memory. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw the silver marker deep within Blackwood Fore

acked a small backpack with bottled water, dried food,

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, while a cool mist drifted between the trunks only a handful of hikers stood near the entrance. To

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the surroundings became. The songs of birds gradually faded even t

hirty minutes,

aint pulse echoed through his mind.

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me, twisting his body aside as the

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acked,muscles swelled and its sof

med into a beast nearly the size of a wolf. Its

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ation, he swu

ruck the bea

sh, it bounced away as though

nd with frightening sp

ws. The attack carved deep

aim for a w

ment, he sidestepped. The monster crashed into the same tree it had damaged mome

he buried the hatchet i

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inside his Te

nued deeper i

re the trees suddenly open

glowing silver runes. Ancient vines wrapped around its weathered surfac

re felt...

ht appeared before him. Its silver mar

y found it," K

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art of the forest. It was a sky filled with countless floating islands, waterf

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hesitation...He stepped

closed. The sanctuary had accepted it