10 minutes went by before Arborus came back with the frightened horses, but Catherine was still collecting the parts of the wyverns.

After a while, she finished and they descended downwards to the edge of the forest and set up a camp.

In the morning they found a dirt road that was leading into the forest. They looked at the map and saw that the mansion was on the other side of the forest and the dirt road led that way.

They weren't certain that it would go the whole way, but it was worth a shot.

On the edge the forest was scarce, but they suspected that it would be very dense in the middle and they wanted to go on a road that had at least fewer trees in the way.

As soon as they entered Joseph had a familiar feeling. The place felt just like the forest he woke up the first time. Though it had a strange darker feeling to it like it was tired and wanted to give up.

The silent and dark forest reeked of some sweet aroma that Joseph didn't recognize. They could only see the trees around them as they reached from the two sides to the sky and close up over the road. They barely had any space between their head and the branches.

The horses were restlessly moving their head and slowed down as they were heading into the deeper parts.

They all were all on the edge even though nothing was happening.

The night was coming, but they only could tell because they had their watch. In the night they were taking turns to keep watching the surroundings for danger.

As they returned to the road in the morning they noticed that there were traces of horses going by their camp. It seemed strange because none of them noticed anyone going by on their watch.

After traveling for half a day they found more tracks on the road coming from the side of the road. As they investigated it they saw their campsite which they left in the morning.