"As for how to reach the second level, you just need to climb onto me, and you can go there."
After half an hour of waiting, the old tree finally finished speaking. Werther let out a long sigh of relief.
"Whew. Anita, Tuski, let's go take a look at the second level."
After that, Werther used Moonwalk to rise into the air, and the other two followed close behind.
However curious they were, none of them could endure the Ancient Tree's impossibly slow speech.
Seeing the three of them move, the Ancient Tree spoke again.
"Young people, watch out for the second level's..."
Werther and the others never heard the rest. By the time the old tree finished, they might already have reached the second level.
When the three reached the Ancient Tree's crown, they finally saw the entrance to the second level.
On top of the Ancient Tree's crown, there was actually a flight of stone steps. Werther climbed onto them without trouble and headed up toward the second level.
Before long, a wave of cold air struck him, and he shivered.
Since growing stronger, he had rarely felt cold. The last time had been during his fight with Aokiji.
The second level must be an icy plain.
But when Werther reached the top of the stairs and entered the second level, the sight before him shattered that assumption.
An endless desert stretched before him, with a blazing red sun hanging overhead.
Yet that sun brought Werther no warmth. If anything, it made him feel colder.
What the old tree had been trying to say was, "Young people, watch out for the Speed on the second level. It's terribly cold there."
Werther would not have cared about ordinary cold, but the chill of this desert pierced him to the