206 – Ed’s classmates (2)
“Let me introduce you to my new garden. “The admission fee is your life.”
As soon as Charlotte finished speaking, a huge tree trunk rose up behind her.
However, its appearance was strange and distorted to be considered a tree trunk.
The pillars of the giant tree, which should stand tall, are bent here and there like a fern.
-Dukkung···Dukkung···.
Also, the tree that Charlotte summoned was pulsating like a living thing.
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The color is also not the usual brown, but a mixture of red and flesh color reminiscent of blood.
This type of tree had never been seen in any polluted forest.
“Grow up well.”
But Charlotte was treating the ugly tree like a child.
In fact, the tree was responding to Charlotte’s commands as if it had an ego.
It takes root in the ground and absorbs the ‘blood’ that permeates the ground.
-Puddeuk…Puddeuk…Puddeuk…
In that way, the tree gradually began to grow bigger.
Monsters who instinctively felt uncomfortable began to rush in to stop the Charlotte Tree.
Instinctively, he realized that it would be dangerous if the shallot tree grew.
-Hwiik! Whick! Sigh! Poobuk!
But at that moment, strange plants placed throughout the garden began to block the monsters.
Spores harmful to the body spew out from the giant mushroom, and a giant plant twisted into a vortex like a fern begins to devour the monster.
As the number of dying monsters increased, the blood on the ground became more abundant and the trees grew faster.
“It’s complete.”
And finally.
Charlotte’s new special move has been completed.
The ‘World Tree of Death’, which she studied for several months, sucked the devil’s blood and became a complete adult.
-Wheeek!
Soon, the World Tree of Death straightened out its branches.
As if looking inside a deep-sea creature, the opaque branches of the World Tree were flowing with blood instead of water.
The blood of the devil is used as nourishment for massacre.
-Kyeeek!
-Crururu look!
-Kooooo!
Hundreds of branches extending out from the center of the World Tree began to slaughter nearby monsters.
A sharp and strong tentacle-like branch pierced the monster’s vital area.
“Your karma created these children. “I shouldn’t have ravaged this world.”
And Charlotte muttered her words without knowing what she meant.
Charlotte asks about the karma of demons.
If you dig into this in detail, it goes back thousands of years.
This is the Genesis of this world where the ‘Celestial Man’ and the ‘Prince of Hell’ fought a great war.
At that time, the world was full of beautiful and dense forests.
However, those beautiful forests were polluted by the Duke of Hell, and have now become something like a dungeon.
And among them was the ancient World Tree.
【I hate you… It’s painful… I have to kill everyone…】
In the middle of that historical context.
One day, Charlotte entered the Forest of Death to develop a stronger toxic substance.
And suddenly, guided by a voice ringing in his head, he began to enter the center of the forest.
In the heart of the forest, where not even the Sword Master dares to set foot, saying it is dangerous.
【Feel it too…! My pain!】
And the moment she reached the center of the forest, numerous monster plants began to attack Charlotte.
The contaminated will of the World Tree permeated the entire forest and attacked Charlotte.
The polluted world tree was full of hatred for ‘someone’ who made it like this.
“·····Who are you? “Your pain is conveyed…”
But Charlotte is a descendant of the Verdian family.
He was a descendant of a high-ranking elf family that settled in the human world in the distant past.
Although they have now become more similar to humans as generations pass by, the ‘ability to spiritually communicate with the forest’ has been passed down to distant generations.
And Charlotte was a genius among geniuses, born with the greatest ability to communicate.
【Can you feel me? How····.】
“Your sadness was conveyed as is… It must have been a really difficult time for you.”
Because of this, Charlotte did not show a typical reaction.
Normally, when she was attacked by monster plants, she would pour out intense anger and wield her destructive arts, but Charlotte just stood still and shed tears.
She felt the heart of the world tree and understood her pain.
This was a reaction that only she could make, given her innate ‘purity’ and ‘altruism’.
【Aren’t you afraid of me…? Don’t you hate me…?】
“···I’m afraid. But it’s not disgusting. There was a time when I was pointed at by someone. “I can’t fathom all your pain, but I can understand.”
【····I’m so, so angry···. Someone made me like this… I don’t know who it was… One day, I turned into this hideous person, and to this day, everyone who comes to my forest hates my children and me… I hate everyone.】
“······.”
The Forest of Life was corrupted into a mere dungeon by the Duke of Hell.
However, the ancient World Tree did not know the identity of the person who made it like this.
Because of that, he poured out his anger on humans and various living things in the forest.
“I know. “Who made you like this?”
【······!!】
“Come with me. He is trying to pollute the forests of this world again. “Get revenge on that guy with me.”
【I want to go…I want to leave with you… If I’m connected to you, I feel at ease… I feel like I can pour out all this uncontrollable hatred…】
That’s how Charlotte got the polluted World Tree as her companion.
And after much research, she figured out how to summon a portion of the polluted World Tree to her realm.
She is now able to summon the ‘real’ Forest of Death, not the Forest of Death decorated with hallucination magic.
-Queeek!!!
-Rarrr! Grumble!
And her power was beyond imagination.
Monstrous plants and world trees filled with malice toward demons began to slaughter demons.
Charlotte assisted with the action with various chemical vials and natural magic.
“····Amazing.”
Meanwhile, Enya, who was watching, stuck out her tongue and watched the activities of her ‘rival’.
Now, Charlotte is no longer an underdog in the academy, but a powerhouse ranked in the top 10 of the S class.
She became aware of her as her own rival.
With that level of growth, it wouldn’t be surprising if his position was threatened at any time.
“I can’t lose either.”
So Enya jumped from the high wall of the defensive wall.
And immediately she turned on her blue eyes and read the mana flowing within the body of her demon species.
The purpose is to inflict fatal injuries by carving ‘marks’ on their bodies.
-Babababababababababababat!
In that way, a mark was engraved on all demon species that came into her sight.
As soon as the mark was engraved on her, she made a ‘swing’ and swung her sword at breakneck speed.
Then, the special spell engraved on the surface of the sword reacted with the mana in the air and began to resonate.
Contains information about the technique.
-Kiiiiing—!
Mana containing the information of the special spell was scattered everywhere at the speed of light.
And the trillions of mana particles reacted with the monster with the ‘mark’ engraved on it, transmitting the kinetic energy that Enya wielded.
The ‘baldo technique’, which was considered impossible by all prosecutors, was achieved through a special technique.
-Pot! Pababababat! Pababat!
When the sword Enya swung was transmitted through the ‘mark’, a solid red line was drawn on the devil’s neck.
Soon, the face and body of the demon species collapsed along the solid red line, and its head fell to the floor.
With a single sword, he cut down all the monsters within his field of vision.
“What, what is that… is that possible?”
And this entire process was a perfect Baldo technique itself.
I just pulled the sword out of the scabbard and swung it.
Hundreds of demon species fell down, spurting blood.
The ‘baldo technique’ that was thought to be possible only in comics has become a reality.
“As expected, the first class of academy cadets… “There are only crazy monsters.”
The first class of academy cadets, led by the 4th duke family, were showing outstanding performance throughout the battlefield.
Lucas’ ‘Space Movement Art’ saved countless people while inflicting enormous damage on monsters, and Claire’s buff allowed even a single Sword Runner to produce destructive power comparable to that of a Sword Expert.
Each person uses his or her own talents to lead the battlefield to victory.
“I guess they’ll just sort it all out on their own.”
“They said it would be the worst monster wave in history, but well, it’s nothing special.”
As the situation turned favorable due to the performance of the first class of cadets, everyone began to relax with optimism about the future.
If we deal with the foot monsters coming to the defense line like this, it would take less than half a day to stop the wave.
-Boom! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
But at that moment.
The sound of drums began to be heard in the distance.
The ‘sound of war’, which heightens tension just by hearing it, is heard from beyond the destruction.
“Hey, that’s…!”
And the drum player who finally appeared was none other than ‘Oak’.
This is a ‘Frost Orc’ that has become several times stronger than before after being corrupted into a demon species.
They were equipped with both intelligence and cunning, unlike the creatures that rushed into the defensive wall without thinking.
Soon, the person who appeared to be the leader of the frost orcs pointed his greatsword forward and ordered the group of orcs.
“Tear down the wicked defenses erected by humans. “It’s like tasting the flesh of a human hiding behind the wall like a rat.”
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“100% Open.”
Meanwhile, in response to Ed’s question about how much damage she thought the frost orc invasion would cause, Eve responded that it would be 100% piercing.
The calculation is that a Frost Orc that is several times stronger than before would be more than enough.
Ed said, nodding his head.
“We should hurry. “Get ready quickly.”
So Ed asked Eve to hurry up.
The longer he delays putting on the ‘Doom Suit’, the greater the damage to his allies will be.
“···I can’t help it. “It is a task that is bound to take time.”
However, it took some time to wear the Doom suit perfectly.
This is because the Doom Suit, like the ‘Crucible’, is a suit that must be recharged to be used, and is currently in the process of recharging its power.
“You have to relax. “The power of this suit is all the emotional energy my brother has ever felt.”
And the driving force behind the suit is none other than ‘Ed’s emotions.’
In other words, by repeating hundreds of regressions, we are trying to replace all the emotional energy we have felt with power.
Just as in the movie ‘The Matrix’, machines use human emotional energy as power.
However, Ed’s life was far from a normal life.
The range and intensity of emotions he felt in each episode were two to three times more intense than those of an ordinary person, and the quality and amount of power he was charged was enormous.
Such high energy has been multiplied hundreds of times.
“You must not shake. We must proceed with the revised plan. “You have to throw away what you have to throw away, and take what you have to take.”
So Eve restrained Ed in order to completely complete the suit.
I understand the desire to help your friend as quickly as possible, but waiting was a virtue right now.
Ed, who understood Eve’s meaning, nodded his head and said.
“····Okay. If I run out now, I won’t be able to do anything more than change into my suit. “Now is the time to be patient…”
Ed took a deep breath and suppressed the emotions boiling in his chest.
He calmly stared at the battlefield, thinking that one day he would be able to explode this energy overflowing his entire body.
The defense line was being pushed back.