Chapter 36: Message

The crackling of the flames still echoed in the central hall of Vollua.

Foster leaned against a wall, breathless. He had just stepped out of his inner world.

His whole body vibrated with the resonance of his new power. He could feel the sap of his World Tree pulsing through his veins, an overwhelming and still unstable force, threatening to burst at any moment.

All around him, turmoil reigned.

The elves were rebuilding. Wooden houses stood proud under their skilful hands. Roads were being dug through the beaten earth by determined hands. The smell of fresh resin and hewn wood filled the air. Vollua was being reborn, but an uneasy feeling lingered in the shadows of the new foundations.

A dull tension hung in the air.

Foster could feel it, a shiver of alarm running down his spine like an invisible threat, something was wrong.

It was then that a chilling howl shattered the fragile harmony of the reconstruction.

- 'An obscurus!'