Outside the large cave, at a position about twenty meters away.
Here, Tettelot paced back and forth anxiously, while the Black Knight stood still, waiting for Reiger and Ash to return.
But setting aside the Black Knight for a moment, it was clear that Tettelot was not someone who could sit still.
"I say, Black Knight," Tettelot spoke with a restless heart, "have you felt an ominous presence coming from the direction of the cave?"
"...Yes." The Black Knight fell silent for a while before responding, "A chilling sensation has been uncontrollably emanating from the depths of my heart since a while ago, and it's getting stronger."
This chilling sensation had actually been there from the start.
Tettelot and the Black Knight had instinctively resisted approaching the cave because of this feeling.
But now, this sensation was becoming stronger and stronger, and wisps of smoke-like substances that seemed like burning ash floated out from the cave.
