Without anyone noticing, something had started growing on the numerous trees.
Resembling overgrown flowers that had yet to bloom, green fluorescent pods had appeared here and there on the trunks and branches.
Sporadically, the pods would twitch, open up slightly, and...
Puff-
Puff-
Emit a breath of Green Mist.
Slowly but surely, the area was filled by it.
The pods had begun growing and sprouting some time ago.
It was breathed in by Mark, Elisa, and Krista, but also by the Beasts and Monsters that they fought.
As one might expect, the concentration of this Mist in the air was low at first. So low that it was impossible to notice with one's eyes, or even with one's sense of smell.
The appearance of the pods, however, was kept a secret.
On one hand, the fighting kept them from noticing those pods.
On the other,
