With Griffine's tacit approval, Adviser Miss turned around and finally addressed Mr. Tamar. "Mr. Tamar, is this true?"
"Of course. The two points I mentioned are absolutely true. As for how stable it is in areas unaffected by the ancient kindling, that still requires further experimentation. But at the very least, it's far more stable than ordinary kindling—much, much more stable. That's an ironclad fact...≦...≦"
"Moreover, our tests have shown that even when this kindling isn't ignited, it can still produce a certain effect on its surroundings, stabilizing the order within a radius of roughly three hundred meters. In that respect, its performance is very similar to that of the ancient kindling in the Ring of Trade Winds."
Antitina nodded. The reason the Druid and Treant "tree city" had been able to establish itself deep in the Black Forest around the Ring of Trade Winds was precisely because of this.
She also understood perfectly what this meant. If kindling could affect its surroundings even without being ignited, then it could provide enormous protection to the Pioneer Knight carrying it. After all, there were many places in the Black Forest where order was extremely unstable. During Tonigell's early development of the Black Forest, many casualties had been caused by the drastic changes in order and laws within the forest.
Sudden fire rain, fissures opening in the earth, and landslides were somewhat exaggerated examples, but monster tides, sudden drops in temperature, and unpredictable changes in the composition of the air were fairly common in the Black Forest.
And that was only the outer region of the Black Forest. The deeper they went, the more deeply the Sea of Chaos influenced the mortal world, and the more unpredictable the changes became. Even an entire region collapsing into the void was not particularly strange.