Chapter 232: Speculations
Elmo had his doubts as to what was expected of him. While they'd managed to warm the water and mud they'd gone through in that bog after he used his Brimstone Flare spell, it hadn't really done anything to help reduce the water. Just like he had expected. Then, after that, the ground seemed to get more rocky and had less vegetation.
Which really only served to make the plans for him to use his magic on any subsequent bogs or swamps rather pointless in his opinion. Not that he really expected much else. Although, on the other hand, he couldn't honestly say that they couldn't still encounter something like that later on.
Especially since no one really seemed to have mapped these mountains out much. Nor did there seem to be an explanation for that, either.
"How long do you think these people have lived on this world?" Elmo asked, falling in step next to Elin as they walked along with the afternoon sun beginning to hang low against the mountains.
"What do you mean?" Elin asked in response.
"Well, these people don't seem to know much other than some of the basics of what to expect in this world, like what creatures live in some parts, but they don't seem to have mapped much of it," Elmo answered.
"Just because things don't follow what you would expect, doesn't mean that they haven't been here that long."
Elmo wasn't sure what to say in response. He had thought that maybe Elin would have agreed with him, though he couldn't say that he hadn't really seen this coming either. After all, he wasn't really sure if his suspicions were correct either.
"What makes you think that they haven't been on this world for that long?" Elin asked after a few minutes of silence. "I mean other than what you just said. Something that makes sense."