"Pff!"
A sound echoed, and a circular crack appeared in the ground.
Heluo raised her hand, cutting out a cylindrical section of soil with a diameter of two meters and a depth of about one and a half meters, as if cutting a cake. She gently placed the cylinder on the ground beside, without damaging its structure.
After finishing, Heluo pointed at the soil, saying, "Look, not only are there no animals around, but there's none in the soil either. The most common earthworms and some insects are gone, vanished without a trace."
"So, is this an empty forest?" Bobbobovic asked.
"An empty forest wouldn't kill people again and again." Heluo disagreed, turning to Richard, who hadn't spoken, and asked, "Wizard Richard, what do you think?"
