322 A Forest Engulfed By Chaos

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(Some Minutes Ago)

It happened too fast and out of the blue.

The chief of the Brownie and Gnome village was enjoying some wine at night while looking at the stars while awaiting the return of the heroes that had gone to stop cultists that went into the underground of the forest.

He knew they would get the job done, after all they had rescued that Player lass and even defeated an enormous group of incredibly strong Drakon, powerful Dragon-type monsters nobody could have ever hoped to defeat.

And their feats extended to saving the Fairy Kingdom and defeating the Three Miasmic Monster Kings, the Spider Queen, the Shadow Crow King, and the Mushroom King. The chief kept having faith on them.

However, as time went by, they continued to take longer and longer to come back. He began thinking that the worst could have happened. And when he walked outside the house to take a look at the beautiful night sky, he noticed the grass he was stepping over had dried out.

"Huh?"