Ryuzio hopped down Kinimi's head onto the dry land near the end of the Skybridge. The air became less swampy out here and the trees grew more apart ahead. The murky water had become shallower as well, much like the other end. Kinimi shrank down to her human form, walking beside him as they moved toward the weird tree.
From Hotaro's shoulder, Ryuzio had seen this branchless tree with no greenery to it at all, and now when finally near it, he found its surface covered with dark-green mossy slime, as if the limbs of the swamp that had dragged his squadmates to its depths had rubbed against it vigorously.
"They're free?" Kinimi said, her tail falling flat on the ground. "I thought we'd only have to fight the hidden Bright."
