Mark's party and Eccar listened closely as Jan laid everything out. As the explanation unfolded, Mark, Selene, Thorne, and Kaela exchanged silent but telling looks. The pieces were fitting together too well — the berserk tribesmen, the shadow creatures, and now this temple with its black smoke and ancient golems.
It all confirmed what they had started to fear, this wasn't just random chaos. Something real and dangerous was stirring in the heart of the forest.
Eccar, on the other hand, simply nodded, his face calm and this all is accurate to what Erend had said.
Now that the picture was becoming clearer, he knew he'd need to send a report to Erend later. With this new information, perhaps the powers that had granted him more divination would send another message, something even more precise.
