ip. When they awakened, the man speaking to them was already there. He was a tall, slender Preywood Maye with a dirty appearance, coated in muck

oly land?' asked Sec R

N

' muttered the scr

raising his hand before he could say anything furthe

tightening as a sardonic smile crossed his lips, 'you tell me the rest of the narrative you were in the middle of.' It was

ackled or not, but Farkas shook his head an

what the heck is going on here, especially why we've been kidn

said t

his closest buddy by parrying the downward

ec in surprise as the Xard reassembled, removing their swords from

ere did

.' 'You're stalking me, admit it,' he jokingly said. 'I know I'm attractive, Sec, but I didn

ain region for a reason,' Sec said as he prepared to fight the three alien species. His posture, albei

autious, y

uted out,

Their movement resembled a lizard's creep. Their shoulders shook and rolled as they combed the gro

from the nearest beast as he went. Sec was inexperienced in comparison, yet his bravery and good fortune kept him alive in this situation. One of the Xard charged at him, jumping over the fallen Farkas and chopping at the Sec's skull in a whirl of motion. It

s. A glob of bright crimson blood flowed out between h

ne-handed grasp on his long sword was damaged by one cutting blow from the left, and the second strike simply disarmed him as it pummelled down on his weakening defense. His sword became useless at h

came the

ertainty? Explain how you saw

proceeded on wi

bright fla

his flash... it was just there, so

ves caught in an unfelt whirlwind. As they soared away

nd and noticed.

e guy...

then he

so bloody theatrical,'

and we just met the Xard... a blasted race that everyone told us was extinct,' Sec

lifting his eyebrows in thinking, 'Yeh,' h

im square in the jaw, smashing his head back into the cabin hull. The pu

es, hoping to relieve the ache of the well-connected punch. It just took a few seconds for

u, Sec, you'

teeth were stained slightly cr