"Whether or not you succeed in obtaining the Relic, I won't be waiting for you at the base of the mountain all the time."
"After you have completed this event and come down the mountain, you need to walk back to the previous highway. I will wander there from time to time, for up to ten days. Good luck to you all."
The Coachman left these words mechanically and drove the carriage away.
The three of them didn't rush to start their climb; they first made a series of observations on the situation at the base of the mountain.
After standing in the forest area covered by the Grey Zone for five minutes, they neither encountered any attacks from animated trees nor met the rabbit creature that had blocked their path before.
The area that should have been dangerous was unusually quiet.
"The Pathological creatures in the forest at the foot of the mountain, whether or not they are conscious, are instinctively afraid to come near here.
