Chapter 103: Ritual (1)

Toz and the cats continued carefully into the untouched place in the forest. Despite the heavy air giving off a dark atmosphere, the area they were in seemed to have more ambient light than what the forest should have in its depths. Although it wasn't even bright enough to compare it to how bright it was during the day, it was almost like a starlit night, barely enough light to see contours and silhouettes.

But unlike the previous parts of the forest, there were no beasts or plants giving off light. Aside from the trees and regular vegetation on the ground, there was barely even traces of anything else. It was like the group had entered a different forest.

Eventually, after walking for some time in the deathly silent area, the group sensed intense mana fluctuations from what could very likely be the absolute center of the strange part of the forest they were in.