Chapter 63

The valley floor was quiet, stripped of every meaningful resource. It had taken hours of meticulous work, and the sun had long since dipped below the horizon, leaving the landscape draped in the cool, oppressive shadows of the inner tutorial zone. Kyle stood in the center of his cleared territory, wiping a smudge of dirt from his hand. He had thoroughly cleaned the entire area. Herbs, lockboxes, and beasts were all gone, leaving behind nothing but the scarred earth where he had uprooted his prizes. The...