128 Fog?! (1/2)

However, the worries of the mercenaries increased as they proceeded further in because the fog started to get thicker.

Before, they only had a little amount of it that didn't even obstruct their vision, but after a day of travel, the fog had become so thick that the rank-4 Mages could not even see more than 2-3 meters away from them.

Although Ozul had noticed that something was wrong, even he couldn't just know everything.

Everyone tensed up as they took each step with caution. One thing that others did not notice was that the fog itself was also unusual.

Ozul also only realized it when he was almost about to bump into a tree. His focus was on training with the small spheres, so he would usually rely on his senses to walk, but this time he couldn't sense the tree even when it was in front of him.

After that, Ozul put down the spheres and put all his attention on the surroundings.

Although it was only because he wasn't fully attentive before, it had proved to him that not paying attention could be fatal.

Ozul quickly checked if the group was still together or not since people suddenly disappearing was one of the common scenarios in such dense fog.

When he noticed that Raven and Blaze were still walking behind him, Ozul urged them to stay together, ”Stay close.”

The duo hurried their pace and came closer to Ozul.

”Why is everyone so quiet now? Isn't it just some fog?” Blaze whispered to Raven.

”Are you braindead or something? Don't you realize how dangerous it could be when we can't even see an object some few distances away from us?” Raven berated him.

”But isn't it-”

”Shut up, and be alert,” said Ozul, not letting them continue.

Blaze did not say anything after that and quietly followed behind.

Ozul found it weird that some of the trees actually had a different sense than the rest. These trees looked like the rest, but they did not feel like them at the same time.

However, he could not understand what was so different about them. Eventually, he could only give up and focus on the surroundings to find more about the situation.

”Should we wait it out? Maybe the fog will go away after a day?” Asked a rank-6 mercenary to Clive.

”...No. We can't be sure if it will really disperse after a day. What if it stays like this forever? We will only be wasting time here then.” Clive contemplated.

”Let's keep moving. It wouldn't be long before we get out of here. Everyone, just stick together!” Clive ordered after thinking that the hidden group of men was still watching over them.

Unknown to him, this fog was even able to affect Ozul's senses, how could anyone from that hidden group not be affected by it?

They traveled for the whole day, and surprisingly, nothing happened. There were no traps, none of the people were missing, and there were no beast attacks either.

Clive would occasionally order the groups to check their numbers and see if everyone was still there with them.

Although he wouldn't care if others had gone missing, he wanted to know if something was wrong or not.

During night, it was even harder for the group to see anything, so Clive had no choice but give the order to light up the fire this time around.

They had heard no sound of beasts near them anyway, so it should be safe to create light.