We're a little over-leveled for everything at this point. I do hope they raise the level cap soon and boost the difficulty.

[ Having a close call in a game like this is thrilling, after all. He takes his time picking a direction through the murky woods and heading out. There's the barest peak of a stone wall rising above the treeline in the distance, so he suspects that's where they'll find the monsters. ]

Ah, so this is the Shadow element area? I'd been wondering.