Opened

The demon opening the demon's well was nothing surprising.

Everyone expected it.

However, they didn't expect the situation to escalate from zero to a hundred immediately, except Aru.

He was keeping a close watch on the demon's movements while cooking up his own plans because it was the only thing he knew how to do.

Plan for everything.

Plan for the future.

That's how Aru's brain worked. It might be one of the best and worst features of his brain at the same time.

But this time, it did help him significantly.

He was the first one to react when the demon activated the artefact to create the demon well. 

"No, you don't." He said in his mind as he commanded the roots of the links nearby to drill out of the ceiling and drop into the giant ball of spirit energy.

And just as he commanded, thick tree roots began to drop like a waterfall. Hundreds, if not thousands fell and touched the condensed form of spirit energy.