Driven by the surging horde of beasts within the trial zone, Sein and Leena were forced to retreat toward the southeast.0

Sein also realized that the beasts were not intent on killing them but merely aimed to drive them away.0

Under normal circumstances, one would not perish at the hands of a beast horde unless they chose to fight to the death; at worst, they might sustain injuries.0

Sein and Leena remained in the trial zone for a little over two more years, constantly pursued by the beast horde.0

It wasn’t until Sein’s twenty-third year in the trial zone that he and Leena finally reached the “exit” in the southeast—an elemental vortex suspended in mid-air.0

The surrounding horde of beasts seemed...0