The Slums

A dreary and dark place, wide and expansive beyond eyesight, yet shrouded in a heavy smog-like cover that drapes itself across the narrow alleyways and wide streets that are always filled with decrepid Nexin who cannot fight anymore or packs of roaming trouble makers. Yet these streets were quiet this day. All except for a loud boom that was heard in the distance. The boom echoed through the streets as its intensity slowly reverberated off of the buildings and people who dared to stay outside.

Another crash echoed off the buildings and the streets as the two men picked up their pace from a walk to a brisk jog as they readied their weapons for the inevitable.

As he heard the boom, Naberius automatically unsheathed his huge mace. They walked faster towards the second boom in the deserted streets, "Could this be him?" he muttered under his breath in his low, booming voice. Eyes and senses alert, he scanned the visible area for any clues as to where these sounds are coming from, and possibly from what, or who..

The crash came from up ahead, though any distinct area was not available to their senses. The air became still, stagnat of sound and life forms it seemed. There was an eerie silence that crept over them as they silently tip-toed towards the source of the last crashing sound.

Natas heard Naberius say something to himself but he did not make any kind of remark. He instead waited. Both hands gripped tightly on his flamberge.

The clinks of Naberius' heavy armor can be heard as he slowly walks towards the loud sound with Natas at his side, though completely oblivious to his comrade, being used to doing things like this alone. He gets a shiver from the silence, the dead silence. As if no one was alive. He had a bad feeling about this.

The silence would make a hermit go mad. They were the only two on the street it seemed, the entire block they stood on was desolate. The Nexin people in this area knew better than to go outside, especially with word of a mind-controlled Overlord afoot, wreaking havoc on the city. The cities army was kept at bay by the Zyox, this the two Nexin could tell as they slowly crept up the street. Watching. Waiting.

A small gust of wind picked up, some-what refreshing to the sudden heat wave that was adrenaline keeping them on edge. Natas gave a brief and confident smile as he looked over at Naberius.