Red Smoke

We visited Daria, the city next to Sakura and Astrantia.

While we were there, we stopped by a nearby barony.

The Baron of Northpole, who ruled the area, had helped us when we defeated Shaga and hunted the kraken in Hamada's domain.

Though it had been a long time since I’d seen the baron, he looked unwell.

He seemed worried about something.

As I wondered what was wrong, the beastfolk who’d gone hunting in the forest returned.

They said there were lots of black wolves in the forest.

When I asked the baron, he told me goblins had been appearing along with the black wolves.

To repay the baron for all his help, I decided to lend a hand by exterminating the monsters.

We headed straight for the forest and encountered a pack of black wolves...