◈ Episode 465: The Crying World (2)
The cry of the world tree did not simply spread in the form of sound.
It was the echo of the soul.
The waves emitted by the huge tree vibrated violently spread across the forest beyond the castle.
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A gust of wind blew the trees violently.
All the birds in the nest were frightened and soared into the sky.
The wild beasts also sensed something and began to jump and run away.
The pyramids of Mother Nature, which were eaten and eaten by each other, did not fulfill their role at this moment.
Because both predators and prey were busy running away in fear.
The elves who were on the way to evacuate watched it, then looked back in the direction of the capital they had left.
“The world number… … .”
The castle was nowhere to be seen, but the World Tree was still visible.
The World Tree, which always gave warm light and grace, now seemed filled with anger and pain.
The uncanny sensation of throwing a stone deep into the soul and causing ripples.
The elves were able to recognize the seriousness of the situation in the huge shaking that followed.
Kugu Palace!
Once, the ground rocked greatly from bottom to top.
Some couldn’t stand up and fell to the floor, while others screamed involuntarily.
Soon after, the car became quiet, and an elf pointed in the direction of the world tree with a trembling hand.
“Hey, look over there.”
All eyes turned to the world tree.
Some sat down with their eyes wide open, while others bowed their heads and prayed reverently.
The world tree they saw was now destroying everything around it, even with its huge roots.
* * *
“Damn it.”
Ambella Burke unknowingly spat out curse words at the horrors unfolding before her eyes.
Someone must have pointed out what kind of habit it was, but unfortunately, the person who pointed it out also had the same idea as Ambella.
Seeing the tentacle-like roots wriggling in the inner sanctuary, he vaguely guessed that he had used the power of the World Tree.
But even so, it is only superficial.
It was Ambella’s judgment that this army could not be completely stopped.
The situation has now completely changed.
I don’t know what Bentmin Leafre did, but the World Tree exerted a much stronger power than before.
Although the increase in the number of roots protruding from various parts of the castle has also increased.
Roots attacked Leafre and the Shade Warden Elves who were guarding the resistance and began to steal their life force.
The loyalists who gave everything to protect the resistance from the enemy, even sacrificed their lives by their masters.
“Lord Ambella. What is the situation now?”
Vierano looked up at the howling World Tree with a stunned face.
the divine.
The tree they believed in and served was angry.
“I can’t believe what the Leafre family did… … .”
“I’m sure. Since they took over after Plante fell, they must have studied how to handle the World Tree for a long time.”
“Isn’t that dangerous? If we fully use the power of the World Tree, the forces here alone… … .”
Vierano, who knew about the power of the World Tree, grasped the seriousness of the situation at once.
It was difficult for the opponent with only the troops gathered here.
Concerned, Ambella shook her head.
“no. It’s not full power. It feels like you are being forced into it.”
Ambella has seen the power of the World Tree up close more than anyone else.
To be precise, I saw an elf who wielded the power of the World Tree up close.
He didn’t handle it himself, and even that was all he did to watch from a distance as he used it informally.
Still, since she had lived for a long time, it was easy to guess by her age.
“That is an imperfect force. Rather, the moment you get scared and run away, that malice will expand out of control.”
It’s like that just by consuming all the living things that stand out with their roots right now.
Bentmin Leafre wanted to replace the power he lacked in handling the World Tree with something that absorbed other life energies.
“Rather, now is the right time. We need to evolve as quickly as possible.”
“But to get into the crevices of those roots… … .”
The moment you touch it, your life force is taken away.
It wasn’t impossible to avoid and move, but it was difficult for so many soldiers to move at once.
The bigger the scale, the heavier the movement.
So, inevitably, it was necessary to shed that weight.
“I guess we have no choice but to go with a small number of elites.”
Ambella rotated the greatsword in her hand.
Huung.
A gust of wind blew in with the sound of cutting through the air.
“Fortunately, it seems that the guys who should have been blocking the road from the inside are now unable to do so due to an accidental death of an ally. At least it’s comforting that there’s only one root to worry about.”
“It’s no consolation when you consider that the root is the most dangerous.”
“What? Don’t you know that it’s not strange no matter what happens in a war?”
Ambella said that and turned around.
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“You think so too? Helia.”
“hmm. I don’t know because I haven’t been through the war.”
A lively and light voice that doesn’t match the serious atmosphere at all.
Holding a parasol, Helya approached like a model and blew a whistle as she watched the world tree raging and her resistance collapsing.
“Oh wow. Bentmin That lady must have been in a hurry. To do something like that.”
“So what are you going to do now?”
“Ugh. I know. In fact, it seems like it was enough just to draw his attention so that he could infiltrate the inside.”
Helya stared at the World Tree.
She could also see the shadowy bird that was rampaging nearby, and the struggle of the man riding on it.
Ludgar, who shoots out colorful artifacts like starlight, and Bentmin, who responds with golden arrows from below, engage in a close battle.
It showed a strangely ironic beauty in this terrible situation.
It was difficult for Helya to contain the joy and bliss that rose up inside her.
After all, this world is fun.
Having made up her mind, Helya spoke to Ambella.
“Well, I’ll try to help you with a little service.”
Helya raised the parasol in her hand and aimed it at the front.
Helya watched the wriggling tentacles while destroying the beautiful Serendel resistance in half, and said playfully.
“It’s bread.”
It’s too light for an action to be taken at such an important moment.
However, the results were not light at all.
Around Helya, a huge monster’s head popped out in the air.
An illusion with physical power, the authority she possesses.
No, can we call it fantasy now?
From the point of view of being a tangible entity with physical power, it was already far beyond the realm of fakes.
What appeared behind Helya’s back was a beast with a reptilian head.
Hard scales and two horns standing tall on its head.
The Neutral Elves who saw this were astonished.
“D-Dragon?”
A being that existed in the distant past, in the era of myths and legends, but is now said to have disappeared.
A fragment of the myth that was said to be closest to the god in the past has descended to this place, even though it is only an illusion.
The translucent form of the red dragon gasped and inhaled the air.
Her chest, which had swelled to the limit, glowed vermilion.
The dragon spewed fire towards Serendel Castle.
The dragon’s breath, which is said to set the world on fire, spewed out radially and engulfed the roots around Serendel Fortress.
It is a world tree that did not budge even in the high heat of gunpowder and bombs created by humans.
However, even if it was an illusion, the heat from the dragon’s breath had a definite effect on the World Tree.
Parss.
The roots that the breath passed through turned black and hardened in place.
The castle gate of Serendel Castle, which boasted a beautiful appearance, also melted hideously as the surrounding area smelt.
It is unfortunate that a part of the castle, which boasts a long history of the elves, collapsed so horribly.
But everyone in this place was so overwhelmed by its majesty that they couldn’t even think of it.
The exhaled breath seemed to reach the World Tree and its cradle beyond Serendel Castle.
“oh.”
Helya exclaimed.
Against this attack, Bentmin did not stand still.
Poududeuk!
Stronger and stronger roots rose one after another and erected a solid barrier.
If the root that had moved so far was a small root, that would be the main root most closely connected to the base of the World Tree.
As the roots, more than 50 meters in circumference and kilometers in length, moved, the ground turned over and vomit gushed upward.
The whole world vibrated along with the cloud of dust.
No matter how much the dragon’s breath was, it was impossible to burn the enormous soil and the main roots of the huge world tree all at once.
Helya pouted her lips at the unexpected situation.
“This is Won. It’s not like you’re going to have to do a major bleeding service.”
I was about to leave with only this support, but Bentmin’s resistance was tougher than I thought.
Helia didn’t like that.
Originally, Bentmin had come to water the plot, and he intended to repay her double for insulting him.
But if you touch a nerve like this, you have no choice but to be sincere.
“Pierce it.”
The dragon, who received Helya’s command, spurred on the breath that continued to exhale.
The radial flames that wiped out a wide area in one fell swoop began to narrow.
“Muh, what kind of heat.”
“Step back!”
The elves who were watching felt the heat from the dragon’s muzzle grow stronger and hurriedly retreated.
The breath, which had been gradually narrowing, eventually turned into a single line.
Jiying.
It was no longer a torrent of flame, but a level that should be called a laser of energy.
The highly compressed breath punched a huge hole through the roots of the world tree.
But the breath did not stop there.
Jiying.
The dragon’s snout went up as if it were bent upwards, and the red laser moved along its trajectory.
From the inner gate of Serendel to the branches of the World Tree.
In the place where the huge flash of light had passed, belatedly, red explosions burst out with time lags like flower petals.
After completing its role, the dragon disappeared as if it were scattered into the air like cotton candy melting in water.
“Three, the world tree!”
The elves flinched at the sight of a huge scar being carved on the body of the World Tree.
But Helena didn’t care.
“what. just like this After all, it only takes an instant to inflict this blow. I will play it soon.”
Then he said to Ambella.
“Still, I kept the road open for a while. Now it’s your turn.”
“I will.”
Ambella ran towards the World Tree with the elites she had recruited in advance.
So did Vierano.
Looking at the backs of the elves, Helya remembered Ludgar fighting on top of the World Tree.
“I hope you do well. You can’t die here.”
* * *
The blow inflicted by Helya had a proper impact on Ludger and Bentmin’s fight.
Fierce flames of unknown origin swept across the battlefield.
It was the same with the cradle.
The cradle, which was a huge cavity, split exactly in half.
Bentmin, who was swept away by it, scattered half of his body, which had turned into a huge tree, into ashes because it couldn’t burn.
“Aww! Helia!”
Bentmin, whose senses were attuned to the World Tree, immediately recognized who the attack belonged to and exploded in rage.
But at the same time, Bentmin’s rationality, even a little bit, harbored expectations.
The trajectory of the breath from earlier also included Ludger floating in the air.
Considering the mobility of the Steel Crow, he would have somehow avoided a direct hit, but even then, the aftermath alone would have been enough.
However, Bentmin couldn’t hide his surprise when he saw Ludger floating in the air.
“how?”
Rudgar was fine.
I’m sure I saw Breath brush past Rudgar and the Steel Crow, but the man didn’t show any signs of being scorched.
What surprised Bentmin even more was the heat and traces of flames still shimmering around Ludger.
The embers created by the breath of the dragon that still remained burning the air were spinning around Ludgar.
The embers were sucked in as if they were drawn to something and contracted to a single point.
It was a bright red jewel held in Ludger’s right hand.
“Is it the dragon’s breath?”
Ludgar, who had absorbed the flames with Quasimodo’s spirit stone, looked at the spirit stone flickering red as if satisfied.
At the head of the corps of neutral factions, a familiar black-and-white haired woman was seen.
“Do something stupid.”
Rudger tutted and clicked his tongue, but he still had to admit that he had been helped.
At that moment, the world tree fluctuated greatly.
Even if it was a world tree, it was hit directly by the dragon’s breath, which could be said to be the opposite, and the pain was indescribable.
The castle rocked violently, and the cradle rocked as if it were about to collapse.
The cradle that Breath passed through couldn’t stand the vibration and was cut in half, and began to open slowly.
cried Rudger.
“Hans! Take Sedina and avoid it!”
[Ah, I see!]
Hans took Sedina on his back and flew away.
Belatedly, Bentmin blew the root and tried to catch it, but it was too late.
“no!”
Plante’s last key goes away.
I don’t know anything else, but I absolutely couldn’t miss Sedina.
Hans realized Bentmin wouldn’t be able to fully capture him, but he didn’t hesitate to run away.
Hans, imbued with mana all over his body, immediately prepared to accelerate.
He intended to stay as far away from the World Tree as possible.
───!!!
At that moment, a strange thing happened.
It was something that neither Hans, nor Ludger, nor Bentmin himself expected.
puddeudeuk.
The branches of the World Tree gradually grew longer, and eventually began to spread out in all directions.
As if opening a folded umbrella, the branches that gradually extended reached the ground after drawing a gentle parabola.
Koo Goo Goo.
Wherever the branches of the World Tree touched, the ground vibrated violently.
In an instant, a huge cage was completed around the World Tree.
[This, what is this… … !]
The tree branches that formed the cage stretched out to Hans, who was embarrassed by the road being blocked out of nowhere, and aimed at Hans.
[Hold tight!]
Hans tried to escape as much as possible, but now that he was already locked in a cage, wherever he went, he was under the influence of the World Tree.
In an instant, Hans was caught by a branch, and so was Sedina, who was on top of it.
Bentmin muttered in a trembling voice as he watched the scene.
“Three, the world tree moved directly. The world tree wants that child.”
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“It’s such a mess.”
Lutus Wardot couldn’t hide his bewilderment at the scenery unfolding in front of him.
It was just a few days ago that he had heard from the 1st princess that the elven kingdom was preparing for war, and had set out to prevent it.
The elven forest they arrived at was truly chaotic.
There was no one to stand on the border of the forest, and a battle was taking place inside.
Above all, Serendel Castle and the World Tree, the capital of the Elven Kingdom, were raging as if a disaster had occurred.
“I was thinking of meeting my old teacher after a long time and trying to solve the problem, but I feel like I got involved in something troublesome.”
Seeing the world tree run rampant like that, this wasn’t usually a serious thing.
At the very least, depending on whether or not this is won or lost, the empire will be affected in some way.
“I can’t help it.”
Lutus took his sword and slowly moved towards the mess.
