They advanced cautiously, wary of any ambush along the way… but they reached their destination without incident. The path was short—deceptively so.
And then… the moment they arrived.
Most of the hunters froze in place the instant they saw it—the ancient city rising before them, its dark structures stretching into the distance.
Even Ethan himself was surprised this time, and the reason was the suffocating aura surrounding it.
An aura that made even breathing a struggle.
Frowning, he immediately realized something had changed about Old Ashvarn compared to the last time he had been here.
'It's only been a few days… yet it feels completely different now…' he thought silently, analyzing what he saw while ignoring the varied reactions of the hunters around him.
Before, the city had been quiet and eerie, radiating a subtle, unsettling sense of danger.
But now… its presence was overwhelming.
