"Are those… deer?" Rilith asked, stopping mid-step, her eyes narrowing.
Indeed, a group of deer grazed quietly a few meters ahead. Their coats were not the expected brown but a shimmering deep blue, glowing faintly with bioluminescent veins that pulsed like rivers of moonlight beneath their skin. As one of them lifted its head, it blinked slowly, revealing eyes that gleamed with the same unnatural luminescence.
"They look like they stepped out of a painter's dream," Romina whispered, awe in her tone.
Velara took a defensive stance, instinctively cautious. "Or a nightmare. Those things aren't natural."
"They're not as I explaine before," Shennong said, stepping forward. "It's the Lunamarite. The mineral's been embedding itself into the ecosystem ever since I began shaping this dungeon. It's rewriting nature's rules."
