Roth walked through the portal expecting to be surrounded by the forest to hide the portal, but contrary to that, after he walked through the portal he found himself in an empty space full of fallen trees.
Wanting to find out the reason for this, huge bat-like wings unfurled from behind Roth as he took to the sky, using the sky view Roth was able to see the destruction around him, with fire rising in some places. The air full of taste he wasn't expecting to feel from the surface world which was "Death"
