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A limoria horn? Axel didn‘t know such a thing existed. All the boy knew was that he had to find one. As he walked deeper into the darkness, it got more disturbing. The idea of any danger scared him. The male was fidgeting with his fingers as something from his right pocket fell. Looking down, he realized that it was a piece of paper. There was writing about the limoria horn. "The limoria horn – a horn achieved from an animal in the mysterious land. Usually the animal is found around lakes, streams, and other wet places. The creature slightly resembles a deer or a moose.“ In the distance, he saw something that reminded him of a lake. Instantly, the guy rushed towards the location. He did not spot a limoria or its horn anywhere he looked. Without giving up, he was eager to find a different lake. But the teenager knew he wouldn‘t find one somewhere close. He refused to panic and had enough trust in himself to complete this odd mission.

Then, out of nowhere he heard something behind him. He turned around, but he didn’t see anything. After a minute passed, he heard the same noise again, but this time it sounded closer. The noise made him shocked. The noise didn’t sound like anything he'd heard before. Something was different. It felt like something was following him. Then, suddenly, he heard that something galloped behind him. Before he reacted, he was pushed to the ground. Still lying on the floor, Axel looked up and saw a moose. It was the creature he was looking for. He got up as fast as possible and started chasing.

As the young boy ran after the ghostly shilloutte of the creature, he began to notice the apparition, and the mist started to disperse into thin air. Axel felt the desperation of the situation, and with all his remaining strength, he ran harder than he had before, not wanting to lose his only way out of this world. The further he ran after the galloping horned beast, the more his lungs felt like collapsing onto themselves. Axel’s vision now hazy and breath strained the creature was fully gone as if dust. He collapsed onto the ground, his chest heaving and limbs spreading on the ground, but he had not noticed the meadow he had taken a rest in.

Axel, now with the air back in his lungs, has noticed a glimmer of hope in the middle of the clearing, a cabin glowing an orange hue from its windows.

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