2 The sealed lands and mister tree

'to survive in the sealed lands you have to engrave three pointers in your mind.

first there are a lot of anomalies in the sealed lands that I discovered and although I can't tell you about them all these are the most dangerous ones: 

1) space-time distortions (like what you just experienced in the forest) note that I will properly explain this later.

2) inverted light perception (when there is light you can't see, and vice versa in darkness).

3) electromagnetic waves with extremely high frequency that cause hallucinations (the most troublesome to deal with because unlike normal hallucinations, the hallucinations in the sealed lands can affect reality based on the mental state of the one who is seeing them ,an example to be clear is someone who suffers from OCD and end up reshaping the environment around them to become extremely, clean, symmetrical and organized, duo note that this applies to dead or alive beings. only runes can help you ward those waves, the flashlight in the trunk can help you detect them).

4) Strength magnifying or weakening beams of light (they are sudden and inevitable, once hit by the light wait for 5 minutes under direct sunlight for the effect to dissipate, which is quite impossible since there isn't a sun in the sealed lands. Only rune magic can cleanse you of the light's effect. the yellow light for strengthening and the blue for weakening).

5) and finally -for the first point- runes (crimson red coloured words and letters made from blood that can invoke the powers of nature and alter the fundamental laws of the world, pay high regards to runes and study them as most as possible, as I believe they are the key to your escape, they have mystical and profound powers in them, each completely different yet somehow not, I know this is not making any sense but you will understand why soon enough...'

"Hold up... yes there is more at the back but... damn, so this is the sealed land huh? guess I'm in for a struggle..." 

'...second monsters...'

"Wait, what!?"

'...yes monsters, although I can't call all of them that since monsters are evil yet some of those in the sealed lands are... Well, how can I say this... different? I don't know how to say it but simply put the Nasty Irregular and  Bizarre Lingering Entities (or niable for short) are creatures with weird powers and severely twisted logical thought, an example would be a niable with the power of water sees a woman drowning, she was holding her child with her hands, so she couldn't swim properly, with good intentions the niable attempts to save the woman, doing so by turning her child to a lifeless puddle of water, in process the woman would have free hands to swim... so would be the niable's thinking…'

"...my god" was all Leon could mutter when he let his imagination visualize the scene.

'...the bottom line here is expect the unexpected from the niables and be careful when you see one, as my bad naming suggests niables have tendencies to linger and roam a certain area, some niables have the ability to communicate and talk fluidly others don't or simply aren't as social, there are two nialbes that I can consider them to be human(scribbles), no an accurate description would be a person with feelings and normal logical thought like mister tree. although grumpy but sane, rude but caring, he would never lie to you and will guide you well, you can visit him by going inside the forest of isolation and walk 10 minutes inside likewise you can always return here by entering the forest and going in for 5 minutes, and it doesn't have to be by the second for example if you walk for 7 minutes and 31 seconds you would be taken to mister tree and vise versa for 7 minutes and 29 seconds to the shack, BUT make sure to never exit the forest through the dead center of the time period like 7 minutes and 30 seconds because you could end up existing from the forest at two locations and end up torn up in have.'

"WHAT?!"

'don't worry as there isn't a split point for the shack as it is the only thing that can be accessed by the time of five minutes and under.'

"phew, thank god!" Leon sighed in relief, and then mumbled "still a heads up would have been nice"

'This was it, that this will be your main traversing method. mister tree will guide you and tell you where to go next and what to do when the time comes, I'm running out of writing space. goodbye and I hope you do better in this life my friend.'

'ps. Mythical monsters are real, and point three is luck, honestly you are going to need it.'

"Well that was very... informative, but you forgot to mention how to use the runes..."Leon felt stumped on this particular thing but he couldn't let himself dwell on it so he cast the thought to the back of his mind for now.

"Okay let's check these survival tools this guy left me" after finishing reading the memo Leon took a few moments to process what he just read ,and immediately opened the metal trunk.

"woah!! look at all these stuff... " in the trunk Leon found a flashlight with a few runes inscribed on it ,a sports digital watch, a military combat knife that could also serve as a survival one, a long black coat with lots of inside pockets and a holster for the knife and flashlight each, a pair of finger cut leather gloves and finally a few packs of MREs and bottled mineral water.

"okay time to pay mister tree a visit... that sounded a bit weird, well whatever" after putting on the new gloves and coat which was surprisingly a perfect fit, Leon took the flashlight and knife in hand since he might walk upon a nialbe he would protect himself faster rather than taking them out of the especially made knife holster on the inner side of the coat.

Just before entering the forest Leon activated the timer in the watch and set it to 10 minutes, entering the forest Leon experienced it again... the deafening silence, so he immediately started talking to himself.

"man... I got some cool stuff like this awesome knife, these gloves and multi-pocketed coat, and I'm wearing all black that I probably look like one of those edgy mercenaries that you see in a video game, and speaking of which it seems memories of myself are not there... Yet, somehow I know about video games, maybe my actual knowledge is still there but needs a nudge... let's test this out... " and for the past 10 minutes Leon would do some tests on his intellectual abilities.

"So I have the knowledge of a highschool graduate, and some huh..."

"PEEP, PEEP, PEEP" the timer on the watch ended.

"times up, ok let's see now..." Leon turned around.

"Yup, the forest entrance is still there... this might take some time getting used to" Leon walked back through the forest entrance and to his surprise there wasn't a hill before him but a barren plain without a single blade of grass to be found. In the Middle of this plain was an old shriveled tree that matched its surroundings in terms of looks.

"no one's here, I mean no houses, no shacks, no sign of people anywhere..."Leon walked to the tree and examined his surroundings with no positive answer.

"Did the memo's owner lie…"

'WACK!!'

"Ouch!" Leon turned around abruptly to see what hit him.

"Weird, there is nothing but this tree here..."Leon looked at the tree and discovered nothing at first, but after a clear second look he saw the bark had contortions that made a face, he moved closer to inspect it and...

"AAAAH!" the tree opened its eyes and screamed.

"AAAAHHHH@#$&-@!!?" Leon screamed back like a little girl from fright.

"hahaha, ya didn't see that coming did ya?" the tree's face had a sinister laugh, and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"a-a t-talking t-tree?" Leon exclaimed stuttering, still in shock

"no I'mma an old man with branches for limbs, of course I'mma tree ya dimwit!"

"Let me guess, mister tree is it?" Leo replied half curious, half alert.

"hmph, so ya still have some semblance of a brain left."

"Why did you hit me?" Leon asked while rubbing the back of his head.

"cause ya were and still stepping on my roots"

"oh! I'm so sorry mister tree"

"don't sweat it, I'm too old I can barely feel my body anymore. I did it for fun"

Leon was speechless for a moment, then he took a moment to organize his thoughts and before he could ask anything...

"stop there, I know ya have a lot of questions about this place and how ya got here. I have a serious headache l well tell ya, so keep quiet and don't interrupt me. first did ya wake up on a hill that has a hole in the sky above it?"

"yes..."

wack!

"ouch! why!?" Leon shouted, feeling a little wronged.

"cause ya talked!" mister tree shouted back.

"how am I supposed to answer then?!" Leon retorted.

wack!

"ouch!"

"ya talked again, just nod ya fool"

"Okay, where was I...? ah! That's right the hole, so the hole ya saw is where ya came from, and that hole is called a breach."

Leon made a why exclamation with his hands.

"why is it called a breach? or why did you come from there?"

Leon showed two of his fingers.

"both huh? It's called a breach because it's  a breach in the rune net that is keeping the things here from breaking free, and causing chaos to the outside world. as to why ya came here, I haven't a clue."

'Maybe he could identify the writing' Leon showed him the memo.

"ya can't assume that I know everything. but I do recognize the writing"

'he knows! okay I should ask him where to find the memo's owner!' Leon was thrilled.

"hold ya horses, finding that man won't help ya"

'h-how?! He couldn't possibly figure out what I wanted! wait a minute... hey, you can read my mind right?'

"so ya finally figured it out, ya talkin' and thinking at the same time gives me a headache, so speak using your thoughts only"

'So why did you say that? about the man that is.'

"simple, he's dead"