Chapter 782 - So, that's it. I'm going to exterminate them all.

The forest had long since lost any semblance of a logical path. The group moved between thick trees, tall roots, and trails that seemed to appear and disappear without warning. The damp ground retained marks for a few minutes and then erased them as if nothing had passed there. At certain moments, Viper swore he recognized a fallen stone near a twisted trunk; a few minutes later, Raven pointed to the same stone from another angle, as if the entire scene were slowly rotating around them. The air remained heavy, hot, and full of natural sounds, but there was something artificial in that repetition. It wasn't just a difficult forest. It was a living barrier.