"How are things on your end?" Benjamin asked.
"I'm fine here. I got lucky—Victor and I landed close together when we came in, and the two of us have already met up. We'll be able to come find you soon!"
Amy's voice came through the communication Wizard Artifact, followed by Victor's voice, clearly audible beside her.
"But Benjamin, be careful. When Victor and I met up just now, an explosion suddenly went off nearby. If we hadn't kept our protective wizardry active the whole time, that would have been dangerous." Amy's voice was full of lingering fear.
"I didn't expect this plane to be so dangerous. We really have to be cautious."
Just now?
An explosion?
Benjamin opened the communication Wizard Artifact's screen, looked at the distance between them, then compared it with the flight path of the energy projectile from earlier. His eyelid twitched violently.
"Benjamin?"
After receiving no reply for a long while, Amy asked in confusion.
Benjamin glanced at the massive beast corpse beside him, which looked ready to collapse at any moment. He gave a dry cough and pretended nothing had happened.
"I'd better come find you instead. I'm faster. Is it safe around you? If it's safe enough, stay there and don't move. I'll be right there!"
"It should be fine. That explosion seemed to have scared off all the beasts nearby..."
"All right! I'll be there right away!"
Without waiting for any response from Amy's side, Benjamin decisively cut off the communication, activated his mobile Rune Artifact, and sprinted toward the coordinates from before.
The primeval forest in the eastern part of the Eloria Continent was steeped in a wild, chaotic aura.
Today, the jungle was far livelier than usual. Fresh screams and the thunderous roar of explosions rang out from the