Up to this point, one third of the explorers from the five major forces in the Realm of a Hundred Battles had died.

The crowd of survivors fell silent as they gazed at the wall of cyan light and the Specters beyond it that used to be their companions.

They realized that returning through the valley was no longer an option.

They could only choke back their grief and turn around. Instead of dwelling on what was happening behind them, they needed to focus on the problems that ...