After what happened on our first day, we've had a couple of missions. I won’t talk about them since they’re not as interesting, they just seemed like regular monsters. Most of the damage they did was miniscule, and there didn't seem to be any aftermath in any of the zones

As usual, I woke up inside the replica of my room, not spending a lot of time in it before going over to the briefing room. Everyone had gotten there before me, so I just sat in the same spot as before, crossing my legs as I did

-Good morning Colin. Glad you could make it. – Martel said this as she stood once again in the middle of the room, prepared to brief us on our next mission – Now, today, your mission will be a lot more dangerous than your previous missions. A mysterious figure has been recently going around different areas of the middle of Africa, devastating various cities and villages. He hasn’t seemed to have killed any civilians, but it does seem like the areas are completely devastated, to the point where they cannot be fixed. - She got off the pad, allowing us to use it – Just be careful guys, this could be tough –

-If Colin doesn’t get in the way, everything should be fine- Ness said this with a smirk on his face, as he stood up to enter the pad, disappearing almost instantly

Mark went in after him without saying a word, his armor still on.

-Well then, see you in the battlefield Colin- Martha went in after saying this with a joyful tone on her voice

-Martel, you better have not sent us to a death trap- I say this before going into the pad with a cocky tone in my voice.

Compared to our last missions, the setting we got to did not feel like it had life. For miles and miles, only a wasteland could be seen, nothing but sand anywhere, but not like a dessert. It seemed desolate from any type of life.

I turned around to see all my partners. They all seemed the same way as me, surprised by the state of the land we were standing on, as they looked from side to side

-The land is dead- Mark said this with a neutral tone of voice as he looked around -Everything has had its life sucked out-

-Is this really the work of the person we’re trying to catch? – Martha said this with a scared tone in her voice, trembling slowly as she looked around.

-Seems like it… because he’s coming right back- Ness said this as he pointed up in his direction, clearly trembling in fear.

Everyone turned in his direction, to then see a silhouette starting to form in a distant sand storm, a man with long hair, which flowed easily in the wind. As he got out of the storm, his face showed to have a mask on it, almost like a mime mask, with a leather jacket showing to be worn, with a black t-shirt under it, and some jeans with him. Once he got closer, a bracelet appeared on his hand, almost like my SoulCrash bracelet, but it had a darker color scheme.

-Seems like not everyone got out of here on time… and I had advised them to… oh well, this will give me much more energy than what I needed- He was slowly going to lift up his hand, until he analyzed us fully, moving his head in the direction of our pieces, to which he slowly lowered his hand back down, placing his hand over his face to then start laughing maniacally

-What’s so funny? - I said this as I tried to keep my composure, looking over at him while going one step forward.

-So you’re the ones she warned me about huh? – He said this as he continued to laugh -For someone as dangerous as she made it seem, you seem like such a bunch of kids-

-Hey! Watch your mouth! - Ness said this with an angry tone in his voice as he started to run towards him, putting his helmet on to start spinning to launch the lasers from his helmet -Spin and rip bitch-

Our enemy continued to laugh as he walked through the lasers, as he grabbed Ness from his helmet, stopping him dead in his tracks -Don’t make me laugh kid, you’re nothing against me if that’s the type of attacks you’re going to use- He stopped laughing for a bit as he lifted him up, to then crash him headfirst into the floor, making a crater appear in the sand around him. He proceeded to let go of him, to then turn his head back towards us -Now, playtime is over… Who’s next? – He said this with the same cocky tone as I did, as he looked towards us

Mark slowly stood up in front of us, taking the same stance he took when the Cerhydra attacked -Impenetrable Defense- The same barrier as that time appeared in front of us

-Oh, so he’s a defense tank huh? Oh well, makes sense, with such a strong armor, he shouldn’t make that much damage, and he also protects the ones that are tagged out… but- he disappeared for a moment, quickly appearing behind Mark’s back, punching him hardly to throw him away quickly to Ness’s side -I know fully well about this ability-

Martha slowly stood back, fear showing in her eyes as she slowly walked backwards with fear.

-Huh, seems like the little girl is cowering in fear. Then I guess your next little guy- He then turned his head over to me.

I was scared of course. Both our wall and our little spinning top were knocked out in a second, and our markswoman was scared out of her mind. But, I tried my best to not show it, as I stood straight up at him, taking the double buster out, charging it again with water and thunder.

He then kept his face on my, as if he had been paralyzed for a bit, before coming back to his senses -That’s an interesting weapon you’re carrying there… it rings a memory, but I do not know which… but, if you really need a weapon to beat me, then you stand no chance- He then proceeded to try and strike me with a punch, the same as he did with Mark

-Ghastly Illusion- I said this in a whispering volume, to make him miss his attack before it impacted, the attack going right through me as I jumped up to hit him with the blunt part of my water blade

He moved his head with the recoil, but slowly turned it back, laughing a bit -Well, won’t you look at that, one of you managed to hit me. I’m surprised. And is that a Sylph ability I see? You’re interesting I must say… but- As he said this, he lifted his hand up slowly, a shadowy hand appearing from his arm as it grabbed me by the neck – Hunters were born for people like you in mind- He held me up in the air with a tone of pleasure in his voice – Now then, would you like to die of suffocation, or would you rather die like your friend with the helmet? – He said this with the cocky tone in his voice coming back

-How… about… none? – I said this in between breaths as I lifted my arm once again to strike him with the thunder part of my blade, hitting this time with the sharp part. As I did, the lightning quickly crossed through his head, making him fall, letting go of me, making me fall on my knees as I struggled to regain my breathing.

Martha quickly ran back towards me, grabbing me from my back – H-hey, are you alright? – She said this with a worried tone as she looked at my face

-Yeah, I’m fine… but, I don’t think this is done yet-

-What do you mean? -

-Do you really think that a person who one shot both our wall and our brains would fall to something as meaningless as that? - I said this as I begun to stand up slowly, straightening myself back into shape. -You should go check on Mark and Ness… this fight is far from over-

Martha quickly proceeded to run towards Ness and Mark, separating them and laying them side by side, treating their wounds as quickly as possible

-They don’t seem to be badly injured, but they’re breathing is unsteady. Just try to be careful with the battle and don’t send anything this way- She said this as she looked over them slowly, taking some rags out her boots to cover their wounds quickly.

-Okay, that won’t be much of a problem- I say this with a confident tone, as I used the bracelet to create a tiny black sphere, hiding it under the sand to then grab the leg of our attacker quickly, throwing him in the opposite side of the rest of the team, running after him quickly -Take care of them while I fight him-

-Are you going to be okay? - She shouted this at me as I continued to run.

-I don’t know! - I said this last part with a confident tone in my voice as I headed over to where the attacker had fallen.