At this moment, even the "ocean" below, which had been still for who knew how long, rippled with wave after wave of disturbance.
Gradually, the ripples grew more numerous.
Splash, splash, splash.
Amid the sound of water, a message was transmitted:
"What... You said you lost him? He was trapped in the past? The Time Dimension? Who went to that forbidden place? That shameless traitor?"
At this, the branches swayed gently.
She seemed to be communicating with some unseen consciousness.
After quite a while, the ripples beneath the Tree suddenly changed.
The sea surface, once calm and tranquil, became a raging expanse of towering waves.
She seemed incomparably furious. Dark, heavy matter that resembled liquid yet was not truly liquid continuously erupted from the seabed.
Splash, splash, splash.
Undercurrents surged. Beneath the sea, apart from the deepest dark domain,
nearly every level in the central region of the Sea of Quantum was affected to some extent.
Countless World Bubbles that had fallen from the Tree, or were still being nurtured, sensed this crisis and the fury of a certain will.
Rumble!
Dull, thunderous sounds continuously came from the seabed.
For some reason, this "ocean," which had been silent for who knew how long, seemed about to boil.
Seeing this, the Tree swayed even more violently. Brilliant golden leaves drifted down, falling onto the sea surface and turning into World Bubbles that had yet to develop civilizations.
"I know, I don't need you to remind me! I know I can't leave the central region, and I know those bastards have forcibly occupied the outside! But I'm angry! This was clearly territory left behind by that one! If you hadn't insisted on fighting me for it, none of this would have happened! It never would have been invaded by outsiders!"
The Tree