"Isn't it too quiet?" Lucia asked, looking over at the cave, and added as she fanned the hem of her robe under her jaw, "and too hot."
The scenery changed after they passed the resting hall. Now they were walking on floors of dried magma where lava crawled like veins against the hard rock. The ground and walls both spurted hot magma that was enough to put [Burn] status to anyone who even grazed the burning liquid fire and steam.
"Scar's group must have engaged some of the monsters that respawn." Alecia fanned herself with her hands. It was hot and humid, and the background wasn't helping either to diffuse the blistering atmosphere.
They might have already died from the fuming air alone if this was in the real world. Luckily that this was all just a fantasy set in a realistic scenery that wouldn't let them die by stepping foot in a pool of burning magma.
"Let's pick up the pace." Silvia took the front together with Ren, Ruru, and Nikolai.