Clatter, clatter, clatter...
The sound of the carriage echoed in their ears as always. Moss raised her head and looked at the slender strip of sky overhead.
This was Deep Rock Canyon!
The cinnabar-colored rock walls looked as if they had been cleaved apart by a blade, rising thousands of meters high.
Because of this terrain, the canyon—which was only a dozen or so meters wide—looked extremely dim even during the day.
"There are very few monsters here, only some Earth Lizards that like staying in dark places."
"These monsters eat only rocks. As long as you don't provoke them, they're basically harmless."
"Moreover, they grow and reproduce extremely slowly, and there's nothing useful about them. Forget humans—even monsters won't come looking for these Earth Lizards."
Anlia sat beside Moss, also tilting her head up at the sky above as she slowly explained the situation in Deep Rock Canyon to Moss.
Moss withdrew her upward gaze and turned to Anlia, saying softly:
"Yes, the monsters around us are all very quiet. They're even moving away from us. Is it because this place wasn't affected?"
"That's very likely. During the time you were unconscious, Molly, we even found the footprints of that Giant Beast near Nange Village."
"Now we can confirm that the Giant Beast really did pass through Nange Village."
Anlia opened the map in her hands and examined the markings by the light of the magic lamp.
"Deep Rock Canyon isn't far from Nange Village, but the terrain here is extremely unusual."
"The Nanxi Hill Rock Mountain Range is like a natural wall. It protects the southern region of Hill City, preventing most of the monsters that emerge from Hill Forest from directly attacking Hill City."
"And Deep Rock Canyon is the only road that can cross the Nanxi