Lynch carefully stored away the Dark Old Tree's root that contained pure Shadow Power, feeling the stable Law fluctuations within, and his heart settled slightly. He didn't linger, and immediately followed the map's guidance, preparing to head to the next material point to search for the Monster Tree Heart.
However, just as he left the Old Tree Swamp, having walked less than a kilometer—
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The ground beneath him—or rather, the vast trunk of the World Species Vadorra—unpredictably began to tremble violently, like an uncontrolled heartbeat!
This tremor didn't come from a single direction but resonated simultaneously from every corner of the island, as if the entire island itself was experiencing some internal, painful convulsion.
