Chapter 40: Trend

"Good thinking there, boy," Ikenga commented, gazing down at his unconscious son. He had several solutions in mind for the enigmatic green smoke, but he was intrigued by what his son might have concocted. Nevertheless, his compliment was not without a hint of restraint.

With his son hoisted over his shoulder, Ikenga summoned a portal that led to the only refuge he had outside his realm. As he walked through the portal, the once-devastated forest, ravaged during his battle with his son, was gradually returning to its natural state. Trees sprouted from the ground, and the damaged ones crumbled into dust, returning to the earth, this was the realm will putting everything back together.