The anomalies that once brought fear to humanity now suffer the same bitter fate.
The root tendrils sprawling like serpents entangle the Earth Dwellers who failed to escape, crushing them against the rock walls, turning them into mulch to modestly nourish the tree's body. The tree's body recklessly grows, tearing through the rock layers, bursting out of the old sewers, and bloating to block passageways, reaching all the way up to the Swamp a hundred meters above.
The branches spread here, extending along the oval edge of the Swamp, while the tree's body continues to thicken, consuming the last vestiges of humanity, completing its mission—forming a solid tree body hundreds of meters thick to protect the monarch.
The tree body embedded underground resembles a short, sturdy plant lifting a camel-colored egg.
