their feet to get a closer look on the shifting sands

Fayn-"Luckily I brought a container of water , do you guys need some?"

Neo and Fleur nodded as they got their own water supply.

Fleur-"I feel so refreshed!"

Sven was hiding inside Neo's clothes because he didn't take the sun light really well.

Fayn-"It is like a river..what do we do now?"

Standing on the hard edge , they had 2 choices , to follow the river or to go to the opposite direction , the source of the shifting sands"

Neo-"Hmm.. I can up alone , you 2 can follow the sands"

Fleur-"Eh...but I don't want to be away from Neo"

Fayn-"...I think it's a good idea.. We have a time limit and this heat is getting unbearable.. let's finish this quickly"

Neo-"You 2 be careful , run up the river to find me if it's too dangerous"

Fleur-"Mhmm!"

Fayn and Fleur left , following the flow of the sand , they quickly disappear behind a curve of the hill.

Neo-"Let's go Sven , aslong there is blood , it will be worth it to go without them"

Neo , not wanting to reveal his power , he would only absorb blood whenever he was alone or with Sven.

Neo-"Like the demon huh.."

Sven-"Rawwr"

After walking for half an hour , he finally got a clearer view of the structure

Neo-"That....building is so huge..."

Neo saw a structure that had a shape like he never seen before , he slowly walk toward the structure.

A tall wall surrounded the orange structure , forming a square , in the middle of the walls , a triangle like shape enormous building rises up from the sand , the tip of the structure was cut off , forming a flat square.

As Neo walk closer , he notice a gateway with 2 broken stone walls , before entering through the gate , he quickly stop and look at the top of the structure.

Neo-"Trained by instructor Junee , those 2 should be fine right.."

Sven-"Rawr"

Neo nodded and happily pats Sven who came onto his shoulder

Neo-"Well then shall we go explore inside?"

Neo put on his ring onto his index finger , he quickly goes through the walls to head inside the big structure

Arriving at the entrance , without any hesitation , he went down the steps that faced downward into the deep darkness.

Neo-"Hmm... the sun light doesn't reach until here.. I can't even see the bottom of the stair way"

Sven-"Rawrr"

Sven jumps off Neo's shoulder and his furs began to let out a blue light

Neo-"Thanks Sven"

Sven started to run down the step as he illuminate the surrounding followed by Neo.

As they run down the stairs for 10 minutes , Neo and Sven finally manage to reach a long flat surface.

Neo noticed many drawing and details engraved into the walls.

As he look infront of Sven , Neo saw a flat , undetailed wall

Neo-"A dead end..?"

With no other path , Neo poked his thumbs and a sword appeared.

Szinggggg

The wall cut in half , Neo focused his energy into his feet and kicked the wall flying..

Sven and Neo quickly jumps over the sliced wall.

As they run deeper , Neo notice a faint light

Neo-"Sven"

Sven fluffy furs went back to normal as he stop glowing gradually.

As Neo finally reach the light , he reach another dead end but he quickly notice a small hole on the ground infront of him.

Neo-"Looks like this torch is purposely here.."

Neo grabs the torch and threw it into the hole.

Paq

The torch hits the ground after falling down for 10 seconds.

Neo takes a peek through the hole

Neo-"Hmmm...It seems like a solid floor , let's go Sven"

Sven-"Rawwr"

Neo went down the hole first , with multiple front flips , he quickly lands on his feet while Sven lands behind him on the stone floor.

Being caustious , the quickly looks at their surrounding

Neo-"Anything ? Sven"

Sven-"Rawwwwr"

Neo-"Hmmmp.. nothing on my side either.."

Neo turns around and pick up the torch

Neo-"Let's go Sven"

Sven pounces on Neo's shoulder as Neo took a step forward , the floor on his foot quickly sank slowly

Neo-"Oh... wrong step?"

Neo lift away his foot , he notice the stone brick he stood on felt down , leaving a empty spot suddenly the floor began to tremble.

Neo-"Not a good sign.."

Sven-"Rawr"

Neo-"Mhmm..."

Squeeeiik

Many weird sounds could be heard in every direction around Neo and Sven

Neo-"Here they come"

With his sword that is slightly longer than before , Neo quickly took his usual stance.

After the [Heat Blade] incident , Neo decided that he won't be mastering any technique from the books he got from Cyel because none of them intrigued him except for one , the book with a missing page.

Squeeeeiiiiik

The sounds echoed through the walls as it was getting closer to Neo

Neo finally manage to see his enemy surrounding him.

Neo-"Those are beast bugs?.."

Their big black round head with 6 big green eyes , dog-like body with 2 arms , 2 broken dragon fly wings and 6 pointy hairy legs.

They were atleast 10 meters tall and as they advance toward Neo , they let out a angry howl

Neo-"Ugh... so annoying.."

Even thought they were ugly and tal , Neo shown them no fear.

Neo-"I wonder what color is their blood.."

As Neo finish his sentence , he quickly jumps onto the head of a bug

Spash

Neo stabs his sword into the skull of the bug

Neo-"As expected..blue blood! hahahaha"

As the big body felt on the floor , Neo quickly ran toward his next target.

Dodging their slow arms movement , Neo slew another one , upon reaching his 3rd target , he jumps on it's head again.

YaAaah!

Holding his sword with his 2 hands , he trust his red sword toward the bug

The bug who had predicted Neo movement , quickly deliver a heavy blow on Neo's whole body.

Blood splattering out from his mouth , he quickly flew into a wall.

Guaaaah

Sven-"Raaaaaaaawr!"

Sven , infront of Neo quickly let our a angry roar and 3 lighting spears appeared on the top of his ears

The spears flew with lightning speed , hitting the bug and paralyzed his whole body.

Neo , with his left ribs broken , he could only think of one way of healing himself.

Neo-"Damn it.. they are smart.....for bugs.."

Neo held out his trembling hand , the blue blood started to flown toward him but as soon it was within his grasp , the blue blood turned black , quickly turned into sand and felt down on the floor.

Neo-"Not.. working..I should of expected...that...but..I won't lose to these fake ugly monsters!"

Sven-"Rawrr!"