"This Shadow Stone was located using magical positioning after news spread and several other patrol teams rushed to the scene."
"Besides the Shadow Stone, all members of that patrol team—including their clothing, equipment, and even footprints—disappeared without a trace... The only reason this Shadow Stone was preserved is that a courageous patrol member tossed it into a pool of water, hiding it among a pile of pebbles."
"Our patrol team did not detect any danger signals in that area—whether it was the strange sound recorded in the Shadow Stone, the stench noted on the patrol member's parchment, or the abnormal footprints—none of it revealed any abnormalities."
"The only certainty is that we lost a brave patrol team and that something terrifyingly strange has appeared in the Silent Forest..."
A shrewd-looking warlock, holding a report, spoke in a low voice to all the captains seated along both sides of the long table.
