(Brendan POV)
I admit I may have bitten more than I could chew.
Without any means of navigating in the near darkness of the forest, I am now completely and utterly lost.
After killing off the apparition that had appeared before me, I fully expected there to be more appearing on my way there but surprisingly, none had appeared so far.
That one could not have been the only apparition since I'm still hearing voices of ridicule echoing through the forest every now and then, no doubt trying to unsettle me.
Too bad for them I had managed to tune it all out as background noise and instead, focus solely on moving forward. Not that I was making much progress anyway since I can't see much anyway.
Just as I managed to push my way into a clearing of some sort, I spotted a figure standing in the middle of it ominously.
I was about to turn back around to avoid him when he spoke out in a familiar voice, "Running away from your problems, are we?"
