Fight your way out.

For better or for worse, just as Niki said, the attack hasn't been designed to be difficult. You slice some of them up, Niki crushes a few more, Eva blasts one or two with bolts of magic, Amara attempts to heal a wound or two though seems to be struggling to do so after everything, Summer and Taiga take on one of the centipedes on their own, and Delphi grapples one of the others to open it up to an easy coup de grace by your blade. It doesn't take long before the area around you is covered by scorched grass, ashes, and scraps of metal. You let out a long sigh of relief before finally sheathing your blade.

You climb up the hillside from where all the threats emerged to make certain, and then sit back as you gaze up at a cloudy sky. The wind is chilly, though perhaps that's the sweat on your skin from just completing what was effectively a dungeon. It's nostalgic in a weird way.

"Phew." Eva drops to her knees and sinks her butt down to the grass. "So, let's try and figure out where LAB #4 is then, right?"

Amongst what you found was the book Serafina mentioned. You place it down in the middle of the party, turn to the page you were instructed to, and find a crudely drawn map of what appears to be the northern area of Tivera and somewhat beyond. You trace your finger along the main road up from Avana, passing the Cackling Woods, to the coast of the Sapphire Sea where the capital city of Tolis was built. Above that, however, you've never been. The road continues north to Wolvenhood, a town belonging to Varat--the kingdom on Tivera's northern border, which you know is far more chaste than anywhere else around due to the Church of Lasis. West of that is the Endless Wilds, an absolutely massive forest alongside the Western Pecho Peaks.

"There it is," Amara says. Her finger joins yours, touching the side of it gently. "Between Tolis and Wolvenhood, deep in the woods to the west. There's another an invisible door located in a cave. This may be far more difficult to Bunny Hop to, though with this page, we should be able to find it."

"Woah. I've been up there before," Niki says. "Not far, but the fringes of it. The Endless Wilds is the densest forest I know. Even with these notes, it'll be tricky."

You ponder for a moment. "Well, we do have an expert on those kinds of places back home."

"Oh yes. Peony," says Luna. "Such a unique specimen. The only person I've come to know, besides perhaps Jelly at times, who does not wish to wear any clothes at all."

"We'll figure it out," you say. "We'll go back to Castle Phoenix, rest up, and then form a new party to investigate LAB #4. It'll be good to check up with the others anyway. We do have people currently investigating different places, and we're waiting to hear from the Circle. Maybe they can help too."

Amara sighs. "I am so exhausted. If LAB #4 is more dangerous than this one, rest would be wise."

"Can we just enjoy what's left of the sun for awhile first?" Summer asks. She lays down onto her back, and lets out a long, deep exhale. "It's not very often I get down from the mountains."

"That sounds good to me. Bunny Hopping this many people is really taxing anyway," you respond.

Delphi flutters down to land atop one of the larger flowers nearby. She lays back with her hands behind her head and crosses one leg over the other. "That actually sounds pretty nice."

So your party enjoys a pleasant short rest before it's time to teleport back home for a longer one.