The elf orchestras were ahead, harmonizing the rhythms of the earth. Behind them followed Oak and the apprentices Kroya had sent.
These unusual magical landforms naturally needed monitoring and supervision before they could be developed into all kinds of experimental facilities.
The magical landform before Oak was one such example.
White mist rose from it, its wisps forming a gushing spring mouth on the surface. Within, a translucent barrier could faintly be seen protecting the white crystal at its core.
"There's no mistaking it."
"This is an Atmospheric Geyser."
Oak gently touched the white mist with a branch, and frost immediately spread over the tender green wood.
Without a care, he chopped that branch off and grew another.
As an Orpheus Oak, his greatest strength was his ability to extend and grow.
He could regrow any part of himself at will. As long as he had magic power, he was practically immortal, unless all his branches and roots were burned away in an instant.
After confirming that this was an Atmospheric Geyser, he instructed the apprentices behind him, "An Atmospheric Geyser produces atmospheric crystals, the main material for Flight Spell scrolls.
"If you collect enough, you can even ask Kroya's sacred relic crafting team to make you Wings of Praying Light.
"Now, start collecting."
The apprentices immediately assigned a few people to the task. They carefully began setting up Automatic Mining Plants around the Atmospheric Geyser-a kind of leguminous plant.
Their roots were extremely fine and long, and looked rather like human fingers. Once they touched the ground, they burrowed into the soil and closed around the Atmospheric Geyser.
Seen through the soil, they would have looked almost as though they were cradling the entire geyser in their palms.
"What marvelous creations." Oak could naturally see the changes beneath the