After the fire in the Black Forest, the road leading up and the area including the forest was prohibited. No one could enter without proper security clearance. More than half the forest had burnt to ash. It had taken unimaginable manpower and about 3 days to extinguish the wildfire. They successfully stopped it from reaching the town or spreading to the other woods.
The smell of burnt animal carcasses was far more intolerable than the smell of wood smoke. An oppressive heat engulfed the area. Even six days after the fire was extinguished, the ground still throbbed like a volcano about to erupt. It had caused a rumor to spread around the Dyson Kingdom that there was some explosive mine, flammable substance, or coal that was buried under the Black Forest's soil. So that was the reason desp
