Several figures clad in dark coats or hooded robes were threading their way through the depths of the dense forest.
A faint black smoke dust shrouded them, and pitch-black Symbiotic Chains extended from their bodies, ferocious Profound Demons flanking them—Richard and his "kin" had been operating in this Dreamscape for some time, and according to the death omen bird's perception, they were now very close to the "Wall of Silence."
But suddenly, the team came to a halt.
The atmosphere in the forest subtly shifted—from a certain moment, a thin layer of mist began to emerge from somewhere, meandering through the spaces between the trees, and with the emergence of the mist, the entire dense forest was becoming even more... "quiet."