"You guys have gotten pretty strong since we last saw you! How did that happen? Come on, tell us!"
My goal was to ask the question burning in my mind, but our tank didn't give me the chance. Shaking the two tanks tucked under his arms, he opened his mouth wide and let out a booming laugh. The progression of our sub-party didn't just pique my and Sukrucuk's curiosity; the other members of our party were waiting for an answer too.
"Father Sukrucuk, how could we not get strong?"
"Of course we got strong! We've been fighting non-stop inside that dark forest for two years, after all!"
When I heard the words two years, I couldn't process what was said for a second, because we had entered through the portal in Hunters' Town at almost the exact same time. It hadn't even been a week since we arrived here, but for our sub-party, two full years had passed on the First Tier of Hell.
