Maybe it was because the illusion was destroyed, but after that, there wasn’t any weird incidents anymore.
On the road out of the Valley of the Abyss, they travelled without any trouble. Demons, wild animals... they didn’t meet anything. Even Benjamin was a little suspicious, so much so that he even called the System and activated the state of nothingness once more - just to confirm that the world before him was indeed the real one.
They started their journey in the morning so Benjamin and his group managed to exit the dense and mysterious Valley of the Abyss by the time it came to the afternoon.
Everyone was thoroughly relieved.
It must have shocked the mercenaries, to faint without any reason. Because of this, they were ready to forsake their task, and let the Association know that they had failed to complete the job.
Benjamin, of course, made the City of Rayleigh their first stop.
