148 You Go

A sulfurous odor exists in the pockets of water. The pungent stench of rotting vegetation wafted over in a slow invincible cloud — everyone's nostrils filled with the rich scent of fertile mud. A stiff breeze momentarily swept away the scent of decay and the pungent smell.

A thin blanket of mist glided silently across the landscape. Followed by a sudden uprising of squeals and croaks from tiny creatures a few meters away.

A chorus of frogs and insects' noise grew almost deafening, drowning out all the other sounds.

Everyone felt that eyes were prying in all directions. They were surrounded. They knew it. But they couldn't see any beast that would attack them.

"W-what's going on?" Rox took a whirl at his surroundings, but he didn't see anything. "Are the beasts invincible? Why can't I see them?"

"Because they're in the swampland." Ren pointed at one of the marshes.