episode_0259

There is a saying, ‘何必’, which means ‘leaving everything else behind.’

The world is a series of events. Unless the parallel universe actually exists.

It is natural that Asha and Adel became entangled with Yuglan, Akasha’s creature.

It was no wonder that Asha and Adele faced such a crisis when Eugene took his eyes off the mirror for a moment due to Wayne’s bruises.

And it is no wonder that Yuglan’s opponents are Asha and Adele.

“Okay, Adele. A conclusion was reached in my head.”

“What is it? Smart.”

“It feels a little strange that you call me smart.”

“Stop talking nonsense and quickly state your conclusion. If you don’t want the word “hut” in front of Ttuktgi.”

“Good. Of course you can feel it too, but right now… I’m talking about the energy emanating from the moving tree. Is this the energy you’ve never felt before?”

“Right…right? If I had ever sensed something like that before, I would have developed PTSD by now. Because it would have remained a trauma.”

“And I am confident that there are only two forces that I have not recognized in my entire life.”

“Uh… I don’t mean to say it, but after only living for 100 years?”

“Yes. Only lived for 100 years.”

“…What is it?”

“One is faith.”

It is a gift that the gods of this world receive from creatures in the underworld, and it is a power that appears based on their wishes. Adele immediately shook her head.

“I guess that’s not it.”

Likewise, Asha and Adele, who are mere creatures of the underworld, have never seen or felt faith, but they clearly experienced the exercise of its power from their father, Eugene.

At least I remember that it wasn’t such a gloomy power.

“The remaining one may be hard to believe, but it is a demon.”

“Huh? Demon? Demons?”

Adele’s mind buffered for a moment. It took a lot of time to interpret the meaning of the word demon.

To paraphrase, it meant that Prinia’s power to cut off space was so absolute that Asha’s words sounded absurd.

There are humans who have forgotten the concept of a hero for nearly 400 years due to Wayne’s disappearance, and the spatial rupture of Prinia, which created the concept of ‘the end of the world,’ ridiculously exceeded a thousand years.

Naturally, Adele’s response to Asha was inevitably lukewarm.

“I was wondering what you were talking about… Isn’t it because you read too many books that your brain went crazy? What nonsense…”

“There is a saying that, excluding the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how hard it is to believe, it is the truth.”

“…So you read too many books? If I had to classify it, the term demons would be one of the impossible things you mentioned.”

No matter how much Adele denied it, Asha had already made up her mind. And it was surprisingly similar to the truth.

A tree that Akasha brought from the demon world. An automaton made from that tree. After hitting both elements, Asha immediately cut her finger with her fingernail.

“What should I do? Can you chase away demons with a picture that chases away the undead?”

“It’s not a picture, it’s a magic circle, and it’s not the same, but it’s similar.”

Dispel was not the only magic circle that Asha learned. Patterns that are very familiar on Earth, but are not commonly used here and are considered sacred, are drawn in blood.

“Huh? This is the same picture engraved on the ring my dad has.”

“Because it’s not just a picture… Sigh, that’s enough.”

What Asha completed was a straight pentagram. It was a picture of a star, a pattern known to ward off evil things both on Earth and here.

“With something like this, that kind of brutal energy can be suppressed… right?”

Adele, who was watching Asha’s antics with an expression full of disbelief, was dumbfounded. I just drew a very simple picture on the floor with blood, but Yuglan’s spirit really subsided a little.

The ‘spells’ handled by Asha are strongly influenced by the caster’s purpose and beliefs. This is also reflected in the fact that the metal, which is the weak point of each undead, is placed in the center when dispelling.

The concept that faith becomes power is very familiar. Because faith is such a power. The method of witchcraft that Asha used as a substitute for magic before she became an adult was, in fact, closer to the foundation of this world than magic.

The pentagram was merely a symbol depicting the orbit of the morning star, but here it is used as a symbol of one god. Therefore, in witchcraft, it was no different than embodying people’s belief that the god would drive away evil things.

The morning star means Venus, and there is only one god who uses Venus as a symbol.

“It seems like some sort of sacred magic used by priests.”

“Actually, Aunt Stella… it symbolizes my older sister.”

Asha glances at Haneul’s gaze. The siblings, who had actually had a conversation with Stella through Orha, did not want to be struck by lightning.

“Gooo!”

Asha’s Anti-Demon Jin, which was created with just faith and symbolism, actually worked effectively on Yuglan.

However, since it was made with just that, it was natural for it to be sloppy. Yuglan, who had suffered for some reason, became angry and began to act more violently.

“Ugh!”

“Asha, if I’m not pouring cold water on you, I think the situation has gotten worse?”

“I think so. Hey, you said you knew him, right? Try to calm down.”

Asha accidentally tapped Loreius behind her. Of course, being only a human being, he was shocked.

“Hiik! No, I don’t know! This is my first time seeing Yuglan like that!”

“This is my first time seeing it… Okay, now that I see it, there is no trace of its original shape left.”

Yuglan had taken root in the ground to recover from the damage he had suffered. Yuglan’s body, which had naturally grown into a tree on its back, sank into the ground, leaving no trace.

The problem didn’t end there. The tree, which had taken root, seemed to like the soil here more than expected and began to expand its territory as it pleased. Thanks to this, the magic energy that stayed near the tree spread far away.

“It’s like pouring oil on a burning house…”

Asha commented on her actions. At this point, it was right to take a step back no matter what.

Asha’s calculation was that no matter how demonic the opponent was, he would not be able to annihilate humanity on his own. Of course, the surrounding ecosystem will be destroyed, but it is estimated that when that happens, someone trustworthy will step forward.

Nevertheless, the reason he stands still is because the Magi has not yet been able to break through Argen’s defense shield, so his safety has been secured, and because he feels a sense of responsibility that he is ultimately the one who started the incident.

It is not wrong to step forward to resolve the request or to kill the person who caused friction, but it is also true that it was the spark that led to the situation spreading like this.

Asha and Adele said the same thing as they saw the situation becoming increasingly beyond their capabilities.

“Ah… I miss mom and dad…”

Unfortunately, Arjen and Eugene could not hear this voice. However, in this situation, there was someone who could step forward faster than anyone else, and someone who had the obligation to step forward.

“The tree is over there! Everyone ready to shoot!”

The voice of a new person reached Asha’s ears. Asha looked toward the direction of the sound, wondering if adventurers carrying out the same request as her had come.

What caught Asha’s eyes were people who were more trustworthy than adventurers. These people have long ears and a beautiful appearance without exception.

“Elf…?”

Adele expressed doubt. The area around Arjen’s lair was a green land, so she had also met many elves. However, the elves that appeared now were different from those that Adele knew.

Unlike the existing elves, who were very colorful and even looked pathetic at first glance, they were sharp-looking elves dressed in identical outfits and armed with unusual bows.

“Shoot!”

Skin!

Arrows fired by more than twenty people rushed towards Yuglan, who was rooted to the ground, making only one sound. All those arrows left the bowstring at the same time.

“Wait a minute, that kind of attack is not even close…”

Adele, who was trying to dissuade the elves, closed her mouth. The arrow hit the target through the energy of the tree, which causes everything to disappear as soon as you get close to it.

Of course, nothing happens to a large tree simply by sticking an arrow into it. However, what followed was enough to scare Asha and Adele.

Grumble!

The ignition occurred from the arrows fired by the elves. The same thing happened to all the arrows, and the large tree was immediately engulfed in flames.

“Keee!!”

It was a tree in the demon world, and since it was a tree, it was the providence of nature that it burned in fire.

“Wow…….”

Asha and Adele are purely amazed at the elves who ended Yuglan so easily. And then one of the elves approached them.

“Meet Titania’s bloodline.”

An elf with platinum-blonde hair puts down his bow and kneels on one knee to bow. Asha and Adele have seen many elves worship their father, Eugene, calling him Titania.

“Oh, hello.”

Therefore, the scene that should have been familiar, combined with the momentum of the elf in front of me and what had just happened, felt extremely awkward.

‘I live and see elves burning wood…’

‘My thoughts were short. 100 years is a long enough life. Watching all sorts of things happen….’

” Under orders from Prinia, I have come to eradicate the demons that have appeared in this land.”

“Aha…? So, are you the ones who manage the World Tree?”

As there were only elves around Lair, the elf shook his head in response to Asha’s question, who had some knowledge of the elves’ internal society.

“No. We are serving Prinia directly.”

“Aha.”

It was a concise answer, but Asha understood and nodded. The World Tree and Prinia are treated virtually the same among elves.

This is because the World Tree is what Prinia planted in various places with her residual thoughts in order to manage this world safely.

Therefore, not only is it meaningless to distinguish between the two, but very few elves are even aware of this fact in the first place. Most elves simply think of the World Tree as a medium connecting Prinia and the underworld, or as a sacred object or symbol.

In the meantime, I immediately got a sense of how special it was that the elf, who clearly differentiates between the World Tree and Prinia, was serving ‘Prinia’ under his direct command.

Of course, Adele just quietly twitched her eyes.

“I also know that you two have been confronting that monster for a long time. We would like to express our infinite gratitude for your hard work.”

“What? In the end, I got help without having to resort to any other means.”

“No. That’s a plant from the demon world, and it almost caused a big problem. Because this world almost became a demon world.”

Asha felt proud that her prediction was correct and became curious about new knowledge. But unfortunately, both quickly subsided.

“Kaaa!!!”

This is because the tree, which had been completely burned down to a lump of charcoal, suddenly rose up with its roots, making a loud noise.