Garan had no choice but to maintain an ice shield around them as they moved, sending spikes outward here and there, but the monsters were almost level 20 and there were many of them, so Garan was pushed on the defensive.
Althea was too, she was trying to use her vibration ability on the granite, but it was very difficult, though it wasn't that surprising.
The land was very dense and her 'sight' was limited to a few meters now compared to if she was just scanning a normal land. In those cases, her words would be like a blessing.
There was also the occasional avian. This one they had to kill as soon as possible, lest it attracted more of its kind, consuming another lot of their strength.
There was also a vague unease that they were being watched. At their level, intuition—no matter how minor—was something they always had to take seriously.
