It didn't take long for Evan to reach the edge of the forest.
The moment he arrived, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.
The aftermath of the salamander was still clearly visible.
The usual distribution of beasts had been completely disrupted. The weaker ones, normally confined to the outer edges, had been pushed outward in chaotic clusters, gathering at the very boundary of the vegetation. They moved restlessly, agitated, driving away even weaker creatures and the unawakened beasts that normally inhabited the area.
It made no sense.
Evan narrowed his eyes slightly, extending his perception deeper into the forest.
There he sensed something even more wrong.
Between the trees, he could sense several Rank E presences in places they should never have been.
Something had forced them all outward.
And he already knew what it was.
