‘What the hell is going on?’’

Obviously, I[1] was surprised because I had no idea why a priest of the Republic was charging at me while foaming at the mouth. I looked around, but I couldn’t see anything else because of the thick fog. I focused my mana on my eyes, but it didn’t change anything. There was confusion everywhere.

“A trap! It’s a trap! Stay close!”

“Aaaahhh!”

“Stay close so that we can defend ourselves! Don’t fall out!”

‘Where?’

I heard a loud voice, but I wasn’t sure where we should group up because the entire place was filled with fog. The only thing I was certain of was that the enemy and the allies were mixed together, and that was when I realized that the fog that surrounded our troops was kind of different. The fog seemed like it was suppressing our bodies, and the bad feeling I was getting from it had become completely different from before.

‘There’s a high concentration of mana here.’

Up until now, I couldn’t feel any traces that the concentrated mana here was artificial. However, it became clear that the fog surrounding us had been created by someone, and it made us feel...