144 Strange Book. (1/2)

Ozul held the book up close, but he couldn't understand what was written on the cover due to it being all too smudged.

For now, he put the book away since the surroundings had yet to stop changing. Things were continually shifting, and the whole terrain seemed to be going under a makeover.

If everything was returning to whatever it was like before the garden had decided to set up in this place, then it just showed how much things were changed because of it.

Slowly things changed to the point where it was almost unrecognizable! If it weren't for the ground not changing, they would've thought that they were in some illusion before.

However, that also changed in a while after the ground began to shake and devour some of the trees. Ozul noticed that those were only the strange trees with those unusual vines only.

It made him think that the whole 'garden' was just a bunch of different trees put together doing their tasks. However, he couldn't think of how the garden had the consciousness to move.

Ozul would've suspected someone to be controlling the garden, but he couldn't sense anyone around who could do something like this in the surroundings. Then again, he did not need to understand everything, so he waited for everything to settle down by analyzing the book that he had just found.

In a matter of seconds, the whole place was turned upside down. After the walls disappeared, people could see the fog outside disappearing with visible speed.

After the fog had cleared up, the group saw the jungle slowly turning into how it was before the fog had started.

At this point, their surroundings did not look anything like before.

Although there were trees everywhere, it was all normal, unlike how they were before, littered with vines.

After things had settled down, Ozul sensed how Rufus and his men were all anxious before, and only now had they calmed down.

Rufus and his meant couldn't have entered the room since there was only one way to do so. And that was the tunnel. However, entering through that small tunnel would let even a child notice them.

So Rufus had again decided to trust Ozul on this and didn't enter the room. However, waiting for days had caused them to get anxious as they searched ways to get in.

Just now, they were still trying to find some way to enter the room without getting noticed when things started to rumble, and the whole terrain changed.

It was only then that they saw the people were all fine. Except, there were almost no weak men in the group now since they had been turned into food by the strange plants.

On the other hand, everyone in the group stood still on the ground. Although it looked like things had gone back to how they were before, they were hesitant to move about since they were in an unknown place.

Clive wanted to ask if he would follow them again from now on, but he did not know how to start the conversation since he was afraid that it would disturb Ozul.

Ignoring everyone's stares, Ozul went to a tree and sat down while resting his back against the trunk. His eyes never left the cover of the book that he had yet to understand.

'Maybe the text inside would actually have something readable?' Ozul thought before trying to open the book.

It took a while before he realized that there was a lock on the outside. It was one of those old books that required a key to open.

Ozul found it weird that someone still used these books. They were mostly made for kids these days since such locks were only children's play for Mages and Fighters to break open.

However, the lock wasn't as simple as he thought it out to be.

Just then, Raven and Blaze came near him and also sat down cross-legged on the ground.

”Should I set up a camp?” Raven asked since there was a significant space for setting up tents. The ground in the room was all flat, so it was a suitable place.

Unlike others, she didn't think that Ozul would want to start moving this instant.

As expected, Ozul nodded his head and looked at Clive before saying, ”I would be resting first. Do whatever you want to.”

Ozul understood that if he didn't specify, they would only bother him later. So he took the opportunity to clear things now.

After Clive heard his words, he looked around and noticed that his men and the mercenaries all looked to be exhausted as well.

'Hm... I also should have a talk with the Leader.' Clive thought before taking a look around him. It was a perfect place for them to rest. They would probably not find another location such as this during their journey again.