The snake slithered past into Lucian and destroyed the trees on it's path.
The shadow in the sky started to descend down and small thunder sparks surrounded the creature.
" That's a Thunderbird!!! how many wings does it have? 1... 2... 3... 4... woah that's 8 wings" Lucian said, while getting off the tree.
" This is amazing!! hahaha (laughing with a scared face) I never thought I'll ever see something like that in my life. " He said after getting off the tree.
The surroundings are pure nature with no evidence of civilization and the animals are different.
Sizes of the animals are way bigger than it should be but there seems to be monsters too which are a bit smaller than the animals.
As Lucian walked towards a random direction he noticed the trees arched differently as if it's meant to be a pathway.
After walking further down the pathway the trees now have lanterns similar to street lights.
A giant stacks of stone stopped him as it was blocking the road or that it seemed the end of it.
The stone is light in color and behind it was carvings of hieroglyphics.
Lucian caressed the stone " I don't know what it means but this looks very important for my journey" lucian thought to himself.
Out of no where a ray of light hit the stone and magically appeared a tiger like humanoid wearing half-plate armor.
" What can I help this passing by stranger for? " the tiger like humanoid said to Lucian.
" how can I understand that and he looks like I'm going to be his supper.. scary! " he thought to himself while hesitating to reply.
The humanoid tiger said " Hey you passerby! are you going to speak? do you need our help? you knocked on the gate so what can I do for you? ".
" Oh that's the gate! I didn't know, I apologize. I'm not from here and I need a place to stay. You seem nice! can u help me find a place to stay? " Lucian replied while shaking.
The humanoid tiger touched Lucian on the head and similar to an elevator they launched up at a really high speed.
" aaaaaah... aaahh.. woaah.. ", (swoosh) then they landed "you need to warn me!! 'pant' I left my stick down there and maybe my soul too!! " Lucian says while laying on the floor.
" My name is Alesh and I'm only a gatekeeper... everything around you is called The sky temple of Alfiya. We heed the help of those who can access the Earthly gate and if you qualify for citizenship the temple will award you with money and property. " The tiger like humanoid said to Lucian.
Lucian seemingly zoned out of his mind took a minute to breathe and look around him.
He was standing on a massive floating mountain surrounded by miniature mountains, debris and buildings.
the structure is like no other because the mountain itself seemed like the main temple.
The place have a bunch of tiger like humanoids with different shades and a few mix breed of lion and tiger.
Lucian immediately replied " I am honored to take it. However I don't feel capable if it's a battle because I've never fought a battle. Also I wish you can explain more about how i can qualify for it. Oh yeah the name is Lucian Raven just call me luci. "