Land of the Soulless

[Night Shades are watching you]

"..."

Kaisen silently watched the creatures he had been searching for weeks.

Ever since day two in this world, he had heard about them.

What started as an optional quest had become his main mission.

The creepiest thing wasn't their pitch-black form; it was the eerie silence and their absolute stillness.

They stared at him in the quiet forest, as unmoving as statues.

"Uh... guys... I'm sure we can— or not, not."

Kaisen was about to strike up a conversation when something red began to ooze from where their palms should be.

It glowed like molten lava, completely covering their hands, much like the darkness shrouding their bodies.

They still didn't move, standing there like eerie mannequins in a haunted store display.

'Damn it. If they could speak, I could've used my charm somehow.'

He dropped his Loathsome Claws to the ground, where they vanished into the sea of leaves.