10 years ago, Ashenhale was not what it is. It once stood mighty as once of the many cities that had impregnable defenses through the use of their advanced technology. The city slowly became an attraction for visitors and soon had ranked as the top 3 most visited city. It all went well until one of their experiments went faulty. It was an experiment to test whether if it is possible to extract the mana essence completely and store it in a separate container but it proved impossible.
The container overflew with mana essence and as soon as they realize it, it was too late. The research center exploded and caused a big explosion that took hundreds of life. Then, as if it wasn't enough, a creature managed to absorb all those overflowing mana essence and became an unstoppable beast that to this day, none had managed to even scratch it. It was then named the 'boss of Ashenhale' and the city was left like that for years to come.
Until Hilgart Fey and his gang came. But it made no difference. They had to escape from the terrifying powerful beast with the loss of two lives and even though they did escape, all of them were scared; both physically and mentally.
Now years passed and few has yet again chose to challenge this beast; of course, unknown to the fact that this monster resides here, ready to jump on its prey at every corner.
A group of young teenagers had decided to re-trace the steps of Hilgart Fey in order to investigate behind his disappearance. They had stepped onto the territory of the monstrosity that ate lives and devoured its own kin. Just as they waltzed into this ruin, the beast appeared before them, its stomach already growling for its next lunch.
Only three managed to barely escape it, only at the same cost of many lives. Now they will have to escape this monster and reach whatever safety their legs will bring them. How will they escape from the deadly eyes of this monster?
"Gah..." The constant heavy breathes of a man echoes throughout the room. In his hands is a blade of black void, without any solid structures to its components. Standing in front of him is a long black haired woman who gave off an matured aura. Her glasses stared down upon the black haired boy and without any hesitation, she swung up her spear. "Just give up, Vince. There's no way you can defeat me." Her commanding voice would have shook any man's pride, but the boy stood firm in his weakened stance. "I wouldn't think so, Cecilia!"
In a split second, he disappeared. The girl stumbled. This was her already her fifth time having a duel with the boy, but it always ended up in the same situation. "This won't work on me for the fifth time, Vince!" She threw her spear at a direction where she felt he will be, but it only got stuck onto a wall without hitting anything. The spear exploded afterwards. She clicked her tongue and ran towards her spear, in an attempt to grab her spear.
It was then that Vince appeared right next to her. She turned and looked at him, surprised again by his appearance. He swung his black sword against the girl and although she barely managed to block it with a swirling fire shield, she was knocked back towards the end of the room. A red alarm sounded throughout the room and lit the room in red. Vince's black weapon slowly disintegrates but he kept his poker face. He walked towards the fallen girl and reached out his hands. "I won again, Cecilia."
Everything ended however. Vince snapped open his eyes and found himself staring at the same dark ceiling again. He seemed to have dozed off while waiting and there was already a commotion happening outside. He stood back up and brushed the dust off on his side. He crept his way to the nearby windows and was surprised by the sight of the same giant monster that had chased him to no end chasing another group. What's more, it seems as if the group was two young kids.
He immediately clicked his tongue. He thought he had managed to shake off the beast but if the monster were to come here, it would be able to smell his scent. He'd have to escape somehow. He felt sorry for the ones getting chased now. He quickly grabbed his back pack and dashed for the stairs, descending quickly. "I know. There isn't much time left." He mumbled to himself.