Deep within the lush, verdant mountain range, towering ancient trees reached hundreds of meters into the sky. Having grown for thousands of years, these massive plants were the dominant rulers of the range, their colossal canopies blocking out even the sunlight.
This place was rarely visited by humans. Occasionally, the roar of a Magical Beast would echo through the forest, startling countless resting birds into panicked flight, filling the air with a breathtaking flurry of white silhouettes.
Within these endless, rolling mountains stood a peak that pierced straight into the heavens. The mountain was not large, but it was exceptionally precipitous, ascending in an almost sheer vertical line. Its sheer rock walls were so smooth that, barring flight, ordinary Magical Beasts found it entirely impossible to scale.
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