Under a clear blue sky, filled with pure white clouds, a great green jungle was standing unfathomably.
In a small open area of this great forest, a large basket-like thing weaved with smooth and flexible branches of trees was attached to a big green cloth-like thing that seed to be made out of leaves.
These leaves were as big as a normal human height and each one of them was dark green as if they were still on the tree.
A stand-like feature was set up on the basket and there was a strange container on it.
The area was clear and there was only a boy standing in the middle of it.
With long blond hair that was finely tied at his back, long eyelashes, and clear red eyes that were more beautiful than ruby smiled brightly.
"Looks like everything will work out properly," I smiled more brightly as I looked at my hot air balloon.
The balloon looked good and the basket was the only thing that seed just fine.
It was difficult at the start but I got the hang of the basket as ti passed.
The branches and vines from the forest were not soft enough for a child like to bend.
It was difficult to turn those tough tree branches into soft ones and it was no joke.
I had to spend two whole weeks just to finish the base of the basket.
The balloon part was much easier as I knew about sewing from my previous life.
From the fallen leaves of the great Banya tree, I finally managed to finish this balloon after a month.
I also found most of the things required and even discovered the location of a pink mushroom.
But... that thing will be more difficult than I thought.
"Let's finish the work on hand faster. It will be a problem if I encountered so unknown factor and have to spend the night outside,' I thought and walked forward.
I wasn't ready to spend the nights outside of my cave yet.
I was weak.
I was so weak that I might not even be able to hide or run from the dangerous beasts.
Shaking my head, I reached the balloon part.
The principle behind this balloon was simple.
Just from the na, you could tell it was based on the air temperature difference between the air inside the balloon and the air atmosphere.
I had already run so tests to see if everything was alright and the results were good.
There wasn't any problem so I decided to give it my all this ti.
Lifting the balloon on the ground with (Lifting wind), I placed the end of it on the burner.
It was a container made from ant armor and an owl-like bird I killed.
It had solid feathers with low lting temperature so lting and molding them was sowhat easy.
The fuel inside it was sothing I collected from a tree.
It was sothing that burned just like gasoline so, after working on it and doing so hot experints, I ca up with this.
I was still amazed by myself about how I was doing everything so normally.
It was strange but... I was getting used to this feeling.
Starting the fire on the burner, I filled the air in the balloon slowly.
Maintaining a (tier-1) spell like this was hard but I wasn't worried about it much.
Hot air filled the balloon and it slowly started to go up.
The forest was big and green, almost the sa color as the balloon which was good for camouflage.
The balloon filled up and started going upwards.
'Let's hope everything goes safely...' and with that, I jumped inside the basket.
Cutting the rope that bound the basket and ground, I flew up in the sky.
The ride was slow and sturdy.
As I reached a good enough height I changed the fire to low.
There were large trees under and as far as I could see, only green remained in my vision.
There were so Taller, larger, and greater trees scattered here and there and I knew many of them.
So of them were even believed to be (lost trees) and
A dust-like powder was dancing inside the huge crystal.
It was like stars dancing on a gry-white canvas.
I was almost srized by the magnificence of nature-.
"No! Not now. Let's finish the work first," I reminded myself while slapping my right cheek.
Taking out so glass bottles of the potions and so that I made, I started gathering the golden liquid.
-Buzzzzzzzz.
I could hear the angry voices of insects down there, it looked like they were angry I was stealing sothing from them.
"Sorry but, I have to do this," I was not actually sorry for them but what was wrong in saying that.
Slowly, I filled the bottles and stored so inside my storage device.
So were left with as I can't put everything inside.
And than...
I spotted a strange drop on the part of the essence.
It was a strange fluid, thicker and stranger than the star powder inside the essence.
I moved the balloon a bit up to take a closer look.
The fluid was thicker and silver in color.
Shining like the sa stars inside the essence.
'What is this?' I asked myself again as my eyes couldn't part from it.
It was my first ti seeing sothing like this.
There was nothing in the books that I read saying a silver fluid flowing out of the essence of the tree.
'Should I take this?' I asked as I took out a glass bottle.
This drop felt totally normal and I couldn't even sense Mana or life-force from this.
Was I so weak that I couldn't even sense it?
I was thinking deeply when... my heart started beating wildly.
-Skyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
I heard a ferocious and enraged voice from above and my hands moved on their own.
Now wasn't the ti to think about anything else.
I quickly collected the silver, shining fluid in a glass vail and stored it inside my storage device.
There wasn't even a need to look above to tell so sky predator has spotted .
Without hesitation, I gathered a large number of wind particles and blasted them behind .
The balloon shot back towards where we ca from without any control.
I lowered the flas and the balloon started going downwards.
-Skyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
The enraged voice rang in the sky again as it ca closer.
'No. I'm not going to be caught this ti!' shouting inside my head, I took out so black balls from my storage device.
Gathering so fire Mana particles, I burned the rope-like thing coming out of them.
When it lit up and started to go in, I turned around and threw them all behind my back.
For a quick second, I glanced at the figure of the creature.
A huge crystal-like body and feathers in green color and yellow colored eyes.
My mind was working faster so I didn't have the ti to think too deeply about this creature.
Ignoring the fact that I was being chased by a (Blue) ranked [Jade Sky Eagle], I crashed the balloon on one of the trees at a lower height.
-Skyyyyyyy.
The bird stopped and looked down for a mont.
I was inside the basket, tangled up in the wines of the tree.
The bird first ca down from the sky for a bit but... as if lost all interest, it flew back.
I knew it would do sothing like this rather than go after so lowly ant who might have touched its belongings.
This was my first encounter with a beast of such a high level and I could clearly feel the difference in level.
It... was unfathomable.
I knew from the mont my heart almost jumped out of my chest that the strangest thing until now has approached .
It was so strong that I couldn't even feel the pressure or the presence of it at all.
If not for my [Dynamic Heart] my life was done at this mont!
But...
'Let's not think about this. I'm alive and this is... enough.'
Tears were already falling from my eyes.
I encountered a high-ranking beast and managed to survive.
This... was my achievent.
One encounter with a (Blue) ranked beast was already over and all that was left was... going into the nest of a (Green) ranked snake.
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