Once she had identified all the trees sturdy enough to bear her weight, Sisi mapped a path for her travel to the peak of the summit in her mind.
She focused all of her mental strength, linking the trees together one by one until the route reached the summit. In response to her will, the trees began to move as if they were all Sisi's soldiers.
Vestor and Grishaw gasped simultaneously as the trees trembled and moved. One branch stretched toward another, then another, until they intertwined—forming a long, taut rope that spiraled around the entire summit and reached the tallest tree beside the cave where Kael and Jojo lived.
Grishaw was stunned. Sisi's control over plants was truly one of a kind. If she was a witch, then she would be among the most powerful, because the trees weren't merely being forced to obey. They moved as if of their own accord.
It was as though they shared a hive mind, like worker bees responding to their queen.
