Chapter 562 - 556. Into the Void
"This is..."
"It is, isn’t it?"
The dungeon team stared at the stretch of thick darkness in front of them; the field of fog. Aside from singling the Fallen Star’s dungeon, it was another one of their main objectives.
After cleaning up the fourth dungeon, they found out that the dungeon was located in the middle of the canyon that Jock had seen on their first night. Nestled between two imposing giant rocks, it was not visible from where the esper had seen it before. But it was the first time they managed to make the connection between the two dungeons’ locations, and they were glad to be able to integrate the map.
They did not immediately find the field of fog, however. They climbed the rocks and decided to make a camp and rest so Zein could guide everyone without burdening himself. The next day, they traveled from rock to rock instead of using the ground path, while making a map of the canyon.
It was when they almost reached the end did they saw the grey meadow outside of the canyon, and what seemed to be an obscured horizon was actually the field of fog they had been looking for.
"Phew...we finally found it, but..." Bassena swept his gaze across the line of darkness. "It doesn’t seem like they made it across yet."
"It seems to get harder the further they go," Jock said. "And there’s no guarantee that it’s really only two hundred meters across."
"You’re right," Bassena nodded. "It could be an illusion to trick us into thinking it’s not that far and pushing further without stopping."
"Mm."
The others gave their agreement. Of course, it had only been a few days since they started to split up the operation, so the lack of progress was understandable.