He held onto the small tree branch that he had just broken off to resist the wind, and with its help, he succeeded.
"Whoa, what's with this wind all of a sudden?" he muttered, looking around to find the bird he came after. He saw that it was still flying in the sky.
The bird flew around the area above Akiel a few times, and after that, it headed directly toward a cloud. As Akiel gazed at the cloud where the bird went, he saw that the area around him was slowly being covered by clusters of clouds, and they seemed to be slowly approaching his way.
"No, come back here!" After the bird disappeared into the cluster of clouds, he shouted and walked toward it.
But as he took a step forward, he suddenly halted.
"Huh?" Looking down, he tried to lift up his leg, but he realized he couldn't. At that moment, he saw a tree root had come out from the ground and covered his legs.
