Ben found it strange because he had never heard of rock-shaped creatures like these. Although the types of alien monsters and creatures in Vaun are endlessly varied, most of them have origins that can be traced. Creatures with forms similar to soil or rock are generally either magic puppets or connected to the Earth Element World. Except for a few stone-statue ghosts, beast-shaped creatures are very rare.
Biological forms from the Earth Element World are more commonly insect-like.
However, seeing the miner's suspicion arise again, Ben hurriedly calmed him down: "Is there anyone else here besides you?" He knew that miners usually enter the mining area in groups.
The miner swallowed a gulp, seeming to just remember this, and quickly nodded: "Yes," he said, "I came here with my group, but we got scattered when we encountered the creatures."
