As per Veliona's orders, Martin wanders around the Torment Forest in order for him to search for any monsters he could add to his army in order for him to be prepared for his journey.
At that search, he stumbled upon many monsters he could tame as he tames such awesome monsters that could support him in battle and increase his journey's mobility.
" Well let's see, the monsters I've tamed are ... " Martin says while listing the monsters he tamed in his time as he does that with the help of Veliona's power.
Tamed Monsters:
- Musclepalians [ 70 ]
- Rhino Thorns [ 35 ]
- Fur Raptors [ 65 ]
- Reptile Crawlers [ 20 ]
- Fraerie Bugs [ 600 ]
- Lighten Wisps [500]
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As he sees the list, he then looks at his monster army as they are now very big in number which makes Martin also feel overwhelmed at the time, but Veliona tells him that it's okay since she will the one to help him in managing this new army.
" Fine if you say so ..!!!! " Martin says as he tells his monsters that they will go to the mountains in order to leave Tartarus for good since Martin told them that after they went to the [Acid Volcanoes] and the other region then they will surely be free from the Tartarus Realm.
" Yeah right you guys, thanks to Veliona we were able to find the shortest route to get out from this realm ... !!!! " Martin tells his monsters while thinking to himself on how did Veliona know that shortest route.
"( Seriously Veliona, how did you even know the shortest route to get out? )"
"( Do you have ... probably reach the end of this Realm before? )" Martin asks her which she replies.
"( What did you think ...? )" Veliona tells him as she tells Martin she already calculated this many times with her experience as the base of information.
"( Trust me ... my dear servant ... )"
"( I already calculated all of this so no need for you to worry about it, just focus on leading the army I'll do the rest ..!!!! )" Veliona orders him which Martin nods as he orders his army to go to the Acid Mountains in order for them to reach the end of Tartarus.
"( Fine, if you say so .... )" Martin says as he does the things that Velioan directed as he leads his new army to their next destination.
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( At night .)
After a long walk, Martin and his army decided to take shelter in the cave at the bottom of the mountains as they all sleep there while waiting for the rain to go off as they eat all of the things that they acquired during their journey.
"( Damn the rain itself is also made of Acid ..!!!!! )" Martin says as he sees the raindrop melting the rock as it touches the rock's hard skin.
"( Seriously, this place is very threatening !!!!! )" Martin says as he wonders what kind of danger this place could bring him if he still continues his journey in this kind of weather.
As he sees the rain, he then sees that there is a tree that leaf is impenetrable by the rain as it blocks the acid-like effect of the rain. In that very moment, Martin thinks as he tries to reactivate his Metagenes to restore his regeneration in order for him to survive the rain as he orders his monsters to stay put while he on the other hand will take a tour to that location in order to take the sample of that interesting leaf.
"( That leaf ... it is somehow invulnerable to the acid effect of the rain .. )" Martin says while running towards the tree in the acid rain as the raindrops touch his body, melting it which makes his skin corroded.
But still, even the damage could be said fatal, Martin's exceptional regeneration gives him a higher chance to survive it as he reaches the tree, the big tree as he went under it in order let his regeneration do its work.
"( Let's take cover for now .... )" Martin says as he sits below the tree in order to let his regeneration recover and rejuvenate his melted skin body parts as we can see some of his bones have to appear thanks to the acid have melted his skin completely on that certain part.
"( Oh by the Diviners this is taking too long .... )" Martin says in his mind as he waits for his regeneration to be complete in order for him to continue climbing the tree as he wants to go up there and take the big leaf into his place so he could easily do his journey tomorrow.
While he is regenerating, he then closes his eyes as he slowly went into the realm of dreams where he enters the dream that takes place in the past, in his past memory where back then he remembers trying to murder a person with a knife as he stabs the person in the stomach which almost killed the person as the person that shoots his Meta ability to Martin's direction which wounded him so badly but was immediately recovered thanks to his exceptional regeneration.
After that, the dream takes him to the next scene where he was judged to prison but the charge was immediately changed thanks to his rich father as he frees him but thanks that, his father becomes angrier at him as he always hits him if he's come home late or do anything out of the ordinary.
" You stupid son !!!!! why do you always make trouble for yourself !!!??? " Martin's father says as he punched him, believing that Martin must make another problem because, at that time, he comes home very late.
" Think son think !!!!!! "
" How many times do you have to make the people close to you feel worried about you !!!?? "Martin's father says while in the reality from up of the tree, there's a large shadow that hisses as it sees Martin under the tree.
Seeing that, the monster's army then calls for him while still staying put inside the cave as the large shadow from above comes down revealing itself as a large lizard-like snake approaches Martin from above as it hisses more which wakes Martin up as he dodges its attacks.
" What the ... a giant snake? in this tree? " Martin says as he looks at his reptilian attacker.
" Hssssssss "