Vesta ran ahead, guiding them through the labyrinthine streets of the dead city. The further they went, the more the city's character changed. Earlier they were in the outer part, and as they went deeper, the houses and the structures got messier, the skeletal remains of what had once been a fully developed, thriving metropolis.
Now just a shell of what it once was, maybe the same as the cities on Earth.
Sezel and Shiki took turns carrying Mari. Their progress had slowed to a crawl since they ran past something like an entrance to the city. The wilderness here was much denser, a tangle of vines and overgrown bushes that had swallowed the paved roads whole, even the Spirit Essence was hidden behind them.
Though there were fewer trees because of lack of proper place to grow, some even grew through the paved road, breaking through its surface.
