Strange animals were hiding under the snow, there were also insect monsters hiding behind the pine leaves or sticking to the tree trunks.
There were also swift shadow beasts and monsters running here and there far away from their location.
It was not that the forest was silent. It was just that, the natives living here were all good at hiding their presence.
Once in a while, there would be birds passing by the sky above the forest, and the three students would look up nervously, afraid that the birds would suddenly come down and attack them.
Finley, who played the role of a detector machine, relied on the news to his seniors from time to time but the seniors didn't just rely on Finley's contribution alone.
They would also check the various marks around, from the smell, the claw marks on the trees, footsteps, and so on.