Orange-red firelight flickered and rose through the drifting mist behind him, adding a faint scorched smell to the slightly warm air.
Xia Nan walked alone through the Canyon, the backpack on his back already stuffed full of Fog Lamp Grass for completing the gathering quest.
With the deaths of the Fog Lamp Monster and the Druid, the mist that filled the Canyon had thinned considerably. It might have been psychological, but he even felt that the oppressive air brought by this "Forbidden Land," where sunlight never reached all year round, had lightened a good deal.
He made no deliberate effort to hide himself, instead letting his footsteps sound openly.
As the Canyon gate made of dark Oak gradually came into view with the closing distance, Winter Tree and Lillie, who had followed his earlier instructions and were waiting quietly and cautiously near the entrance, also turned their gazes over.
After seeing that the person approaching was Xia Nan, both of them visibly let out a breath of relief.
"How is it? Is there any danger nearby?"
Xia Nan's gaze swept over the two of them as he asked casually.
"No, no, this place is very safe." Winter Tree shook his head again and again, his attitude grateful and respectful. "It's just that, for some reason, the surrounding mist has thinned a lot, though you should have noticed that already."
Xia Nan nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to Lillie, who was looking at him from the side.
"What about you? Any adverse reactions in your body?"
Xia Nan had used the "Lesser Healing" of the [Tear of Spring Breath] pendant very few times, and he was not clear on the exact healing effect of this first-circle spell.
It had been rushed earlier, and he had not had time to examine