The Time Has Come

That night had happened a year ago and he was now approaching his 18th year of being alive. With time having passed so much and all the things he had done and experienced he lost all semblance of whatever childishness he had left and now was only left with a devilish handsome face that at the end of the day still would leave most people avoiding him thinking he was evil or scary. The days had passed again and he had already reported to his clan as quickly as possible without no one noticing even a tiny bit anymore.

He was now at the end of the Fabrication stage and was making his way towards the Transformation Stage and his final goal for the training in the Myriad Locked Forest. With the level he was at now barely anyone could catch him if he didn't want them to that were in his clan. So for the most part it became a pretty easy risk free task he had to do. Though they still knew he was alive and were still scared of him even if they didn't see him anymore. Heck it might of been worse now not that he knew though.

"Well it's not too big of a deal."

Calmly walking back to the forest behind his clan he slowly made his way back to his home to find his lizardy friend that he had made over the last two years.

"Today's the day eh."

Throughout two years he had explored most of the Myriad Locked Forest by now and fought most of the creatures there. Though one thing he didn't do was eat their meat anymore because a part of him was too scared of it and another part of him wanted to save it for later. If he didn't do that he would've been at the Transformation Stage by now at least, but his goal today was to finally fight the king of the Myriad Forest that he had seen a couple times. While it may be at the Transformation Stage unlike him he was still pretty confident he could beat it. Especially after all the things he had gone through and fought. The person he was two years ago, a weak little boy was nowhere to be found anymore. Though he didn't want to be over confident or cocky because he knew there was still so much more things to learn and see, it didn't mean he would run from the challenge of fighting the damn thing.

"Once I beat it I can finally confidently leave this suffocating place once and for all."

For two years he been practically alone, if not for her by his side he might've gone crazy. Heck a part of him even missed the cruelty of his clan though that mostly a joke. He simply just didn't like being alone. After walking for a little longer he finally made it into the clearing and found his home he had been in the last two years.

"you've served me well."

He may never visit this area again and while it may not of been a proper home, he still spent two years of his life here and was definitely something he wouldn't forget.

Though the one thing he didn't see when returning though was his lizard pal. She had ran off somewhere in the night on him, at the time he thought she needed to do something so he simply left it be but the for the rest of the night and even until now she still hadn't returned.

"Hmm... that's a little worrying but, I know she's super good at hiding so she shouldn't be in any danger."

The thought of looking for her crossed his mind a lot more than one or two times, but he was also impatient to defeat the damn king and finally leave. In the end beating the king won out because he knew she wouldn't of left without a good reason, especially with the way they had always been the past two years and, even if he didn't go to look for her now she would probably come and find him eventually. If not after he beat the king he could simple go around the entire forest and search every square inch of the place until he finds her because he really didn't want to leave without her.

While they might not be the most normal of friends or exactly what he wanted she was the closest thing he had and the first of the bunch and, he definitely didn't want to lose her even if he had to force her. Hopefully though it didn't come to that.

Though in truth while she did run away and go somewhere else to him. In reality she knew what he planned to do today and ended up deciding to absolutely watch over him just in case from afar. While she had seen him in dangerous positions before and even willing thrown him into them a couple of times. This time was slightly different and more dangerous, so just in case she had to be at the ready to protect him even if it meant exposing herself.

But the main reason for her actions today was because throughout the whole time yesterday she kept getting a nagging feeling that something dangerous may happen today. She did end up ignoring it at first but it never went away. She hoped it was just some anxiety but she knew better than that and could tell it was her instincts screaming at her and, if there was something she couldn't ignore it was her instincts.

That's why she ended up taking this approach to the situation as a back up plan.

"I hope nothing bad happens for the both of us boy.."

With a slightly sad tone she continued watching him prepare himself for today.

After he finished up tidying up everything around the area and disposing of anything lying around one last time he started to prepare himself mentally and physically for what was to come today.

This time around he sprinted straight into the Myriad Locked Forest and ignored everything around him. Today was not the day to bask in the beauty of this place. Today was the day of progress and huge changes for him.

Running past the first sector that he trained in the beginning he quickly sprinted into the Second sector containing more stronger Astral Beasts until Eventually finding his way to the king's territory. After arriving in the territory and catching his breath slightly he continued walking forward through the dense forestry until he finally saw the King of the forest.

When he looked up and stared at it all he saw was a 1.6 meter plant type creature, that resembled a women slightly but at the same time was also slightly translucent.

They were also known as Nature Spirits.