With a light leap, she jumped to a high point on the Withered Tree.
She took out a magical artifact camera, the latest model she had bought in a White Dragon Empire city after earning money through mining. Using her object-manipulation technique, she sent the camera flying farther away, made a gesture, tilted her head, and smiled to reveal four sharp fangs. Since she had come all this way, she had to take a few photos and videos as keepsakes.
Sitting sideways on a horizontal branch, she inadvertently noticed faint, sparse starlight glimmering across the Withered Tree's surface. It was difficult to see without close inspection, like stars scattered across the night sky. It was quite interesting. If some scholar saw it, he would surely name this Withered Tree Starwood.
What was interesting was that the starlight near her was more numerous and brighter, while farther away, it gradually dimmed until it could no longer be seen.
She moved to another fork in the branches. The spot where she had just sat dimmed, while the branch beneath her now became resplendent with starlight. The Fire Dragon Girl rubbed her chin. Perhaps the specks of light on the Withered Tree's surface had something to do with her. It needed further study.
After thinking carefully, she restrained her dragon might and concealed her aura.
Then the Fire Dragon Girl discovered that the scattered points of starlight on the Withered Tree slowly dimmed and went out, turning it back into an utterly ordinary dead tree.
She released her concealment and unleashed her dragon might.
Points of starlight lit up across the surface of the gray, withered ancient tree. She confirmed that dragon aura could trigger them.
Looking at the Withered Tree, the Fire Dragon Girl felt an indescribable melancholy, a touch of sorrow.