Seeing that she had already decided, Joanna no longer hesitated, nodded to everyone, and softly encouraged:
"Sisters, for the glory of the Goddess."
"Let's set out to meet this challenge!"
Embarking on the Misty Mountains is an exceedingly perilous journey, and they had prepared to face various dangers.
...
However, the journey ahead was unexpectedly quiet.
They carefully followed behind the centaur heroic spirit, slowly moving through the mist filled with eerie atmosphere, and surprisingly encountered no danger at all.
Well, not entirely without encounter.
As the surroundings became increasingly sinister and terrifying, they saw numerous demon corpses and chaotic footprints.
Corpses of various demons scattered all around, except a few wolf race corpses that still retained some flesh and skin, while most had been gnawed clean, leaving only stark white bones.
The distribution of these corpses was completely random, as if after fierce battles or some sort of mad pillage.
