Chapter 581: Strange Elements [Pt 2]

"What is this place?" I murmured as I stepped into the devastated room.

It was dark.

No Mana Stone glowed, and the atmosphere seemed dreary.

My [Unknowable] effect ceased the moment I stepped in, same as Maria's. There was no longer any need for speaking through thoughts, so I abandoned that approach.

If it weren't for the glowing card that floated in front of me, we might have as well been in pitch darkness.

"Are you okay, Maria?" I glanced to my side, observing Maria's trembling body.

"I-it's the same… the same energy. Don't you feel it, Jared? The same as that time… the same one Stefan had. This feeling…"

It was true that the ambience felt dreadfully tense, and I could feel a strange darkness creep upon me, but I wasn't affected at all.

'Is it because I'm wielding the [Strength] Arcana?' My eyes watched the warbling card.

Maria was without protection in this oddly mysterious atmosphere while I had the warm power of [Strength] which kept me safe.