After lunch, we follow Zaza to her lab. It was a tower complex a few meters away from the main mansion. It was surrounded by a mini-forest where many small magical creatures gathered.
A gnome smiles and waves as we pass by and I wave back.
We didn't have creatures like these on Thermodon. Cryptids were rare in places that had no abundance of magic power meanwhile monsters generate their own from the raw materials found in their own unique living spaces.
Since Thermodon was originally a place abundant with the holy power of gods, it used to house a lot of other creatures. Not anymore. Thalestris once told me that if you overuse an important resource, there's a chance that it will be harder to get back. This is one of the reasons why the island is so reliant on the Vulcan stone. it could
