The increasingly high white bones eventually seemed to stand upright on both sides as towering white bone walls.
In the sweltering summer heat, Shard felt as if he had unconsciously walked into the narrow path flanked by those towering white bone walls. Shadows emerged, yet the heat remained unchanged.
Everything before his eyes was becoming blurry. Hands extended from the white bone walls trying to grasp him, but Shard shook them off. As they reached for Old Lady Sianod behind him, Shard shouted and swung the just-summoned [Sunlight Greatsword] wildly, shattering them.
Holding a skeleton with one hand and swinging the greatsword with the other, Miss Mister's figure unknowingly vanished from sight ahead. Despite being exhausted, thirsty, and hot, Shard mechanically continued walking within the encircling bones, only occasionally wondering, "With so many undead around, why isn't it cooler?"
