Chapter 30

JUDGEMENT ARC

Good and Evil (2)

Sidapa’s POV

“Found it!” I exclaimed when I finally had the core in my grip.

I clasped it within my palm and carefully pulled it out. The screaming grew louder as the core was forcefully removed from its proper place. I knew the consequences, the risks, but none of them mattered to me now. If I was a sinner from the very beginning, then I would continue being one for my Libulan.

The instant the core exited the trunk, the thousand year old tree began to deteriorate. All the lifelines I had carved on its magnificent surface flashed a blinding light, causing me to shut my eyes.

My machete that was still stuck to the trunk melted and became a black s********. The tree absorbed that s********. The tree itself started to rot away. The dead branches fell off first, and the live ones were forced to detach from the wood.

The ground made a rumbling sound, as if it was aching to open up and send everything from the above