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In a dim and murky area, a layer of green fog pervaded the atmosphere, its density fluctuating and emitting a suffocating, foul stench that contaminated the air, making it filthy beyond measure.
All around were trees, dead and decaying, their trunks so fragile that they seemed as if they might collapse at the slightest touch.
The trees were strewn about haphazardly, as if the casualties of a great battle.
Besides the pile of withered branches, the region was also pocked with countless pits and holes—some shallow depressions in the earth, others fathomless traps spread out in every corner.
The edges of these holes were laced with sickly vines covered in a sticky green sap, which would corrode a hole into the ground wherever a drop fell.
The sky was constantly flashing with lightning, with violent winds and torrential rain swirling down, lifting soil and branches into the air, yet failing to stir the green fog.
Crack!
