Soon, the flower carrying them rose upwards from beneath the vine layers.
As the blossom opened, Alka saw the scene outside.
The sea surface ahead was densely covered with shattered vines and various bones.
Most of the broken bones were still wrapped with some sap from young buds.
These things nearly covered the entire sea surface.
Above their heads, the Great Gardener was organizing the Priests inside the fortress, manipulating the surviving vines to begin spreading and enveloping.
At the same time, they dragged the broken bones into the water, which would become the fertilizer for new vines.
With these bones cleared, Alka realized that an area ahead of the fortress, almost within sight, was a deep blue contrasting with the surrounding green.
This indicated that the vine layer below had been almost completely cleared and destroyed.
It was no longer a place one could walk.
Seeing this situation, Alka roughly understood.
