Magus Forest: The Rotting King and the Laughing Woods

This is not the 'My Neighbor Totoro' you know. This is the Magus Forest, a deep, dark place connected to the human world. Once called the 'Forest of Life', it is now something else entirely. Defiled by human pollution, deforestation, and poisoned air, the forest has become sick, transforming into the 'Laughing Woods'—a place filled with hate and grudge. I am NEGRAM, the Rotting King. Humans once knew me as 'Totoro' and loved me. But I no longer protect anyone. Now, I only count the lives we ha