‘Sir, are we really attacking the giant tree of the Kojo?’ a voice asked with haste in his voice.

Councilman Kazerku, who looked over some monitors, heard the voice of a soldier commander and silently laughed.

‘Yes we are commander. I have arranged the battle plans through step 3.2.3.

Your men should know what to do.’

Before the commander could respond, Kazerku broke the communication and gazed again at the monitors.

Hidden camera’s, placed in the jungle or worn by soldiers and machines showed Kazerku what was happening on this side of the planet.

The planet Daisugi. rich in healing plants and rare flora. But the most interesting of them all, was hidden deep within the ruler of the forest.

Kazerku looked at the giant tree on the screen, and his soldiers who started the fight with the Kojo creatures.

‘So, this was your plan?’ the Ostrich knight said who appeared from the shadows of the room.

Kazerku still seemed annoyed.

‘Yes, and now if you will excuse me, I have to maintain my plan and I can’t be distracted by your presence.’

Hastily and irritated, the councilman started pressing different buttons to continue his plan.

‘Fine,’ the Ostrich knight said so softly that Kazerku couldn’t hear her.

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A morningstar appeared that the knight was holding onto and she put it down, making it possible for her to lean on.

‘We will see what will unfold,’ she said softly again.

Hawk put his hand on the princess's shoulder as she kept holding on to Eto.

It was after a while, Eto suddenly realized what she meant before.

‘Wait, so the tree is your father? How is that possible? He is a tree!’ he said, confused.

This time, Veronica slapped her hand to her head, knowing Eto wouldn’t get the link between the tree creatures called Kojo and the trees itself.

Vanessa looked at Veronica, understanding how she reacted to Eto.

Still, she stepped forward to stand next to Eto.

‘Is it our job to handle this battle?’ she asked, calculating the connections between them and the Kojo and the Ricu.

‘Ofcourse,’ Eto said with confidence.

‘If only Djon was here, we could use his ship,’ Veronica said with a big sigh.

‘Oh,’ Eto said and he turned to the rest.

‘Djon is here. He is up there with the giant tree. I mean, her father, I mean, I think so.’

Hawk and Veronica looked at him with amazed eyes.

‘That’s great,’ Veronica said and Hawk turned to TYO.

‘Can you connect to the tortoise? Ask him to pick us up?’

TYO moved his hand to the top of his body.

‘Yes sir,’ he answered and he started to connect, making different sounds.

‘Great,’ Eto said. ‘While you guys wait for Djon, I will take the princess and go ahead.’

‘Wait Eto,’ Veronica said.

‘That might not be,’ Hawk said.

‘The best idea,’ Vanessa said.

They were all too late. Eto had already grabbed hold onto the princess who already held him and in a quick reaction, his legs started to glow again, ready to jump.

‘Not again,’ princess Morinojo said as she thought of their jump over the river but she could already feel her body move up in the air.

Eto jumped away through the jungle, on his way to the giant tree with the princess screaming beside him.