After returning to Cloud Catcher City, the first thing Xuan did was head straight to Glacial Heights Pavilion. Surprisingly enough, he hadn't forgotten about the huntress girl, whom he'd left with Elder Shuang for training in preparation for the soon-opening Flaming Sands Field.
In the short time that he'd been away, the environment and atmosphere here had changed quite a lot—partly due to the awakening of the System to the natives of this world that happened earlier this morning, but also partly due to something else. Something more… sinister. Xuan couldn't quite describe it, but he could feel that something dark loomed over the horizon—and he had more than enough experience to trust in his instincts.
