When the spirit told them this was a stage that couldn't be cleared, maybe it was right because no matter how hard they tried, looked, they didn't see any Onus, and they ended the first day not finding the monster but there were lots of others monsters to keep them company.
Even at night, before they fully settled, they did a little more search, but it was all for nothing. The next day started the same, with them looking around the swamp forest– the good thing is that they were now used to walking in the swamp.
By early afternoon, they had their breakfast for the day and rested a bit before they continued, and that's when they stumbled into a horde of monsters.
It was in a clearing that was dryer than most places in the swamp forest with small boulders. Unfortunately for them they had walked smacked in the monster's territory without them even knowing.
