Chapter 19: The wielder meets the King of ashes.

The forest began to burn once again; the teams were making their way in the search of the objectives while the forest was trying to defend itself, lunging sharp branches and roots to lure away the invaders, but to no avail, since every branch and root ended turning into charcoal due to a special device that induced wooden elements to wither and catch in a fire almost instantly, a powerful bacteria worked as a withering agent, and a trigger sent a signal to said bacteria to cause the combustion. “I wonder if we would be helplessly torn apart by these branches if we didn’t have the device with us.” –One of the Heroes in Lawrence’s team asked while kicking the ashes of withered roots.