Lost Child from Another World

The Great Dragon Forest

Edited by: Piamo

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After Cyrus and his entourage woke up, ate, packed up, and continued their journey to the center of the forest. There were no records of what was at the center of the forest. From a distance, people could make out a large tree, but thanks to the thick canopy of the surrounding trees, everything else was a mystery. They only knew that Sohtris, the Dragon God, had once resided there.

It was too dangerous to make it a holy ground.

Cyrus hoped they would be able to get to the center of the forest by nightfall. To camp just outside the center of the forest was suicide.

According to Atlas, the center was the safest place in the whole forest, so as soon as they got closer to the center, they made it a priority to get there first. With Sir Walter's help, Cyrus was able to create an accurate map of the Great Dragon Forest. The map was created during Sir Walter's multiple visits to the Divine Realm.

"To think Sir Walter is a divine beast," Wallace sighed, surveying the map of the forest that Cyrus had. It was detailed and well-made. It also noted the different monsters' territories, their danger level, and how to fight or avoid them.

Even though Sir Walter couldn't leave the forest since he had no idea how the human territories worked, he at least knew the forest.

Sir Walter helped Cyrus create a map because Cyrus wanted to go through the forest with his own efforts. Sir Walter could have easily brought Atlas to the edge of the forest to meet up with Cyrus, but for Cyrus, this was his first mission and he wanted to see it through to the end. Plus, Cyrus was told by his father to collect samples of plants and other materials that could only be found in the Great Dragon Forest.

"Sir Walter is a divine beast created by the Dragon God and the God of Light. I'm not surprised he was gifted with wisdom," Cyrus replied with a proud smile.

Cyrus was actually able to meet Sir Walter a few times. Sir Walter had also established that they were family. Since Atlas already saw Sir Walter as his older brother, Cyrus decided he would treat Sir Walter the same...

"That's very true. For our Empire to have two descendants of the Dragon God and the Light God, and even a divine beast? Truly the Hirean Empire has been blessed!"

All the knights agreed with Wallace. Even though the Great Dragon Forest was dangerous, they all felt it was an honor to go on this secret mission to save one of the descendants of the Gods!

Just before dusk, Cyrus, Wallace, and the knights were able to get to the massive tree in the center of the forest. Just like Atlas, they saw a large clearing of perfectly cut grass, and the giant tree in the center. Up close, it seemed much larger than before, towering over them like the high walls of the capital. The air quality felt much lighter and easier to breathe. Anyone with pollen allergies felt their sinuses clear up, making a few knights take deep breaths like they haven't breathed in years.

They could see Atlas and Sir Walter waiting for them under the tree. The figures seemed so small with the tree behind them, and it almost distracted everyone from what Atlas was wearing.

Atlas was waving with a large smile on his face. When Cyrus looked down at Atlas' pants, he immediately wanted to drag Atlas to a corner and give him clothes! Atlas' pants were green and red, but the way it was cut was so ugly, one pant leg was longer than the other. Not only that, he didn't know how those flimsy strings were able to hold together that leather! And his shoes were made out of leaves... It didn't match at all!

Everyone was stunned to see a clean-looking boy with black hair and similar eye colors to Cyrus. But those pants... they were...

Hideous.