The humidity of the Forest of Silence didn’t just hang in the air; it felt like a physical weight, pressing against their lungs. Leaf pushed aside a jagged, black-barked limb that bled a thick, ink-like sap. ​"That monster lives in a cave? Well, that settles it," Leaf whispered, her eyes darting toward the obsidian ridge looming ahead. "While it’s out searching for food, we’ll search the cave." ​Hero Yui leaned against a stone that seemed to pulse with a faint, sickly rhythm. He wiped grime from his forehead, his face twisted in a permanent scowl. "You make it sound like we’re raiding a pantry, Leaf. The object we’re searching for is in the most dangerous, darkest part of this hellscape. There’s a guardian there that even the trees fear."