<i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">Whether the group followed or not the stairway up was long and almost seemingly endless. Each time it would seem that the top was just ahead, even more steps were thrust into their path. As they moved up the steps the group would hear the fighting from below. The tree shaking slightly as the conflict below them raged on, slowly fading as the group got higher and higher.<br/>
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Eventually, the group would come upon another large door, to which Niet would lower the box of treasures he was carrying and would snap his finger. The moment he did the door would slowly slide open to a smaller room.<br/>
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The room seemed to be the top of the tree, as above their heads were the same golden leaves as the smaller tree they had left in the cathedral. Small little fairy lights were seemed to have been hung from them as well. The room was rather sparse in its decoration, the floor was bare but there were a few mats on the ground as if for people to sit for a time. But beyond that, the room didn't seem all that special until the group would look up and see the most peculiar fruit.<br/>
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It appeared like an apple in nature but its skin seemed to be made of solid gold, the same kind of gold color that was present in the flames that protected the Sequoia. It seemed to glow with the same enchanting light that seemed to emanate from the tree in the cathedral. A soft humming could be heard coming from it, it was alluring and beautiful in nature and seemed extremely powerful and sacred. Even Neit looked upon it with awe but remained quiet. Snapping his fingers again to close the door behind those who followed. They would feel relatively safe within the room, but surely they would find out the outcome of the fight soon. But for now, they had a moment to rest and think.</span></i>