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Deep Forest. 21st Sun of Ondine
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“Wait, where are you-” Balder called to Avaddon before the muscular monk was off, speeding through the trees like some madman. Well, he did [i]seem[/i] the maddest of all the recruits. 

[color=gray]”Should...he go off all alone?”[/color] Edgar asked. He looked around to the others in the group, worried about Avaddon’s well being. After all, didn’t the job say there were [i]twenty[/i] minoboros out there? 

“What’s done is done. The trail is gone, and with this mist rising there’s little tracking to be done now. I fear that our new job is to simply survive.” Balder turned to look where they’d been marching from, but behind Artemisia the path was completely gone. Only thick foliage remained behind them. “Great,” Baldur muttered. He’d heard of this phenomenon happening in forests further in the badlands, where the miasma was thickest. The forest was coming [i]alive[/i] it seemed. “There’s only one way forward.” 

[color=gray]”I know this phenomenon! In heavy places with lots of vegetation and a high concentration of aldite, when exposed to thick miasma, the forest acts like a fly trap, luring wanderers into the deepest parts where the...most powerful monsters wait.”[/color] Edgar’s voice trailed off as he realized what he was talking about. [i]Oh no.[/i] 

“Come on. We need to catch up with the monk before he gets killed.” Balder began hacking at several vines, opening a path deeper into the brush to follow after him. 

As Avaddon leapt from branch to branch, he would feel a sharp chill on the back of his neck. Something was [i]watching him.[/i] Below the mist was becoming even thicker. The light was beginning to wane as the foilage overhead became extremely thick, creating a false night around him, and he could see rustling shadows below. [i]A lot of shadows.[/i] The forest was coming alive… 

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