In one cold night, Bardon packed his belongings getting ready for his first or maybe his last expedition on this planet.

Bardon, you need this., Arden hands over three devices.

"This first device would help you locate the specific specimen that we need for the synthesiser and this second device is used for capturing such creature with ease, it maybe look small but it can mind control the creature to follow you. Now the last device will guide back to our camp. Make sure to use these instruments wisely because you can only use these once.", Arden said.

"Also here I crafted this bag to shelter your necessary provisions for the journey", Arden added.

"If I don't get back from this, make sure that you don't fail and end up like me", Bardon replied nervously.

"May the stars and cosmos guide you in your journey my friend", Arden uttered.

"Be safe out there brother", Garm politely responded.

Bardon got up with his feet.

"I'll better be moving, the sooner the better", Bardon sputtered.

As soon as Bardon started his journey the rain started pouring out.

"This is gonna be a long journey ahead", Bardon thought.

He began quickly moving his pace, aware that the creature around might spot him out. After two weeks trekking in the barrens and dry desert, he noticed that environment around him changed.

"Finally, no more sands this place is completely different from the ones we originally landed. Odd, climate on this place is a lot colder. I need to start to make a camp soon for the night"

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"The snow gets heavier through the night and fortunately I found this cave."

He rustled through his bag that Arden gave him.

"What is this?", Bardon said confusedly.

He flicked the device and the fire came out from it.

"Yes! this is exactly what I need, this is kind of lighter or some sort. I need wood its still freezing in here even though I'm inside this cave I might suffer from hypothermia if this shit keeps up."

As Bardon gathered enough twigs and branches, he realized that something isn't right. Its very quiet something's wrong here I need to get back to the camp right away.

Bardon quickens his pace when suddenly something is rustling in the bushes. He quickly sprinted and the wolf (the creature what we call today they don't have the names for the creatures back then) lunges to him and lacerated his leg from its bite.

"Fuck! Fuck! Don't come near me! You scum", Bardon yelled aggressively.

The wolf began to howl signalling other wolves, telling them that he found his prey. A pack of them started to jump out in the shadows and scratched his back.

"I'm getting tired I don't have enough life force left from walking two weeks straight."

"Fuck! This is bad!", Bardon groaned.

He bashed one of the wolves using the wooden walking stick in the head. One of wolf is disoriented and began to ran away.

"Good! One creature is fleeing, I must think fast before they attack me again. That's it I think this might work!", Bardon realized.

He quickly torn down his sleeves and wrapped it across his wooden walking staff and use the device to burn the piece of cloth on his staff.

"God! I hope this would work, what am I talking about God cannot help me in this situation."

He began swinging his staff around to the wolves.

"Back off! I said back the fuck off!", Bardon shouted with desperation.

"It seems that it's working the wolves are afraid of the fire but something is wrong, one of the wolves is missing."

The missing wolf jump from behind and gnawed his exposed arm. Yet Bardon is unfazed in adrenaline, he quickly reacted and strikes the wolf down.

Suddenly it seems that the wolves are not attacking Bardon they are scared of something, something that Bardon is not aware of. The wolves feel threatened they seems to know what's coming their way.

"Good riddance, these creatures are seems to be fleeing now."

But little did Bardon know a bear is approaching behind his back.

An enormous bear popped out, out of nowhere.

"The creature might be attracted from my blood, that's it I'm completely fucked now!", Bardon whimpered.

As soon as the bear comes closer to him Bardon feels that his body is on his limit.

"I feel extremely weak I cannot move unexpectedly. it might be the intense weather or the blood lose, nonetheless I'm getting tired and sleepy."

"I cannot die here not after what I've been through, I must! I need to be alive!", Bardon whimpered in agony.

Bardon dropped his knees crawling backwards away from the bear.

"For some reason, I can't speak all a sudden. This is it, this is the end of me. Life is just an endless suffering anyways its probably the best not exist in this cruel world in first place."

His eyes started to get heavier with a tears down his face.

"Now that I will be dead any moment now I realized something, something that I know my whole life and didn't realized it until now."

"This whole universe is fucked! Existence is suffering itself they coexist no matter what. All my hardwork and my achievement all leads to this. Life is just an empty shell without any substance to it, we persevere, we grow, ultimately we suffer. There's no escape from death itself."

"Goodluck both of you Garm and Arden I hope we see each other again..."