What's The Third Option

Atlas looked at the blonde girl confusedly, ''Dark Ones? What are they?'' he questioned.

Estelle looked at the others, but Artemis commented while sharpening her blade, ''It's clear he doesn't know about them; you tell him blondie.''

He waited for someone to start speaking, which happened seconds later when Estelle looked at him, ''Dark Ones are cruel monsters who have infested Valoria; they hunt during the night and tend to stay away from towns and cities, but they do attack small villages,'' she explained while glancing as the tracks all around their camp.

Atlas followed her gaze only to shiver when she noticed the claw marks in the ground, which looked like a wild animal had gone crazy and slashed the ground. ''What do they look like?'' Amethyst asked as she was listening intently.