If the atmosphere was heavy outside of the rift, it was a hundred times heavier inside the rift. The sky was broken red shifting colours… there was a sun, but it moved fast through the horizon. There was no change in the time ratio of day and night either, just the light wasn't bright enough for civilization to develop here.
Warden didn't think normal people could live here for long in this atmosphere. The same goes for copper ranker, considering the heaviness only grows more as one moves deeper into the rift.
The first thing Warden noticed after being drafted into the 16th infantry was that their array formation that warded the heaviness and baleful aura was faulty. It was unable to restrict even half of it.
Well, there were less than a hundred drafted to the 16th infantry, which was nothing compared to other infantry or the other division. That was probably why the formation wasn't repaired yet.
There was, of course, another reason.