Awakening
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
As jet-black and barren as the moon itself, the mountain was enormous. Gleaming menacingly in the sun, there wasn't a single living being to be seen within a 300 yard radius. Every tree was as dead as ash.The branches wilted tiredly and the yellowing leaves would crumble at the slightest of touches.
It was a scene of desolation and death.
"Are we really going there?" a bald man in the team piped up. He could feel a strange coldness in the depths of his soul.
Anything could happen in these woods. One misstep and one could stumble into a hunter's trap.
"Do you want to pick a fight with that Commander-tier monster?" The eyes of the broad-shouldered female captain darted around alertly.
Taking in the vast swathe of dead plants in front of her, she noted that there were no signs of an unusual conflict. There were no corpses, no bones lying around.The biggest danger was having their life forces surreptitiously drained.