#219
Lycanthrope (4)
-“Where is this cursed race!”
-“It’s a monster! Kill it!”
-“Monster, monster! Save me! Save me!”
In the not-so-short history of the continent.
Lycanthropes have always been oppressed and ostracized, a sort of ‘contagious’ species.
An imperfect species that cannot reproduce normally and can only increase its population through infection.
Even those who were healthy begin to have their minds contaminated by dark magic immediately after being infected, and eventually their wild and violent selves become so distorted that it is difficult to find a trace of their former selves.
Even if they somehow managed to maintain their sanity, they would often lose their senses and go on a rampage, committing acts of infection and murder every day when the full moon rose.
It was natural that people would try to exclude bombs that could explode at any moment to protect themselves and their families.
Also, an ordinary boy who was bitten by a werewolf, ran away after killing all the villagers and his family who were trying to kill him.
After that, he caused countless victims based on his instincts, and eventually he completely turned into a monster. This is probably not such a strange story in this world.
···It was certainly unusual for someone to survive for hundreds of years and eventually become strong enough to become a ‘king.’
There was also someone’s intervention and help in the process.
Kwaaang—!
“Keuhihihaha! Got you! You annoying bugs!”
The Lycanthrope King, Baukalakas, tore at the earth elemental that constantly hindered his steps with an eerie grip.
Just that alone created a scar on the ground with a radius of 5 meters, as if it had been clawed by a wild beast, and the spirit, despite being of the highest level, was helplessly summoned back without being able to put up much of a fight against the immense essence of destruction held in its hand.
“Ugh!”
“Horoot-nim! Are you okay?”
“···Cecily, this is not a big deal, so concentrate! If that bastard takes even one step outside the camp, it’s over!”
In the aftermath, a thin stream of blood flowed from the corner of the mouth of the high elf Horut, a sorcerer of summoning spirits.
However, he gritted his teeth and focused more on the remaining spirits without showing any sign of it.
In the middle of a battlefield where two races are facing off head-on.
Among them, the number of people mobilized to tie up the feet of the lycanthrope leader was no less than all four high elves remaining in Drasha.
‘Ugh, I can barely hold out even though I’m right next to the World Tree…! I never thought a monster of that size would attack without a second thought. Not only is our class different, but our compatibility is just not good.’
High Elves are those whose abilities increase several-fold the closer they are to the World Tree, but the amplification of their abilities by one who combined black magic with madness was no small feat.
Above all, the power of the one who had reached transcendence, ‘ignoring some of the attacks/defenses of a lower level’, combined with that horrible body, had reached a level that was impossible to handle.
No matter how much firepower they pour out, they ignore a certain percentage of it and then recover by enduring it with their body, and even without that, the attacks of such a powerful creature easily penetrate their defenses.
So for now, the best option was to form a force like this and fight a war of attrition to somehow capture the bastard.
First of all, it could be said that the high elves who lived next to the World Tree had an advantage in terms of resilience.
‘···No, really? Looking at that monster’s condition, I don’t think so at all. ···If I had even one opponent of equal level, I could have ended it quickly.’
Because of their absolute advantage in longevity, the Elf race as a whole had a very high proportion of strong people who had surpassed a certain level.
It was all thanks to the forest keepers scattered throughout the territory that we were able to somehow respond to the simultaneous appearances of white giants and the invasion of lycanthropes.
However, instead, there seems to be some additional limitation on overcoming the limit, as in the present-day Elven Kingdom, there is not a single person who has reached the state of transcendence.
The high elf Lydia, the leader of the watchmen, is considered to be right in front of the wall, but unfortunately, she has crossed the ocean and joined the warrior party.
“Kakak kakak! Are you tired now? Huh? Are you done? Let’s finish it now!”
At that moment, with a loud laugh, the monster rushed towards where the high elves were.
The atmosphere shattered as the destructive magic emanated from that body, and the smell of burning spread as the air tore along the trajectory of the outstretched fingertips.
“Ouch, I’ll stop it!”
“I will help you!”
Platinum, a spirit swordsman who has mastered both spirits and swordsmanship, blocked the path of the oncoming man with an aura rising from his entire body.
Her sword, young and starry, met the crimson claws that flew through the space.
Kaaaaang—!
Although she was momentarily shaken by the overwhelming difference in physical ability that was immediately apparent, she was able to fight on equal terms to some extent after receiving secondary magical support from the queen, who was also a great magician.
But that was only for a moment…
Kkuadduk! Kuuung—!
“Ugh!”
She lasted only about a minute, even with additional support from others.
In the end, she was able to escape only after bouncing off the ground and holding on.
If it weren’t for Cecily covering him with a curtain of water at the last moment, he would have been seriously injured this time by the subsequent attacks.
“Phew! I managed to catch one, but I’m starting to get a little annoyed! If there were no World Tree, these things would have ended long ago! Ah, I have to burn them quickly!”
As if his patience was reaching its limit, the bloodshot eyes of Baucalakas grew darker.
Perhaps his rationality would have been further diminished, but his physical abilities would have increased even more.
‘We have to find a way somehow.’
Cecily swallowed a sigh and bit her lip.
While they were barely holding on, the lycanthropes sent five more general-level entities to the battlefield.
Of course, there were some capable people on that side who could stand up to them, but…
‘I guess I’ll have to accept the damage. Wait, now that I think about it, where’s Harris?’
Then suddenly, she realized that at some point, there had been no news about him.
The last news was that they had engaged in combat with a general.
Since we don’t have the resources to maintain the World Tree Network right now, we don’t know what happened after that.
‘···I think he’s coming back this way by now. Things will be a bit better when he gets there. Let’s hold out as long as we can.’
So when Cecily was concentrating on the battle again.
The Harris she had in mind was just entering Drasha.
***
Kkwaduk!
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“Ugh! Oh, world’s water clock···.”
Kwaaang—!
“Caeng!”
Death was spreading from the center of the Enamel Continent, which had been the center of peace for a long time.
Death comes equally to both lycanthropes and elves.
The hastily constructed wooden barriers that had been raised in preparation for the invasion had long since been breached, and the elves were slowly pulling back their lines, trying to thin their numbers as much as possible.
Lycanthropes have superior physical abilities and instincts, allowing them to avoid or repel all mediocre long-range attacks, and even if they are hit, they have to break through their stamina and magic resistance, and their regeneration speed is also overwhelming, so they rarely die.
Even though the elves have more numbers, they are made up of elite troops that have been carefully selected.
The elves needed more immediate power that could be used more reliably… and fortunately, Drasha had excellent human resources ready.
The outskirts of the battlefield, slightly away from the center.
Ki-ki-ki-ki—
Shapiron Silvesti calmly pulled back the bowstring, slowly drawing up his natural power.
“Kuaaaah! I’m gonna kill you!”
A warrior-level lycanthrope approaches, moving in a zigzag pattern as if avoiding a shooting line.
A bloated body, a crimson aura rising from its entire body, bloodshot eyes stained with madness, and vicious teeth leaking saliva.
Even though her rabid appearance was extremely menacing at first glance, she maintained her composure as much as possible and waited until the very last moment…
At the most optimal moment when the bastard could not dodge, he fired a fatal shot containing the spirit of the wind.
Wedge-shaped— bang!
An arrowhead that pierces the forehead exactly.
If it was an ordinary warrior-level entity, it would have been killed in one hit no matter how powerful its regenerative powers were, but the lycanthrope, who had gained monstrous vitality through the collaboration of black magic and madness, was only momentarily staggered in place.
The bastard charged at her again with an arrow lodged in his head, with a fierce demeanor as if he wanted to go with her even if it meant dying.
“Die!”
Even in that crisis situation, Shapiron’s expression remained undisturbed.
Actually, it didn’t matter if the guy didn’t collapse in one room just now.
Quite naturally, she wasn’t alone.
Sssssss— smack—! smack! ssssss—! s …
While she had her prey’s attention focused on her, arrows and magic flying from the square thoroughly tore at the bastard.
At this point, even a knight, let alone a warrior, wouldn’t be able to survive.
And from the direction the attack had come from, Timer and Curie, my comrades who had once decorated the festival stage with Harris, quietly approached.
“Ms. Shapiron, are you sure this is okay? It’s effective, but I think it’s too dangerous to do it alone.”
“···Changing the operation?”
“It’s okay. After all, all we’re dealing with are the wounded and the remnants of the group that escaped. Now is not the time to be complacent, so we have to take some risks.”
Drasha Academy is the best educational facility in the Elven Kingdom.
Naturally, all of those students were elites, high-level personnel who could be put to use immediately.
In a crisis like this, you can trust them to provide rear support.
“If we move just a little bit faster, we can save at least one more person. So from now on···.”
rustling—
At that moment, the sound of bushes moving was heard, as if to interrupt her words.
The expressions of the three people hardened.
···They could hear the sound, but their senses, which were always tense, still couldn’t feel anything.
They nodded to each other and slowly turned their heads towards you.
There, a rough-looking woman, who seemed to be the one who had deliberately shaken the bushes to make noise, was looking at them with a strange expression.
“At first, I was going to just let it pass quietly, but when I thought about it, you were right. If I were just a little more diligent, I could save at least one more of my compatriots.”
She opened her mouth in a relaxed manner.
He has short black hair, dense scars on his neck, the back of his hands, and other areas where his skin is visible, and he is tall and muscular, standing at 180 centimeters.
“···Is it okay to kill a few of them on the way?”
The teeth of a beast are visible from inside the slightly smiling mouth, and the fingernails gradually grow sharper.
“Ah, it’s a good thing I was the only one hiding while the other guys were killing and having fun. Hehe.”
The woman that Shapiron and his party happened to encounter was.
He was a general-level lycanthrope who was on an undercover mission given by the king.
***
Harris went straight to Drasha.
Even if you flew at top speed, it would take at least several hours to get there, but wasn’t the ‘Forest Path’ technique something that was practiced for situations like this?
‘Originally it was a pilgrimage route, so it was taboo and all, but… now it’s a crisis situation!’
Since it was a journey to carry out a task that was directly requested by the World Tree, it was only natural that this was within the acceptable range.
So he took a step forward, using the world tree as a landmark.
About 5 minutes later.
When he came out of the forest path, he was already on the branch of the World Tree.
‘···I didn’t plan on coming up here. No, maybe it’s a good thing.’
It will be easier to see the situation from this unobstructed view.
Harris looked down, near Drasha, with that in mind.
He frowned slightly at the progress of the war that was well underway.
For him, who remembered Drasha as always peaceful and beautiful, the current scene was completely unfamiliar.
‘If the World Tree is offering such an extraordinary compensation, then it must have been a problem that was solved no matter what.’
What was immediately visible was a tense situation.
There is a slight sense of being pushed, but it doesn’t seem like it will collapse right away, and if we just stall for time, the foresters will come from all directions leading the guards.
‘···I don’t know. I guess I’ll have to look into it in more detail to find out.’
Harris quietly adjusted his bow, Themis, activated “Stargazer” and quietly looked down…
At the same time, I paused for a moment at the feeling of elation.
‘What is this? Why all of a sudden?’
It wasn’t bad.
It feels like I’m more closely connected to the subject than when I normally use skills…
‘Is it because I’m in contact with the World Tree?’
All of the High Elf’s abilities become stronger the closer they are to the World Tree.
Of course, if you stand on top of it, you will feel it more clearly than usual.
···Besides, since it is a special situation right now, it feels like they are allowing me more.
‘···It seems a bit lacking. Well, then just a little more.’
In that state, Harris activated “World Tree Deficit” and “Natural Assimilation” to maximize his affinity with Mother Nature, especially the World Tree.
And let’s look down at the ground in that state—.
‘Ah, this is···.’
I am.
《The special skill “Star Observer” absorbs the lower abilities “Clearness Index” and “Wisdom Eye” and evolves into “Milky Way Observer”.》
The World Tree—a glimpse into the world seen by God.
