The young ladies in the inn also saw this scene through the windows amid the earth-shaking tremors, and they were all worried about Shade's condition.
Luvia's violet eyes clearly witnessed the entire process of the giant tree's growth atop the distant hill. Beside her, Leisha and Dorothy, who had never experienced such a disastrous scene, were both holding Angelina's hands, unable to imagine what Shade was doing.
The Cat perched atop Angelina's head and yawned. She was already starting to miss Shade.
Streams of flying light swirled around the giant tree. Roots rising from the ground poured the blood that would surely support the Diviner in fulfilling his long-cherished wish into that towering tree, which symbolized United as One.
Soon, when the Blood-Colored Giant Tree finally reached a height of several hundred meters and its growth began to slow, the monsters crawling and kneeling on the ground charged at the human intruders again with even greater ferocity.
At a point one-third of the way up the crown of the still slowly growing giant tree, dense crimson branches steadily supported the remnants of the floor. The ends of the branches drilled into the edges of the wreckage like augers, and countless twigs wrapped around the stone edges, making the wreckage almost completely merge with the giant tree.
Upon the perfectly level gray ground, the banquet table and the people seated around it finally saw the first ray of moonlight that night, high above Green Island, through the rain.
March's light shone upon the giant tree through gaps in the dispersing clouds. The moonlight also fell upon the faces of Laplace Howard, Iluna, and Shade, giving all three of them an indescribable sheen.
The night wind swept through the air over a hundred meters above the ground, making Green Island beneath their