Chapter 645: The Forbidden Forest Part 4

As the girls pressed on, the darkness surrounding them seemed to grow thicker, almost like a living entity that sought to suffocate them. The air was heavy with an oppressive atmosphere that threatened to crush their spirits, but they continued forward.

However, Mira noticed, now that they were closer, that the malevolent aura almost seemed to flow toward the center of the forest rather than in reverse.

'How peculiar.' She thought but couldn't come up with a reason why this was happening and continued marching forward, keeping this in her mind.

By now, the fog that covered the area was almost purely poison. Nova and the other girls were shoveling pills into their mouths like mad, doing everything they could to prevent themselves from getting corrupted, but they couldn't keep that up for long. 

Stepping over a few mushrooms, they exploded into a cloud of toxic spores, further corrupting the air around them.