Beneath the forgiving rays of the afternoon sky, a young man marked a tree with a simple X, then proceeded on his way deeper into the Hampered Forest.
After a quick, late lunch, the human trio rewarded themselves with a nice, two-hour nap before discussing what to do next.
There was little danger.
So, the three of them agreed to relocate closer to the stream, use that location as a base of operations, then spread out in different directions from there.
This would allow them to maximize their advantage.
It was highly probable that at least two — perhaps even all three — of the enemy races weren't in this stage yet, so the dangers would be limited to only the environment, which turned out to resemble more of a normal forest.
There weren't any Swordspawns, for some reason, and the flora were only slightly larger than those in Neo-Earth, not at all as tough and thriving as those in the first level.
