episode_0180

Bang! Bang bang!! Kuuurrrrung!!! The air explodes. Simultaneously, it echoes everywhere like the roar of a giant beast.

Kang! Swaek!! Kakakakang!!! Sharp blades collide. Simultaneously, a sharp noise scatters everywhere as if tearing ears.

“Really stubborn, stubborn!!” “Kuaaaaaat!!!”

“Parting the Great Sea!”

A clean thrust without a single bit of disturbance unfolds. This thrust, precise beyond measure, pierced the monster wrapped in dark brown tree roots in one go. The flames wrapped around the sword stuck to the monster’s wound and burned, but the tree roots covering the surface regenerated it instantly.

At that moment, a silver-haired woman who appeared from behind greatly swings a giant halberd horizontally. The compressed air rampages violently as if exploding in one breath, tearing the monster of tree roots apart instantly. But even that, the monster of tree roots regenerated.

“…Now it has completely left the realm of humans.” Seeing that sight, I clicked my tongue and stepped back. About 20 minutes have passed since Pyeongcheondaeseong joined and began engaging the fallen Hero Abel. However, despite that, we failed to kill Hero Abel. No, to be more precise, we killed him several times. We killed him, but he just revived like a monster over and over again.

“Even if you cut off his arm, sever his neck, burst his heart, or crush his lower body, he regenerates again. Even flames don’t work…”. Of course, thanks to Leviya, our side also recovered minor injuries or decreased condition through divine power. So the battle is still worth fighting, but dragging on like this cannot be called a good situation.

“The ominous energy felt from the World Tree has also become stronger, husband.” “Right. We can’t waste any more time here.” “…” “…Are you okay?”

Neither Pyeongcheondaeseong nor I have received damage from that guy Abel. If I had to say, maybe a little fatigue? That’s all there is. But Pyeongcheondaeseong was in a situation where a constraint was currently spread, preventing her from using her full power. Honestly, no matter how much he regenerates, if she could use the skill she had when we fought in Labyrinthos, she would have somehow been able to kill him before he regenerated…. “A trial should not help the subject of the trial, is that it.”

What an annoying restriction… If so, the remaining method is…

“…Mino.” “Yes, husband.” “From now on, I will leave this place with Leviya.” “You’re going to the World Tree?”

At Pyeongcheondaeseong’s question, which accurately grasped my intention, I nodded my head and looked at the World Tree visible in the distance. The World Tree, which was emitting an ominous energy, has definitely expanded more than a little while ago. It seems it is probably absorbing all the life force in this vicinity and converting it into powerful demonic energy. To stop that, we must quickly settle things with the . There is no reason to waste time here, and we shouldn’t. So…

“I’m leaving that guy to you.” “Anytime.”

“…Leviya!” “Yes, yes!”

Leviya, who was waiting while gathering divine power in the rear, quickly pulled back her divine power and approached me. I held Leviya as she was and leaped into the air by stepping on the .

“Kuaegek!! Not letting go!…, won’t!!!” Abel, who had turned into a monster, tried to block Leon and Leviya who were leaping into the air, but an silver halberd swung one step ahead of him severed Abel’s arm.

“Kuaaaaaaaak!!” “…”

Bungbungbungbung! Kuoong!! Pyeongcheondaeseong, who was looking at the fallen monster screaming and suffering as if looking at something dirty, lightly spun her weapon a few times and then struck the ground.

“As long as I am here, you cannot chase after my husband.” “Kraeuah… Cha, you whore…” An unpleasant voice that seemed to mix the roar of a beast and human language half and half. Pyeongcheondaeseong, hearing that voice, frowned as if displeased.

“Cha, chachachangnyeoga…, Kraaah… Bu, bububeom… I’ll do you…”

“…” The expression vanished from Pyeongcheondaeseong’s face. Then she quietly looks at the beast that has given up being human.

“How dare you…”

Pyeongcheondaeseong, what she desired was just one small wish. Namely, as a woman, to meet her beloved husband and live supporting him. That was all.

“Someone like you…”

What is important for her husband is strength. The strength to withstand her power. But the being before her eyes, a being who has given up his own identity, naturally has no ability to withstand her. She could not tolerate the being before her eyes, who dared to show lust by saying he would defile her, on top of all that.

“Pacho.”

The form of the halberd changed. A faint wind wrapped around the halberd that had transformed into a sharper form.

“I will kill you.”

“!!” Tremendous killing intent, enough for even Abel, who had given up being human and transformed into a monster, to feel it was dangerous. But it was too late to feel that killing intent and escape. Because Pyeongcheondaeseong had already decided to kill the being before her eyes. Once, she, the symbol of pure power that had turned the heavens upside down, moved.

Tung

“!”

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!

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Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!

“Heeek?!” A tremendous roar from behind… No, a tremendous sound, insufficient to even be called a roar, is heard. Leviya, hearing that sound, is startled and clings closer to me.

While running towards the World Tree, I simultaneously glanced back, and there was a small ‘mountain’ there. Just as I can change the terrain by swinging my sword, Pyeongcheondaeseong also has the power to lightly change the terrain with her strength. Whether that guy will die or not from that, I don’t know, but at least what is certain is that Abel will not be able to chase us.

“Pye-, Pyeongcheondaeseong-nim… Weren’t you unable to use your power properly?” “That was the case. But because I have left.” “?” “It’s a kind of wordplay.”

A trial cannot help the subject of the trial. Here, the subject of the trial is me. As a hero, defeating the fallen hero by a fragment of the Demon King, and furthermore, subduing the Demon King. But if Pyeongcheondaeseong intervenes there, it becomes helping me break the trial. That’s why a constraint was created for Pyeongcheondaeseong.

“But I’m not there. What is there is Pyeongcheondaeseong, and something that threatens Pyeongcheondaeseong herself.” Why did the leave alone a being like Pyeongcheondaeseong, who could become such a great variable? The reason is simple. If she interferes with Pyeongcheondaeseong first, it becomes an excuse to provide Pyeongcheondaeseong with a pretext to attack her without the constraint. That’s probably why the didn’t touch Pyeongcheondaeseong. Even while corrupting all the dwarves and driving away the orcs, the reason for not touching Pyeongcheondaeseong and the small beings living within her domain can only be explained by that.

“Fighting with me is helping my trial, but her fighting alone is a kind of self-defense.” “Something…, it’s sloppy…” “Well…. It’s probably something that doesn’t usually happen.”

While heading towards the World Tree, I felt the presence of two people also heading towards the World Tree, just like us. They are not elves or others. Because they were people I knew well.

“It’s Baeknyeon. As expected, you were alive and well.” “Baeknyeon unnie!” “Ah, Lady Leviya! And Young Master Leon!”

“It seems that Demon King isn’t here?” Having joined with the two people, we paused for a moment. As the situation was that we had gotten quite close to the World Tree, it was judged better to reorganize the situation before proceeding.

“The current anomaly in the Western Continent is…” “Yes, as expected, it’s because of the World Tree visible before our eyes.” “Then has the ‘s body awakened?” “It seems so. Even before coming here, an idiot… I met one hero besides me. It seems that guy broke the barrier.”

At the words that a hero broke it, Baeknyeon and Seullin frowned as if they didn’t understand. “If it’s a hero, isn’t he someone like Young Master? Why would someone like that break the seal where the enemy is trapped?” “Because he’s a troll.” “Isn’t a troll a magic beast?…” “…There is such a thing. It’s a metaphor.”

Ah, that concept doesn’t exist here. When Leviya asked, tilting her head, instead of a proper answer, I said while stroking Leviya’s head.

“Because of the presence of that World Tree, it’s mostly erased and hard to feel, but there seem to be quite a lot of elves there. And as expected, most of them are probably in a state of corruption by the .” “Hmm. If so…”

“Since that guy has regained his body anyway, there’s no point in delaying. You three, with Leviya, break the elves’ brainwashing. I’ll be doing 1:1 marking with the .”

At my words, Baeknyeon, Seullin, and Leviya nodded their heads. “Then let’s go now…”

Kwaang!!

“…” The moment we were about to charge in, a red flame explosion occurred from the direction of the World Tree. It’s not that big in scale, and it seems like something similar to magic was slammed in… What is it? Is there someone else fighting besides us? That guy Abel, even if he has a party, it’s the case where he brings in women he likes to easily have sex with, so there shouldn’t be anyone capable of fighting….

“Haa…, haa…. Salamander!!” “To come back on your own when you ran away, this time I will truly regain my spirit!” “Avante! Snap out of it!! We are noble elves with a mission to protect the World Tree!!”

…Huh? There were elves who weren’t brainwashed still remaining?