Arthfael: The Grinding Hero

Chapter 177. The Plan

The once vibrant forest had been marred beyond recognition by the cataclysmic awakening of Krakensaur. The tranquility and beauty of the woodlands had been replaced with a nightmarish landscape of desolation and ruin.

Gigantic trees, once standing tall and proud, now lay uprooted, their massive trunks and gnarled roots left scattered haphazardly across the once lush forest floor.

The ground itself was scarred by deep chasms, their jagged edges like cruel wounds in the earth, rendering the terrain treacherous and impassable. The very soil, once rich and teeming with life, was now a barren wasteland, devoid of the vibrant flora it had once nurtured.

Thick, ominous clouds blotted out the sky, casting an eerie darkness over the land. A spectral haze hung in the air, suffusing the forest with an oppressive aura, as if the very atmosphere bore witness to the horror that had unfolded. The once melodic and harmonious songs of birds were silenced, replaced by an eerie, haunting silence.

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