Chapter 482: Assemble
“What do you mean?” Derek asked.
“The Echoing Willow always releases a few intense bursts of its power before going dormant for a short amount of time. Unless it has changed after all of these years, this doesn’t happen often. We’re lucky. It means that soon, the willow will lose control of the abyss for a short time.”
“And it will be vulnerable?” Derek asked.
“Not necessarily…” Alanah said. “I’ve never gotten close to it. It does, however, mean that it will lose control of all the beasts. In other words, the beasts will gain control of themselves for this short amount of time. They will all be busy gathering themselves and even trying to escape the willow. It will be our perfect chance to go there. They shouldn’t attack us or anything else that gets close to them. This could be the best time for us to attack.”
“And you’re sure you still want to do that?” Derek asked. “Kill the willow?”
“Even if I wasn’t before,” Alanah started. “Knowing that the bastards in this kingdom are using the tree to grow stronger has made me sure. This horrifying bogeyman can’t leave them without giving them one last parting gift, after all.”
“No, I guess you can’t,” Derek said with a chuckle. “Well, how are we going to do this?” he asked.
“You said you might have a plan, right?” Alanah asked. “I wasn’t expecting to get this opportunity—especially so soon. What are you thinking?”
“I think that neither of us are well equipped to fight against something as big as that giant tree seemed to be,” Derek said. “I have a couple of attacks that may work on something of its size, but the rest of my skills are much more suited to fighting single opponents.”