- So, you're not strong enough to just toss us around? Wow... - Winged opened her eyes in surprise - the traveler's strength clearly didn't match his size. - The Great Divide is the gateway beyond the Crimson Paths. Some call what lies beyond it a "treasure trove."
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-A treasure trove is good, but it's too far to go... - he casually grabs resource and provisions replenishment from the buffet. -No, I meant it in a different sense. I am powerful, but not that powerful. Humans have many meanings for this word. That's why you now only give one item at a time for exchange... Hmm, so you live all alone here on the edge of the world?
- People are full of mysteries. - That's all the sylph can say in response to explanations of concepts that are incomprehensible to her. - I have many guests, so I'm rarely alone. Right now, it's Nyk, for example, and before him, Erebus came – these are his pills, by the way. What a cute name, pi-lyu-lya, as if it tickles you just to say it, hehe.
The Sords enter the long-awaited Forest of Fading Hopes.
Tezot characters without any convictions must pass an endurance check against a roll of '1-30', or they must bash their heads against a stone, tie it to themselves, and jump into the river, and so on. Sometimes, Rurek and other Sords see human skeletons tied to the branches of trees.
- These trees are special, - Gaal always says, - according to the logic of the universe, they shouldn't grow here and need "sunlight" - whatever that means - but this species gets nutrients directly from the soil! By the way, you can find rare but useful wood here.
—Erebus…? That’s a bit unexpected. And what about the neighbors? For example, there’s some toothy joker to the south of the chasm. —he points in the approximate direction. —Or right below us, a bucket-head. And to the left, at the bottom, I have a white serpent marked on my map. Haven’t you happened to meet any of them?
– I still don't understand... – Rurek asked, seeing another human skeleton, – is this the work of Kofa's paws, or does the land itself hate humans here? No matter how far we've walked, everything craves the blood and death of surface dwellers. Even the air!
No sane human would risk coming here. The K'hara tribe seemed invulnerable to the Dungeon dwellers. But someone left their skeleton here, along with their life...
The hordes move to the next part of the forest and find a body of water there, with glowshrooms growing around it.
- It's still a long way, - Gaal grumbles, a little tired. - But we're probably almost there.
"And we're not alien. That's good," Rurek stated the obvious. "The area is getting brighter now. It's starting to look more like a forest suitable for habitation."
With or without Glowcaps, the group of Sordlings, deprived of support from the Ivilai, continues its attempts to reach the elusive Kofa.
– Thank you, Gaal. This will be useful to us,” Rurek clapped the young Sord on the shoulder. He liked this gesture; what could he do about it? – Well, where are the claws? I think we've all been waiting!
The acquired resources are sent to Rurek's bottomless inventory.
This Fury was smaller than Ghiff, but his aura was no less impressive than that of the well-known Rurek Rizz.
- Ivilayka helped. Ghiff is alive. - He drew these conclusions based on his sense of smell. - What brings you here, hordes?
- South of the chasm lives the sorcerer Guro. Once, he tried to conquer Dragon Utopia alone, but failed, and since then, he hasn't been the same. Now, everyone tries to avoid him. I remember once bringing him food, and he smeared me all over the wall. - She puffed up her cheeks, remembering this. Apparently, since she was now talking to Dorian, someone had brought her heart back to her in Iczakan. - Below us lives the myrdar Go and his family. And to the left, below, is the "Rat Tail" tribe.