Episode 587
‘Did you answer hastily for no reason?’
The reason Lee Han answered quickly was because there were many places where he could be stabbed.
Because it wasn’t honorable to try to arrive early and finish the exam before the final exam.
But the tree spirit’s reaction now made Lee Han guess that he was missing something.
what?
“Do you know me?”
-To the owner…
A slow and heavy voice characteristic of a tree spirit.
Lee Han realized that the master was a skeleton principal.
‘ah. ‘Are you one of the principal’s minions?’
If that was the case, it wouldn’t have been strange to hear the story.
Lee Han was slightly relieved.
-…I heard it.
“ah. yes. okay. But the question of why you came to help is… Are you managing this jungle?”
The nutmeg tree spirit nodded.
To be precise, he was closer to having to clean up his own mistakes rather than managing them, but the forest keeper did not like to talk too much.
And in some ways, organizing was closer to management.
‘no. ‘You’re lucky.’
Lee Han was now amazed by his luck.
It was easy to pass through the jungle with the help of the forest keeper who managed it.
If only we could discover the secrets of the jungle…!
“Priest Sianna. Priest Shahrukal. “You’re lucky.”
“I completely understand.”
“Can’t I just pretend I’m here to help? haha!”
The priests understood what Lee Han meant and quickly prepared to lie.
Pretend to be someone who has come to help with the work and follow the forest keeper to check the path through the jungle!
From his bright appearance, there was not the slightest hint of stubbornness about not telling lies as a priest.
Lee Han suddenly stopped.
‘Can priests get used to lies like this?’
And after a second, I thought again.
‘It’s good to adapt to Einroguard.’
“Then let’s go!”
The nutmeg tree spirit was happy to see Lee Han and the students.
It must be final exam period, but I can’t believe you’re trying to help me organize the jungle that has nothing to do with the exam.
They were really good students.
* * *
The characteristics of Avaltara, one of the plant monsters that Headmaster Skeleton asked us to bring in this time, were strong vitality and reproductive power.
Even if you throw just a single seed, it has the power to instantly turn the surrounding area into a jungle.
In order to cleanly dispose of Avaltara, it was necessary to remove the plants that served as the nucleus in the jungle.
Of course it wasn’t easy.
Avaltara wasn’t a monster that actively attacked or ate intruders, but it wasn’t a monster that stayed still either.
The more you stimulate it, the more densely Avaltara will grow and push out intruders.
Despite his slow speech, the forest keeper moved quickly and glided in the jungle.
-female…
“This tree?”
“Is there something to this tree?”
-energy…
“……”
-cast…
The students could not wait and spoke to the forest keeper.
“Can you please speak a little faster?”
-green onion…
The forest keeper continued speaking slowly, with an expression that said he had already said enough today.
The students guessed among themselves.
“Dig here?”
“Do you mean to destroy it?”
“Maybe I can figure it out?”
“Maybe we should dig it up…”
-monster…
“You meant to destroy it!”
The students who got the answer immediately pulled out their wands and swung them.
Sharukal pulled out nearby tree branches and turned the ends into ax blades. Then he swung with all his might.
Kang!
“Uh…what.”
Shahrukal was embarrassed.
As if hitting a hard rock with an axe, the strong rebound returned and made my hand tingle.
“It doesn’t seem like an ordinary tree.”
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Siana nodded at Lee Han’s words.
“It certainly seems like that. “Get out of the way.”
“Sleep, wait a minute. Just one more time…”
“ah. Once per person. Get out of the way. hurry.”
‘Was there such a rule?’
Lee Han was puzzled, but Sianna pushed Sharukal away and took out a bottle of potion.
“die!”
“Oooh!”
The priests shouted in support from behind.
When Lee Han saw that, he thought about what he had earlier.
‘Is it okay for priests to be this combative?’
Chi-Ik-
I don’t know what combination Siana was carrying, but a fairly toxic liquid penetrated the tree’s roots.
However, the tree remained intact without any sign of withering.
“Boo! Get out of the way! “Get out of the way!”
“Oh really!”
“Next is the power of the Sisenja Church…”
“If it fails, does that mean the power of the Sisenja Church is weak?”
“What nonsense!”
-fire…
While the priests were talking actively, the forest keeper slowly opened his mouth.
Sianna heard that and told her friends.
“flame! “You’re telling me to use flames?”
“Are you okay?”
It wasn’t that the priests didn’t know about flame and didn’t use it.
Since it was a jungle and they didn’t know how it would spread to the surrounding area, they refrained from setting the fire.
Chic-
“Seeing as it’s not riding well, I think it’ll be okay.”
“Then I will bring the flames.”
When the priests showed that even if a fire were lit around a tree, it would not spread that much, Lee Han stepped forward with a staff.
Since the tree that needed to be destroyed had a stronger defense than expected, it seemed like Lee Han would have to step in.
‘As long as it doesn’t spread to the surrounding area.’
Lee Han concentrated with a little excitement at the thought of using flame magic for the first time in a long time.
“Burn up…”
A flame containing powerful magical power slowly rose.
The flames, which seemed to spread explosively for a moment, barely regained control and exploded on the outer bark of the tree.
The tree could withstand other means, but it could not withstand this fire. The flames slowly spread and engulfed the tree.
The priests clapped and cheered.
“also!”
“It’s the power of the Flemain Church!”
“It’s the Afha Order!”
“Not both…”
While Lee Han was stopping the quarreling priests, the forest keeper thought to himself.
‘The fire was useless…’
Originally, the forest keeper had tried to tell the students that fire was useless.
Since I had swung the ax and poured the potion, I decided that I would now use flame.
The tree that was the core of the area called Avaltar was protected quite thoroughly. Whether it was an axe, a potion, or a fire, it usually didn’t work.
To remove a tree, the best way to do so is to first sever the connection with other areas of the jungle, then absorb the tree’s life force to weaken its defenses, and then attack its weak points with a special spell…
The first grader in front of me just used his strength to set the fire and burned it down. It was truly amazing.
But instead of being embarrassed or surprised, the forest keeper just closed his eyes.
The forest keeper, who was tired of trying to tell me what he should have done originally, pointed to the next direction.
-next…
“yes. “Let’s all move.”
The students moved without even dreaming that they were not originally dealing with fire.
“I guess flame is the answer, after all.”
“Let’s keep it a secret from Priest Nigisor, shall we?”
-To the location…
* * *
“How do you find your way in the jungle?”
Lee Han asked patiently.
One of the things I learned after joining Einrogard was that all knowledge will be useful at some point.
Right now, I can just follow the forest guard, but later on, I could end up in the jungle alone.
-Energize…
“Energy? ah. The tree that formed the nucleus earlier had a defense capability that was distinct from other plants. Of course, the energy emitted will be differentiated, so do you mean to figure out the difference, remember it, and then use that as an indicator to move on?”
The forest keeper nodded happily.
The fact that he didn’t have to tell everything made the forest keeper happy.
Amazing first grade!
“indeed.”
“No, no, no.”
Priest Siana, who was next to him, intervened in embarrassment.
“What just happened??”
“huh?”
Lee Han was puzzled.
I wondered if Priest Siana hadn’t heard it.
“So, Priest Siana. Just as you can feel the flow of magic power in magic, you can also feel the flow of magic power in this jungle, right? Even though it seems meaningless because it is complex and messy, there is a pattern of magical power that can be used as an indicator. “That’s the tree we destroyed earlier.”
“How do you sense and remember that…? no. “It’s not important right now, so I’ll ask later.”
Priest Syana did not ask whether he could capture and understand the pattern of the magical energy he wanted in this chaotic flow of magical energy.
I had already become quite close to the boy from the Wardanaz family to ask such an amateurish question.
It was clear that he probably solved it with his own mysterious and special abilities.
Or it could be some evil arcane magic that runs through the family, but that doesn’t really matter…
“Didn’t we just talk telepathically?”
“uh. It’s not. Did it look like that?”
“It was like we were talking telepathically.”
“Weren’t we talking telepathically?!”
“……”
Lee Han was rather embarrassed by the priests’ reaction.
Why?
* * *
After that, Lee Han and his party followed the forest keeper and faithfully helped him with the tasks he was given.
At the same time, I learned from the forest guard how to find my way in the jungle, how to recognize dangerous plants, and how to collect useful parts when removing plants.
“Did you… learn?”
“Can you say you learned that?”
The priests whispered.
Rather than what the forest keeper taught, it was closer to what Lee Han realized on his own with the forest keeper in front of him.
I would have realized the same thing even if I had placed a crushed rock or a gainando instead of a forest keeper.
Lee Han, who was walking in front without knowing that the priests were whispering like that, realized something and stopped.
‘for a moment. ‘It’s strange.’
When I thought about it, I was a forest keeper who had to manage this jungle.
However, rather than managing the jungle, the forest guard was moving around trying to destroy specific trees.
Of course, there were times when the forest became dangerous because some of the trees were polluted.
If a disease spreads to a tree, it can quickly spread to other trees, so in this case, treating the diseased tree was a priority.
However, the trees that the forest keeper destroyed seemed to be the core trees of the territory rather than those trees.
A movement as if they were trying to get rid of this jungle.
‘Removing the jungle wouldn’t be bad for us, but… what? ‘Is it a bad idea to keep leaving it here?’
Lee Han wondered why the forest keeper was clearing the jungle.
It’s definitely not because the students are uncomfortable…
While I was worrying like that, I arrived at the last tree. Following the forest keeper’s instructions, Lee Han burned the tree with flames.
At that moment, the plants in the jungle suddenly began to collapse.
As if time had fast-forwarded, the bushes withered, the leaves fell and the trees rotted into the ground.
And all these things came together and gathered together into one seed. The jungle here felt like a fantasy.
“Uh… did you really come here to clear the jungle?”
-?
The forest keeper showed a different reaction for the first time today.
I couldn’t understand what this master’s disciple was talking about.
We’re here to clear the jungle. So what are we here for?
Sigh-
When the jungle disappeared, the door to the exposed classroom was opened, and Professor Yonramo appeared inside.
“Have you cleaned everything up? Thank you… Uh, Lee Han? “What are the other students doing here?”
Professor Yonramo was puzzled when he saw the students gathered in front of the classroom.
There was still a lot of time left until the exam.
“Wait a minute, did you really clear the jungle together? “Thank you, but why don’t you prepare for the exam when it’s final exam period…”
“Professor, uh, wasn’t breaking through this jungle a test?”
one of the priests asked cautiously.
Everyone seemed to have an ominous feeling, and their expressions were unusual.
“I made it clear that the final exam was about transforming my arms. “No, did I not tell you?”
“……”
“……”
-thank you…
The forest keeper expressed his gratitude and left without leaving the rotting-faced students alone.
