Luciel stepped onto the high ground and turned back toward the darkened streets below.
Only a few flickering fires lit the area where Alec and the others were busy dissecting the Nine-Section Demon Insect.
"Activate the Starlight Domain ahead of schedule," Luciel murmured.
His thought rippled through the mental link to the Starlight Tea Tree, and the Realm began to stir.
As the sixth-level tea tree awakened, countless emerald-green starbursts shimmered across its leaves.
The tree stood sixteen meters tall, and its radiant light spread outward, illuminating the entire shell of the Rock Tortoise.
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In the soil of the plantation, under the gentle brilliance of the Starlight Domain, the newly planted vegetation began to revive.
Tender shoots broke through the earth. Some plants unfurled new leaves; others even blossomed, their growth visible to the naked eye.
For the moment, no one inside the settlement knew what was happening among the fields.
