Early morning.
The pale green sky had brightened slightly.
Yet a trace of darkness still lingered.
Inside a Giant Tree over three kilometers tall.
Compared to the Giant Wood Forest carpeting the land, this tree could be considered "short."
Two furry creatures hid amid the dense canopy, their tails wrapped around a branch as they hung upside down beneath it.
"Huff!"
"Huff!"
Amid panting and cries.
The branch swayed up and down.
This branch was not particularly thick, only as wide as an arm. Judging by how violently it rocked, it seemed as if it might snap at any moment.
Especially when the two Spirit Monkeys' movements became more intense.
It was quite a perilous sight.
After quite a while.
"Ao A!"
A male Spirit Monkey cried out, his whole body trembling.
The female Spirit Monkey's body tensed up.
A few seconds later.
The male monkey exhaled contentedly.
The female monkey affectionately bumped her head against his and softly asked in the Spirit Monkey language, "I heard your Venerable One created another powerful thing?"
This sentence made one thing clear.
The male and female did not come from the same tribe.
And the female monkey's strange behavior—doing that first, then asking questions—was obviously a honey trap. No, it should have been a monkey trap.
The male monkey did not turn his back on her after getting laid. He readily answered, "Yes. This armor is called the Great Strength Spirit Armor. It can increase strength by fifty percent!"
The female monkey was shocked. "Really?"
The male monkey pressed himself against her again, his breathing instantly growing heavier.
The female monkey did not refuse. She moved along with him and laughed. "Can you still keep going?"
The male monkey did not answer.
But the increasingly violent swaying of the branch already explained