He rose from the ground and looked around.
He was in the middle of an unknown place. The sky here was purple and not blue, and the trees were as tall as the skyscrapers in his city. The grass was greener than it normally should be. It was swampy and dragged his feet downwards.
"Where the fu** am I?"
He put both hands on his head and gasped.
"What happened?"
He started freaking out. This whole thing didn't make any sense to him. Why was he here and how? What did this old man do to him?
"What's this place?"
It smelled strangely foul and he saw no people around.
"How the hell do I get back home?" He was talking to himself.
He pushed his hair out of his forehead as his head throbbed with tension. His lips became thin and tight. Then he suddenly grabbed his stomach, because it hurt.
Lucas's mind panicked.
He couldn't say much because his voice felt evenly thick. Thousands of questions were prowling through his mind right now. 'How do I get out of here? What have I done? Where is Kali?'
The colour had gone from his face. He'd played a few video games about transmigration to another world, but this was another level.
'Kali, where's Kali?'
He remembered being in a comic book shop with her, but there was no sign of her being around.
'Maybe she got lucky and the wizard didn't touch her?' Perspiration beaded his brow.
"Naah, that stupid wizard levitated her too." He clenched his jaw, for his blood boiled with rage.
"Then why am I the only one here" He was whispering, "this is crazy, this is just crazy...."
His hands began to tremble and his heartbeat increased.
While he was busy panicking to find out what on earth had happened to him, he didn't even notice a huge, jellyfish-like creature approaching him.
*Jelly* *Jelly*
This creature said something unusual.
Lucas heard the sound, he slowly turned around and saw a strange looking 9 feet tall creature coming towards him. It had no arms or legs, it moved by sliding on its ends. There were no feet to be seen and it was fast.
"What's that? AA AA AAA AAA AAA", Lucas shouted with a dry throat.
An instinct told him to run, but where to?
'Don't panic, don't panic!' He was trying to get a grip.
"Sh*, sh*, sh*!!!" He put both hands back on his head.
*Jelly* *Jelly*
That thing was getting closer and closer.
This was not a video game he was playing at home, this was a real situation where his decision could end his life.
"Shit!" He shouted again. 'What should I even do?' He bit his lower lip violently.
"Think, Lucas, think!"
Then a voice appeared out of nowhere, it sounded robotic, just like Siri.
[Ping]
[System, activated. New player.]
"What the hell is that?" He shook his head slightly.
[Choose a teammate]
"Teammate?" He raised a brow.
[Teammate No. 1. A dragon.]
[Comrade No. 2....]
"A dragon!!! I want a dragon!!!" He interrupted the system.
[The comrade was selected. Goodbye]
'No, in fact, it sounds like Siri.' He looked up to see where the voice was coming from.
A loud and deep human cry, combined with an animal roar, was approaching from the tall trees.
It was a huge, massive, pink-looking, scaly lizard with wings, coming from another direction. It looked like a snake with a spiked tail, but it was pink.
"Holy shit, a real dragon!" Lucas gasped again as he couldn't believe what was just happening right now.
Strange place, strange creatures and Kali was nowhere to be seen.
The pink, dragon-like creature began to approach the gelatinous monster. This dragon didn't fly, it looked awkward as it kept falling to the ground.
"What the...?" Lucas was worried because he'd chosen this dragon as his teammate.
The only reason he chose the dragon was that it was normally huge and could breathe fire, and the size should be enough to defeat this nine-foot monster.
But this Pinky was different. It didn't look like it could fly or walk properly. Its four feet trembled, fell down and got up again.
*Dun* *Dun*
It kept making loud noises by falling on the trees.
"No, this is too embarrassing even for me to witness." He slapped his face with his hand.
"Hey, System!" He shouted into the air but got no reply. "Heeey, hello!" He began to twirl his hands to get the System's attention.
[System activated.]
"Yeah!" He smiled as he thought it would be helpful, 'finally!' He let out a quick sigh.
"Hey, system, can I change my teammate? This one looks useless." He hoped to replace a clumsy dragon.
[System activated.]
[No.]
"What do you mean, no?" Lucas felt slightly irritated. "Just look at that pathetic creature." He pointed his finger at the dragon, which was trying to rise from the ground.
[System activated]
[You get nothing, goodbye].
"What the hell kind of system is that? He frowned. "Okay, it's not that bad, come on dragon, do not embarrass yourself like that, pull yourself together."
*Roooaaaaarrrrrrrrr*
The pinky started making loud noises, it looked like he was finally going to attack the jelly. This time he looked confident and stood on his feet.
"Yus!!! You can defeat this monster!" His soul was filled with joy.
The hulking dragon finally stood on its feet and began to run towards the strange-looking jelly monster.
It didn't take long for the dragon to get close to the jelly-like monster. The dragon opened its mouth and a huge amount of fire came out. It aimed at the jelly monster and the fire spread all over it.
The jelly began to melt.
"Wooohoooo" Lucas jumped with excitement. He rejoiced that this creature was melting. "Wooohooo" he shouted again and that got the dragon's attention.
The dragon turned around and saw a small creature jumping in the air with joy. It wasn't long before it started running towards the human.
"Uh oh." Lucas felt nervous as he saw the dragon's eyes change, he looked grimmer and more aggressive as it attacked the monster. This dragon was also running fast towards him.
"Oh, shit!" Lucas panicked as he saw an ancient creature that was supposed to be his teammate running aggressively towards him.
"Don't burn me, please don't burn me!" He screamed as he ran.
This time Lucas managed to run, for the dragon seemed scarier to him than the green-looking monster. He kept running at full speed, but the dragon did the same. It chased Lucas and it looked like it was setting the druids on him.
"Noooo!!!" Lucas gasped. He couldn't run anymore. He wasn't the most athletic person, considering he always spent his time at home playing video games, or working so what else could you expect from him?
[System activated.]
"Take that damn dragon back, he's trying to kill me!" Lucas was completely out of breath as he inhaled the air to speak.
[System activated.]
[No, you chose it.]
[Goodbye]
"What a petty system." He stopped to think.
He put his hands on his knees, thinking that would help him rest, but he didn't even notice how the dragon destroyed the towering trees, only to find him resting.
"You fuc88g, stupid bast8rd, at last, I have found you!!!" The dragon spoke in a low but aggressive tone, it sounded girlish.
"Kali?"