Once Sonia got talking, she tirelessly recounted her expedition experiences to Linsey.
The other two were happy to see it.
Before setting out, no one knew what prospects this expedition held, nor what their own futures would be. For most of the journey, they had been accompanied only by desolation and deathly silence.
Then Linsey appeared, someone other than their companions.
Linsey was also a "compatriot" from the world of Civilization.
The adventures and experiences of the expedition naturally poured forth to this friend who had suddenly appeared.
Especially when she spoke of the crises they had encountered and how they had bravely dealt with them.
Sonia always spoke vividly, her tone brimming with nostalgia, as though scenes from those past adventures were reflected in her eyes.
As she continued her story.
Sonia suddenly recalled a peculiar situation they had encountered in the previous two worlds, and her excitement faded:
"Still, some things are strange and dangerous."
"In the previous two worlds, we found a batch of ores in a canyon that ran through the entire world. They could curse a person's life. We tried to solve the problem at the time, but unfortunately—neither ordinary treatments nor healing methods using Source Material Skills could save our companions. In the end, we could only abandon that place and continue the expedition..."
Linsey raised his brows.
"Ores? Curses?"
What first came to mind was the Corruption Gold he had encountered in the Moon Weeping Mountain Range World. Because it had fused with Corruption Poison, it could contaminate and damage living beings.
—But applying that situation to these three expeditioners.
Linsey was not so sure.
After all, it was uncertain whether even the Mutated Ones, let alone the forces of the Abyss, had been born in this era.
Linsey's silence made Sonia misunderstand