Chapter 614 - 608. A Lush Umbrella
As all eyes were fixed on the shining fragment, the air suddenly vibrated and the ground shook.
The reporters grabbed their cameras tightly in shock, looking around while wondering what was happening. But around them, except for the ever-calm Radia Mallarc and Han Joon, the members of Trinity also looked confused.
Ignoring their confusion, the ground continued to shake and shift. The wall of the sanctuary trembled, swayed, and wriggled; the tips, which were curving inward to create a dome before, straightened up, opening the Sanctuary to the darkness outside. Starting from the tip, the trees scattered into millions of lights that poured into the single, big tree in the middle of the lake.
"It...it’s growing!"
The tree where Zein stood up started to get bigger as if absorbing the energy from the other trees. It was already big before, but the trunk kept stretching to the side. The roots rose above the water, making it seem as if the lake was receding. The ground where the reporters and the personnel gathered creaked, fusing with the roots of the tree as it continued to grow.
The tips of the branches reached out to the sky, clawing at the dark canopy and ripping it open. The green foliage, bright with life, stretched out to cover the sky above them like a lush umbrella. Below, water flew between the roots and dripped like waterfalls to the circling lake below.
Standing on the giant roots--each one as wide as a street--they stared at a giant tree that looked like a skyscraper in front of them in awe.
"Oh, my Gods!"
"Th-this..."
Without any wind, the green leaves were swaying, scattering glowing dust. No--it was miasma being dispelled and eaten up. The shining crystal, bright as the sun, nestled inside the nook of the tree. Waves and waves of undulating cosmic energy spread far and wide from the crook of the mountain to the turbulent sea, sweeping the miasma plaguing the Eastern land for hundreds of years.
"That’s..." the reporter looked up with bated breath. "That’s a beacon?"