Staring at the abandoned manor before him, Luca was utterly puzzled.
"How did we end up here? According to the map, once we left that dense forest, we were supposed to emerge at the foot of Mist Mountain. And that's exactly what we saw from the Black Forest camp as well.
Did we somehow experience a spatial shift while passing through the forest? Or did the Shadows of the Spiritual Creature deliberately send us here?"
He muttered in confusion.
The shock of suddenly finding himself near the abandoned manor even outweighed his curiosity about the Shadows of the Spiritual Creature.
He didn't even think to immediately question Sophia about them.
"Maybe that's exactly it! After all, you gave them a lot of help in that battle. Of course they'd be willing to offer you some help in return."
Sophia's voice broke the silence then.
Luca nodded and asked,
