(Few minutes earlier...)
Kallen walked up the small hill, dragging a body larger than himself through the waist-high grasses.
It was considered waist-high when compared to the height of a 6'2 adult man, while Kallen was, well... just nine.
He was quite tall for his age, though, standing at about 5'5 — the average height of a fourteen- to fifteen-year-old.
As for why these grasses grew this tall — or rather, why they were allowed to grow this tall, considering there was a settlement atop the hill he was currently looking at — he had no idea.
The settlement was surrounded by high walls made from long, somewhat hollow trunks that reminded Kallen a lot of bamboo, with tall gates built of the same wood.
At first glance, there seemed to be nothing unusual about the walls, but under the active effects of Bladeful Soul, which he used to enhance his vision, allowing him to see way farther than usual and even with better clarity, he noticed tiny carvings.
