Varian [11]: Encountering Charles

44th of Trian Month, Trian Ruins.

At some point down the road, the mountains on either side grew closer and closer as if they were about to converge.

The valley to the ruler's abode had been expanding since the beginning. It finally began to shrink.

And it shrank rapidly.

The biggest consequence of this was on the teams.

The teams that were previously a dozen miles away could now see each other.

Since it was the last day of the journey, by now, almost all level 7s were near the end of the valley.

So, each team which had been wandering nearly alone till now began to encounter more and more people.

Technically, since there were more humans in the same area than earlier, it should've been much easier to clear up the monsters.

But they actually slowed down.

Because the creatures at the end areas were the strongest.

Many teams that moved independently till now were forced to cooperate with others.