Princess Cromwell and Her Six Brothers
As soon as he finished speaking, a deep humming suddenly echoed through the Soul-Binding Forests, completely different from the sound of the formation operating before.
Amelia looked up and saw that the thousand-year sacred trees, which had seemed withered, were now slowly raising their cracked trunks. Beneath the bark, inky light glimmered faintly, and countless roots broke through the ground, spreading toward the three of them like venomous snakes.
Within the Evil Springs, the pitch-black liquid churned even more violently. Countless shadows of departed spirits broke free, transforming into ferocious ghostly claws that reached for the three.
Yet the man still stood where he was, his robe f