Oasis

( Somewhere else. )

" Those Soul Knights really don't like us, the Lower Caste Souls to defend ourselves, didn't they? " said a Spirit Hunter as they scatter the corpses of a Hollow Spirit.

" Just look at these hollows, they're not scary as the knights claim to be, they're weak Spirits! "

" Look at them, their physiology, look at their core floating around the hole in their body. "

" So easy to target, so vulnerable to attack, even the weakest Astral Weapon could kill them by just stabbing their Astral Core if were given an opening. " the Spirit Hunter boasts as he takes the Hollows Astral Core.

He was telling the truth, despite being so much power like the other Spirits, the Hollow had that one obvious weakness which is the holed part in their body where their Astral Core resides. Like the Hunter said, if one wants to kill a Hollow, they can wait for an obvious opening and strike at their core without stopping, immediately killing a Hollow no matter what.

Hence, that's why some hollow feat their other comrades, in order to evolve further, for the more the Hollow evolves, their body will slowly cover the hole, slowly covering that vulnerable Astral Core in order to increase their chance of survival.

" Of course, they're easy to kill, you idiot, just look at these hollows! " said the other Spirit Hunters.

" They're on the Ordinario stage, which means that their body won't cover many of their Cores!"

" Besides, if we fight a let's just say an Incursor (Raider), then we would be less likely to survive for an Incursor could have the ability to wipe out some Soul Knights at once. "

" You're exaggerating, there's no way a Hollow would do that! " said the previous Spirit Hunters.

" The Hollows are nothing more than vulnerable targets, they had their cores to be easily marked when they first Astral Manifested. "

" Only cowards that can think a Hollow is that dangerous, those who feared them should just stay at home and become a farmer or somewhat for fearing the likes of the Hollow is the same as not contributing to the society. " he brags about it, even after he just killed some meager Hollow which really such a simple feat.

" Hey how long that we walked? aren't we supposed to be in the Lesser Region by now? " the second Spirit Hunter asks as he found themselves entering another domain of desert.

" I don't know, maybe we entered the wrong route way. "

" But who cares, if we get stranded that we're probably going to fight some of those easy peasy Hollows again after all the Hollows rarely go into the higher evolution stage such as the other Spirits. "

" You mean like the Losts? " the second Hunter asks.

" Yeah..., that primordial Spirit Race is crazy... "

" They're an abomination to the Astral World, so abomination that it is rare to see one again after Knight eliminates all of them at ' that event '. "

" ' That event '? oh, you mean? "

" Yes, ' That event ', the one the elders used to tell us in their stories. "

" But guess what, it seems the Lost Spirits are not dangerous as hell, just look at their main derivates, the Hollows. "

" Wait, the Hollows had a connection with the Lost? "

" Yes, indeed and there are some too like... "

" The Djinns... " he says.

" Really, are you sure that is true? "

" Of course, I'm sure, this a secret that anyone should've already known that the Losts once had their subspecies offsprings rule the Astral Desert Region before. "

" Before the Soul Knights decided to set their eyes on the Desert Region, the Hollows and the Djinns ruled these deserts like the gods in the mythological pantheons that people used to say in their stories, during our lifetimes. "

" They ruled this place, creating many Astral Oasis that contains many Astral Supplies and Energies that made them stronger... " he explains as he then gets his eyes upon something.

" Speaking of Oasis, look at that! "

" Isn't that what I think it is? " the Spirit Hunter asks as he sees a place, filled with plants and water in midst of the desert they walked into.

" What do you mean? what do you see? "

" What do you mean by that, I didn't see anything!? "

" Idiot, just look at that, in your front, 11 o'clock! " he points in the direction where he sees the place.

As he points it, the other Spirit Hunter still sees nothing which made him curious if his partner here is gone mad since he enter this part of the desert.

" You're mad bro, you must be hallucinating... "

" Idiot, you're the one hallucinating, there's an Oasis right there, wake up, will you! " the Spirit Hunter says as he then grabs his pal's clothes, dragging him into the place as he runs very quickly as if he was triggered by something.

" Hey bro, stop, what are you mad or something!? "

" STOP! "

" DAMMIT! WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU!? "

" ARE YOU BEING POSSESSED OR SOMETHING!? " his Spirit Hunter partner asks.

" Oh wait, do we Astral Forms could also be possessed, just like we often did when we were still alive as humans!? " he suddenly asks for it seems that is the logical thing that's happening to his friend right now.

As the Spirit Hunter finally arrived in the said Oasis, it seems he was not wrong, there is really an Oasis which also shocks his other friend after he sees it for himself.

" Hey idiot, told you that there's an Oasis in this place!? " he says in happiness.

" We're going to be satisfied! hooray! "

" Wow, it's real? "

" What the hell, guess I must be the one who sees it wrong? " he says while looking around and sees the ornaments on the place that looks different while his friend swims in the Oasis's waters.

" This place, this Oasis must belong to the ancient Spirits, some kind of an ancient site," he says while there is something walking around him, being present in the place without the two Souls noticing.

" This relief, it seems that this place once filled with water Spirits, that looks like, looks like no...! " he shouts as he then realizes that the Oasis belongs to.

" Bro, we need to get out of here, this place belongs to...-! " he calls his friend but sadly his friend is gone, leaving him behind, alone he then realizes that without him seeing him, he realizes, that he is surrounded.

" Shit! " he says while from behind him, something, a Djinn definitely, coming at him from behind, capturing him.