Grandma Cassandra vanished abruptly before she could finish her last sentence. But Shade was not worried about the Doctor and Priest's safety. He could roughly guess that the Doctor's coffin could probably serve as a special watercraft, allowing the two of them to attempt to break through the barrier between the islands.
Given the Doctor's luck, Shade worried that they would remain lost in the Great Fog. But given Priest Augustus's reliability, he also felt that perhaps before long, he would see the two members of the group appear before him aboard that coffin.
After contact with Grandma Cassandra ended, the girls at the inn came forward as usual. Miss Hailey Aurora steamed his clothes dry, while Tifa brought him a potion.
Shade had been gone only a short time this trip, so Leisha and Dorothy did not anxiously ask what he had encountered this time. Instead, Shade noticed that while more of the previously unconscious young ladies had awakened in the inn, the number of people needing rest and treatment had also increased.
"The monsters around us are growing stronger, and so are their senses. Every earthquake makes the red tint in the fog outside thicker, and makes them stronger. I have a feeling that this island seems to be coming alive."
Leisha explained worriedly to Shade:
"Although the inn can still hold for now, your bonfire can ensure that at least the 1st Floor is safe, and we have plenty of healing potions. But from the current situation, there should be no problem within the next hour. Beyond that, it is hard to say. After all, we do not have many High-Ring Arcanists."
Leisha and Dorothy were both fifth-ring arcanists. They knew they were the lowest-ranked, so they did not join the battle and cause trouble. They merely