[REBOOTING ANALYTICAL SUBROUTINES... SUCCESS]
[BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY AT 45 PERCENT... INITIATING RAPID MENDING]
[ANOMALOUS ENERGY FIELD DETECTED... MAPPING LOCAL DOMAIN]
Kale forced himself into a sitting position, the grinding of his broken ribs making him gasp in renewed agony. He leaned his back against a cold, fluted pillar that rose into the darkness above, his green eyes scanning the environment.
They were in a massive stone chamber, a corridor of soaring arches and half-buried statues that seemed ancient.
The mana here was different from the Tigerwood Forest; it was heavy, oppressive, and felt as dense as liquid against his skin.
Every breath he took felt like inhaling thick, heated oil. He watched the system windows straighten out, the bold white lettering providing the answers he needed to understand their current predicament.
[DOMAIN TYPE IDENTIFIED: BEAST TOMB]
[DEPTH: SECTOR 7... THE BURIED REACHES]
