Almost a year passed since the day the stars were born, in the meantime Saor crossed the ocean safely and he arrived in the southern continent.
The temperature of that place was infernal, hotter than anything he ever felt.
He didn't saw trees and other green areas, all that surrounded him was blackish rocks and molted lava.
He even saw some active volcanoes that emitted clouds of smoke.
After many days of travel he saw something moving.
There in the farther land he saw a group of strange creatures, they seemed similar tl the Less and the Eternals, but they were taller and their skin of a black coal, they also emitted a low reddish light with their back emitting the most of it.
Saor never saw such creatures, for the first time he saw something other than the familiar wolf, deer or rabbit, they also seemed intelligent since they wore clothes and had weapons.
He decided to approach them with caution, if he was the same Saor as the one of the age of the Eternals he would have probably stayed away from them, but loneliness can drive a man mad.
They seemed to notice Saor, their expression perplexed, their pace also slowed down.
The captain of the little group was a tall woman with red blazing hairs, her name Ruby, she turned to the vice captain, Blaze, with a surprised expression she asked "Blaze, are you seeing what I'm seeing?".
With a low voice he answered "I think I see it, what is that thing ?".
"It could be a creature born from our titan, maybe some predator" interjected one of the group.
"Mh, I don't think so, it's too small and at the same time It seems weak, I can't even feel a trace of magma energy, it would be better to cautios " proclamed Ruby, her gaze fixed on the approaching figure.
Saor continued to walk for around eighty meters, stopping at only ten meters from the group.
After that a long silence that seemed to span for countless hours began.
The air was getting heavy and each party continued to stay silent.
After what seemed an eternity Saor decided that it was time to break the ice, so he spoke the most common of greetings "Hello strangers, nice to meet you".
As his words left his mouth each member of the group was left stunned, only one thought passed througt their mind and it was 'that thing just talked'.
It didn't just reproduced strange sounds, but it also seemed that they were part of a language that they didn't known.
Since her birth Ruby never felt so much curiosity towards something, in all her life the only thing she knew was her village, as the daughter of the clan chief she always held high power in the clan, taking in young Guardian she decided to form an expedition force in order to find out more about their world.
Since the first of them was born their clan always resided in the same place, their role simple, to guard Magma, the great Titan of fire, not that it needs protection as strong as it is.
And now after countless months of walk without finding anything new they found Saor, another intelligent lifeform.
In a flash Ruby appeared behind Saor her hand hitting his neck putting him to sleep.
All the members of the group watched her more confused than anything, Blaze being the only one with enought guts to ask her "Leader, why did you hit it, what if you hurt it?".
Ruby looking at him said " stay calm I restrained myself as much as I could, he's not injured, for the reason for my surprise attack it's pretty simple, I needed to make sure he couldn't escape, now prepare everything we are going back to the village!".
As she said that every member of the group seemed extremely happy, they began walking in the opposite direction from where they were coming.
Flame looked as Ruby took effortlessly Saor and put him on her shoulders all while having an large smile printed on her face.
His thoughts got to the poor creature they captured making him feel pity for him and what he was going to live with Ruby since he knew her since kids.
Without the power to stop Ruby the only thing he had left was to make a little prayer to Magma, hoping for the creature a peaceful travel.
Without anyone knowing, the said captured creature was way more than awake, waiting to be taken to their chief.