"Resurrected?" Elara Dessey thought the word was inappropriate when used for the seeds of the Sopalaya Mother Tree. Austin Corell understood her confusion. "Before the seeds of the Sopalaya Mother Tree break away from the mother tree, their embryos are full of life. On the contrary, the seed husks hold no life. At that stage, they can be called alive. The moment a seed detaches from the mother tree, the life within the embryo disperses at once, merges into the seed husk, and enters a deep slumber." "So the Blood Pact's awakening of the Sopalaya Mother Tree seeds didn't truly rouse the slumbering embryos. They only awakened the seed husks that had absorbed the embryos' life force," Elara thought of the pregnant women, her nose burning as if scorched. "Do they still have a chance to live?"

