Short Beard witnessed this scene with a long sigh, and a look of resolve surfaced in its wooden eyes, as though it lost all hope in these humans—it raised its arms and waved away the two blocking its path, then plunged its arms into the soil. A verdant green glow surged forth from the chest of the Ancient Treant, and in an instant, the surrounding fast-growing thorns withered away, causing the members of the Holy White Stone Guild suspended above to fall one by one.
But they even forgot the pain—each person lifted their head to witness this scene, which seemed oddly familiar to them.
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Fang Hong, Alice, and the Big Cat People, along with Gita and Gulang, skidded down along the dark forest, arriving at the forest's edge, witnessing such a scene.
Although they promised to leave Gulang at the entrance, when the time came, the Dwarf Goblin couldn't rest easy about its master—the Heart of Tree, Moenyalit; mainly because it feared being alone, it hesitantly followed along.
