Chapter 1189: Warmth
The Ominous Aura had neither form nor substance, yet it left the entire party feeling distinctly oppressed.
Fink and Tosta frowned at the same time and stopped in their tracks.
Snake One looked up at the sky in confusion.
Ganard emerged from the forest, his expression grave.
Clearly, the weaker Fink and Tosta had only instinctively sensed something amiss. The stronger Snake One could already detect something, while Ganard, the strongest of them, had evidently glimpsed something indistinct.
"My lord, something is wrong."
As nimble as an ape, Ganard reached the carriage in two bounds and reported quietly to Qin Ran.
Qin Ran nodded slightly. His SSS+ Perception was more than enough for him to see everything clearly.
Above the southern reinforcements' camp, with its rows of tents and fluttering banners, the aura that made him frown churned like dark clouds.
Pitch-black and looming, it resembled a monster whose shape could not be discerned, poised to devour the camp below. Yet everything inside the camp remained normal, as though no one had noticed the change overhead.
"So this is what you're relying on?"
Muttering to himself, Qin Ran tapped lightly on the carriage.
Knock, knock-knock.
At the rhythmic knocking, Mary stepped down from the carriage.
The perceptive princess had also noticed something wrong.
"What kind of power is this?"
Mary frowned at Qin Ran.
"Where did that aunt of yours come from?"
Qin Ran smiled and answered with a question.
"Gloom Forest?"
"The power of a curse!"
The young princess understood instantly, but her expression changed a moment later.
Of all the many powers, curses certainly ranked among the most dreaded. That invisible, uncanny power was enough to make most people pale.
"Leave everything to me."
Qin Ran raised a hand and patted Mary's head as he