Lakaz had also seen another soul as powerful as this one.
It was their king, their Mad King Dictatura.
The difference was that the king's oppressive presence enveloped the entire Royal Palace, the similarity was that it also became part of the rules.
It was omnipresent, omnipotent, and inescapable.
He had grown so accustomed to the presence of this oppression that when a powerful individual like Quercus so boldly stood before him, it took him a long time to even realize it was there.
Indeed, who would fear a tree?
The fear people have towards their kind, actually stems from an innate hostility.
They measure others with their own hostility, then compare strengths, realize they could be conquered, and thus feel fear.
But a tree doesn't.
Because a tree doesn't believe it was born to conquer people and thus doesn't think people will conquer it.
Lakaz steadied his tumultuous emotions and then realized that it seemed easier for him to calm down here.
