"Achoo!" Shye sneezed as he made his way through a moss-covered underground hallway. "It's not even cold here… is someone thinking about me?"
The mission assigned to him this time was to investigate a recently discovered labyrinth in the middle of the borders of Valenzia and Phaskalda.
As per the WAA, strange roars originated from its depths, which somehow increased the strength of monsters in the [Brute] category such as Ogres, trolls, boars, and other such creatures.
Moreover, the weaker ones lose their sanity and flee from the designated adventurer zones, invading villages and towns.
Although these escaped creatures are ranked (C) and below, they still pose a significant threat to small towns and villages with little means of defense.
There are instances when the town guards and village sentries successfully eliminate the creatures.
However, they always pay a steep price in blood.