Fang Hong woke up to find they had already escaped their pursuers. The surroundings were eerily silent, deep within the forest. He tilted his head upwards, pressing his aching nose, and looked at the pitch-black ceiling of rock. In the underground world, he couldn't see any stars, but there were many glowing plants dotted around.
According to Big Cat, he hadn't been out for long, at most about ten minutes. After casting a few spells, their pursuers hadn't chased them further, perhaps thinking it wasn't worth the effort for just one little dwarf goblin, or perhaps wary of someone scheming. After Big Cat, Alice, and Gita took his unconscious body away from that place, they found a hidden sanctuary surrounded by shrubs right under that ridge, actually not far from the entrance to the valley where the Heart of Tree was located.
