Although the Bear-man Forest is an extension of the Dark Forest into the civilized world, it is not very large. The mountain forest where the four sawmills are located can be traversed in just a day or half a day.
The sawmill at the westernmost part, which was conquered by Brand, is called the Maticao Sawmill. The news of its fall spread through the entire forest within hours, carried by the fleeing cave dwellers.
For a moment, the cave dwellers in the mountain forest began to grow restless—
At the same time, the news naturally reached the ears of the chief of this cave dweller tribe. Tajib hailed from one of the thirteen noble lineages of the cave dwellers, making him the innate choice for shaman. His skin was darker than the elite warriors of his kind, and he was covered in long feathers—those were Horror Vulture feathers, trophies from battles with the dark elves of the underground world.
