Alive.
When they realized that what Alice had stepped on was not mud but some kind of living organism, most of the people on the scene felt a shiver run down their spine.
Duncan found the substances wriggling on the floor to be quite… disgusting.
Right after that, he heard Nina's voice not far away, "There's more here!"
"And over here, too!" Sherry also cried out in alarm, "There's a large patch over here, and it's moving!"
In this mysterious and vast space, everywhere was filled with those dark, seemingly muddy, yet slowly crawling sinister "substances".
"It's everywhere…" Vanna had already silently taken the great sword from her back into her hands, furrowing her brows as she surveyed the incredibly spacious "cabin" with an extremely grave tone, "May the Goddess protect us… what in the world is this stuff?"