While Iris and Rosalind engaged in conversation within the herbalist shop, a clandestine group lurked in the forest, observing the Wolford village before them. Cloaked in darkness, they remained hidden beneath the forest's shadow.
Among them was Morticia, a young succubus girl with a distinctive horn on her head. In a mysterious ceremony, she drew an ominous mana circle on the forest floor, igniting candles to illuminate the eerie ritual. The drawing was crafted using the blood of a person, a common ingredient in dark magic.
Upon completing her preparations, Morticia rose from the ground, pressing her hands together in a unique gesture before commencing her incantation.
"Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. Purify that which is impure, in the shadows' starkness, heed my call. The shadow curtain!"
