At the speed of a D-rank early stage, the distance separating Evan from the base of the stump was closed in a few minutes, and once he arrived he wasted no time and immediately slipped into a crevice that had already been identified by Shadow's summons.
The stump had several of them, small and large. Some had become dens for small and weak beasts, others had formed naturally over time.
But the majority of them were sealed or kept relatively clear by the city to prevent awakened beast dens or anything similar from forming.
The stump itself was also very sturdy, and it was very unlikely that an ordinary unawakened beast could truly scratch its surface to dig into it or anything of the sort, so security was more or less assured.
That said, already knowing more or less where the underground area containing the cocoon was located, Shadow's summons immediately got to work opening a passage, and after roughly another ten minutes Evan finally arrived at the underground area.
