Walking back to the Elven clearing, I used the rare moment of peace to catch my breath and recover.
Although it hadn't seemed like it as I casually walked through his mana cage, it had taken a lot of corruption and energy as I had to strengthen the barriers of the shadow cage to the max.
"...guess I'm back to one arrow."
Seeing the familiar path leading to the World Tree, I quickened to a jog while occasionally scanning my surroundings for any more outlying demons.
Fortunately, there were none around, so after a couple more minutes of jogging, the entrance to the clearing was in sight.
No guards were at the entrance, and it was eerily quiet despite the clearing housing thousands of elves.
Unable to peer through the entrance walls, I went through the entrance and immediately used my eyes to scan the entire clearing... but nothing was there.
