Chapter 37: The True Danger of the Black Smoke
The deeper we went into the rift, the more its strangeness revealed itself before us.
"It's not just the monsters. The environment and vegetation are also being corroded by this black smoke. They retain their original life forms, but it's as if they're parasitized by the smoke, continuously spreading to nearby organisms."
The intelligence type Esper in the team reported his findings to me.
"I've conducted tests. This black smoke doesn't spread to humans directly, but coming into contact with it makes Guiding much more difficult. The efficiency drops significantly."
Even though the Esper team was still handling these monsters with relative ease for now, minor injuries were hard to avoid.
There were only two healing type Espers in the strike team, neither above mid Rank B. They would not be able to fully protect a squad of dozens of Espers like this.
"Should we retreat and call for reinforcements?"
