Chapter 26: Ossyn Woods
Lucien found himself in the Hall of Columns, standing right at the Respawn Altar. Before him stood a sealed door that began to groan open as he arrived.
He watched patiently as the door creaked apart. Light seeped into the hall—first in thin fragments, then a blazing torrent that flooded the space, illuminating a great quarter of it. The sudden brightness forced Lucien to shield his face.
When his eyes adjusted, he stared outside at the lush, blooming world beyond the Hall of Columns. Lucien drew a deep breath and stepped forward.
[You have entered Mist of The Forgotten]
[Your Map has been updated]
’Oh? Map! Right, there should be such a thing too.’
He pulled up the HUD display, and a large image materialized before his eyes.
In Evo, player maps updated based on places they had visited or learned about. Players could share locations with each other, expanding their maps. When someone unlocked a new area and shared it worldwide, other players could save it and update their own maps.
Another gift of the map system was fast travel between Respawn Altars they had once anchored to. Players didn’t even need to stay anchored to use them.
But right now, Lucien couldn’t enjoy any of these perks. He had no friends to share locations with, no other respawn points except his own and the one that had led him to the dungeon—and he wasn’t even even systemically anchored to that one.
He just happened to respawn there because it was the nearest discovered Respawn Altar around the area he died