Dave spent several hours grinding near the foot of the volcano behind the red fortress.
There were some Blood Worms roaming the area which gave Dave some EXP and nice loot.
The Undead battalion moved farther east of the volcano and just bypassed the borders of the second Raid Zone, entering uncharted territory.
The ground was composed of packed black sand. It was like a desert of black rocks and sand without a single plant in sight.
Dave saw movement in the distance.
As they got closer they saw two members of the same species in a lethal struggle, filling the air with grunting coughing grunts and savage screams. One of the creatures was clearly almost done, exhausted and grievously wounded.
The monsters looked like giant bright-blue lizards with a forest of short spikes on their backs and eight limbs instead of a lizard's four. The lizard creatures gripped the ground with wide splayed toes that ended in scimitar-like claws.