It took a while before my eyes adjusted to the light, longer than it did for the others and the spirit didn't give us much time. It summoned a glistening gate of light and ordered the survivors to enter quickly.
I blinked several times and avoided looking directly at the gate as I passed through, feeling its warmth play across my skin. "Where are we?"
Because the other side was far too cold.
A chilling wind slammed into us without mercy, and my eyes widened. We were standing on a beach of red sand. Before us, the sea rolled in heavy waves.
Murmuring spread among the Awakeners as they got the full grasp of the location they found themselves in.
"What are we doing here?"
"I've lost three of my teammates to the goblins. Why can't we just start hunting monsters already?"
"What exactly is going on? This is looking more and more like a floor test of some kind! All this because a zone appeared in the ruined palace of some unknown general?"
