Endgame- Chapter 8

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Endgame- Chapter 8

Arciro opened his eyes. He was sitting in some sort of tiny coliseum. Around him stood vine-covered tek buildings. Everything was tek. Like the walls of the Tek cave, the element shone in Arciro’s eye. How did he get here? The last thing he remembered was the searing heat of the Tek cave. His beloved carno, dead on the ground. Victor. The Thyla claw. Massive pain.

An image flashed in his mind. The blood pouring out of his throat. His body slumping to the floor. Victor telling the others that he had been killed by megalosaurus. The arthros, eating his corpse. His bones, a dusty pile in the cave.

“Did I die?” He asked.

“So it would seem.” A thoughtful voice remarked. The disembodied voice was in Arciro’s head, but seemed as far away as that dome he saw in the distance.

“Who are you? Did you resurrect me?!”

“Yes. I am a HomoDeus.”

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“The Dragon is the next guardian.” Haphis rasped. “Kill it. We shall then face the final guardian.”

No one said anything. Nox was sitting there glumly with a piece of his tail sawed off. No one was in very good spirits.

A C4 charge shook the base. Yuty roars echoed through the metal walls. A cyan bear and a kapro rushed in.

“Pouncer!” The other kapros exclaimed.

“Savage!” Yelped Kai.

“We’re here to get you out.” Said Savage. a strike from an electric prod knocked Haphis out. They rushed out of the Yeti cave to a cheering crowd. Their armies had returned.

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