Admission is a waste of time (163)
Lesson 33. Jade Star – 3
I guess it’s fortunate that we were all gathered for the banquet.
The time from when the troops were called up to when they were deployed was very fast.
“West! Stinking invaders are coming from the west!”
“Kill them all! Smash them all!”
“Now that we have our honored guests, how dare you step into our sanctuary… … ?”
Not only were the beastmen ferocious and strong wild creatures like wolves, tigers, and gorillas, but also the beastmen with seemingly gentle animal origins like woodpeckers, rabbits, and squirrels were burning with anger.
A great migration of people that filled the sky like a flock of migratory birds.
From one tall tree to another, we all ran quickly, climbing the branches.
“Let’s go sweep them all away! The banquet will come later!”
“Awwwww!”
“Khuu …
The one leading the way was, of course, the chieftain Khanid.
Ban Yu-won was momentarily taken aback by the rapid advance of tens, if not hundreds of thousands of warriors, but he soon realized one thing.
“Oh.”
All of the people running west following the chieftain were male.
Just looking at Slotina, who is currently in charge of the forest barrier, and Lucia, who was moving at a speed that surpassed Ban Yu-won’s perception earlier, it doesn’t seem like the female water spirit’s abilities would be lacking…
Sloty explained, reading Ban Yu-won’s question.
“The male protects the village while the female protects the enemy. The tradition of the water people.”
“Of course it is important to protect our territory, but the number of troops left behind is too much… … .”
Could that be why Ruchel, who was taken away by Lucia earlier, didn’t come back?
… … Or is something happening right now that I can’t come back from?
“… …Huh? Just a moment.”
It was only after I had forced out of my mind the delusions about the preparatory training Lucia had discussed that I finally realized the change in Sloti.
“Why are you talking so fast?”
“There are two times when a sloth becomes fast. The first is when it has to fight. Right now.”
When Ban Yu-won heard that, he looked at her again and saw that the two fluid concepts of ‘activity’ and ‘runaway’ were tightly connected and flowing through her entire body.
It seemed that he had the ability to accumulate certain concepts in exchange for moving slowly, and that he could release them in times of need to gain abilities greater than what he had originally.
If you think about it that way, can you understand why I’m usually slow and sleep a lot?
… … No, but still, something doesn’t seem right.
At that time, I was looking at Sloty with a subtle expression, who was pulling a nearby tree branch to create something that looked like something to ride, wondering if he had any intention of running even though he was talking quickly.
“As soon as the beast disappears from your sight, do you try to seduce another beast, Ban Yu-won?”
Dokgo Yeon, who had come up behind him, said that in a voice colder than dry ice.
Ban Yu-won flinched for a moment, but tried to respond calmly.
“Who is flirting with whom… … Haven’t you been acting a little strange since earlier? What is it? If something is bothering you, tell me honestly.”
I was just lightly complaining about Dokgo Yeon’s prickly attitude.
“Ugh!”
Suddenly she turned to him and frowned.
However, Ban Yu-won did not back down this time because he did not want to be cursed at by Dokgo Yeon even though he had done nothing wrong.
Dokgo Yeon must have felt it too, as she hesitated for a moment and couldn’t continue speaking.
“ah.”
“… … ?”
Before he knew it, he had completed the ride (it looked like a swing that could easily seat four or five people) and was looking back at them as if asking if they wanted to go with him. He let out a small sigh and answered in a small voice.
“It’s nothing. Let’s go.”
“… … Okay. Sloty, you want me to ride this?”
“huh.”
They were tempted to ride the release――but honestly, they also wanted to ride the tree swing, so the two decided to follow Sloti’s words obediently.
Surprisingly, the wooden chair began to move faster than the other people, following the movement of the connected branches.
“You move by climbing trees with branches… … Ah.”
Ban Yu-won, who was indirectly experiencing the feeling of being Spider-Man, moving between buildings using spider webs, suddenly had a thought as he looked at Sloty, who was sitting next to him and blankly staring ahead, his blond hair fluttering in the wind.
“They say women protect the village, but are you an exception?”
“Woman… … Ah. If there had been a male like the Empress Dowager, I could have rested.”
It seemed that when Empress Dowager Na was in power, the troops were so elite that they could not be absent from battle.
Ban Yu-won, who was nodding in understanding, noticed that Sloty’s gaze was not leaving him.
“… … What is it?”
“Come to think of it, it’s my first time being treated like a woman.”
Sloty stares at him blankly and responds nonchalantly.
But Ban Yu-won was horrified when he heard her words.
I glanced at Dokgoyeon and, as expected, he didn’t seem to be in a very good mood.
“If you say it like that, it really sounds like I’m flirting with you, so stop it.”
“Courtship? That was courtship just now? I can’t understand the way humans court.”
“That’s why I said no.”
After a long conversation where it was unclear who was the fool, the wooden swing the group was riding stopped in midair.
Ban Yu-won, who was puzzled by the sudden opening of his vision, soon realized the reason.
“Stop them! Don’t let them cut down the trees!”
“Today, I will completely break the wolf’s teeth! I will finish him off!”
This was because groups of what appeared to be invaders were moving at a low speed, cutting down and knocking down trees.
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The Wolftooth tribe’s men were desperately trying to hold them back.
Looking at that sight, Ban Yu-won thought.
The area of activity of the water people is on the tree.
So, isn’t it true that the territorial disputes between the people start with cutting down trees?
Ban Yu-won said the guess out loud, and it turned out to be true.
“Pulling out the trees under my jurisdiction and planting trees under the jurisdiction of the Queen Mother of that tribe. That’s how you take away territory.”
“In other words, this is a game of Go played with wooden stones.”
No, maybe the expression Othello would be more fitting.
But how should I put it, this method is very… … .
It’s shabby.
“You’re making that grumpy face again.”
Dokgoyeon snickered as if he realized that Ban Yuwon had come up with an idea.
“If you keep swearing like that, I’ll get mad too, you know? How are you going to handle it?”
“But you’re going to do something dirty.”
“Yeah, that’s true.”
If it is a fair evaluation and not an unreasonable insult, then I have no choice but to accept it.
Ban Yu-won jumped from the wooden swing and landed on a branch hanging from a nearby tree.
The trees are so densely packed that it is impossible for the large Livi and his mechanical subordinates to move.
Because there are so many elements that impede movement, it is not a very good environment for moving the Heavy Rain Sword.
Smaller units like Tikina Lilith and Eve may be able to do their job, but… … deploying them won’t dramatically change the battle situation.
“Will you protect me first? If there are any dangerous guys, take them out.”
[Understood, Master!]
Lilith spoke bravely on behalf of everyone, then soon transformed into a form similar to Tike.
It’s natural that she can transform since she has all the powers of Eve, but it was surprising that her quality was even better than Eve’s.
[I get perfect compensation for all machine transformations! And… … attack power too!]
The release lengthened the cylindrical ejection port located halfway between the gun barrel and the gun barrel, and then fired a long laser beam… no, a lightning bolt, sniping the water people approaching them.
[how is it!]
“It’s perfect.”
It’s easy to forget the impact of the spaceship that was revealed at the time of evolution, but she absorbed all the elements of Room 95 and made all the brain power overflowing in that space her own.
As a result, her magical power had already evolved into the superpower of psychic power and brain power, and the destructive power it contained was far superior to Eve’s psychic power or Tyche’s seven-layer magic cannon.
“Shishishit… … .”
-Squeak, squeak
Eve and Tyke were both furious at the sight of Lilith showing off her firepower.
It feels like there’s nothing to brag about when Ban Yoo-won became strong by feeding him all sorts of things.
Eve also transformed into Tike, perhaps because her competitive spirit was aroused, and soon the three of them began shooting fiercely.
-bang!
-Bang! Bang bang!
-Kwaaang!
It can’t be helped that the release is stronger, but Eve and Tike’s sniping skills are too much to take down the average Suin soldier.
As the Suin tribe that had been rushing towards the Banyuwon group were annihilated in an instant, the warriors of the Wolftooth tribe could not help but pay attention to them.
“What on earth is that? Could it be a relic?”
“I don’t know what it is, but it’s incredible! We can’t just let the guests do their thing, we have to push them! Don’t let them set foot on our Wolftooth land!”
“Those guys… … Hot, Union! They’re from Union!”
By then, the enemies had also realized Ban Yu-won’s true identity.
Even if he could tell that I was a foreigner and that I wasn’t a member of the Sooin clan, how did he immediately guess that I was from Union Academy?
The correct answer is probably.
‘As expected, he’s holding hands with Ryu Cheol-myeong. And the reason he came at this moment… … There’s even a possibility that he’s communicating in real time.’
Ha, Ban Yu-won snorted.
It would have been scary if he had personally moved and attacked Ban Yoo-won.
If Ryu Cheol-myeong believed that he could somehow move the ‘weak’ ‘majority’ who shouldered the ‘environment’ penalty and bring about anti-Yu-won, then his foresight can only be called trash.
“Okay, now we’re done with the enemy distinction.”
“Are you saying that you have been distinguishing between enemies and enemies all this time? You?”
Dokgoyeon, who had landed on a tree branch with a half-moon, tilted her head as if she was puzzled after hearing his monologue.
“Oh, that’s not the enemy.”
It wasn’t difficult to distinguish between the wolftooth tribe and the invaders.
However, in order to distinguish between trees belonging to the Wolftooth tribe’s territory and those belonging to the invaders’ territory, it was necessary to examine the concept of trees in more detail.
“Ah――I understand what you’re trying to do, but is it possible? From what that woman says, isn’t the tree ruled by sloths?”
“What are you doing?”
Before he knew it, even Sloti had come to his side.
However, unlike her leisurely actions, her hands were moving quite quickly, and every time she did, branches sprouted from the surrounding trees and stretched to grab the intruders or pierce their bodies, showing how fearsome her abilities were.
“I’m watching.”
He opened his eyes wide and manifested his power.
After completing the Origin Sword, I could feel the flow of finely controlled golden mana every time I unleashed my power.
Some of it was concentrated in his eyes and mouth, the places where his power was manifested, making him look holy.
“What are you doing?”
Sloti asked again.
But there was surprise and even a hint of fear in that voice.
Perhaps because she was the Empress Dowager, she intuitively figured out what he was trying to do?
“I’m going to uproot the tree.”
Ban Yu-won stretched both hands into the air.
The distinction has already been made perfectly.
The border between two tribes.
I felt the wildness of the beastmen as they fiercely exchanged teeth and claws, trying to protect their tribe’s trees and cut down the trees of other tribes.
The Banyuwon pulled the concept from the tree of ‘all’ intruder tribes located in the border area.
At that moment, everything on the battlefield stopped.
“――――?!”
A scream that could not be heard shook the entire forest.
No matter how much the Empress Dowager can communicate with and control trees, unless she can turn trees into monsters, they are just trees.
There is no reason why a tree that is stuck in the ground and can conceptualize and absorb bullets flying towards it cannot be destroyed.
Wouldn’t this have been possible from the moment he awakened his power?
“No. If the scope of the Mandok-an had not expanded, it would have been difficult to retrieve concepts simultaneously from such widely spread trees.”
Ban Yu-won muttered as he calmly collected the golden strings that surged in from all directions.
Regardless of whether they were enemies or not, it was quite amusing to see the astonished people looking back at Ban Yu-won, their hair standing on end.
“What, what is this… … .”
“Tree. Our tree… … .”
Most of the invaders lost their footing and fell to the ground.
The Wolftooth tribe’s men were equally shocked, but when they noticed that only the trees belonging to the intruder tribe were disappearing, they quickly returned to protect their tribe’s trees.
The beastmen, who were reluctant to touch the ground and were screaming and howling, tried to climb up the Wolftooth tribe’s tree, but were unable to break through the Wolftooth tribe’s united efforts to block them and had to hastily retreat.
“It’s him, he’s going to destroy our tree――!”
“Call Ureuk, if there is no Ureuk… … .”
“You, you. You, you, you—!”
“If you know your enemy and know yourself, you will not be at a disadvantage in a hundred battles.”
Ban Yu-won, feeling all the hatred in the battlefield being directed at him, muttered calmly and curled the corners of his mouth.
In his hands, the concept of a tree uprooted from enemy territory was gathering in real time.
“If you wanted to beat me, you should have prepared a proper stage, Ryu Cheol-myeong.”
The war hasn’t even really started yet.
Perhaps after all is said and done, the Jade Star may have to change its name.
