"Oh! Feilaiji, look at their imagination. They even built a Space Carrier! Think about all the stupid things you've been doing lately. Still building the World Tree?"
"Damn it, keep looking down on me like that, and I might sneak up and smack your butt with these wolf paws!" Feilaiji, the Big Bad Wolf, widened his eyes and raised a paw.
"Get lost!" His older sister Jiri sprang up and slapped her younger brother's wolf head, sending him flying.
Jiri stood at the edge of the World Tree's circular base, tilted her elegant wolf head upward, and howled loudly toward the enormous Space Carrier in the distance.
The sky was gray, the sun hidden among the clouds. Ever since that terrifying evil god had passed through, strange weather had appeared in this dream world. It was no longer blazing sunshine around the clock.
"Awooo!"
Crack!
A bolt of lightning struck, instantly washing the world in white. Even Jiri herself jumped in fright.
As the white light faded, her younger brother's frantic voice came from behind her.
"Oh no!" the young wolf shrieked.
"What is it, my dear Feilaiji... uh, I don't think this is a joke. This isn't funny at all." His wolf sister turned around, her words catching halfway up her throat. She paused, then changed her tone.
"Actually, I don't think it's a joke either."
Feilaiji looked grief-stricken, intense red firelight reflected in his wolf eyes.
Yes, before the two Wolf Players' eyes, lightning had struck the World Tree's base, and the wood had burst into roaring flames.
"We need to put it out! Hurry, hurry, everyone get moving!" Although the World Tree Project had stalled, it was still a world-scale wonder within the dream, and a small group of architectural art enthusiasts had stayed true to their