Gara walked along the dirt path marked with symbols left behind by Agus. These marks indicated that the monsters in the area had already been defeated. Any monsters that appeared here would only emerge at specific times, something Agus had carefully studied.
In the games Gara used to play, this was called respawn.
The mist monsters followed a fixed respawn schedule.
Which meant something was guiding them. Maintaining an orderly system.
Agus had once said that even if monsters reappeared in areas that had already been cleared, at least their numbers would no longer be overwhelming. The Liners fighting them would also remain mentally steadier.
Gara's thoughts were interrupted when heat spread through the air, making sweat bead on his skin.
Ares attacked the monsters that had been lured in, forming a circle of fire.
The mist monsters, mostly mistwalkers with a few mistwights mixed in, thrashed wildly as they burned inside the ring. They couldn't escape.
