The peace after the nightmares 6

Hearing the screams, Kyrie jumps out of the cave in a pinch, running at the top speed his body can reach. 'What is bad enough to make someone like Zillia scream like that?' She hadn't reacted this way even as he opened her guts.

What nature-made abominations beyond human comprehension had Yggdrasil conjured upon his home? Can it even outmatch Skoll in malice? It shouldn't have been possible in the first place!

'I hope I can still use it.' If it can't be of use anymore, all his hard work to make it was wasted in the first place. 'Damn tree! If you waste my efforts, I'm going to turn you into my toothpicks!'

In a few minutes of sprinting, he finds his home… changed. It has grown bigger, almost thrice its original size. The outer hide made to enwrap it transformed into the thick, scale-like bark of a tree, like how the Crocodile used to have when it was alive.