Toby tilted its head with a puzzled look.
"Let's go. You'll know soon enough."
Toby just ate Greya's "Gluttony" and was still immune to pressure, so it did not turn back into a bird. Instead, it folded its wings and followed Angor.
About a minute later, Angor suddenly stopped.
He looked down.
In his shadow, a glowing blue flower emerged. The blue flower swayed gently, and at the same time, a transparent bubble escaped from the stamen of the flower.
The bubble slowly rose into the air and stopped in front of Angor's eyes. Suddenly, an image appeared on the surface of the bubble.
Under the dark ground, thick roots were slowly wriggling, silently surging towards them.
Toby also saw the image on the bubble. It widened its bell-like eyes and looked at Angor, then at the ground. It seemed the bird was trying to confirm something with Angor.
Angor did not say anything. Instead, he nodded.
In this seemingly calm land, the roots had already arrived directly below them. Although the roots didn't attack them, there was no doubt that they came from the tree that Toby had seen.
Angor was not lying when he said that they were already discovered by the tree.
Earlier, Angor only knew that something was moving under the ground. Now, the image sent by Elmi clearly confirmed it.
After confirming the information, Toby's sharp beak glowed with flames. Its eyes narrowed, revealing a dangerous look. It looked up at Angor and landed heavily on the ground with its hind paws, which made a loud "Hum —" sound.
Angor understood Toby's intention even though the bird did not say anything.
It was asking Angor if they should attack now.
Angor shook his head. "Not now. Let's go check it out."
From a rational point of view, they were the intruders. The tree was in its territory, so it could do whatever it wanted. Besides, the tree did not seem to be attacking them yet.
That was why Angor asked Toby to wait and see.
Blue Lantern's bubble disappeared. Blue Lantern went back into its shadow. Angor and Toby kept moving forward.
They did not encounter any attacks along the way.
Angor and Toby successfully reached a spot about 50 meters away from the tree. Here, they could already see the shadows of the lonely trees in the fog.
Since Angor had already decided to meet the tree, he did not hesitate and kept moving forward.
However, as soon as he moved his feet … The flat ground suddenly began to roll, and thick brown tree roots rose from the ground.
Angor and Toby quickly took several steps back and prepared themselves. Even Elmi revealed half of his body from the shadows, ready to open his shadowy fangs at any moment.
However, to their surprise, the roots did not attack them even though they came out of the ground. Instead, they intertwined with each other and formed an arched door made of roots.
As more roots broke out of the ground, more and more arches like this were created until they reached the tree in the distance.
A path made by arches? What did that mean?
"Welcome to Palisanya's home. Let me take a look. Who's this?" Angor was puzzled by the question.
A slightly sharp and somewhat theatrical voice entered their ears.
As he spoke, a crack on the door opened and formed the shape of an eye, which looked at the two of them from head to toe.
"It's actually a human! And … Ah! "
"Tu ~ Tiring!" The mouth suddenly opened wide, and the green tongue inside was like a spring, trembling non-stop, as if it was expressing some kind of excitement.
"This is, this is!" She kept gasping, her eyes fixed on Toby.
"It's him, but it doesn't look like him," it confirmed after a long while.
"You're talking about Kalomonkis?" Angor asked after watching Kalomonkis' monologue.
"Of course, human." The tree glanced at Toby and asked, "Can you come closer? I want to take a closer look at you. "
Toby glanced at Angor, as if asking for his opinion.
Angor nodded. The tree hadn't shown any hostility so far. Besides, if the tree knew about Kalomonkis, it wouldn't do anything to Toby, considering what happened in Tidal Realm.
Toby was more sensitive to emotions than Angor, so he could tell that the tree was friendly to him. Therefore, after some thought, Toby still took a step forward.
"Not enough. Closer."
Toby kept walking.
"Closer."
Toby was already standing under the door, but the voice was still calling him. He looked up and saw that it wasn't the first door that spoke this time. It was the door behind them.
As Toby hesitated, Angor joined him. "Let's go in together. By 'closer', it means we're in front of its main body."
Toby nodded and moved forward with Angor by his side.
Every time they reached a door, the mouth on it would repeat, "Closer. Closer."
It wasn't until they walked out of the last arched door and stood in front of the big tree that the repeated voice finally stopped.
"I haven't done this for years. Good thing it's not rusty —"
Ritual of Guarding? Was it referring to the corridor formed by those doors?
Angor looked up to ask, but before he could, he was attracted by the tree's appearance.
He couldn't see it from afar, but he noticed that the tree looked very old. It was even older than Leaf Groot, who lived by Sunlight Lake.
The bark was full of bruises, and there were many lumps on the trunk. Together with the old face, the tree looked like an old man with age spots and warts.
In addition, the trunk of this tree was also special. It was covered with colorful marks, which looked like mottled wounds.
Angor looked at the scars and felt that they looked familiar.
"Human, are you interested in my Medal of Honor?" the tree asked.
"Medal of Honor? You mean these scars?" Angor pointed at the scars.
"Of course. It's Palisanya's proudest medal!"
Angor pondered for a moment. "But they look like some kind of paint to me?"
"Hehehehehehehehehehe …" The tree chuckled.
"You're right. They're paint! Too bad there's no reward. " The old tree named Perishanya joked and glanced at Angor, only to find that Angor didn't seem to care about it at all.
Palisanya humphed. "Human, you don't seem to care. Can't paint be a medal? It's the paint left behind by the great savior when he painted on me. "
"That was the most glorious moment of my life!"
Angor's eyes widened. He already felt that the paint looked familiar, and now he was sure that it was oil paint. And according to the tree, it was left behind by Feng when he was painting.
"Left behind by Mister Feng? Then it's a Medal of Honor, "Angor said in a sincere tone.
"Hehehehehehe …" Palisanya didn't notice Angor's perfunctory tone and laughed out loud.
Angor quietly analyzed the tree in front of him. If this was Feng's paint, it meant that this tree creature called Palisanya had lived for more than three thousand years.
The fact that it had lived for a long time meant that it was not weak.
Also, it seemed to be close to Na Meicui. After all, Na Meicui didn't even want to meet Maoye Groot, but she allowed this tree to live in the Lost Forest.
While Angor was analyzing Palisanya, the tree creature looked away from Angor and looked at Toby.
"Can you come closer?" Palisanya's voice became gentler when talking to Toby.
Toby didn't mind at all and walked to the tree.
Palisanya carefully observed Toby, not missing a single inch. After a long time, he sighed deeply. "It's very similar to him, but it's not him."
Palisanya's expression became a little gloomy. "I was wondering how he came back to life …"
Not only was Palisanya's tone low, but his eyes were also a little empty. It was obvious that he was lost in his own thoughts. He was either wallowing in his own thoughts or mourning.
Angor didn't want to disturb him when he was sad, so he could only wait quietly.
After a while, Palisanya finally pulled himself out of his thoughts and looked at Toby. "You're one of Kalomonkis, aren't you?"
Toby didn't nod, but he didn't deny it either.
Palisanya took it as a yes and continued, "Since you're one of Kalomonkis' kin, I didn't lose anything by using my protection on you. But I'll give you a piece of advice. Turn back. "
"You know why we're here?"
"No matter what you're here for, going into the Lost Forest isn't a good choice. It's not too late to back off. "
"Since you know I'm a human, you must know that this tree is one of Kalomonkis' kin. Maybe you can guess that we followed Mister Feng's footsteps and came here. "
"I need to see Lady Na Meicui and ask her something about Mister Feng."
Palisanya gave Angor a thoughtful look. "You won't see Lady Na Meicui."
"Why do you say that?"
Palisanya didn't answer. "Do you know why I'm here?"
"Why?" Angor was also curious about why Palisanya was in the Lost Forest. What was his relationship with Na Meicui?
Palisanya didn't try to hide it. "The answer is simple. Because I'm not qualified. You're not qualified either. "
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