"Is this the disaster brought about by the... 'Old King'?"
The ground that had been torn apart by the weight of the Old King, although it had undergone 'self-healing'.
Yet a kind of "apocalyptic plague" had sprouted within the Gaine Forest.
The plague originated from the [Giant-Footprint (the footprint left by the foot of the King of Ghoul)], infecting and contaminating the entire forest.
The intense, apocalyptic plague had formed an 'overlapping space' within the area covered by the footprint. The internal plague had even conjured a consciousness, resulting in a plague organism.
One needs to delve into it, completely eliminate the plague organism, to eradicate the plague from this area.
There were thirty-nine 'giant footprints' found throughout the Gaine Forest.
The Holy City dispatched the Plague Knights, well known for their expertise in handling these types of disasters.