Three days has passed since the events of the chimera ant colony, itekan had told his dad about what had happened, after which his dad had been moody, then he vanished.
Two days ago, Carpathia announced to Itekan that he was enrolled into four stars academy, and would be leaving in a weeks time. Itekan surprised wondered if it concerned the things he told his dad, but none the less he was still overjoyed, it was the same school, Flocker has said he would be attending.
After Itekan had told his dad about the Chimera Ant Queen's request, his dad left the egg in his care.
" This is the egg of a 12 horned beak, for the most part, it's pretty complicated to take care of, because it's spiritual energy attributes after hatching usually resembles the type of spiritual energy that hatched it.
" If it had been left in the hands of the chimera ant queen, it would probably have abilities that are similar to hers.
" However since she died, before hatching it, there's a problem, it's either you find another chimera ant queen, that would nurture it, or introduce a completely different spiritual energy type, it could lead to mutation if done wrongly or it could come out much stronger than before." Carpathia explained to Itekan.
" Dad, what would happen if I were to infuse my own spiritual energy " Itekan asked.
" Ha! It would truly be divine, you see the spirit of a being is directly linked to its soul, sharing your spiritual energy would mean you're linking it to your soul, that my son, carries more opportunities both for you and the beast" Carpathia explained.
" Great, I'll start now!" Itekan said beaming.
He stretched his hands towards the egg, his spiritual energy forming at his finger, immediately wre drawn in.
The egg glowed brighter, meanwhile Itekan could barely move, he felt his entire spiritual sea go, empty.
It ate everything in one touch.
Pulling his hands back, Carpathia beamed, blood dropped from the top of his hands, and fell onto the egg, evaporating it instantly.
" Argh!"
" I thought, I should probably explain but then again, it's always better to experience it direct"
" What happened"
" You spiritual sea is too shallow, compared to where he's been drinking from"
Itekan looked at the egg whose glow had dimmed, it should have been obvious to him, the egg had been absorbing energy direct from the core of a Grade C spiritual beast, in human terms it was like it had been absorbing energy from a Henkei form hero.
They were mile apart in spiritual sea depth.
Itekan couldn't at the moment even say he was a stage 1 trainee hero.
The levels used to measure heros were; stage 1 trainee hero which were the lowest ranked hero, they weren't official hero, just trainee, after that were the stage 2 heros, then the stage 3 heros, the gap between these three levels were so high that, ten stage 2 heros together would not be able to take on just one stage 3 hero.
Beyond those ; the blue eyes form, they were able to take on entire cities by themselves along, above those guys were, those on the Denkei form were said to be able to flatten Mountains and calm the Seas, call down thunder and lightning capable of wiping literal countries of the map.
These guys were treated as living weapons and were usually aligned with a major country or kingdom.
The highest rank for morals is know as the Henkei form, these guys were said to be just one step away from Godhood, they could wipe out entire planets, at will, their clashes always brought planets to their knees.
They were the ultimate level for mortals, but there are people who are said to have existed for countless years in all historical books and documentations these guys seemed to appear at least once, shaping the lives of every thing they came across, these were those at the form called legends.
They were only 5 know legends, some others disappeared throughout history after stopping literal apocalypses, they were also said to be the ones that brought spiritual energy to earth.
Compared to them, Itekan was not worthy to be even the dirt on their soles.
***
Kutote woke up, and saw his body stretched out on a bed, his entire body was covered in white bandages.
He resembled a mummy, and with one leg elevated above the other, he felt like his privacy had been invaded.
He groaned.
The doctor seated next to his bed, had his bad turned from Kutote, but once he heard the groan, he turned around sharply.
" You're awake!" He said.
" Where am I, who are you?" Kutote asked
" I am Dr VonShmit, you're safe now, at the Rosa Town" Dr VonShmit said beaming,
Kutote groaned as he tries to get up.
" Don't do that, you are way too hurt to be moving about, your femur was broken, there were cracks in your rigs, and had punctured your liver.
" Not to mention, your left humerus was severely broken, I doubt you'd be able to use your left hand for a while." The doctor said.
" No ! I need to leave, I need to get to four stars academy, I must, that's the only place I'd be safe" Kutote said.
The doctors face was a mess of emotions, for a second then he got up, moving to kutote's front.
"You are safe here, kid, I'll write a letter to the principal of the academy explaining why you would be late, it's okay, just get some rest" the doctor said, turning and leaving the room.
Kutote wondered if he could just really rest, he was truly tired he'd been on the run for the past two months, he closed his eyes, fading away into his sleep.
His nightmare stronghold.
***
Kutote was wet, no rather he was in a liquid, there was an oxygen mask on his face, he felt his eyes droop, but he forced them open, by his left, there was another compartment, with another kid inside, in the same condition as him, same on his right, there were compartment opposite him too, they also had other kid in them as well.
This place was called the Dead Men Laboratory, Kutote wasn't supposed to be awake, his oxygen mask had slipped slightly, causing the sleeping gas, they'd added to his oxygen mask to seep out.
Kutote, tried to recall who he was, or what he was, nothing came to mind.
Just then one off the scientist came into the room, instinctively he closed his eyes, he didn't really hear what she was saying.
But he could feel something different, like he could see her spiritual energy flow, he knew she was at a panel, a few feets in front of him, and though his eyes were closed he knew what she was doing.
She had just opened one of the compartments and was taking fluid samples from one of the test subjects, then she moved to another on kutote side of the wall, she did the same thing, opened the compartment and took fluid samples, then she left.
For a long while, he tried to understand what had just happened, even though his eyes were closed, he could feel the spiritual energy in her, and her interactions with the spiritual energy in the room, the sun total of which were her actions in the room.
( Authors Note : I don't know how else to explain this, if you don't get it, I'm sorry 😔 😔)
Kutote knew then that he could do the same, and he did, suddenly his compartment door, opened and he rose from the liquid.
His body felt very heavy, as he pulled himself from the fluid he'd been soaked in, Kutote came out, his wet feet, soaking the floor beneath him, completely naked.
He turned and saw on the door, 'Kutote Tuo, xy from Uzami Tuo, test subject A107p' .
Kutote didn't know at that time, he realized later that that was his name, and Uzami Tuo was the name of his father.