The Darkness Revealed

Achilles and Medea approached the gigantic tree which stood about fifty meters tall and had a diameter of about eight meters. It had strange-looking bark, almost like snakeskin that had been turned to stone.

Perhaps that was only the effect of the darkvision, as Achilles had no idea what it would look like during the day.

The trail of the monkeys who had dragged Captain Kestrel here led to the base of the tree. It seemed, though they had previously found it difficult to climb with him, they’d finally managed to drag him up this trunk.

That was strange, considering how smooth the bark was and how there were no branches for many meters to climb onto.

What seemed like thousands of monkeys swarmed on the huge branches which towered at the top of the tree. Achilles felt the tiniest tinge of fear, but he pushed it away.

Twice now, the monkeys had ambushed him.

Twice, he had slaughtered them, and they had run in terror.