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While stuffing Pyro and a small group of the spiders inside my shadows, while leaving the rest of the spiders plus all the Undead I had saved guarding the camp, we decided to move into the forest with Syllis.

I needed the rabbit boy to guide me through the forest towards the place where the survivors of the rabbits were living, so I had to follow him around.

Because he was too slow compared to my ability to travel through shadows, I decided to hold him in my arms while he guided me.

Of course, he felt embarrassed, but he was very light, like a feather. It felt like I was just carrying a cute princess, so it didn’t bother me.

“A woman shouldn’t carry A-A man like me…!” He said shyly.

“Aw, you’re cute when you try to act manly… Don’t worry, just lead me to where it is! This is the most efficient way! Trust me!” I said.

“*Sigh*… Okay… It’s through there!” Said Syllis.

Syllis guided me across the forest while pointing at the directions I had to take. It took little time, and we managed to cross a few rivers and then some weird butt-shaped trees until we reached an area that was covered in large stones covered in moss, and grass.

Some of these stones were covered in strange magical runes, but they were all scattered over the place, so it was quite hard to go to each one and check them out without wasting too much time, so we decided to ignore them mostly.

“The ruins… they should be behind that big rock over there!” Said Syllis.

“How come these ruins are immune to the spiders’ att