A gentle, low, and vast mountain slope was where Keg Vines clung to Arbor trees, weaving through the forest as they climbed upwards.
The Dominating Throne hovered high above, overlooking a mountain range that resembled a tadpole—large-headed and thin-tailed—a very short range indeed.
In the distance, layers of mountains stacked upon one another, all lush and verdant.
Dragon Cypress controlled the Dominating Throne to fly low, using the mountain where the Keg Vines were discovered as the center for his search.
After nearly half a day, he finally found a second Keg Vine.
This one was larger, its flat woody vines nearly one meter wide near the base.
It was rooted beside a stream on the middle to lower slopes, climbing upward, cresting the mountain peak, and sprawling down the other side.
An ancient vine, it had grown for an unknown number of centuries.
Dragon Cypress spent two days searching the vicinity and successively discovered a third and then a fourth Keg Vine.
