Aethelos: The Bastard of Light

The dawn arrived. It was 6 a.m. when a loudspeaker voice echoed through the forest. · “8 HOURS LEFT TO FINISH THE SELECTION… 8 HOURS LEFT TO FINISH THE SELECTION… 8 HOURS LEFT TO FINISH THE SELECTION!” · The group became excited. They had survived 40 hours of this challenge. · “Hallelujah… Let’s get moving. Does anyone know where we are?” Eli Cari asked. · Ninjespeed, already feeling the anesthesia wear off and the pain return, said: “I think we’re deep in the middle of the forest.” · Lygar rolled his eyes. “Thinking isn’t certainty, limpy. We should figure out the fastest path to the meeting point.” · Yana intervened. “With all the turns we took, we don’t even know where we are anymore.” · Eli Cari, thoughtful, had an idea: “We climb to the highest point of a tree and try to see some reference point from the city.” · Ninjespeed, excited: “Yes, let’s go! To the treetops!” · The three guys climbed. The result wasn’t what they expected. Lygar tried to climb, but the branch he was on snapped, and he fell flat on the ground. · Ninjespeed came down, laughing. “Ahahahahahahaha! Your mom’s diet isn’t the best, is it, fatty?” · Lygar stood up, furious. “Fatty? Besides being limpy, you’re blind!” · Ninjespeed: “What?!” · Yana and Eli Cari looked at each other, rolling their eyes. Yana said: “Eli, stay here.” · “Okay, but why?” Eli Cari asked. · Yana smiled: “I’m going to grow a giant tree so we can figure out which way we need to go.” · Eli Cari smiled back: “Great idea. Let’s do it.” · Yana shouted: “SEKOYA GROIEN!!!” · A massive tree began growing so tall that Eli Cari had a clear view of the city. He analyzed the area until he saw the place where they had been before entering the forest. · Yana made the tree descend and asked: “Do you already know which path we have to take?” · Eli Cari smiled and pointed in the direction.