Moving through the tunnel, Bartlett's thoughts involuntarily sank back into distant memories...
Judging from the time, his first arrival in the Dark Domain was about a year ago. However, in his impression, that journey felt like a much more distant past. He felt as if three or four years had passed, and even an illusion of not being in the same world.
In the trance where memories intertwined with reality, Bartlett felt the space around him gradually distorting. The faint, eerie light emitted by the bioluminescent mushrooms seemed like constantly evaporating mist that blurred his vision.
Suddenly, the figure of the dwarf companion appeared beside him, and the Barbarian even heard the dwarf's habitual loud complaining.
