Rolland immediately felt different as he opened his eyes and looked around. Thin trees towered over the foliage that surrounded Rolland. Suddenly something leapt onto Rolland, slamming him to the ground. Rolland smiled as the creature began to lick him.

"Okay, Dane." Rolland said, pushing his canine companion off him. Rolland stood up, his eyes winded, the creature liking him was not, Dane it was a wolf.

Rolland took a step back as he did. The wolf snarled and began to approach Rolland slowly, baring his teeth. The Wolf leapt up into the air. Rolland leapt out of the way as the wolf slammed its paws down onto a bush, snarling at it.

All of a sudden, giant roots shot out of the ground and wrapped around the wolf who let out a wince as the vines squeezed tighter.

Before Rolland could react, the shrub sprouted two more sprouts forming legs. The shrub then shot another root towards Rolland.

In an instant, an ax came crashing down, slicing the root in half. Rolland turned to see a scaly dragon man holding the ax along with what appeared to be a long crystal double sided spear.

"The name's Hikolith. I'll learn your name in a second. Hikolith then turned to Rolland.