Lia stumbled backward and leaned against a tree for support. The hand holding her sword trembled slightly, and every part of her body ached from exhaustion and pain.
"Those people had better keep themselves well hidden. If I catch them, they'll rue the day they crossed paths with me," Lia swore through gritted teeth as she retrieved another potion from her ring and downed its entire contents.
Her mind drifted back to a few days ago, when Her Majesty had ordered her to investigate the strange frenzy affecting the beasts.
When Lia entered the northern Everice Forest, she found herself surrounded by an environment that had never been graced by sunlight. The sky remained perpetually gloomy, and snow covered the forest, giving it a cold, desolate appearance.
Although the forest was vast, it was nowhere near as large as the Mystical Forest.
