Creation - The Path of a God

Chapter 7

Traveling through the forest was somewhat time-consuming, considering the amount of stamina that Selene and Lithia had the group wasn't able to move at a very fast pace. Han checked the map and saw that they had only traveled a fifth of the total distance. At the current pace, they would be cutting things close for reaching the ruins before nightfall. Periodically, they would need to rest and allow the sisters to regain their stamina.

Oddly, they have yet to run into any monsters in this forest, which he thought to be odd. Periodically, Han would look around, to see if any indicators were letting him know that intruders were heading towards them. Since the Ha Yoon was so adamant about them being vigilant in this forest, Han figured that seeing monsters would be a relatively regular event.

"Y-Yi, do you think we can take another break?" Selene gasped and collapsing on her back, on top of a boulder. Sweat was dripping down her face, and her face was red from exhaustion.

Sighing, Han looked back at her and said, "we need to maintain this pace if we want to reach the ruins on time. I do not think you want to spend the night in this forest, with just the four of us?" Though he sounded harsh, Han understood that this was probably a lot of work for them. Unless a student came from a background that prepared for this amount of exertion, the average commoner would have a difficult time.

"I'm sorry, Yi, but we never thought we would be going into the field so quickly, after getting accepted into the academy. The area that we lived in was mainly flat terrain, and the monsters came to us, so we didn't need to run around so much. I can't believe such a forest exists, with all these cliffs and uneven terrain." Selene said with frustration.

This was something he found to be unusual, considering the experience levels of many of the students. Why would the Academy purposefully make these students go through such a rough training experience? At least many of the students had already received some combat training, from family members or militia groups. Listening to the sisters, Han learned that many of the villages didn't have the benefits of having protection close by. With the looming threat of monsters and demons, many had to create their own militia to fight off the attacks. This was even more so when it came to an event called, the Overflow. For some reason, monster and demon activity would increase by several magnitudes. No one knew the cause of this event, though there were many theories. With the Overflow, villages needed to set themselves up to protect themselves cause the main military force would be used to protect cities and large towns.

With him being frustrated at how, relatively, quiet this forest was, a part of him wanted to figure out where all the monsters were. "Did the other teams already take care of them?" He said, under his breath. If he were going to find out what was happening, it would probably be beneficial to have either Anacolis or Aracia here with him. Looking over at the sisters, Han said, "I will be going little ways away, to make sure that there are no monsters nearby." Seeing the sisters' eyes widen, in fright, he said, "Brittany will be here with you, so you do not need to worry." After seeing them relax, he nodded to Brittany and walked away from where they stopped.

Once he was far enough away, so as to not see the sisters and where they were at, he leaned against a tree and sent out his thoughts, "Jungle Sisters, your Master calls for you."

From the ground, two shapes seemed to grow out of the ground. The two of masses of plant life, slowly formed into Anacolis and Aracia. Once they completed their transfer, the sisters bowed in front of Han. Both of them were as stunning as when he first created them, combining both beauty and savagery.

"Master, we are honored that you would summon us." Both of them intoned.

"I have missed you sisters, seeing both of you brings joy to my life." Han lovingly said. All his creations were precious to him, so not being able to spend time with them had always weighed heavily on him.