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2024-10-29 19:42:56Gorstag swore. "This forest makes my head float!" He covered his nose with a cloth. "The air is so humid, I don't like it!"
Uldor glanced at Gorstag. "Keep your voice down! Our voices can be heard!" Uldor admonished in a whisper."That's right, this forest is very humid, there's a lot of moss growing on the ground and rocks," explained Theo, who walked ahead. "And I read in a book that Okren Forest used to be a hiding place for demons when they were expelled from the sky," Theo added.Theo, Uldor, and Gorstag walked slowly through the dense Okren forest. The sunlight grew dimmer as the towering trees covered the sky."Then you believe those obscure myths made up by the ancients?" asked Gorstag."Hmm...I believe everything written in the book because it was all based on previous people's experiences and stories," Theo replied."So you believe Iblis exist?" asked Gorstag again. Uldor just listened to the conversation between his tw
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