Back at Clan Asura, Zio is trying to sneak out of the clan without being noticed by anyone, his cousin who always keeps her eyes on him is sleeping after eating a lot, his other friends are busy, his father when on a hunt, his mother busy with housework and his grandpa being a lazy old man.

None of them noticed the nimble Zio sneak out of the clan and headed straight towards Mount Asura, he brought some dried meat and a bag filled with water with him.

Since Zio is still a kid he has no idea what he is doing right now, he doesn't know how tall the mountain is, he doesn't know that the higher he climbs the dangerous it gets.

But to the 13-year-old boy, this all didn't matter, for some reason he was hooked to the idea of holding a God Religan in his hand.

The book that his grandpa gave him has filled will all the deeds that their ancestor had down with the power he had, this sparked something inside Zio that seems to have been documented inside him.

Zio is a prideful little boy, he hated losing or being weak compared to others who were in his group, he always wanted to be the leader and he did, this stubbornness made him what he is now but it might become his doom if he doesn't see the consequence of his action.

The only thing right now in Zio's mind is to find the Religan left behind by their ancestor and become as strong as he was in the past.

If Zio's Grandpa knew about this he would regret his decision of giving Zio the book, but he was not to blame, Zio is a smart kid, he picked up things very quickly, he learned to read and write faster than any other kid in their clan, he always thought before he did something which is why his friends always respected him.

But now what Zio is doing is completely out of his character, it is as if a desire that cannot be quenched has been woken inside him and Zio is headed out to fulfill it on his own desire to become strong.

But for a 13-year-old boy, Zio has come prepared a little, the mountain path is very dangerous and it is filled with wild beasts and maybe one or two magical beasts that can be extremely dangerous, he carried a re-curve bow handing from his back with a lot of arrows made from Obsidian.

Obsidian is one of the sharpest elements in this world was used by many hunters to hand down the powerful wild beast and weak magical beast.

Obsidian arrows are easy to make, one just needs a little practice, by sticking the edge of the Obsidian with a hard material it could be formed into a sharp blade or a pointy object, it might be very brittle but its sharpness allowed it to pierce deep into even the thickest hide of a wild beast.

Even some weak magical beast cannot block it and die from their attacks, hunters favor these arrowheads very much, luckily Obsidian is not rare, it can be found near volcanic areas and there are a lot of volcanoes near Mount Asura.

Zio is very good with bow and arrow so he should have some success in taking down a beast that might attack him.

Zio then continued on the mountain path up towards the peak of Mount Asura, he imagined himself holding the Religan in his hand and dominating everyone in the world, becoming the strongest existence.

An hour passed and Zio started to get a little tired, he was used to walking for long distance but climbing a mountain path was not something he could do with a body of his, the higher he goes the more he will have to fight against gravity and the decrease of the temperature also played a factor in him getting tired.

Due to the cold, his body started to use a lot of energy to keep him warm. If he continues like this he might not make it at all, he might even die, Zio took out the dried meat and munched down on it and drank the water which has become cold but it did help him region his energy a little as he took a little rest next to the mountain's edge.

He looked down the mountain path and saw the vast forest, his gaze followed a direction and he found a small village inside the forest, it was his clan, he could see a thin trail of smoke coming from there, it was clearly the fireplace that is in the center of the village where the clam members gather to have a feast when the hunters are able to catch a big game.

After resting for a while Zio continued the mountain path, the temperature seems to be increasing even further but he didn't want to give up and go back, it would hurt his pride.

So he continued further.

When he reached a certain point he came across a dangerous wild beast, a white bear, these bears are related to the much larger magical beast called Arctic bears, these beasts like to live in a cold climate and this seems to be its territory.

Zio watched as the white bear was sniffing the path to find something to eat, Zio knew he is in danger so he slowly pulled out his bow and an arrow, he got ready to shoot if the bear tried to do anything.

The white bear suddenly found a human scent, it lifted its head and saw a young human right in front of it, it bears is a little cautious right now because both of them are staring at each other and neither one of them is backing down.

Zio, on the other hand, has already mounted the arrow to the bow and is fully concentrated on taking down the bear, he has gone hunting before and he has taken down beast before but that was when his father was beside him, right now he is all alone and he needs to rely on his own instinct to take down the giant in front of him.

Zio's target is easily the bear's eye as he can easily land a kill shot with one good move from him, he just waited for the bear to make a movement.

Right now both Zio and the bear are in a standoff either one can die any moment, the bear is bigger, stronger, and more ferocious while Zio just has his bow and arrow with a little speed by his side.

The white bear takes it time to study Zio, it could see that the human in front of it is small and weak while it is a lot bigger and this human can become a quick snack for it before it hunts down a bigger prey for itself.

It decides to take Zio down but it is still waiting for Zio to make a move, seeing that if this continues Zio cannot get past the bear so he finally decides to make and move and suddenly back down and step while applying more tension on his body, ready to loosen his grip from the arrow as soon as possible.

Just like Zio expected the bear also made its move, it roared and jumped right at Zio with its gaping big mouth and extended claws ready to tear apart Zio into pieces.