" Get up, you sleepy head !" Carpathia said shaking Itekan who lay on his bed, Itekan slowly coming to turned and looked out his window to see it was still night, he looked like he'd been woken up from a most pleasant dream and he had no problems showing it.
" Dad!!, it's still night" Itekan yawned as he scratched his face, still sleepy.
" Yeah, that's why we're leaving now" Carpathia said walking out of he room, leaving Itekan confused.
" Leaving!?, where are we going?" He asked.
" To a red zone" Carpathia said, his voice echoing through the hallway.
Itekan hearing this got up, his sleep gone, he rushed to get ready and then minutes later he was with Carpathia downstairs.
Itekan was surprised, his dad was actually taking him to a red zone, Red zones are areas that were overridden with demon beasts and were usually cleared by hero, in the third stage.
Areas highly infested by demon beasts were ranked in order of danger. Itekan wasn't even sure he was qualified to be in the first stage trainee, but he was excited either way, and he trusted his father, he knew he wouldn't give him something he couldn't bare.
Once itekan came down, Carpathia held his hand and the both of the turned dark like a mist and vanished.
***
They were somewhere far, Itekan could not recognize this forest no matter how much he tried, the darkness plus the fact that they were literally hovering above the forest, all did little to help his situation.
" Uhm, Dad, when are we going down" Itekan asked dangling from Carpathia's arm.
" In a moment, wait..." Carpathia said looking into the dark forest below, Itekan looking at his father noticed his gaze and following it, his mouth fell, his jaw must have touched the floor before he realized he agape.
" Uhm, Dad don't tell me..." Itekan gulped as he saw what was below him.
" Yes, you're going in, you're going to hunt, and bring me the golden egg of the chimera ants below" Carpathia said, his gaze unwavering.
" B-but!" Itekan complaint was immediately hushed as he realized he was falling, his dad had let go of him, it occurred to itekan then that he was in some deep s**t.
He screamed.
Not his best choice but, that was all that was on his mind as he grabbed onto the branches of the trees closest to him, then it broke, Itekan's fall continued , however he had managed to low down his fall, and he'd gotten awake with only some minor bruises and cuts from the tree branches, his butt hurt like hell, he felt he had probably broken a rib, but after a few seconds he realized this was not so.
Itekan got up gently, his hand automatically went to his butt as he caressed it softly.
" That hurt!!" He said angrily, just then he heard a sound of feets rushing at him from behind, itekan turned just in time to see a chimera ant, it was massive nearly half of itekan length and double that in breadth, the ant's face was larger than Itekan's, with two beady eyes. The chimera ant had just swung its claw like pincers at him, Itekan stepped back instinctively, his hand on the floor search for whatever he could use, before he could find something, again the any took a swipe at him, cleaving deep into his shoulder, blood splurged out, leaving him screaming in pain, he suddenly felt his hand connect with something on the floor, it was a stone, without thinking he swung it at the chimera ants head, once then again then once more, he didn't stop till the ants head was a paste.
Itekan looked down at the ant, or what was left of it, it was disgusting,he sank down as the weight of what he had just done dawned on him, however he didn't feel too bad about it, it had tried to kill me, Itekan muttered as if trying to explain his rationale to himself.
The wound from the fall, then suddenly started to close up, itekan shocked watched as a dark mist rose from his wounds, it eventually closed up, and Itekan noticed then that apart from a faint scar left from the wound all the other scratches and cuts had all healed.
Just then, itekan head more feets stomping his way, from the sound he could tell it was a cheap number like ten, they were coming in droves.
Itekan quickly climbed the nearest tree, only after he had made an effort to hide the remains of the dead chimera ant he had mutilated.
The ants however were surprisingly quick witted and seems to sense him, they reaching the tree where itekan hid, suddenly started chopping them down, not just the one he was on, but all of them, itekan horrified couldn't believe his luck.
He knew it was only a matter of time, be doee he was found, before he'd climbed however he had broken off the pincers of the dead chimera ants, and breaking off some branches and vines, proceeded to tie them together as tightly as he could.
He smiling at his make shift weapon, was not given time to enjoy his creation, when.
Snap.
It was the sound of the tree he was on breaking up, Itekan looked around and using his weight, shifted it slightly to the left where more chimera ants where, the jumped to the right, he landed on one of them, just as the tree dos the same and landed on others, completely flatting them.
Itekan upon landing, had not wasted time, yelling out a scream of displease he sunk his make shift sword into the gap between the eyes.
Splash!!
Green fluids burst out as the chimera ant shook and fell dead, the other shrieking has stepped back shocked.
Itekan pulled the make shift sword out of the ant, and wiped its free fluid off his face.
" Come at me you, you dumb creatures" Itekan said his voice coming out in rasps.