Morning.
The townspeople stand at the edge of the town, watching as the Exorcist Lu Li and Elena walk into the wilderness, their figures disappearing behind the low hill.
For the people of the Barren Lands, unending disasters and scarce resources force them to move out from the interior. But the clouds that cloak the sky shield them from the scorching sun that bakes the earth.
Elena is wearing a Leather Jacket commonly seen in the villages of the Barren Lands, revealing her bronze-colored, robust build.
After a dull journey, Lu Li and Elena travel more than ten miles away from Helen Town.
"There's a wolf pack in that forest, stay away."
Elena's spear points to a distant grove of poplar trees.
The withered and dead poplar trees still stand tall on the parched land.
Lu Li and Elena bypass the poplar grove, but the hungry wolf pack still sets its sights on them. After a lone wolf howl, a chorus of howls echoes, and the shadows of running wolves appear between the trees.
