Instability And Failsafe

"Ah, yes, and so you should leave this forest. Come live with us, I mean it's decreasingly a threat. And guess what? My men found drunken sailors that washed up on the southern shores. Even the Sea of Doom is not a big natural barrier anymore," Zi Hao explained and tried to convince the seer to leave the forest.

"Exactly, all those beasts are just going poof poof. It's only fear keeping people out. I mean, look at us, so casually walking in and out like we own the damn place. I know there is a dragon around and that we are on the outskirts, but still," An Liu jumped into the conversation.

The seer just shrugged all of it off as he got up in response to the timer he set for the rice to be done.

"Dude, why stay in this dump? Come on, man," Cao Tang questioned, but he knew he was not going to get a response.

And he, in fact, did not get a response out of the seer. It was a dart in the blind, and it missed.

The atmosphere was grave. Everyone was worried about Neon.