Rise and Kamille went ahead, not paying attention to whether the others followed. Their presence was not too important; only there for convenience.
In any case, those were not the friends they knew. Thalia's face might have gained goodwill, but not enough for the two to come in their way and help them.
"Wow, so eerie." Rise gasped, looking around. He also could not help but tighten his hold on Kamille.
Not that being scared, but he felt a chill that surrounded him, giving him goosebumps. His eyes swept around, yet only ruins and monster carcasses were around.
It was dark, and the smoke made it even harder to see clearly. Funnily enough, it did not have a foul smell despite all these corpses, as if the area had an ability to isolate the smell.
If so, Rise had long smelled the rotten flesh and something burning.
To think, they were not at the entrance yet. Rise could only see it becoming near. Rise turned around and finally decided to check out the others.
