Drawing on her familiarity with the mountain forests, Irene led the Dragon-Hunting Team in search of the Archdruid leader's trail.
Clearly, the Archdruid's secluded dwelling was exceedingly well hidden. Eileen searched for a long time without finding it, wandering through the mountain forests because signs of Druid activity were everywhere.
"That unnamed Archdruid has been active in the Dragonspine Mountains for thousands of years. He's traveled through practically the entire range, leaving traces everywhere. Besides, there isn't just one Druid in these mountains, but many. Their trails overlap so much that there's no way to tell them apart." Eileen was deeply frustrated.
Shawn said, "Actually, if that Archdruid leader truly wanted to conceal his trail, we wouldn't be able to detect it at all. The fact that you can still find so many traces means he deliberately left them behind to test us. So all we need to do is follow the clearest trail. That must be his clue."
Eileen nodded.
In fact, she had been thinking the same thing.
Among the tangled web of traces, one Druid's trail stood out as particularly clear and easy to distinguish, almost as though someone had left it there on purpose. Now it seemed that the unnamed Archdruid leader really had done just that.
Eileen continued examining the trail and led the Dragon-Hunting Team onward.
Now firmly convinced that the clearest trail had been deliberately left by the Archdruid, she no longer hesitated, and her search went much faster.
Soon, they reached a place where several peaks met. In a large, sunken valley, beneath the dense forest canopy, they spotted a few simple treehouses.
Around those treehouses stood many towering trees that had lived for thousands, or even tens of thousands, of years. One rose into the clouds, at least several hundred meters