Things weren't getting any better.
After dealing with the monsters, the investigation team inspected the entire village ruins. Beneath the moss, mycelium, vines, and trees were scorch marks. A great fire had clearly destroyed it all.
The eternal night in the forest's Core Area had not lifted. Meanwhile, Master Humboldt and the other Tower of Forest apprentices still couldn't use their senses, which remained blocked.
Rorschach suddenly realized that the eternal night here might correspond to the eternal day of the Sub-plane.
The forest fell quiet, but it was far from peaceful. After that, no other animals appeared. The Wood Owl that Humboldt Great Mage had summoned earlier flew away, hooting.
"It says the forest... inside... is terrifying. And we... are terrifying." Humboldt's expression was as cold as ice as he translated.
Everyone's spirits were low.
"There's a mound of earth here." Cavendish considered digging it up, but Kou Bo stopped him.
