Chapter 106: Battle in the Forest
As William ventured north through the dark lands of the Nightmare Realm, a strange sensation washed over him. Despite the landscape growing more ominous, an inexplicable certainty of returning home swelled within him. Angel, floating beside him with her faint, translucent glow, accompanied him in silence.
"Do you think there’s anything in the north?" William asked, his gaze fixed on the path.
"Little Star wrote about it, didn’t she? Let’s hope we find more people to ask and better understand this place," Angel replied.
After hours of walking through broken lands and dead trees, they entered a forest. It was an unsettling place; though it seemed ordinary at first glance, the trees had a sinister appearance, as if they could move at any moment. Suddenly, without warning, Angel cried out:
"Wait!" she said, her voice alarmed. "There’s something here, it’s strange. The mist interferes with my vision, but I’m sure I saw something."
William stopped abruptly, his body stiffening instinctively. He dropped his backpack, his eyes scanning the mist that blanketed the surroundings.
"What is it? I don’t see anything..."
"I don’t know..." Angel said, slowly spinning in the air, searching for any trace of what she had seen.
William frowned. He took a step forward, his eyes scanning everything around him, but he was certain there was nothing, only absolute silence.