บท 389: Summer song

Cael felt the need to lighten the atmosphere somehow before things exploded again, without the help of any spectral ice worms this time.

The campfire was lit again, Calvo was in a stable state, and everybody returned to rest. Except now they sat noticeably farther away from each other, and the tension was palpable in the mana-filled air.

There was no way to tell if more monsters traveled in the maelstrom and were now about to attack. But Cael doubted there was anyone. From his earlier observations, most of the monsters on this snow plain were too territorial to live near each other.

Monster attacks before never happened too close to each other.

For now, the only sounds were these of the crackling fire and of the snowstorm outside.

Without barriers to give people privacy, the thought of starting any conversation with his group was almost physically discomforting.