Bad Start

Upon seeing the white cloud, everybody's first reaction was to hide.

However, there was nothing around to hide in or behind.

Roland reacted fast enough by digging a huge pit with magic before the cloud drifted too close. He then covered the pit after they all jumped in.

Thanks to the overwhelming mental power in the sky, Roland's mental waves when he used magic were eclipsed and didn't spread far.

Roland didn't forget to leave several peepholes on the lid that covered the pit.

The five of them observed the cloud each through one peephole.

After the cloud finally flew above their hideout, they found that it wasn't a cloud at all but a mass of feathers.

It was a weird amalgamation of white feathers, with a black skull at the center.

The skull was smooth and shiny on the surface, and white flames were burning in its hollow eye sockets.

Upon seeing that, Roland closed his eyes and said, "Lower your heads and don't look at it."