Through the woods
"Let's descend carefully. It will take half a day before we reach the first village."
Hex and Hestia nodded at Althea who took the lead in the subsequent part of the journey. She had journeyed through these parts the most recently among their group of three.
After descending a few tens of meters, Hex noticed bushes and sparsely growing small trees. Another hundred meters brought them almost to the flat ground. This is where the forest started.
Hex watched slack-jawed at the giant trees before him. They were easily over a hundred meters tall. Even though he heard about forests, he still felt intimidated by the unending line of trees. As soon as they entered the forest, Hex sensed the sun's heat disappear.
Looking up, he noticed the sky disappear, leaving the tree crowns above. It wasn't hard to move between the thick trunks. The coverage with leaves above didn't allow much sunlight in the forest, making it hard for other plants to grow.