"Stop it!"
"Protect the Mother Tree!"
When they saw the Mother Tree, already withered for the most part, accelerating its decline under the absorption by the Demon Tree bestowed by the Divine, with crystalline leaves falling from the crown, the many Wood Elves who had been prepared to migrate were infuriated.
Although they had decided to abandon the Mother Tree, it was a choice made out of necessity for survival and the continuation of the tribe; it didn't mean they could coldly watch as the Mother Tree was ravaged.
Even though it was the Life Tree, gifted by the Divine, that harmed the Mother Tree, this tree obviously exuded an evil aura, full of ominousness.
They planted this tree due to the Divine's gift, akin to a lifeline. Even knowing its uncertainties, it was their last hope before leaving their homeland, yet unexpectedly, this hope led to such a cruel event.
