The entire port area was shrouded in rising smoke and dust, accompanied by deafening sounds like thunder from the collapse.
The blue dragon soared into the sky, making a vigorous ascent amidst the cloud of dust, while the crown of the Reincarnation Giant Tree crashed down behind her. The colossal wooden structures that had stood for millennia shattered like an ancient city in a dream, the thick branches akin to clock towers and the wilted massive leaves and just-dead vines snapped and fell onto the ground of Mother Harbor amidst a series of loud crashes. Each collapse caused the steel ground to emit a low tremor, kicking up wave after wave of even larger plumes of dust.
Gawain and the others stood at the edge of Melita Ponia's broad back, looking down at the earth below. The spectacle before their eyes was so breathtaking that everyone was left dumbstruck.
