A red sky, almost crimson.

Clouds as black as the darkness of the caves that they were experienced with.

A strange energy that was now dominating the entire environment around them, and it wasn’t a good thing.

-Awooooooooooo…!

Strange sounds started appearing all around the forest, as well as from beyond the mountain, an area that had been unreachable to them until now.

[{ Master! It seems like the wind barrier is gone somehow! }]

There was a strong wind current around this area. Until now, that wind barrier had been the main factor blocking them and restricting them in this place but now, Sera could freely fly above, and… what she was seeing right now was no good thing.

-Boooooooooooooom.

“Shit…”

Creatures that were dangerous looking, creatures that they had never seen in this forest, creatures that were strong, too strong for the current them… monsters.

There were all kinds of dangerous beings popping up around the forest now, with the lake area of the forest being the center of it all.

“Do you see this, Sera?”

The lake that was located at the center of the forest, as he was seeing from top of the tree, was somehow related to that red sky above them.

[{ What… what is happening? }]

The water from that lake had somehow turned red and that red water was now moving upwards for some reason…

From their point of view, the lake water was being connected to the sky above. It almost seemed like the red sky and the water of the lake were connected.

“It’s like a waterfall… just backwards.”

It was an unexplainable sight.

What he was seeing right now, all the creatures that were appearing from all around the forest, creatures that were climbing up the mountain, creatures that were as dangerous as he had known the forest monsters of this area to be.

This was not something he had foreseen, he did not even understand what was happening right now, but from the looks of it, whatever was happening was not something that he should have been a part of.

[{ Master! What about the creatures of the forest?! }]

She was worried about the creatures, their friends. Elio was worried about them as well, and was thinking of what would happen to them with all those monsters present there.

He was on top of a tall tree right now, and he was still using the item that concealed his presence to hide away from the creatures that were now flying all around the forest.

The noise that he could hear came from beasts, from creatures that did not have any reason or intelligence.

They were monsters that were here solely for something, for destruction, and were looking for something else.

[{ What do we do now, master? }]

Sera could see what was happening right now and she did not like it one bit.

All the monsters that were coming there were dangerous monsters that should not be there in the first place.

She flew up a while back and there were all kinds of creatures climbing this mountain around them.

“I don’t really know… what do we do?”

Many of them were flying as well. Those who were flying were ignoring her completely and yet, the kind of innate threat that she felt from them was beyond anything that she had experienced in a long time.

They were dangerous and there were hundreds of those creatures all around them. In this forest, in the sky, around them, and more were coming.

Since the barrier was gone now, they were all just climbing up the mountain and were destroying the entire forest.

Elio could see them with his sharp eyes and they were currently all around them.

There were hundreds of them in that place. There were more than a few dozen just walking in his hundred meter radius.

They were powerful beings, and they were here for something.

[{ Staying here is not safe, master. }]

They did not know if this was an occasional event or if the place that had been safe for all this time was in fact getting destroyed by those creatures for good.

He did not know what was going to happen to the creatures that he had known until now, but he sure as hell didn’t go down to find that out. Continue your adventure at empire

“I know that, Sera.”

He had to stay alive first and he was not being selfish right now.

He was thinking of what was best against what he should be doing in this situation.

His own life mattered right now since if he stays alive and finds some way to help those creatures, then he would be able to help most of them instead of just one or two before falling to a being that he obviously could not go against.

“Is there anything we can do in the first place?”

These creatures didn’t seem to be interested in him in the first place.

They were also not interested in the creatures of the forest and were simply destroying anything in their paths to get to some place… specifically to the center of that forest.

The flying creatures had already gathered there, and the ones who walked were also going there right now.

They were either here because of that lake, or that lake was simply attracting them all to something completely else.

[{ Master… }]

Whatever the case, he was stuck on this tree, and since there was no quest window popping up, he knew there was nothing he could do to stop this, or help anyone present here with anything.

He was useless once again, and since he was useless anyway, he had to watch all of this happening and understand what exactly was happening at the very least.

“Those creatures aren’t something we are supposed to fight in the first place so, since we are here anyway, we should just watch what the hell is this all about.”

He had a feeling that he was going to see something crazier pretty soon.

He could feel it…

There was no quest but there was something more than a quest involved here.

This was happening for a reason. There were many creatures here and this entire phenomenon was definitely the result of something else.

He could feel it, something was happening. And there was something more to this…

-Oooooooooooooooooooong!

And, he was right.

[{ Master! Look! }]

In the distance, something happened with a herd of creatures.

And, Elio instantly associated that happening and the silver-purple lightning involved in that happening with a certain pair of eyes that had been haunting him for the last couple of weeks…

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