“What’s that noise?” I pause mid swing of my pickaxe. It had taken me a while, but I had gotten about 6 of those blue rocks. “What is that?!” I asked aloud with wide eyes.

“Bawk?” A fluffy chicken larger than me with shimmering around it thudded on by. It tilted his head as if hearing a noise before moving on.

“What is that?” I crouch and slowly follow behind his trail, easily forgetting what the other bird had done to me. “Trusty club, please protect me.” I hide behind a tree and catch my breath. “I’m about to die, fighting a giant shimmering chicken… at least it doesn’t have a gun.” I reassure myself before getting the sphere I just found ready as well.

“Bawk.” The massive chicken has come inland to eat some dropped berries below the cliffs. It ignores most of the other grazing birds flappy around it. I step on a twig just above it, causing it to glare at me. “Bwwark!” It barks as a huge jet of flames erupts from its open orange glowing mouth.

“It breathes fire!?” I yelled while rolling on the ground. “Why does it breathe fire?!” I yelled while sprinting away from the beast. “This sucks so much!” I shout while running into the water, a few of those rays floating away from me.

“Bwark!” The giant chicken cried out from behind me. Its large eyes were glaring with hatred.

“Why are you so aggressive?!” I shouted at the massive bird, the water was waist deep as I was barely a third of the way from the tiny island’s shore.

“Bawk.” It quickly gathered a white glowing ball in front of its beak before firing it off. I dove out of the way under the water.

“I get it!” I shouted while popping my head above the water. “I’ll learn to swim!” I took a deep breath as I dove under.

“Bwark!” The beast barked out as the orange glow coated its beak before it sprayed a jet of fire over the water. It lasted long enough that I could crawl on the sandy bottoms while following the bright stream to shore.

“Shit!” I coughed as I jumped out of the water, not able to hold my breath for long. I tossed my arms in a poor attempt to swim.

“Bawk!” A white glowing strike from the bird landed just shy in the water, yet close enough to propel myself to shallows on the other side.

“You win this round!” I coughed with a large bruise on the side of my face. I started to crawl up the shore to the mainland. “Now, where am I?” I head a bit through the forest, before stumbling upon more water. “No more wa- oh wait, it's just a pond.” I breathed out with a sigh of relief. “What are those?” I lean to my side to look around the large pointy rock in the pond.

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A large set of bones lies beside the small lake of a pond. The tall pine trees barely reach its top. I just stare at it and wonder what kind of massive creature could this have been. I notice the sun begins to set behind the enormous bones, resting among the trees.

“A large fire breathing chicken kind of makes sense when you see something like that.” I said with a shiver. “It's getting cold, quickly.” I rub my arms with my hands, making me remember how shirtless I am. “I need some new clothes.” I say while pulling out the torch. “Better than nothing at least.” I say while glancing around.

“Which way did I come from? Where was I supposed to meet them?” I started to panic as the night set in. “I’m running out of berries.” I say while snacking on a few while stressed.

“KWOL!” An echoing call rang out as the darkness thickens.

“What was that?” I whisper as I put my torch away. Even though it was freezing, I would rather avoid another attack. I crouched down low and slowly made my way back towards the noise on the beach. “Are they sleeping?” I asked while peeking around a tree to see a flock of those floating puffy rays all snoring away while hovering over a part of the sand.

“Maybe I should just rest here.” I said while sitting against a tree. If these creatures felt safe enough to sleep in the open, why not join them? “How am I going to get the last material?” I mumbled while holding the burning torch between my legs. I nodded my head as my eyes grew heavy.

“Wake up.” Jenny slapped me awake, the torch slightly burning my leg before it vanished into the pack. She stepped back as I shook my head awake to the light of a new day.

“I must have fallen asleep.” I blinked for a bit. “Oh right!” I materialized the batch of blue rock I mined yesterday. “I still haven’t found this essence, but I did find this green sphere on the ground.” I held the sphere I tripped over.

“That’ll do.” She waved her hand over the materials and sphere making them all vanish instantly. “Here.” Jenny poked at a few invisible windows before tossing me a fixed Paldex. “Good luck!” She waved as she summoned her wolf out.

“Wait! Where are you going?” I called out while holding the Paldex.

“I have other business to attend to.” Jenny patted her Pal before swiftly mounting it and disappearing like the wind.

“What was that, seriously?!” I ask while being blasted by its shockwaves. A ping followed by a bright light from the now fixed tablet drew my attention. “Direhowl, a small sized wolf Pal. They usually hunt in packs with speeds that blow their prey away.” I read from the Paldex. “How is that beast a small Pal?” I yelled at the unresponsive device.

“They used to hunt alongside humans, but overtime that bond has failed.” I looked up where Jenny and her friendly looking mount took off from. The wreckage had already repaired itself. “Alright, maybe not everything I read might be true… Anything else?” I try to poke the Paldex. “Hmm, they are faster than most other mounts… There are other mounts?” I gasp with excitement.

“How do you get these mounts?” I tried to ask the Paldex, but there was no response. “Can you do anything?” I looked doubtful at the device. It beeped a few times before changing screens.

“Build? What does th-” The moment I thought the words, visions of holographic diagrams and such appeared before my eyes. “-oh… build, of course.” I chuckled.