Kalen opened his eyes, only to be blinded by light. After adapting the light for a few seconds, he was facing a white ceiling. He rubbed him his eyes and stood up. The walls that surrounded him were also white and reminiscent of cold, hard metal.
"Where am I?" Kalen thought. " I was in the... "
"Ahh...!"he grasped his head tightly.
He don't remember anything after that. Kalen tried to focus on the current event. He decided to open the door only to find nothing. It was looking at him as if it was a live. His heart stopped for a second.
He quickly closed the door, sweat starts to fell down from his face.
His instinct was kicking. The fear consume him. Behind the door was nothing and yet he can feel something or someone starring at him. The burred vision became more frequent. He was completely unable to move his limbs as though he had lost control over his body.
Painful!
It was like a sword pierced right through entire body followed by a twist! He can't endure it anymore and passed out.
***
A gaudy and dazzling dreamworld filled with scream instantly shattered. Kalen could feel someone gently tapping his shoulder. The wind passing through his Face a warm yet, chilling feeling. He felt chills throughout his body and his eyes subconsciously opened.
He stand up and looked around his surroundings. A miserable howl came from behind the tree. The beast make appearance. It body was ripped with muscles, and it had sharp and distorted fangs, making the beast look scary. Sticky saliva constantly dripped out from their open months, adding to their ferocit. The beast suddenly attacked Kalen with right paw.
He dodged by rolling to the side and get up quickly to run away. Kalen know that he can't kill the beast without any weapon. As he run, the cold wind hit his face like knife.
Every time he stepped on the ground, the muscles in his legs would tighten and pump with astonishing strength, giving his body a strong and stable reaction force. He moved through the forest like a gale, sweeping up layers of fallen leaf. This surprise Kalen; he know about his body doesn't had that much strength. Each step is lighter than previous step.
The beast is furious that it can't injured Kalen. Even if the beast want to attacked Kalen, he can't because Kalen was too far away from the beast. Trees are everywhere, without knowing nothing about this seemingly large forest.
He could only judged based on his intuition. After running a long time, , he climbed a big tree.
The sun is out. Although sleeping on the brunch was no a good idea, Kalen was tried. "it is almost night time"
'I can't make fire, it will attract other unknow beast. Who's know there is some kind of flying beast.' Because of his circumstances, Kalen rubbed his arms forcefully as if could wash away the bone chilling cold. He covered his body with leaves.
A gust of cold wind blew, freezing Kalen to the bone. He wondered about what happen to him.
He was at the strange room. He fainted immediately looking outside and waked up here. He was unfamiliar with this forest and had no information about it. He need some sources to understand his situation.
He doesn't know why but he can feel the danger almost everywhere. There are many strange tree, flower and fruit he never seen.
Thinking about fruit make him hungry.
'I don't know what happen to me but', he looked down and with the hand on his face; he murmured, "The most important thing is to find some kind of civilization."
***
At dawn, the cold morning wind swept across the forest. With the greetings of the cold wind, Kalen wake up. The sun was not even up yet. The air seemed filled with a light fog.
Looking out, other than forest, there were no other landmarks where he could take reference from . He climbed down the tree. His nose was red from cold, and white mist coming out of his breath.
He tried to find traces of people in the wildness. He could occasionally notice some otherwise undetectable traces. However, these discoveries mad him tensed up. There were old claw marks on some of the tree.
After looking around for a 1 hour, he saw a cave, about 3 feet. Whether it was a good or bad idea to go inside the cave. Of course, he knew that it was a bad idea. His instinct was yelling to run.
But he should go inside. Maybe he could find some weapon inside the cave. There is a beast nearby so adventurers could explore here. Dead adventurers can give him some equipment. He can't live with thin shirt this whole time. He also want a sword.
While convincing himself to go, he saw a movement inside the cave. Kalen wish a adventurer would come out. But that was a dumb wish. Nevertheless, knowing what kind of beast could help him quite a bit.
Suddenly the pressure hit his face like knife. He could feel his face sinking into the soil. " a bad idea!"
Death!
He try to step back and run away from this place. He was scare for life. Each step, he stepped on the ground, the muscles in his legs would tighten and give out energy, giving his body a strong and stable reaction force. Although, he feel weird . He could only clinched from it.
Finally he saw the creature that makes him feel helpless. It was as if a piece of rotten wood had been broken down into a human body.
'A living plant!'
After realization what is going with this forest, he screamed in his heart. 'Fuck! I think this forest is god's domain'