They continued down the road for seven days, but the sun never shifted from its place in the sky.
The breeze still rustled the trees along either side of the road, its gentle whispering putting everyone at ease.
Yet in this idyllic setting, the dozen or so people from the three teams kept wary eyes on their surroundings.
The trials of the Deep Dream World grew more dangerous with each passing day. Their teams had encountered a crisis every five or six days before, but this time more than seven days had passed, and the danger had clearly risen considerably.
Whoosh!
The breeze that had been blowing steadily suddenly turned fierce.
The abrupt change in their surroundings made everyone in the teams tighten their grips on their weapons. Kexiya even approached Green by a few steps, weapon in hand.
Green merely glanced at Kexiya as she drew near and made no move to stop her.
Once they returned to the Conventional Part of the Deep Dream World, he would need to use Kexiya's status to gather more information.
As the gale howled, thick purple mist suddenly billowed up from either side of the road, shrouding the way ahead.
The purple mist gave off an ominous, chilling aura. Hillwin, the one in command, first ordered the teams to halt, then turned to the information specialist among them.
The information specialist, who was equipped with various detection devices, immediately got to work.
He tossed out a metal sphere. A large lens was mounted on its surface, making it clear that it was meant for reconnaissance.
The spherical reconnaissance drone extended a propeller in midair. After adjusting its balance, it flew straight into the purple mist.
Sizzle...
The instant the drone touched the purple mist, white smoke billowed from it. The metal on