Chapter 19 – Another World (9)
Chapter 19 – Another World (9)
“The monsters that lived here have special powers inside them. When it manifests itself outwardly, it becomes a demonic beast. The magic they possess is extremely poisonous, but it is a power that can be nourished by going through the roots of the World Tree.”
Serenian told me why hunting is important. As she had seen and guessed with her eyes until now, she told her and her World Tree that hunting was an act that could gain experience points.
Hunting enemies and absorbing the nutrients from the world tree to grow yourself.
As the level of the world tree rises and grows further, it is not known what kind of power will be released in the future, so hunting and growth are essential for the future.
‘Was it just a search battle?’
After killing all the ants that crawled out of the entrance of the ant den, I stopped Battlebot 001. The ants that crawled out, only ordinary ants with no demon beasts, didn’t seem to have put all their efforts into it, as if this was just spying.
In the meantime, as if Serenian believed me, she did not stop working on clay even while the ants were flocking, and after the battle, she greeted me with the boy Ren.
It seems that he thinks it’s better to finish the minimum construction than to fight now.
‘That’s right.’
I sympathized with the desire to secure even a small essential safety, so I moved the drone this time. It was to buy them time and at the same time to investigate what was going on in the anthill that had apparently taken down the queen.
The drone quickly passed the elves waving his hand, and at once crossed the world in the flowerpot and headed for the anthill.
The image of a deep tunnel that can be seen naked on the screen of a drone with the flash activated. After going beyond this small anthill that had been robbed and empty by Serenian, I arrived at the deepest cave where the queen ant’s corpse had dried up and died.
As expected, it is clear that some unknown force is at work here, just like the world in the pot. In other words, it is meaningless to predict something based on the size of a pot. I really don’t know what will come out.
As the saying goes deeper, the ants that came out of the new burrow were disassembling the corpse of the queen ant and moving it into it.
‘I’ll be beaten if I go further.’
Bewildered by the considerable number of ants crawling inside, I was unable to send the drone all the way inside.
At the same time, I wondered if she would be able to clean this place by herself without proper support this time around. It is true that she is stronger than most of her hunters, but of course there are limits.
“…”
After that, I retrieved the drone, saw that only about 1/10 of the construction was completed, and sent the clay together again. I would have to repeat this several times to build a plausible barrier.
Besides, even I knew that simply completing that barrier would not end everything. Whether a new enemy arrives or whether she brings new elves here, big and small incidents are bound to happen.
I, too, had to be prepared for that in order to properly give her the help she needed.
For no reason, I glanced at the compound bow she always carries. I’m not sure what that help will be, but I’m sure it’ll be better if I can spend the money anyway.
And the elves, including Serenian, will help to earn that money. In the end, I made a decision with the thought of reciprocity.
There is also a video I shot separately with my mobile phone, but it’s actually not very dramatic.
However, the video filmed by the drone is different. The images of that special and unique world that were filmed by entering the world inside the flowerpot. There will definitely be demand. I didn’t care whether others believed it or not.
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“Are you tired?”
“Yes…”
“Let’s work hard a little more. Concentrate on mana. If you strengthen your body with mana, you can relieve fatigue and reduce pain.”
We do our best in our respective positions. With that thought in mind, she put all her effort into completing the barrier.
The huge clay marbles were endlessly refilled. Serenian and Ren brought it to this place with the help of Battlebot 001, poured clay dissolved in water on the floor, poured it, and continued to build it up.
From morning to evening. Even when the sun went down, he lit a torch and worked.
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“You really have a lot of talent.”
Serenian seemed to understand her intentions, bursting out her bright flashlight and laughing at the drone floating still like her lights. Still, she didn’t stop working.
Even with her strong body and mana, she is exhausted and exhausted, so the amount of work that makes her mind faint moment by moment. Serenian and Ren sped up their work to such an extent that they could eat and sleep in the workshop.
“Chief. I brought them all.”
“Please stick them to the floor and walls. If you put water on it, the part that is already hardened will melt, so you can stick it on then.”
At that time, the girl, Leah, brought a cart full of things. Those cut into large pieces are coated paper sent by Seunghyun. The elves, who couldn’t afford to use stone, decided to use it as a substitute for waterproof tiles and worked hard on the barrier they were making.
‘It’s not that far.’
This kind of work continued for several days. Many times for the sun to rise and set. Even so, they continued to work by squeezing their strength to the limit.
‘I have to do my part. That’s how everyone survives.’
Even Ren, who was an ordinary boy who liked to hang out and hang out before his banishment, was desperate enough to gritting his trembling teeth and moving her body.
It was because, while working, I could see the Battlebots occasionally scramble and fight against the crawling ants.
However, it is an obvious fact that we cannot trust only Battlebots forever. As the number of ants became more and more rough, the elves kept their guard as high as possible and built up barriers.
“The end of this world.”
And finally. As she poured and compacted her last of clay.
Serenian looked up at the thick, huge ocher-colored wall blocking him. An insurmountable boundary line that covers it with a haze of mist.
Finally, the end to end was connected with a pure white barrier.
It’s just a very small and thin line, 1cm in height, 1cm in width, and about 25cm in length, but Serenian’s eyes, looking back blankly, saw a strong barrier that stretched so long that the opposite end could not be seen.
For a moment, her heart swelled. After she was banished in despair and sorrow, it was a sight she could not have imagined.
“Is this really over?”
“For now.
Len and Leah were thrilled as well. They had to cover the coated paper that hadn’t even covered half of it yet, and they had to insert sharp needles like thorns to prevent the enemies from sticking to the wall, but anyway, there are only three of them in the world, and they have achieved one achievement.
“Where are you going?”
“You guys, go home and get some rest. Do the rest after you take a break. I’m going to say hello to that person. You have to say thank you to the god.”
After ordering her children to rest, Serenian grabbed her bow and jumped under the barrier where her Battlebots were, and started running somewhere.
“Oops.”
It wasn’t just the children on the wall who saw it.
He, who was watching the achievements of the little elves who migrated from the sky to his potted plants, hurriedly got up from his seat and approached the herb pot in the living room.
“You seem to be happy?”
“Complete. He put up all the barriers.”
Serenian passed through the rift and met him. He smiled at her, as if he knew her, at her unusual excitement. However, that smile seemed somehow bitter.
“It would have been impossible without the help of the divine spirit. I’ve already greeted you several times, but I want you, the priest, to say it one more time.”
“I will. Rather, this is my gift.”
“This is…”
He held out one of her things to her. It is a walkie-talkie that is an external object that has been scaled. I couldn’t hear her voice without going through it directly like this, so as planned in advance, it was an item prepared to hear her immediately, anytime, anywhere.
But that was also the reason why his expression wasn’t good.
[Exhausted scaling limit]
[Need to grow the World Tree to increase the number of times]
‘If there was a limit on the number of times, you should have told me in advance…! Is this why I’m not expecting it?’
He couldn’t stand the absurdity and got angry inside.
It’s because of the phrase that came to my mind the moment I walked into the flower pot with a walkie-talkie.
Tools such as shovels and axes, clothes such as sandals, weapons such as bows, drones, and small food or seeds.
All of that was not unlimited. The power to twist the reality of scaling comes at a great cost, and of course there was a limit.
“Are you saying you won’t be able to give me tools like this for a while?”
“With a power that even I can’t understand, the World Tree and the Divine Spirit have a close relationship. The growth of the World Tree is the growth of that relationship, so it will be difficult for a while.”
He reported this to Serenian with a dark expression.
“I, no, we are fine.”
But she shook her head with a smile as she clutched the bow in her hand.
“I have already received a lot of help. It is natural that you should be self-reliant if you are not going to depend on it from beginning to end. Clearly, the things he gave us are comfy and excellent. But that’s enough. I have no intention of living with his body wrapped around me and protected for the rest of my life.”
“But…”
“On the contrary, you can cherish it more because it is precious. If it is common, my gratitude will fade and it will make me lazy. Heavenly objects are special rewards, that’s enough.”
Serenian, who went through many things and was banished to this place, realized that being comfortable is not a good thing. I saw with my own eyes how those who were intoxicated with the comfort betrayed and treated their own people, so I am wary of it.
“And it really doesn’t mean you can’t help.”
“That’s right. You can continue to help by giving materials… or something like that.”
The only thing blocked above all is the things that have been scaled. It was still possible for her to give her her gigantic objects as they were.
‘Strong. To the point where I wondered if he was younger than me. Is it because she’s an elf? Well, it really starts with erecting that barrier.’
Laughing heartily at her words that pierced her own dizzy and troubled mind at once, he put an end to her story and told her how to use her walkie-talkie.