Skuld could name a lot of possible explanations for whatever had made Artemis so scared--knowing the thing's location wasn't much information to go on, but it was still something. He could have a point about the area being good to avoid... but on the other hand, if she was protecting something she didn't want found, any of the creatures she was thinking of would be very, very good guardians.

"It sounds too risky," she agreed, unhappily. "I might be familiar with a lot of the monsters here, but the problem is doing alchemy is so exhausting. If I could get a toolkit, though, robot scouts are easy to build." If they were going to feel like they were in a giant game of chess, then... it was only fair that they get some pawns too.