We're here?
Ailin looked in the direction Adda of Vengerberg was pointing.
From top to bottom, verdant green immediately filled every corner of his vision.
A colossal tree held up a vast green canopy that blotted out the sky. Faint emerald radiance flickered between its leaves, reflecting the golden sunlight, ancient and weathered.
Beneath it, the deep brown glimpsed through the gaps in the lush branches was almost like a thick city wall, until its mighty form was obscured by the verdant guardians surrounding it.
"Sacred... Myna..."
Overwhelmed by the breathtaking sight, the witcher murmured in disbelief.
How tall could an oak grow in a year?
How many years of passing time had its thick roots absorbed to forge such a majestic body?
"Bzzzz~"
Surging elemental fluctuations made the Wolf Emblem hum.
In a daze, the emerald glow lingering amid the lush branches seemed to cross several hundred meters in an instant and fall into his eyes.
Then...
As the ripples of light flowed, he heard the forest singing.
He saw sunlight pierce the dense green oak canopy, dancing across leaves, strange rocks, and earth.
Birds tilted their heads as they chased the speckled light, their voices clear and bright.
Fine, crisp sounds of water came from every direction, and as they emerged—
The scene before him grew ever more beautiful and majestic, ever more brimming with life.
Earthworms wriggled their brown bodies through the soil. Shaggy mushrooms took root upon every rotting log, while towering banyan trees lowered thick aerial roots, blocking every ray of sunlight from the sky.
Finally, amid the chiming water, he saw a lake.
Its surface was deep as jade and dazzling as gold. The sunlight reflected from it was so brilliant that he could not help closing his eyes.
Yet after he closed them,