It took a few more days of traveling towards the Bleak Forests until it was clear and obvious they were at the edge. Yin Hu, Shui, and Jun stood in a small break of the forest. All along the edges of the Demonic Bloc territory and that of the Bleak Forests. No trees grew for as far as he could see in a long corridor. Almost as though someone cleaned the area up of any trees, grass, bushes, or anything else other than dirt. Making sure to keep the side they had come from in a straight line of trees without a single one out of place. It left a strange feeling in Yin Hu’s chest. Yin Hu could not say the same for the other side. Haphazard placement that looked far more natural than what the tree line they exited was. Twisting branches and trunks. The leaves looked sharp to the touch and a strange darker green that did not sit right. It was out of a horror movie. Thick bushes and ferns. Menacing flowers with stems and branches covered in thorns. Dry vines that went up and down a few trees, a few hanging loosely and swaying to the breeze around them. “It's so quiet.” Shui said. She held onto Yin Hu’s robe, hiding behind him. “A-Ancestor, are you sure this is where you want to go? I haven’t heard of anything good that could possibly happen in this forest. Only scary tales.” Jun nervously chuckled, wringing her wrists at the thought of entering that forest. “We’re here already. There is no going back now.”Yin Hu felt both girls nod, then, in almost perfect unison, audibly gulp. They were clearly nervous. He figured it was more survivable than facing down the next level of the mob bosses and a real army that would be marching towards them at any moment now. All looking for a vendetta after Jun slapped around their young master. First it was an Elder and some princeling probably. Now the next level of the difficulty stage would arrive. Would it be a group of nuke level elders (...)