They both begin their way through the lush forest. With Amy in front, refusing to talk to him.
Now that Zaine thinks about it, Amy hasn't had the chance to see living monsters. She only had seen remains of dead ones. Zaine decided to let her lead. Maybe she will encounter some monsters and get her experience in the real world.
All this time, Zaine had some of his summons far ahead, scouting for monsters, ensuring a safe path for them to walk through.
Because Amy rushed forward, the summons had no time to catch up, leaving uncharted territory ahead of her.
They get outside the lush forest and immediately encounter a giant Boar the size of a truck charging toward Amy.
It had a tusk with an approximate length of 2 meters, and it headed straight to Amy, charging without hesitation.
Amy felt the danger she was in as she screamed and looked back while searching for Zaine.
Zaine noticed the giant boar and immediately stepped forward and summoned two spectral giantesses.
The boar got stopped in its tracks, and soon the giantess split the boar, and it was defeated.
{Defeated Giant Boar}
{You got one Giant Boar soul}
{You can summon Giant Boar}
Amy had fallen to the ground, sobbing, thinking she would have died.
Zaine noticed the state that Amy was in. It was her first time encountering monsters. He wanted Amy to face off against monsters like Goblin or Hounds, not a Giant Boar.
"Are you okay, Amy?" Zaine's face filled with concern.
"Zaine! Thank you!" Amy looked at Zaine, hugging him tight while sobbing.
"It is fine now, Amy... I am sorry I could not protect you sooner and had you get through that." Zaine expresses his regrets.
With it now dead, Zaine stuffs the meat in the magic bag, and they continue the journey.
Zaine decided it would be better for them to stick by each other. He summons it and lifts Amy to sit on its back.
Amy is still scared, but now the look on its face looks kind. Amy decides to pet it. This time, it humps back cheerfully.
Zaine also went up the boar, sitting on the front, leading the way.
At this point, Amy had calmed down, apologized to Zaine for her behavior before, and continued their journey toward the unknown.
On the giant boar, Zaine opens his map, zooming it out to see where they are and approximately where the land of Avalon is.
The world map consists of two continents, the North and South. They are currently on the southern continents, trying to have to the sea which parted the continents.
On the sea, Zaine could see a few scattered islands, each having the potential of being Avalon.
He shares his view of the world map together with Amy, asking her opinion on where she thinks Avalon is.
"Amy, I have this item, the world map. It shows the whole world," Zaine explains the property of the world map to Amy, hoping she would catch and lend her thoughts about it.
"Hmm, we don't know for sure, so let's slowly explore the islands, one by one." Said Amy.
Zaine thought about this before, which would take ages to do. Exploring each island meant they needed to travel across the ocean, which they couldn't do now.
Zaine looked at Albus. It would be nice if Albus could carry us and fly... But with the size of Albus still considered a baby, that will have to wait.
Minutes turned to hours, hours to days as they explored various terrain, coming across abandoned villages, climbing mountains, crossing rivers, and progress could be seen on the map. Now, they are already halfway toward the sea.
In a few days, Albus got bigger while Amy became closer to Albus and Zaine. She would often hug Albus and attach herself to the dragon. Whenever Zaine would come closer to Albus, Amy would repel him.
"It's mine!" He thinks she has become too overprotective towards Albus.
One day they come across a volcano. They sit at the giant boar's back when Zaine notices a dragon's den appearing on the map. He knows this is not good.
Zaine immediately commands the wild boar to take a turn and run as fast as it can away from the volcano.
A brown dragon suddenly emerges from the volcano, with fire spilling out of its mouth.
Zaine's and Amy's face reflects the horror they are witnessing.
Dragons are territorial monsters. Every living being trespassing on their territory will be hunted.
As it flapped its wings, the dragon saw the giant boar running away from it, The trespassing Giant Boar tried to run as fast as it could, but it couldn't outrun the dragon's aerial movement.
With the dragon coming into range of the boar, it fires a fire breath towards Zaine and Amy.