The first few days of their journey were rather uneventful. Before, when Snuggle attempted to leave Shadow's kingdom, she had to battle powerful Creatures of Corruption — but now that Noctis was with them, the path seemed clear.
That was because the young Transcendent had already scouted out the safest route to the mysterious ruins, learning how to sneak past the most fearsome beings populating the realm. He had also slain a few abominations on his way to challenge Shadow, so now they simply needed to retrace his steps.
Shadow was not worried about stumbling into some ancient horror — he was one such horror himself, after all — but even he felt that avoiding them was a better solution. He had promised Snuggle not to kill anything on their journey, after all. Since he did not know what else to do with Creatures of Corruption, the idea of fighting one made him a little bit uncomfortable.
