The crimson light of the Blood Moon spilled over the earth, as though the entire world had been draped in a hazy red veil.
"Light the fires!"
Captain Lu, Lu Tao, who was in charge of the first shift, shouted.
Someone immediately jumped down from the pickup and headed for the bonfires on the road that normally remained unlit. They lit the dry grass, which quickly ignited the twigs and began heating the firewood.
The beasts might have those parasitic vines among them, so fire was absolutely essential.
The firewood began to crackle, combining with the ceaseless roars and howls from the forest to create an oppressive atmosphere.
As the firewood gradually caught and the flames grew brighter, there was still no sign of any beasts or Wish Power Creatures.
The light of the burning bonfires drove back the boundary of darkness. It receded like ink until the tree trunks of the primeval forest at the end of the road blocked the light.
As time passed, clear signs of movement appeared in the primeval forest at the end of the road. Branches rustled one after another, and it was impossible to tell whether the wind or something passing through had caused them.
Hysterical beast roars rose and fell, sometimes howling in the distance, sometimes seeming to thunder close by.
An oppressive feeling filled the air. The night breeze blowing from the primeval forest carried the rotten smell of leaves, along with an inexplicable rank stench.
Cluck, cluck, cluck~
A large bird with disheveled feathers burst out of the Rainforest and landed on the road. Then, seemingly frightened by the threatening firelight ahead, it flapped its wings and quickly flew off to the side, as though something were chasing it.
Low, throaty panting from beasts could already be heard. Scattered red