The tree went silent, as if it were busy with something.
Receiving no response, Harry rushed toward the side where the noise was rising.
Outside, just beyond the periphery of the tree, stood thousands of students.
"Is this the tree?" a girl with beautiful features and silver hair asked.
"Yes... it has the mental ability to control your thinking," Olivia replied.
Gracie, who had heard Olivia, looked toward the tree. She had traveled as fast as she could once the person who had informed them about the settlement woke up.
"There's a settlement in the woods, but I felt something was off the moment I entered.
I possess a mental element myself, so I wasn't influenced as quickly as the others by whatever was happening.
The moment I realized I was under attack by a mind hex, I ran. But along the way, I had to fight some humans who tried to kill me... and it cost me one of my limbs."
