The inside of the Forest of Death was darker than the outside. Thanks to the dark fog, Hyeonu and Tang-E’s field of view was narrowed. Moreover, they were surrounded by black trees with dark green leaves, so it felt even darker. Tang-E gave more strength to the paw holding Hyeonu’s hand as their surroundings became even gloomier.

Feeling a heavy pressure in his hand, Hyeonu glanced at Tang-E with a faint smile.

‘In the end, he is just pretending to be strong...’

Hyeonu looked down at Tang-E and spoke in a kind voice, “I don’t think it will take too long, so don’t worry too much.”

“Bah, when did I worry? Hum hum.” Tang-E sniffed with a sullen expression, but the pressure from his paw still remained the same.

“Tang-E, it is a bit dark. Can you light a fire for me?” 

It was wasteful for Tang-E to use his fire magic just to light up the surroundings, but it was fine if Hyeonu kept injecting magic power into the fire. The cooldown time would start from the moment the magic power injection into the skill ended.

“Understood, Master dude.” Tang-E welcomed...