Book 19: Chapter 1 (2)
“The forest is gone?”
Shin, who saw the terrain from the sky, couldn’t help but say so.
The forest that had covered the entire area and protected it from the invasion of the burning red mounds had almost completely disappeared.
This saved him the trouble of searching for the Sacred Place that the forest had engulfed, but he still wondered if it was possible for it to disappear in such a short period of time.
“The trees are not naturally grown trees, so it is possible to restore them to their original state at the will of the Guardians. Originally, it was overstrained, so there’s no reason to maintain it anymore.”
Gelganger answered Shin’s question.
Next to the outer wall of the Sacred Place, a huge tree monster was looking up at Shin and the others. In the foreground, there was a clearing where Gelganger could land.
“It looks like Vanwood stayed just the way it was. Does this open field mean we have to go down there?”
“It’s just the right size, perhaps that is the case.”