"What is that? Look over there!"
"What is that?"
"Could it be...?"
At that moment, an extraordinarily strange sight suddenly appeared above the dense forest where the Druid Guild had originally stood.
An incomparably dense green aura slowly gathered within the forest.
As if it possessed life, that power gradually converged, slowly taking the shape of a bear.
Then, in an enraged posture, it roared and shot violently upward from the ground.
The sky had been clear, azure, and peaceful. White clouds had drifted across it, but at that moment, they all scattered.
Echoing that aura, far, far away in another part of the sky, another presence abruptly rose. It vaguely took on the form of a great tree, circling unceasingly in the air, while that dense aura began spreading throughout the entire world...
The Druid Guild members did not feel the clash of powers, but they felt the bear's fury. One after another, they rushed out of the guild and stood in the open space before it, staring dumbfounded at the astonishing scene.
After a moment, the shadow of the great tree dissipated. Yet the bear before them seemed extremely anxious and restless. It circled and growled repeatedly, as if trying to tell everyone something.
But it was merely formed from energy, not a real bear. There was no channel of communication between it and humans, so it found it rather difficult to inform them of what had happened.
Gradually, the bear floating in the sky became increasingly dejected and agitated. It continued circling through the air, only much faster now. Seeing that no one understood its intent, it let out another long cry, then plunged downward headfirst.
"Quick, everyone fall back!" someone shouted.
However, this great bear clearly possessed no destructive power. The instant it touched the ground,