Extra Borne: Transmigrated Into A System Apocalypse Soulsborne Novel - Chapter 82 - 80: Unexpected Guests (2)

... being exhaled. With it went the lingering weight of concealment, leaving the open field bare beneath the pale, dappled light that filtered through the canopy of trees. Shadows stretched long and thin across the uneven ground, shifting as the wind stirred the leaves above.

That was when I saw them.

Three figures resting against the thick trunk of a large tree... weathered bark stretching upward like skeletal fingers toward the gloomy sky. They had been there when we entered, their ...