The Criculs (1)

Erik quickly passed the breach and walked inside New Alexandria's forest. The young man was now accustomed to this view. However, he couldn't stop marveling at it.

The place was a stark contrast to the city, starting from the colors, which were predominantly green instead of the dull gray or black that characterized New Alexandria.

Then there was the atmosphere that seemed more pleasant than that in the urban area. It was something that Erik attributed mainly to its lack of artificial lighting.

Another reason was that the place had no trace whatever of the stench characteristic of most urban centers, the smell of soot and smoke, but also for the freshness and purity that characterized the air.

The feeling of natural beauty was intensified by the fact that everything about the forest, the trees themselves; their foliage; even those things such as fallen leaves or twigs lying on the ground was hardly present inside the city.