Lingga

It was a normal, uneventful day. You walk home from your workplace as usual. Your steps unhurried, a stark contrast to the zooming cars and motorcycles on the road beside you. But as you look up to see the full moon, a kid crashes against you and runs away with your bag! You need your wallet and smartphone, so of course you run after him. The kid occasionally glances back, as if making sure that you're still following him... Weird. After many twists and turns, he leads you to a dark alley where a cloaked figure is waiting, their face obscured by shadow. The mysterious figure smiles and says, "I apologize for my... savage ways, but... I need your help. Please... help my children. I know you can." The next thing you know, your shadow pulls you into the abyss... and you fall into a body of water so clear you can see the moon in the sky. Shocked and unable to breathe, you flail around in panic as you slowly drown. Just as you think your life is over, you feel a hand grabs your wrist and swiftly pulls you out of the water. Once you're out of immediate danger, you look up and find yourself in a small land in the middle of a big lake, connected by a wooden bridge to the main island. Surrounding the lake is a village protected by a dense tropical forest so different from the city you're used to. And on this small piece of land, right in front of you, grows a big tree with a crystal wrapped by the exposed roots, half buried in the ground. Though the crystal's shine seems to be fading...