Chapter 265 - Home (1) (1/2)

Mars awoke and looked around, for a moment he had forgotten where he was but then he remembered

”Oh right...”

Mars was currently in an inn that was located in the easten NNE, he was like a little kid before christmas, unable to sleep

'Hopefully they are all okay...'

This was the last time they had to rest before they reached Green river, so to say the least Mars was anxious after all it had been over a year since he had been home, who could say what had happened since he had been taken away by that shitbag administator

'I should get some more sleep...'

Mars closed his eyes and attempted to fall asleep, but even after half an hour of regulating his breathing and laying perfectly still was he unable to fall asleep, one thing that didn't help was that 78 that lay beside him in the bed was a rudy sleeper and had a hard time staying still when she slept, currently Mars could feel one of her legs laying ontop of his stomach

'Yeah this isn't happening.... let's meditate for a bit...'

Mars crawled out of bed after unwrapping 78 from himself and sat down on the wooden floor with crossed legs and began to clear his mind before he began meditating about the nature of energy and the nature of his mandate... As the sun gradually rose he could feel its energy through the walls of the inn, all of those light seconds away was a giant fusion reaction on going that was fusing hydrogen into helium as those thoughts passed through his head it dawned on him

'Energy is omnipresent...'

Mars flet the nature of his very being change slightly as something within him suddenly clicked then suddenly he heard Info's voice

[I felt that from here... Congratulations Mars, you are have reached the first threshold of your mandate, a task very few living gods before you have managed to accomplish before their life ran out]

Mars gave a smile before he opened his eyes that seemed to shine slightly in the still dim west facing room, then he quickly began packing and when 78 gradually awoke half an hour later Mars was sitting on his backpack meditating, when she looked at him he opened his eyes and gave a very charming smile

”Let's go”

”...Okay, I'll get dressed quickly”

78 could feel something was different about Mars, yet she could not really put her finger on it so she decided not to think to hard about it and quickly got dressed, then the two of them checked out of the inn and called Victoria that jumped out of a nearby shadow before they prepared to fly out of the city

”...Let's race until the forest Victoria”

”You're... On”

Mars picked up 78 and raced after Victoria that already had set off and within two and a half hours they had reached the Mother forest

”Okay.... I admit it, you win Victoria”

”Yay...”

Mars put down 78 and looked into the forest, then without saying anything he began walking into the forest, 78 followed after him and so did VIctoria, after walking for a few minutes Mars stopped and looked around before he gave a nod

”They should have seen us in the mirror by now... Let's fly again”

78 looked a little confused but still gave a nod as Mars picked her up in his arms, Victoria jumped into her shadow and began speeding south through the forest, Mars and 78 rose above the trees before Mars also began speeding south, after a few hours they arrived in the inner forest and landed again 78 looked around, she was standing in the middle of a plantation along with Mars and Victoria, Mars floated up and picked a fruit from one of the trees and handed it to her

”Here try this”

”Sure”

78 bit into the fruit, it was very ripe and a taste of mint spread out in her mouth which made her smile

”Like it?”

78 gave a nod as her mouth was occupied with eating the mint fruit, Mars gave a smile and began walking south, Victoria and 78 followed after him, soon they could see the walls of Green river, the walls looked like they were made of living trees and was covered with leafs and reached about 10 meters tall, Mars walked towards the walls without bothering with finding a gate, as he neared the walls they suddenly began opening up a small passage where the group of three walked through the walls and emerged on a lively street on the other side of the walls, 78 looked around