He couldn’t move. It felt as if gravity itself held him down, as he looked up at that terrifyingly elegant monster. While he desperately tried to breathe, the owl continued to quietly look at him. After some time, it started to feel bad for the weak little creature and eased its mighty presence from his body.

As he was finally able to catch his breath, his mind came back online.

‘God, I thought I was going to die! It was just looking at me and I couldn't breathe! What if it were to attack me?! I don’t think I could do anything about it!’ He couldn’t help but have those thoughts as the owl continued to look at him.

As they stared at each other, he saw the owls feathers slightly twitch and it magically disappeared from in front of his eyes. He was shocked, until he heard a loud ‘Hoo’ right in front of him. Then he was terrified. The owl now stood on the branch right in front of him, still staring at him.

‘Motherfucker! What the hell was that! Did he fucken just teleport or something! Please don’t tell me he’s that fast!’ As his mind once again became chaotic, he didn’t notice that cute little squeaks would emerge from his mouth as he swore.

The Moonlit owl couldn’t help but find the little creature entertaining. Alas, it had already wasted enough time teasing the little thing and had to go. So, while he was still confused and squeaking the owl just let out some amused hoots as it lifted its wings and disappeared into the distance.

He was dumbstruck as he watched the owl fly away, ignoring him completely. Some time later, he calmed down and let the joy of survival wash over him.

‘Ha-ha, I’m ok! Thank the heavens! “Ahem” I mean of course I’m ok! I don’t know what I was so worried about, didn’t I just reread the effects of the adorable shield skill. I knew from the beginning that that was the perfect skill for my adorable self. Mr. Lunatic is a great visionary!’

After shamelessly ignoring all his past comments he couldn’t help but reexamine his past goals.

‘I mean, who needs to go out and explore hidden scenery, the scenery looks good from right here.’

‘Also, why risk myself in some unknown dangerous adventure, that’s not like me at all. I’m the type of person that must be way over leveled. When I played a game I always grinded in the first area way longer then I should have, just to demolish the first boss.’

‘That’s the strategy I should be using! I have all these acorns and there might be more, since the tree was picked clean and there’s no way that they all fit in here. There’re probably more acorns in other nooks in the tree, all I need to do is look around.’

‘Now, that’s a good plan. I’ll just slowly find all the acorns and amass lots of points. I can even try to level up my skills! If I repeatedly use my skills, they should level up right? It could be a little dangerous if I run into an enemy while the skills are on cooldown, but the chance is low since I’ll just be going around the tree looking for more acorns. Ok, perfect!’

Feeling proud about his new perfect plan, he started to feel hungry. He took that as a sign that it was time to get started on his new goals. But before he could do that, he had something important he had to do.

‘It’s time for the first adventure of Mr. Pine to end!

‘I had an incredible time! I traversed long and harrowing landscapes, ascended a colossal gargantuan tree trunk and epically battled against the creature at its peak, the winged calamity of insanity! It was a legendary battle, fit for the storybooks. But in the end, I prevailed and marvelously struck down the beast only to then claim its treasure as my own! And was that the end of my great adventure… NO! While I rejoiced in my spoils and victory, a being of unmeasurable power looked upon me, wanting for me to submit to its will! BUT I WOULD NOT YIELD! I glared back at that beings’ eyes and did not flinch! Unable to endure its own shame and failure, it withdrew in misery and I knew… I HAD WON.’

‘To end my first adventure on that note is right. Let’s see, if I had to grade my adventure, I’d have to give it… an S rating. Wait… I did get slightly injured in my epic battle so… let’s say S-. That’s fair.’

After, finally, concluding his first adventure, he started to look through all the acorns in the nook. He sorted the acorns, looking for the tasty ones, that would give him points, and moved the other ones out of the way.

He didn’t forget to activate his two skills while he was sorting.

Haste

2.1 ---> 2.31

Time Remaining: 5:00 Minutes

Iron Skin

1 ---> 1.1

Time Remaining: 5:00 Minutes

This time he felt two different energies effect his body, one was familiar but the new made his body feel tougher. He was just going to wait for the one-hour cooldown to be over and reactivate the skills, after a while something might happen.

After reusing the skills once more, he was almost finished looking through the acorns in the nook. He piled up all the tasty variety ones and, after he was done sorting them, he counted them.

’96, 97, 98, 99! So, I found ninety-nine of them, I guess I’m lucky! If I add the two points, I already had, that should be enough for the second package in the exchange center. And with the special bonus that should get me twenty-two pristine points, but that’s still not enough for the life elixir.’

He was slightly upset that he was missing some points, but knew there was nothing he could do, for now.

‘I shouldn’t worry, at sunrise I’ll go out and look for the rest of the acorns. Now I should just worry about eating what’s in front of me, I mean how long is it going to take me to eat ninety-nine acorns? I was almost full when I ate those two normal acorns in the afternoon.’

‘Let’s just get started.’ With that thought he grabbed some acorns and began eating. They were still as tasty as advertised, but after finishing up the fourth one he noticed something; he was still hungry. To confirm a theory, he kept on eating, and after the twentieth acorn he felt it right to confirm it.

‘It seems like special vegetation doesn’t deplete my hunger, and it also doesn’t take up room in my stomach. Great! Know I can eat all the tasty acorns I want and then have two normal ones to satiate my hunger.’

After finishing up with the acorns, he knew that it was impossible for him to get the third package deal without risking his life exploring more areas. So, he decided to get the second package now.

Exchange 100 Points for 11 Pristine Points?

Y/N

‘Yes!’

Received 11 Pristine Points

Special Bonus applied

Received 11 More Pristine Points

After reading the confirmation, he was happy.

‘Man, all that counting was exhausting. There should be a few hours left before sunrise. I should go back to sleep to start off the next day fresh, since I’m going to be busy looking for the woodpeckers hiding places. Alright, let’s just check my stats and then it’s sleepy time.’

Name

Porky (Dan the Ex-Man) Pine

Level

1

Race

Adorable Quick Toed Porcupine (F)

Titles

Vegetarian, Little Critter, 777

Points

1

PR Points

22

Power

0

Speed

2.1

Defense

1

Soul

1

Skills

Active: Haste+ Lv.1, Iron Skin+ Lv.1, Charm Lv.1

Passive: Adorable Shield Max, Healthy Digestion Max, Fortunate Misfortune Max

‘Good… ok, nap-time’ and he was out.