Angel did not dwell on figuring out where they currently were. If even Grewu did not know, how could he, a mere human, possibly understand?
No matter where this place was, escaping that terrifying ambush from the void with all their limbs intact was already the best possible outcome.
As for how to leave this place, Angel was not in a hurry to search for an answer. There were more important matters to resolve first.
"After you woke up, did you see Bobota?" Angel asked.
"Bobota? I heard the shop owner mention that name before. So that monster is called Bobota? You know him?" Grewu looked at Angel suspiciously.
"His name is indeed Bobota. I know him, but his current transformation surprised me too."
Grewu studied Angel carefully. Only when he found no trace of a lie did he say, "When I woke up, I saw the shop owner beside me, but I didn't see that monster... Bobota." After a pause, Grewu said dejectedly, "I didn't see Lord Orucia either."
Bobota was not nearby? Learning this, Angel actually felt slightly relieved.
He rose to his feet and looked around.
In the distance, he could see obvious fissures in the ground, lava flowing through them while smoke and firelight billowed above.
The earth was a reddish brown, the color of something boiled through, or perhaps stained through with blood.
The sky was a deep, lifeless black. Sparks drifted through the air, which was thick with a scorched odor and the pungent stench of sulfur.
Looking more closely, the desolate landscape in every direction was nearly identical. It somewhat resembled the lava fields Angel had arrived in when he first entered the Abyss. Yet the dark sky told him this was not that place.
Thinking of the sky, Angel recalled Madeleine once