episode_0258

“Uuuuu….”

Yuglan’s slurred voice stimulated the hearts of those who heard it. Even though Asha was far enough away, she felt an inexplicable sense of goosebumps.

“…What on earth is that?”

“Have you figured it out yet? It’s too late for Dr. Asha.”

“The most likely thing… is a doll made by a dragon like us.”

“What is it? For a prediction, this is a strangely detailed analysis.”

“It is confirmed that it is an artificial life form as it does not bleed and continues life even when its body is broken. Since they have no hesitation even after seeing us, there is a greater than 80% chance that the creator is a dragon like us.”

Despite what was overlooked, Asha’s analysis was accurate. However, Asha discarded the answer she had found on her own.

“But looking at that, it doesn’t seem to be the case. It was a plant, not an animal in the first place.”

Asha’s gaze was fixed on the tree growing behind Yuglan’s back. Even though it had a large tree on its back, Yuglan moved slowly, so he paid no attention to it.

“What is it… Why does it feel so ominous? It’s the first time I’ve felt this energy in my life…”

Asha realized that it was fundamentally different from the flow of mana that occurred when mana was used simply to use magic.

“Coming, Adele.”

“Huh? Huh!?”

As soon as Asha spoke, a tree branch stretched out at a rapid speed like a frog’s tongue. Adele screamed and dodged the tree branch.

“Ugh! It’s mom!”

Adele was caught off guard because Yuglan was moving slowly. Apart from that, the tree that grew on his back was able to spread branches at an extremely fast rate.

“Adele. My intuition warns me that I should never touch that branch directly.”

“My intuition is yes!? I know! Oh my, what a surprise…”

Fortunately, it wasn’t at a speed that Adele couldn’t avoid if she concentrated. Of course, no matter how avoidable the speed was, it didn’t mean I wasn’t nervous.

Unlike normal attacks, as Asha said, Adele also felt strongly that not even a single effective hit should be allowed.

Push profit!

As Adele continued to narrowly avoid the branches, a black aura once again spread throughout the tree. It was the energy that colored the entire area with death.

“Wow!”

Adele almost breathed it in. Adele, who barely escaped,’s expression becomes distorted.

“Adele. Now stop being stubborn and come next to me. Then I’m really going to die.”

“…Yes, it’s stupid to build up your pride and attack something you don’t even know what it is…”

Among the dragon’s characteristics, wisdom is as prominent as pride. Adele was curious but not foolish.

Ssss…

The good news was that the unidentified energy could not penetrate the necklace’s protective shield. Of course, nothing lasts forever, so you never know when things will change.

And Asha had a knack for finding solutions before the situation changed.

***

“…Oh, I guess something happened to Yuglan.”

Akasha, who was being bathed by Quercus, sighed deeply. Quercus immediately said something he didn’t mean to, so as not to offend his hostess.

“If there is danger, I will go.”

“Hehe, I don’t know when our camaraderie became so strong.”

Akasha was able to clearly see Querkus’s inner thoughts. It was natural for the Creator to understand the intentions of his creation. And that also applied to Juglan.

“Yuglan… What kind of person are you dealing with that makes you so distraught?”

Yuglan was an automaton created by Akasha by infusing a human soul into a ‘special’ walnut tree. Therefore, the more I exerted all my strength, the more the influence of the walnut tree, my original identity, appeared.

“I wanted to enjoy a leisurely bath, but I guess I have to get up now. Quercus.”

“…Are you planning to come in person?”

“That’s right. It was a situation where I had to do that.”

Quercus had complicated thoughts in his head. Aside from the ever-present envy toward the owner, the most prominent thoughts were envy and anger toward Yuglan.

‘You idiot. How dare you make a great person come to you in person… Ugh, I’m jealous.’

Looking at the back of Akasha, who quickly dried herself and got dressed, Quercus continued to think.

‘Even if I were in an emergency, would you step forward like this?…’

I didn’t mean to expect an answer. No, it wasn’t a word because I never said it out loud in the first place, it was just a thought.

Nevertheless, Akasha’s answer came back.

“Isn’t that obvious? You are all my precious children.”

“Ahh…! Master!”

“I’ll be back in a hurry, so if any intruders appear, I’d like you to repel them, Querkus. That won’t happen, though.”

“Yes! I will honor your honor!”

For the first time in her life, Akasha left her rare completely in the hands of someone else and went outside. With the now familiar spatial movement magic, we were able to move from the rare to a distant location in an instant, ensuring thorough security.

‘It’s not too late yet. No, I don’t know when it might be late.’

The place he was heading to was not where Yuglan was. Anyway, Akasha decided that since Yuglan revealed his true identity, he would not be threatened.

Nevertheless, unlike usual Akasha, the reason he went out of his way to prepare for the aftermath of Yuglan returning to his true form was to prepare for the aftermath.

This is also closely related to the identity of Yuglan as a ‘special’ walnut tree.

Yes. ‘Special walnut tree’.

This is for one reason: it is the ‘walnut tree of the demon world’ that Akasha brought directly from the demon world.

“!?”

Akasha, which was flying at high speed, suddenly stopped. No, I was suspended.

‘Space freeze… maybe it’s a little late.’

The Demon Egg is a place where demons live. Their king, the Demon King, is the mortal enemy that the warrior, the savior of mankind, must defeat for generations.

However, for tens of centuries, there has been no confrontation between a hero and a demon king. It didn’t matter that Wayne, who was still on active duty and the oldest living warrior, lived alone in Argen’s Lair instead of working for humanity.

The reason is that the border with the demon world was completely cut off by an overwhelming external force.

In this situation, what would happen if the person who cut off the border found out that he had secretly opened a passage to the demon world and stolen a tree?

Of course you will be angry.

“Keuuu!”

Akasha opened her mouth and spoke with difficulty, barely able to withstand the load on her entire body. The name of the person who seeks to uproot the tree of the demon world that has appeared in this world.

“Prinia….!”

“It worked in the end, Akasha…”

“Ugh, stupid bitch. The work was done long ago. You just didn’t know until now.”

Akasha felt pressure as if her body was being crushed, but she sighed in relief. Strictly speaking, what appeared before my eyes was not Prinia herself, but a residual thought.

It goes without saying that the residual thoughts that appear through the world tree are not even a drop of blood to the power of the original body.

“Since when do you think I’ve been researching space magic, huh!?”

Akasha, who escaped from Prinia’s spatial freeze at once, unleashed magical power with a large roar.

“The years of blood and sweat to escape from the influence of four years alone amount to a thousand years!”

More than a thousand years ago, when Akasha reached the seat of heaven for the first time as a creature of the underworld.

When he was struggling to obtain the power of God to revive Hyers, who had already died, he encountered ‘gods who are not actually omnipotent and omnipotent.’

Although I couldn’t help but feel great disappointment, there were only two gods that I thought were the most dangerous.

Akasha found it rather easy to see Stella, who simply had no chance of winning if she collided.

The power that Prinia had, and the enormous influence it could exert, was at a level that even a dragon herself could not dare to fathom.

That’s why Akasha was even more consumed with madness. And that madness finally became the source of Akasha, who was just a living being, able to exercise spatial magic.

The thing that opened the gap in space and brought Eugene back to Earth was,

Through spatial movement, it became a disaster that the dwarven village could not resist,

The fact that he was able to dig a hole through the demon world and steal items from the demon world was all thanks to his poisonous obsession and maddening efforts.

“Go away, Prinia. You will no longer be able to control me.”

The leadership of the space in the area was completely transferred to Akasha. The world tree that had been transformed into Prinia’s residual thoughts was torn apart at that moment.

Kwazijic!

“…….”

“Kwikkk, even the moment he disappears, his calm face is very angry. Even if you glare at me so scary, I’m not scared at all.”

Akasha was no longer afraid of the sky god who did not have a body to appear in the underworld and maintained his body only through faith.

This is because he knew that he would never be able to exert such a fatal influence on himself.

The last time I had to worry about a threat to my life was when I encountered Stella, who had appeared in the body of a saint.

Akasha, who had even caused the saint’s death by her own hands, could not help but think that she had no rival.

Any remaining doubts had just been erased by personally tearing down the world tree.

‘Now there are no variables…!’

It was the moment when the plan that had been dormant in Akasha’s head was awakened.