Monsters roamed the dark forest, groaning in pain and seeking their next prey. Branches moved and infected the nearby trees with famine, making them shrivel and lose their vitality. Skeletons mottled the grassland, which had turned pale and yellow.
Golden mana engulfed the dark forest, pushing back the creeping death from the trees. The swamps of black tar and the monsters inside disappeared as the mana destroyed their bodies of nothingness. Arthur flew over the howling monsters as he looked everywhere for the rescue team.
Again, no traces could be found of them. The elves and Diana had vanished into thin air no matter how hard Arthur looked for them. He combed through the Dark Forest in a matter of minutes but still found nothing. No matter how much deeper he went, he found no traces of life.
