Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 82. Flor's Determination [End Of Volume One]

Author Note: For those who are new to me, this doesn't mean I'll stop; it's more of a milestone achieved~. Tomorrow, there will be a chapter as well!I hope you liked this first volume!

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Inside the Golden Sap Forest grove, two women were standing before a large wooden structure. Their eyes looked at it up, down, left, and right.

One of the women asked with a strange tone. "Cinderielle, are you sure you are not guiding me into an isolated place to get rid of me?"

The wooden structure was tall and sturdy, with several trees around its entire perimeter that had wide canopies. These trees seemed fused with the wall of roots that stood imposingly and served as a deterrent.

Verdantia and Cinderielle could feel that the trees were not normal, as their branches moved nimbly and constantly without much wind blowing.

Cinderielle looked at the large walls and was as surprised as Verdantia. "I mean... This wasn't here the last time I came."

Verdantia asked, her voice sounding incredulous. "Were these walls built in around two months? Ten-meter tall walls?"

Cinderielle scratched her cheek. "I guess? As I said, the last time I came was a few months ago, so I'm not sure."

Verdantia commented. "What if something happened to her?"

Cinderielle shook her head. "The wood quality used in these walls is very reminiscent of her. So, they were probably built by Liu Shu."

Verdantia tilted her head. "Why is she building these?"

Cinderielle looked at Verdantia and commented. "Do you think I know everything about her or something? I was with her for a week. Not much more."

Verdantia snorted. "Well, whatever."

Cinderielle looked at Verdantia with a deadpan. "Honestly, why are you using that gentle and elegant facade? You are much more spiteful in truth."

Verdantia lifted her eyebrow. "Do you think that's a facade? Wrong, it is you who gets the worst out of me."

The red-haired Sylvan's eyebrow twitched. "Let's go inside."

The greed-haired Sylvan looked at the tall walls and asked. "How?"

"Hmm. Approaching and asking if they'll let us inside?"

Looking at the woman who suggested such a thing with a straight face, Verdantia didn't know how she managed to survive in the forest with her naivety. "You haven't even considered that the creatures inside might've enslaved Liu Shu or something? You've just learned that those groups exist. Why are you ignoring that possibility?"

Cinderielle smiled, but Verdantia saw a fire of anger burning at the bottom of her heart. "Because if I consider the worst possibilities, I won't be able to control myself from barging inside like a flaming meteor."

Verdantia focused and finally noticed that Cinderielle's energies were roaring inside the woman. While she appeared relaxed, she was like a cloud of inflammable gas, a spark away from bursting into an inferno. 'Ah, I see. She is trying to appear calm, but she is no less worried than I am.'

With a heavy heart, both women approached the tall wall. Once they were around forty meters away, a presence washed over them like an imposing gaze of a powerful being.

Cinderielle's heart rested at ease once this presence surrounded her being. She had been under this gaze in the past, and she understood who it was from. Not only was she not nervous, once surrounded by it, she felt enveloped by a warm feeling, as if she had returned where she belonged.