"The Goddess has spoken to me. She told me to find the path leading underground and stop the forbidden magic circle in the research lab," Lin said, suppressing the pain surging through his body as he relayed the message from the Goddess.

The room was thick with demonic energy, so dense that the floor was invisible. Even the members of the hero's party, aside from Lin, felt their bodies tremble under the weight of the concentrated miasma.

"How is it that you, a mere porter, received a divine revelation that I, a saint, did not?" Arsil challenged, suspicion in her voice.

"There's no time for this. Forbidden magic always requires human life. If the information from the slums is correct, we need to find the underground lab immediately!" Lin retorted sharply, cutting off her doubts.

The mage swiftly intervened, "We need to move quickly. I’ll try to clear this miasma."

With a short incantation, a gust of wind swept through the area, but the miasma remained unmoved, ignoring physical forces. Frustrated, the mage summoned even stronger winds, but the result was the same.