The air carries an earthly smell, the sky echoing with bird sounds.
Nihil said "It's beautiful"
Milize replied "I'm glad you like it, my lord, It's look beautiful but this forest is filled with giant ants, It is also called ant forest"
Nihil got goosebumps as he said disgusting "Euew"
Milize said "Now I shall take my leave, My lord"
Nihil asked in surprise "what, where are you going?"
Milize responses "My lord, this is your first training session, you have to survive in this forest for 7 days"
Nihil asked in a shocking tone "What, But I have no knowledge of how to survive in a forest"
Milize said "That the point my lord to figure out how to survive in this forest, how to create clothes, find shelter and food, Good luck, my Lord"
Nihil raise his hand in the air as he said "Huh, Wait"
Milize invoke her smell "Teleport"
She vanish instantly before Nihil eyes
Nihil paused for a while before moving toward the edge of a cliff looking down on the dense forest, then he jumped down.
He fell into a tree and landed on the ground safely.
Suddenly dry leaves fall into nihil shoulders as he looks above.
The tree he fell completely dried out and died.
Nihil looked down on the ground looking at the dry brown leaves.
Then he began to walk. With every step he took, the grass beneath his feet withered and died. Bees that flew too close to him dropped lifelessly to the ground and even the insects that came near him died. Nihil's mere presence was enough to kill nature itself.
Suddenly several giant red ants appear before him, the ants attack fiercely moving toward him.
Nihil stands frozen in place as fear takes over his mind and body.
One of the ants charged and clamped on Nihil's left arm with its giant mandibles, the ant sharp mandible tore through Nihil flesh and bone, then lifted him up in the air and began to violently swing him around.
The sword slipped from Nihil's hands and fell to the ground.
The whole forest echoed with Nihil's screams of agony.
As the ant was swinging Nihil into the air he used his right hand to touch the ant killing it in an instant, the ant released Nihil mid air and fell on the ground.
The ant lay dead while the Nihil slammed into a nearby tree withering it away from life.
The other ants charged at Nihil.
Nihil mind race to find a solution as he thought inwardly "What should I do to touch the ants, I have to close my distance between them but they can easily bite me in close distance" Then suddenly his eyes caught the sword, Nihil struggled to stand up as his feet's was shaking by the effect of neuro toxin injected by the mandible of the ant.
The ant charged as Nihil jumped at the sword grabbing it while the ant crashed into withered tree breaking it, the tree fell onto the ant crashing beneath its weight, the ant purple blood splattered onto the surrounding trees and on Nihil.
Nihil unfazed quickly unsheath the sword and pointed toward the remaining ants.
As the ants closed in he swing the sword slicing the ant in half, Nihil eyes widened in disbelieve as he whispered "Did I just to that?"
As the rest of the ants attacked Nihil he jumped into the air and swung his sword at an incredible speed releasing multiple energy slashes at the ants slicing them at once.
Nihil landed on the ground looking at the lifeless bodies of the ants before him.
Suddenly, his vision became blurry and his strength began to fade as he collapsed to the ground.
What... what's happening? he thought inwardly before losing consciousness.
.....
Nihil slowly opened his eyes. His vision was blurry at first, but after continuously blinking his vision gradually recovered, as soon Nihil sat upright, his eyes widening in shock upon realizing that he was riding atop of crimson ants with a vast cavalry of ants marching before and behind it.
Nihil though inwardly *What's happening... Where are these ants taking me to?*
Sniff Sniff
*And what is this disgusting smell coming from me... Wait, it's the same smell coming from the ants... Does it mean that these ants are mistaking me as one of their own?*
*Hmmm... well, this works in my favor...* Nihil lay back against the ant's hard shell, gazing at the beautiful night sky adorned with glowing stars and a radiant moon.
The cold night breeze rustled the leaves and gently swept through Nihil's hair.
Suddenly, he remembered how Shirley used to tell him stories about the stars and the endless sky.
At that moment, beneath the vast heaven, Nihil's first time felt like a free man under the sky.
Soon, the ants reached their colony. It was a colossal mound of sand riddled with multiple entrances. Nihil managed to slip inside alongside the other ants and upon entering the underground nest, he quietly leapt off and began exploring the colony.
After wandering for a while, he noticed an entrance leading deeper within. As he approached, an ant stood on the other side staring at him with an eerie glare.
Suddenly, it began moving. Nihil's face was drenched in sweat as the ant walked past him without stopping. He turned back toward it and let out a quiet sigh of relief.
He then cautiously stepped through the entrance and entered a vast storage chamber overflowing with food, where a gigantic ant sat atop the hoard like a slient guardian.