The Record of Unusual Creatures

Hao Ren threw the inscribed armor piece back to the wreckage of the ‘lobster fighter’. He was planning to salvage the entire wreckage to find out more about this thingmajing’s structure. He clamebered towards the big hole which Lily had cut through and poked his head in to look. Amongst the twisted metal was a flash of silver fur, Lily was still busy inside. “Need any help? Found anything?”

“Yep! I’m trying to drag this bugger out.” Lily yelled back. “Mr Landlord, stay outside, this place is just too cramped… Move away, I’ll get out just about now!”

Lily seemed to have found the pilot and Hao Ren immediately made way for the werehusky to make her exit. A moment later, a corpse with a sky-blue uniform came out of the hole, as Lily’s head popped out underneath. “Give me a hand, I’m a little off-balance.”

Before Hao Ren could even move, a massive hand came from above. Muru grabbed the corpse like picknig a bug before throwing it on the ground. Hatred seethed through his thunderous voice. “Serve you right!”

Hao Ren walked towards the corpse as he waved at Muru. “I understand how you feel, but don’t you go spitting on this guy. I still need to run an autopsy.”

Lily was already squatting beside the corpse as she and Hao Ren curiously inspected the corpse. This was the first time they have ever seen a ‘treacherous child’.

Hao Ren had never imagined that he would meet one under such circumstances, the cause of all troubles in the Plane of Dreams, the arrogant race that dared to slay a god. The timeflux had given him this unique opportunity to see a corpse of a treacherous children soldier that was dead no longer than ten minutes ago.

He had imagined what the race would have looked like, he thought that they would probably be as strong and mighty as the guardian giants, and have a demonic demeanour like Y’zaks, or heck as a race that stole a god’s power, they would have at least a wee bit of divine presence, but his imaginations were quickly undone by what he had saw. A humanoid being not unlike humans, with a pale gold skin and long limbs. They were not particular tall or big either.

Yet the soldier had a very unique characteristic. His features were well proportioned, and his limbs strong, there were no deformities. His facial features looked like as if it came out of a factory without any blemish. Every line on the face was gentle and perfect while his pale gold skin and slightly curled golden hair seemed like to emphasis on this very fact. Even though he was a mere foot soldier, this ‘treacherous child’ was as pretty as a god of war from a painting is. From apperance alone, he seemed ‘perfect’, at least in the eyes of humans.

Hao Ren could not help but mumble. “Already that handsome and you’re still looking for a fight? Just go sell your looks throughout the universe and you’d be golden.”

Lily poked the face of the corpse. “Looks okay, but too thin and looks like it has no meat. I like meaty ones.”

This werehusky’s choice of words were brutal and direct. Hao Ren dared not wonder if the ‘meaty’ referred to her physical perference or appetite…

“They wanted to be gods, and their ardor was such that their way of life had changed.” Muru kneeled down as he spoke with a sarcastic tone. “They have modified their bodies, changed their genes, set up all sorts of weird etiquette, all to fit their image of a ‘perfect man’ in their culture. This made them feel that they are a step closer to the gods. But this initial actions did not rouse the suspisions of the guardians, all of us felt that they were just being foolish… The guardians and most Second Born have a very different world view, and we did not realise this treacherous actions had any deeper meaning to it.”

“You guys were really slow on the uptake.” Hao Ren shook his head as he sighed. “A few hundred years ago on Earth, if someone were to paint his house yellow, he’ll probably see his head roll, don’t even mention about changing one’s looks to be like the gods.”

Lily lookede at Hao Ren quizzically. “What does that have to do with anything?”

“When someone ambitious starts to mimic the lifestyle of something beyond him, that means he’s about to rebel.” Hao Ren smirked before playing the MDT on the treacherous child’s chest. “Do a biological scan.”

The MDT let out a wavy blue light as it scanned the body. “A branch of the standard humanoid template. Level of evolution is high, and there are many traces of genetic engineering. There are many implants and strengthening inserts as well, the body is extremely strong because of that. Seems like he could go toe-to-toe with a werewolf. Based on the energy traces in the body, this being probably have a very powerful energy manipulation ability, and is possibly skilled with techniques that manipulates supernatural energies.”

“How about divinity?”

“Of course there’s none. They have only stolen divine knowledge, but that did not mean that they have found the right path to be a real god.” The MDT returned to Hao Ren’s shoulder. “They only had its power without actually being in contact with the source. All in all, they are just a strong barbaric race.”

“A shame that such a barbaric race almost destroyed the order of this universe.” Y’zaks sighed as he rained embers beside Hao Ren.

Hao Ren took the corpse and the wreckage and stored them into his Dimensional Pocket. “Well, we’ll run the detailed analysis once we send these things back to CARS, then we’ll head…Hmm? What’s wrong, Muru?

“My kin’s aura is present over there.” Muru said as he ran towards the rear gate of the temple. “My kin is alive!”

Hao Ren realised that he had no way to seek clarification and immediately led the rest in a frantic sprint behind Muru. And yet, Muru was a giant tens of meters tall and his speed at full sprint was nothing to be laughed at. Y’zaks did not seem to have a problem catching up but Hao Ren and Lily’s tiny legs could only carry them that far. Lily after a coupe of steps before letting out a furious howl, and after strong gale later, she had turned into her husky form. Her paws rattling mountains as she dashed forward.

Just as Lily completed her transformation, Hao Ren had managed to deftly grab a hold of her tail, and after being tossed about he had managed to climb on to the husky’s back. “F*ck me… Can you say something before transforming? I was nearly squashed under your paw!”

“Awoo? Woof!”

Lets just pretend that she understood that.

The grand temple really fits its moniker, and even a normal path was kilometeres in width, but such was the creation of the giants. Hao Ren and the rest circled through the front entrance to the back, dashing ahead at lightning spped. As they went forth, a series of explosions came from the back of the temple, while a blinding flash flared.

A couple more flashes and explosions soon followed and it was like a thunder storm going on at the back of the temple. Y’zaks yelled. “Combat!”

They finally made their way through the last corridor and saw the scene at the back of the temple.

The sky wreathed with a powerful storm as countless of thunderbolts and white lightning orbs clashed and disintegrated midair. There were about ten red armored ‘humans’ attacking the entrance of the temple. These attackers were brightly dressed, and their morale high. On the surfance they looked like they were all skilled combatants. Their armor had a crimson base that is affixed with golden inlays as halo floated just above the armor. These made the fighters looked as dashing as the gods from a Greek sculpture.

As the battlecry and thunderbolts rattled the area, these flying attackers used powerful magics to unleash powerful thunderous lances towards the temple.

And guarding the temple as a sole, furious guardian.

The guardian’s robes were in tatters, and his black wardress had visible burn marks. He was wielding staff that flickered with thunderbolts. The very same weapon that Muru had used, that is both a spear and a ranged weapon that is capable of unleashing plasma pulse. The guardian was fighting ferociously agains the storm of magic and gunfire, not giving a step back. It was clear however, that he was at a disadvantage.

A sole treacherous child may not defeat a guardian, but the numbers disadvantage is now one to ten.