None of them came back alive
Tirnanog was a vast world several times bigger than earth. Liam could tell that because days went by and he was still continuing his journey to the center of this world, to the so-called forbidden area.
It did not matter how many detours they had to take and how many near death experiences they had. Liam was persistent in his goal.
If he could reach this so-called forbidden area, then there was a chance that he might even evade any scanning or detection type techniques of even higher-leveled elves.
Soon, days became weeks and the two continued moving on their feet. The forests became denser and more dangerous as they approached their destination and their travel became even more slower.
Plants and animals took on increasingly surreal forms, glowing with arcane energy and vibrating with the hum of unfiltered mana. It was as if the essence of the world itself was becoming more concentrated as they ventured deeper towards the forbidden area.