Chapter 54: Traversing The Sand Sea
"It had to be a worm, didn't it; does Denair hate me or something?" Sighed Imogen while watching the sandworm bite into her, and push her out of the sand.
*𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫: 2:00 minutes left, better hurry before you lose consciousness
"My stats are doubled right now, do you really think I can't just split this sand worm in half right now." Grinned Imogen as she broke out of the sandworm's grasp, and bit it back.
*𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜: You can try, but I don't think you'll kill a tier three creature that easily
"What!" "You're saying this is a tier three, my god; I couldn't get any more unlucky!" Cried Imogen while another sandworm jumped out of the sand sea, and ripped Imogen off its kin.
With impressive strength, the sandworm chomped down on Imogen; stabbing its bloodlusted teeth into her soft insides.
"Crap, how is this thing so strong; its teeth burn like fire!" Griped Imogen as she pulled herself out of the sand worm's terror inducing grip, and morphed back to human form.
"My human form may have less defence, but it certainly has better agility; which is what I need right now!" Yelled Imogen while dodging out of the way of a sand worm, and slicing it across the stomach.
*𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫: 1:00 minute left, the clock is running out...
With a deep slash across the neck, Imogen growled as she disposed of one of the sandworms. "Oh shut up already, you're not helping!" Screamed Imogen as she spotted the last sandworm staring at her with a gaze filled with bloodlust.
With jaws of iron, with fangs of steel, with mind of gold; the worm ripped off Imogen's right arm with glee. Imogen could only watch as the sandworm devoured her arm in front of her, watching her with a sort of grim satisfaction.
"My arm... you son of a female dog, your death will be in agony; because of that!" Thundered Imogen while charging at the sand worm, and stabbing her halberd right through its lower jaw.
The sand worm shrieked in agony as it only pushed the halberd in deeper while trying to thrash about.
"Suffer, die in pain... BURN IN THE AETHER!" Cackled Imogen as she cut the sand worm's lower jaw in two.
"You'll pay fivefold the price I paid when you tore off my arm, I'll not let you die until you suffer!" Bellowed Imogen while scarring the worm across the gut.
*𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: 0:10 seconds left, perhaps you should hurry
"Fine!" "I'll kill the darn sandworm you worm sympathizer, who knew you liked 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 so much." Snarled Imogen as she hacked through the worm's skull, eventually killing it before falling to the ground; unconscious.
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"Ugh... is my arm still gone, yes; yes it is." Suspired Imogen while feeling a throbbing headache come on.
*𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Your blood count is running quite far into the negatives...
"Oh thanks for the reminder, like I couldn't tell myself; do you think I'm an idiot!" Snapped Imogen as she felt her lower jaw unhinged ever so slightly.
Imogen then bit into the giant sand worm carcass laying to the right of her, digging her semi fangs into the rotting flesh.
"Ah... that tastes so good, it's been a while since I've felt the flow of blood course my cracked lips." Smiled Imogen while removing her fangs from the corpse, and licking her lips.
*𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝: Two Tier 3 Dune Snappers - You've leveled up!
"Finally, I haven't leveled up in ages; you've been really stingy lately." Grumbled Imogen as she pushed herself off the desert floor.
*𝐔𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭: You lost 4 INT points, and gained 3 DEF points from the use of Plea To The Vines
"Really, I gained three defence points this time... hell I'm lucky, I wish every day was like this day." Muttered Imogen while trying fruitlessly to wipe the sand off her clothes.
Imogen suspired as she saw the great desert in all its glory, shaking her head at the momentous task. "Well, now to go, and get Clarence out of whatever trouble he's in; for some reason I doubt he'll last much longer."
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"Wait, why am I here... all I remember is getting stabbed in the stomach; I don't remember walking here." Pondered Clarence while looking around the accursed library in confusion.
"Did I sleep walk here... but I've never sleep walked before, I don't get what's going on!" Panicked Clarence as he watched a screaming woman run out from behind the bookshelves.
"Oh don't run, you're only prolonging your selfish little life... well what do we have here." Frowned Augustine while looking down upon the living Clarence in hate.
"So you came here to mock me, to laugh at my misery I see; well I'm not going to go easy on you this time!" Boomed Augustine as he threw The Cursed Blade into the floor, and cracked his knuckles.
"Today I'm going to test just how good I've gotten at levitating objects, lets see just how deep my blade will go through your heart!" Shrieked Agustine while The Cursed Blade flew into the air at an unsteady hover.
"Uhh... sorry." Apologised Clarence as he dodged the floating blade, and attempted to stab Augustine through the heart.
But the blade Immediately returned, and protected Augustine with its pale visage while he grinned watching Clarence. "You're going to have to try better than that if you want to survive, for my blade is indestructible; can you say the same about yours!"
"Let's test that theory then, I doubt your blade can block many more of my strikes before cracking; so face my holy wrath!" Declared Clarence before getting sucker punched in the gut.
"Oh dear... you really didn't expect that… What a poor child you are!" Chortled Agustine as he looked at Clarence with disdain.
"You see that creature on your hand, I want its lifeforce; the radiance it excludes is sickening!" Snapped Agustine while cutting off Clarence's left hand, and stomping on it before any other creature could even comprehend what had happened.
"Wait... I don't sense the creature's life force within me, where did it go?" Wondered Augustine as he saw Clarence's blade take on a radiant glow, a very familiar one.
"Ha, now let's see who dies first; Eiden's radiance is supreme!" Proclaimed Clarence while his blade, and Augustine's sword clasheded.
"What is the coincidence of this, someone carrying a tiny fragment of Eiden The First God Queen; just my luck!" Growled Augustine as Clarence looked at him in confusion.
"What do you mean, which god is named Eiden; isn't Denair the strongest god?" Questioned Clarence while the radiance of his blade faded into darkness ever so slightly.
"So you don't know, for that I'm glad; as my last host died to a devout follower!" Crooned the new Augustine as he watched Clarence's left hand regrow.
"It doesn't matter, for I'll kill you all the same... under Eiden's glorious radiance!" Fulminated Clarence while his blade regained its previous radiance, and shines bright through the tenebrous shade.
"I'll make sure to engulf your essence in complete darkness when I reap your life, enjoy the light while you can!" Sneered Augustine as he sprouted tendrils that consumed all light in the library save for Clarence's sword.
"You were never going to win, your pathetic light shall be consumed by the true brilliance; my accursed soul!" Mocked Agustine while muffling the blade's radiance with his hands, and smiling.
At that moment, Clarence wondered if what was truly evil lurked in the light instead of the darkness, he wondered if he was just another pretender standing in the light to mock those who stayed masked by darkness.
These thoughts got ever more chaotic until he was fully drowned by the darkness, consumed by the all encompassing shade.
"Hey, you know; it would be nice if you didn't do that." Chuckled a woman as she tapped Augustine on the shoulder, and grinned.
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"No, again; this time put more effort into making your swing faster." Instructed Craigen while demonstrating a nice clean sword strike.
"But it doesn't need to be any faster, any extra speed; and my blow loses power." Protested The Rebellious One as he hung his blade down at his side.
"You're correct, the strike does lose some power, but in a battle; the extra speed more than makes up for it." Taught Craigen while moving The Rebellious One's arms into a swinging stance.
"Hmm, I guess that makes sense; but I still don't like it." Responded The Rebellious One as he cut the makeshift dummy in two with a heavy swing.
"Then I don't think a sword is the right weapon for you, how about a halberd; or a great axe?" Inquired Craigen while gesturing to a rack of axes.
"Halberds are weak, a stupid design from the beginning; who needs a spear on an axe." Mumbled The Rebellious One as Craigen chuckled.
"I'm sure a few people would be very disappointed to hear you say that, so you might want to keep that opinion to yourself." Suggested Craigen while taking down a great axe, and handing it to The Rebellious One.
"Now this is a real man's weapon, I bet only women use halberds; they probably can't even hold a great axe!" Laughed The Rebellious One as he dropped the great axe on his foot, unable to carry its weight.
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Enderchronos
Enderchronos I've fixed my problems, I can almost write two chapters a day now, oh; and Wensdays are now my day off during the week. So there will be six chapters every week now guaranteed, I just need Wensday as a backlog day.
Craigen is pronounced Cra-i-gen
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone