Chapter 231 - Almost alone in the jungle (2) (2/2)
The next morning Mars' eyes slowly opened, he had been meditating all night and was now somewhat refreshed, he stood up from the bed and stretched before he walked over and picked up his adamantite broadsword that stood and leaned against the wall next to his bed before he walked out of his makeshift home and flew off to find some food to state his hunger, after flying around beneath the canopies for a few minutes Mars spotted some deer walking on the jungle floor and silently flew down, a few seconds later one of the deer entered his range and he activated [Energy: temperature control] and cooked it in a matter of seconds, the other deer fled and Mars picked up his prize before he flew up and landed on a branch and began eating. After about an hour of eating the remains of the deer only amounted to skin and bones as well as a few inedible organs, clearly Mars was not a picky eater
”...Time to get to work”
After Mars finished eating he flew off into a so far unexplored part of the jungle, after flying for sometime he raised his alert level as he entered unexplored territory and slowed down his flying speed as he looked around with his [Energy: sense] activated, after a few hours of boring and uneventful exploration Mars found something interesting
”Is that... a turtle?”
it looked more like a small hill than a turtle, its shell was covered by moss and even had other plants growing on it, Mars could feel that it was a high class magic beast but didn't feel like killing such a graceful creature and so after observing it chew on some leaves for a few minutes Mars flew onwards. Soon he found another magic beast, this time it was a pack of wolves which he had no problem in killing and so after sending out a few sword lights Mars picked up two class 9 magic beast cores as well as a dozen class 8 magic beast cores and absorbed them before he flew onwards, in the distance something appeared which caused Mars to slow his speed significantly before he finally stopped and landed on a branch and looked
”That's definitely a wall, or at least what's left of it...”
In front of Mars was a very old wall that was covered in moss, it was half collapsed here and there but it was still somewhat standing about three meters tall at its tallest. Mars was intrigued and flew over the walls, past the walls lay the ruins of an old city, most of the buildings had collapsed but some of them still stood, Mars flew towards the center of the ruined city while looking around with childlike curiosity he remembered the time when his father in his past life had found a very old movie about a crystal skull, that movie entertained him for weeks and made him dream about exploring ruins
”This is exciting, I wonder what's in the center of the city...”
Unknowingly Mars showed a slight smile for the first time in the past two months as he flew towards the center of the city, soon he was able to make out a grand place or at least the ruins of one in the distance and speed up slightly. A few moments later he flew over a grand plaza and landed on the edge of a balcony before he turned around and looked at the grand plaza
”I wonder if this is where the rulers of the city addressed the crowds?”
Mars looked down at the grand plaza with awe, the plaza was paved with tiles that formed a giant mural that seemed to be about a asian dragon eating its own tail, after admiring the mural for sometime Mars gave a nod and turned around and walked into the palace eager to see what he would find next. As he walked further into the place he found that the furniture and other objects were in relatively good condition, he even got the urge to pick up a chair or something for his temporary home but in the end he didn't and decided just to look around instead. As Mars walked around the place he was unaware that something was watching him from deep within the palace
”Please... help... me...”