Chapter 118: The world tree is just a big tree (3)
A rumbling filled the air as a portal opened, and the World Tree seed embedded itself in the heart of the ancient tree. The previously frenzied growth of the ancient tree, fueled by fertilizer, came to a sudden halt.
"Huh?" "Why did it stop like that?" "Did something go wrong?"
People stared at the tree in confusion. This wasn’t like the last time it had paused to absorb fertilizer, disregarding the humans hacking at it. Now, it seemed frozen, as if cornered by a predator.
It was like a frog petrified in front of a snake, or an ordinary person paralyzed by the presence of a 2.5-meter musclebound giant—intimidated by a power far beyond its own.
But only for a moment.
A louder rumbling resonated through the air.
"Ahh!" "What the heck!?" "It's going berserk!"
The ancient tree thrashed, desperately trying to dislodge the World Tree seed lodged within it. But just as a parasite inside the body can’t be removed by struggling, the seed buried in its heart would not be expelled by mere thrashing.
This was merely its final struggle—a doomed attempt, like a person raging against an inevitable death.
The reverberations of the ancient tree’s agony reached even Flower, hidden within it.
"Kyaaa!"
Flower tumbled through the hollow chamber she had created, colliding painfully with the walls. She tried to soothe her bruised limbs with her powers, but the ancient tree continued its rampage, ignoring her abilities entirely.