The world felt strange, as if something was incredibly wrong, ever since the last guardian was killed. He had expected something great to happen after its death, but nothing. The only change was that there were many people alive, since he had killed most of the villagers. The only people alive were those who were on expeditions when he came to them.
One thing he could say was that the place was filled with Underworlders; they dominated this earth now, so it was to be expected that there would be so many more, but still. It was also not that good for them, since they didn't seem to stop attacking, even if it was them.
The only thing to do was to go back to the small house where they met the voice, so that they could figure out what was going on, if it had worked, or if everything they had done was for nothing.
