The Nahatan High-Security Facility, one of the most secure prisons in the world, where Pyron was locked up a few months back. A long, iron bridge bordered the prison and the outside world, stretching long off the coast and making it hard to walk the entire way. However, on a stormy night about 3 months ago, Rashak of LUO and a mysterious person that seemed to be under his control broke into the prison while Team ENTITY was still in the Land Of Trila, and this news hadn't been shown to anyone in Nahata - that was, until Pyron unleashed his first attack on a nearby city, nearly killing half of the residents that lived there peacefully. This flashback is how Rashak managed to awaken Pyron from the high security prison, marking the beginning of a disaster that would be complicated to suppress.
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The rain clouds continued to stretch across the bridge as a man covered with a ragged blue cloak continued to dash across the bridge, instantly being noticed by the five security guards that guarded anyone from entering the prison. "There's someone rushing to the doors of the prison!" one of them informed the prison guard, his facial expression unchanged. He was a very formal man, and most of his comrades were either scared of him or wanted to fight him. "Shoot him, then!" he aggressively responded, slamming both of his hands on the desk that stood in front of him. "Send every force we have to the front of the prison, I'm not going to let anyone break in here!"
The machine guns bordering the prison began to whirr, shooting multiple bullets that Rashak was somehow able to withstand without any problem. "Don't get me started!" he screamed, using his arrows to impale each soldier that was standing in his way right in the chest. He stood above their bodies, silently walking into the prison as the chief watched in horror. "YOU IDIOTS HAVE NO PRIDE FOR OUR COUNTRY!" he screamed, throwing his jacket on his back as he rushed out of his office. As soon as he appeared right in front of Rashak, he noticed he was digging for something inside his pocket. "What the HELL ARE YOU LOOKING FOR!" he screamed, throwing a punch at him with all his strength.
Rashak did not block his punch, however, but he pulled the Pyron Core straight out of his pocket, thrusting his hand straight up to the sky as Pyron's roars from the bottom of the ocean slowly intensified. "I've come for Pyron," Rashak told the prison general, throwing him onto the ground face first. "Sebastian, are you okay!?" one of the soldiers that was unexpectedly spared by Rashak said to his boss. He was still focused on the intensifying roars of Pyron that seemed to correlate with the orb he was holding in his hand. "That orb has something to do with Pyron!" he told his subordinate. "If we don't get it, then the entire prison is history!"
Rashak smiled and looked back at Sebastian, followed by an explosion that engulfed the entire bridge and sent it crashing down into the sea below. "I really don't like when people try to conspire against me, so I'll make your death SHORT AND SWEET!" he exclaimed, sending about five arrows down to puncture his chest. At the same time of the attack, multiple thuds slowly made their way from the bottom to the top of the sea, signaling the official escape of Pyron. Before falling into the water, Sebastian got back up on his feet and flew straight towards the prison once again, but was surprised once he had gotten back through the doors. Rashak had fully tamed Pyron, the both of them standing right in the center of the prison in front of Sebastian. "Sorry to rain on your parade, but I was ordered to take one of your inmates for myself!" he said to him, striking his hand right towards Sebastian. Following his command, Pyron opened its mouth, followed by a giant ray that engulfed the entire facility in flames. A few seconds later, Sebastian could be seen plummeting down from the smoke covered prison into the water below.
That was the night that Pyron had broken out of confinement.
Volume 13, Chapter 1 - Death Desert Police Force
Death Desert, Present Day
Two local explorers continued to cross the desert, both of them with ice packs on their backs. "It's going to be about two more hours until we get to Embercliff," the leading explorer, slightly taller than his partner with a mustache under his nose. His brown, long hair followed in the direction of the wind, opposite from where they were travelling. "I can't do this!" the other explorer said, holding a heavy bag on his back. "The bag is too heavy!"
"Just keep trying your best," he reassured his partner. "The shorter it takes to cross the desert, the shorter our journey will go on for." His partner continued to grunt and struggle up the hill of sand, but stopped right in his tracks after he saw an enormous shadow in the distance of the desert. "Brother…" he said, pointing to the mysterious shadow that slowly moved across the desert. "There's an entity… and it's coming for us!"
The older brother looked across the desert at the shadow, closely readjusting his glasses upon its sight. "It's probably just a hallucination," he told his younger brother. "Don't let it distract you, hear?"
A few seconds of silence passed, broken by a roar that threw both of the men off of their feet. Now aware that they were in danger, they laid on the sand, unable to take another step. "Is this where we're going to die, little bro?" he asked, watching in horror as the entity stomped through the sand in their direction. "Just so you know, I stole your candy back at home," the younger brother said, expecting an angry reaction from his sibling. Both of their eyes slowly closed, but were suddenly reopened as a silhouette with a sword swiftly soared through the skies right towards the entity. "Who… is that?" the younger brother asked, looking up at the sky and noticing the middle-aged man going straight into the entity's sight. "I'll get you two to safety, you can count on it!" a distant voice said, now plummeting straight down from the air and drawing back his sword. Right as he passed the entity and landed on the ground, he swung his sword with full force. "Swift Cut," he said, watching as a giant cut opened in its chest, causing it to slowly fall onto the sand. "Itama Kawasaki, former nuisance, new Death Desert Government member," he said to the two guys, placing his sword back in his case as he walked over to the both of them. "If you really want to get somewhere safely, I recommend taking the train," he kindly advised.
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Now in a bar in the capital city of Embercliff, Umai, the bartender, watched as the stack of wooden bottles Itama had drunk inched closer and closer towards the ceiling. "Somehow, he's still not feeling lightheaded…" he thought to himself, slowly reclining back into his chair. Suddenly, a newspaper came flying straight into the bar, hitting the stack of bottles and sending them flying right onto Umai, who still stood unresponsive to the scene. "It's funny how I can drink as much as I want, and I won't get drunk at all!" he said to Umai, who was busy reading the newspaper. "Itama…" he muttered, slamming the newspaper right on the table. "Look at this!"
Itama set his cup down, beginning to closely read the headline of the newspaper. "Pyron seen 60 miles from Umue, heading in the direction of Neo City?" he questioned. "Oh, about that!" Itama continued, "seems like Raja vowed to take down Pyron in a letter to all the leaders in Nahata!"
"If Raja says he's going to do something, he's damn well going to do it," Umai continued, slowly picking the newspaper back up and skimming through the remaining pages. A few seconds later, two teenagers entered the bar, sitting down and glancing at all the drinks that were on the shelf behind Umai. "Hey, you got a beer?" one of the teenagers with brown, curly hair asked. "You don't look like you're of age to drink, kid," he said, pouring two cups of soda and sliding it across the table to both of them. "Must've been a hell of a journey here, since nobody really comes to the bar until the afternoon."
Both of the teenagers took off their hoodies, revealing the faces of Kevin and Gerald. "Gee, thanks!" Kevin exclaimed, rubbing his hands together excitedly. "I haven't had soda in who knows how long!"
Itama watched silently as they both drank from the wooden bottles, then looked back at Umai with an amused facial expression. "What the hell are you two doing here!?" Itama interrogated, swinging his chair over to face the two of them. "Oh, we were summoned here by King Raja for some reason!" Gerald spoke up. "All I heard Victor say was something about Pyron and professional entity hunting, but who gives a damn about any of that?"
"Gerald," Kevin chimed in, "we're entity hunters."
Itama covered his face with his right hand, but fell right out of his chair after his transponder began to ring. "What happened, Raja?" he asked, obviously startled but in a formal state.
"Itama…" Raja said. "I have to discuss something with you, be in my office in fifteen minutes."
Before Itama could respond to Raja, the line went silent. He had no choice but to go and see what Raja's commotion was all about.