Whenever I wandered the hazy path, my consciousness blurred.
Dream, boundary, unconscious……
Between the fragments of words flickering out one by one, an unfamiliar scene was gradually coming into focus.
A memory I had always rummaged through.
When I came to my senses, I was walking the path a certain man had walked. This place was the eastern plains of the continent, during the time I was tracking the whereabouts of the missing Second Princess Iris under the orders of Princess Cien, the ‘Blind Snake.’
The journey had already continued for several weeks.
The east had long fallen into the hands of the Dark Order. No, not just the east, but all places except the center of the continent were like that. As such, the farther I went, the more danger was inevitable.
I couldn’t even travel by mount. It would only create unnecessary noise, and furthermore, the number of people needed to be minimized as much as possible.
At least, thanks to the space expansion pouch, there was no worry about supplies, which was fortunate.
It was such a difficult and precarious journey. Moving as cautiously as possible, and having unavoidable clashes a few times, time was bound to be delayed.
But that hardship was now over.
Indeed, upon reaching the destination, an unfamiliar landscape awaited me.
Arms and legs had melted and were haphazardly attached. Bodies unpleasantly melted like solidified gelatin stood like bushes all over the land.
“This is……”
“A miserable end.”
It was a short impression.
My…