[color=1a7b30]“My, my, that’s a lot of good stuff you got there.”[/color]

The voice came from behind Donny and out from the darkness appeared none other than the mayor of Iredele himself. Spencer tipped his fedora in greeting before casually placing his hands in his pockets, tilting his head to get a better look at what Donny was doing.

[color=1a7b30]“You know, I usually don’t approve of outright property stealing and manhandling, but people don’t usually care about this kind of stuff either. Don’t know if we met or not, but the name’s Spencer Parker. I’m the mayor of this fine little town. Mind telling me what you’re working on little Hunter? It must be something important if you didn’t join your friends at the ravine-”[/color]

[color=6ecff6]“There you are! Honestly, I wait almost half an hour for you and you still have the nerve to just leave me alone!”[/color]

The second voice this time came from Maribel, storming past a surprised Spencer. The white-haired girl took one glance at the messy pile Donny was creating before standing on her tip-toes and glaring at him face to face. She didn’t want to admit the fact that she was feeling lonely now that Roless had pretty much abandoned her so she kept up her glare with more heated words.

[color=6ecff6]“Are you making a weapon? You know there’s no blacksmith around here, right?”[/color]

Back in the ravine, the Monolith let out a guttural screech much akin to boulders being smelted together boiling oil and ice. Its attention focused solely on Akemi, it began to follow her deeper into the ravine, waving its massive arms around in the attempt to clip the fox girl and smash her to a bloodied pulp on the ravine’s walls. Instead, its flailing attacks only ended up helping Alto’s group as it unknowingly swept aside the shadowy wolves, hurling them down the side of the ravine to a plummeting grave.

At last, the Lake of Tears were in full view as the vanguard continued onward. Multiple pools of crystal, blue water reflected the twin moon’s light. Some of the pools were frozen solid and some were not. Whatever Akemi was planning to do, now would be the time to implement her words into actions.

Even as the Hunters fought, the dark presence that had saved them before was watching in silence.