...She doesn't like those odds.

She doesn't like the idea of a noncombatant going into a hostile situation alone even less.

She doesn't like that she suddenly started classifying herself as a combatant given that as of yet she has unearthed precisely no relevant skills.  Besides basic fox instincts.

Unless she has skills for some reason, which would be...

Magic can do some absurd things.  And while it doesn't seem right to her, who knows what lurks in what she hasn't yet unearthed?

...Still, that's surely not something to stake her life on.

She...

"...If anyone should go in there alone it's me.  I've got less power to take notice of, and you're the one that can empower the backup if I - don't come out."

...Megi pauses and sits on the forest floor, facing her.

"I respectfully disagree. I heard two points- You're less likely to cause problems, and I'm more valuable. On the first, you are wrong. I have lived experience as to what kind of things cause trouble, and how to soothe it back if I cause a few ripples, beyond 'don't touch literally any things at all even the ground'. The second I give partial credit- However, I am more valuable both in and out. I know what I'm looking at and it will better help me plan containment measures. If it's something really very serious as opposed to merely quite bad, I have a better chance of recognizing it."

"...yeah.  Yeah, okay.  ...Right.  Honestly I'm not entirely sure what came over me."

...Is there anywhere she can at least get a better view of the area?

"I'm sure you'll be great at fighting back the darkness when you're ready~"

The center of the nasty energy appears to be... A cliffy, rocky hill just beyond the wetlands area. There's only one narrow way up. The structures at the top look like they once were a moderately sized complex- Two and three story stone buildings, built more like a hotel or a school or a base or something than a house. It's hard to tell who built them given the advanced state of decay, but it doesn't quite look like crumbling concrete. No rebar. 

Megi hops up rubble and rocks adroitly, sniffing around carefully. She peers into one long-glassless window... Then shakes her head and makes her way around the side.

She's gone for a good twenty minutes.

And then she's hopping back down the rocks and making her way over to Alicia.

"So... Bad news, the evil in there is threatening to wake up. That's why it's so noticeable now. I bet signs of human activity nearby are waking them up- Woodsmoke, or stuff in the water? It's hard to tell. Good news, it's actually a pretty weak signature. Just some curses, a dozen or two lesser, maybe one mid-tier. And those basic curses are really dumb. There's no complex schemes, not even real animal cunning- Just hatred, nice and straightforward. They're going to wake up sooner or later, probably within the year, and then there's a moderate monster problem. I'm thinking I lay some very basic seals, some tripwires, and... Go see if the local baron wants to do a purge. After the purge, someone will have to set up a proper shrine and purify the place properly for a while, probably not me."

"...Well, I'm glad it's not particularly serious.  ...How were those buildings made, do you know?  They look - familiar, but not quite."

"I'm afraid I don't know. They're recognizably Tirran. I think this place was military... But there's no stench of death. Just abandonment and resentment."

"Huh.  ...So actually, I should ask, because it distinguishes things - did the Tirran Empire still have spaceflight or other high technology?  As much as the idea of 'high technology' is kind of fake and really it should be 'highly industrialized production' because that's what gets you the fancy things...  But I digress."

"There are relics. I'll project a little illusion..."

And there is a suit of power armor, shiny and chrome.

"This weird thing, property of the City of Silk and trotted out for the big threats, like Cryptids. It's Tirran. Say, mind giving me a quick nuzzle to change back and start on those wards?"

She can do that!

"Oh that's definitely space-age technology alright.  Damn.  I wonder what I could learn from something like that."