96. What should go into the apple
“aaa!”
Crim did not approach them. It just seemed to swing me lightly in place. However, martial arts that reached the stage made the impossible possible.
The distance that is compressed to zero in an instant. I trembled involuntarily at the sensation of the thrilling blood flowing down the blade.
“No Oh Oh!”
The old dwarf roared and threw something. A javelin that draws an eerie silver trail. But there is no need to avoid it.
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Before Cream could act, Choco, crouching behind him, lightly swung his front paw. Now that she has turned into a beast, the reach of her attacks is much longer than when she was a human.
The javelin thrown by the old man at the claws, sharper and harder than most famous swords, bounced off without making a scratch. Cream raised her sword once more.
“No!”
A desperate cry. At the same time I pierced the air in Cream’s hand, her fingers were severed and tree trunks grew thickly around the fallen high elf.
A high elf’s ability to handle plants. However, this ability was not suitable for battle, although it did not know landscaping or farming.
The stem of a plant that has become as thick and hard as a rock under the blessing of the World Tree. But, in other words, it was only a rock. Cream swung once more, splitting the trunk of a black tree and leaving a deep scar on her side.
“Oh no!”
“Lawrence! What are you doing!”
While the old high elf threw a javelin and the young female high elf was struck and kicked, the young male high elf stood still.
Of course, he wasn’t really doing anything. His hands busily play, and his mouth utters an intelligible incantation. However, all of that was powerless.
“It’s strange, magic doesn’t work… kuh?!”
Magic is the ability to create variables within the limits permitted by the laws of the world.
Cream just swung the sword in place and didn’t move. As she stood on her land like an old tree she had rooted for, her crow’s petty magic couldn’t shake the cream.
“Lawrence!”
Conversely, when Cream made a light hand sign in that state, the high elf who was talking to him bit his tongue. Drops of blood gushed out, and chunks of pulsing red flesh poured out.
The archer’s fingers were cut off, and he lost his magic… Tongue. Cream completely subdued the two in place without moving a single step. Hopeless gap.
“Great, I don’t want to hand over the saplings to evil masters like you…”
The old high elf’s eyes flashed dangerously. At first glance, he was in the mood to make some modifications, but I didn’t care.
There was a shadow sneaking up behind him. Choco was born a beast, and was also a natural hunter. Her movements were agile and stealthy, unbefitting of her size.
“Ok?!”
It was too late when the old high elf realized the shadow that had fallen over him.
The beast’s gigantic paws pressed against his old body. With his sharp claws draped around his neck, the high elf twisted his body, making it impossible to resist.
[Master! I did a good job!]
“Ai, that’s nice.”
Unlike the overwhelming appearance of the strongman shown just now, the high elves were mesmerized by the overly casual conversation.
Definitely amazing. Cream is cute even without an eye, but Choco in a transformed state is truly an intimidating monster. First of all, the size is too overwhelming.
“Keuheuk, in the end, I couldn’t protect the seedlings. With what kind of face do you see the Mother World Tree…”
Anyway, this old man still doesn’t understand the situation. How do you view the main body of the World Tree when your life is on the verge right now? He should worry about his own life and the lives of his comrades.
Well, I really want to kill her, but if I do, she won’t be able to use the World Tree sapling. Well, should I threaten to kill her comrades if she doesn’t help us too?
“What are your identities! What are you aiming for…!”
[Noisy, really.]
In a moment of irritation, I fired a blast at the old high elf, who was still crushed by Choco’s feet. A pure and refined life that can be possessed because it is not a living being.
The goblin, who had been spitting out in anger, closed his mouth. As if he had been doused with cold water, he regained his sanity, and now he recognized that his death was near.
Now that the old man has kept his mouth shut, let’s think about it some more. What should I threaten to look cool?
“Grandpa!”
But at that time, my concentration was interrupted again by the guide kid who ran towards me screaming anxiously.
Looks like the guy I fainted from teasing you is finally waking up. Perhaps forgetting the sense of fear at the crisis of his flesh and blood, he clung to Choco’s paws and wet his fur with tears.
“Nooooo, please save me. Warrior! Save Grandpa! Don’t kill me!”
I was amazed. Hey, what the hell is that If Choco even wiggled his foot here, that kid would burst like a crushed tomato.
But instead of punishing the stupid kid, Choco gently moved his foot and carefully pulled it out. The old high elf, freed from the pressure, let out a choked breath.
[What is it?]
[No, it’s kind of like that… It’s nothing to hunt or eat, but isn’t it a bit like killing a baby?]
Choco showed mercy in a really strange part like a beast. As soon as Choco removed her front paws, the guide child clung to her grandfather, squeezing tears and mucus.
“Grandpa! Are you okay, Grandpa?”
“Escape… Hit…”
I looked at the two goblins filming a new wave out of nowhere with absurd eyes. Besides, it must have been said to the grandson, but why are the other guys following it?
Take advantage of the moment when the eyes were focused on the two, the two young high elves, who had somewhat healed their wounds, tried to run away. However, Cream couldn’t just leave it alone.
“Ouch!”
It’s good to have been torn apart by running away left and right, perhaps considering the chase, but it was a meaningless struggle anyway. Leaping forward and closing the distance, Cream slashed the back of the neck of the archer, who had his finger cut off, and stunned him.
After releasing the two grandsons, Choko swung his tail and sent the tongueless wizard flying toward us. The old high elf was in a state where he couldn’t even control himself because he had already been beaten up by Choco.
Seeing the four goblins gathered together so beautifully makes my heart happy. Is this the feeling of a farmer ahead of harvest?
“You bastards… Why are you doing this…”
[Because we are the ones who are unfair? Grandpa, I told you. We’re just guests from the adventurer’s guild. Who attacked you all the time?]
“Bussing… Then, my grandson…”
[Your grandson must have fainted because he was just a coward. Ah, done.]
Anyway, this old man seems to be the leader, but according to my will, Cream raised the magic sword. A pitch-black blade sat on their necks like a guillotine.
Choco also seems to have a bit of benevolence stemming from wild nature, or an instinct to maintain the ecosystem, but Cream doesn’t have that. If, if Cream strikes the sword like this.
[I’m tired of explaining any more. Grandfather. You just have to shut up and do what we tell you to do. Whatever our purpose, do your best to cooperate. Yes? Did you understand?]
“Such……. Nonsense, nonsense…”
[I really don’t notice. Yes. If you pierce a hole in the body of the grandson you love so much, will you notice it?]
“Do not touch the child!”
As if the coughing up blood a while ago was a lie, the old high elf opened his eyes and yelled. As the blade came closer, the guide kid groaned and crouched down.
No, this makes us look like villains threatening innocent citizens. I was so pitiful. After all, it’s the other side that attacked us first!
We were just defending ourselves according to the circumstances. So there is nothing wrong Hmm, after rationalizing, I turned my head and looked at the old man.
[So, do it well. Can you understand?]
I’m just a sword, but the old high elf glared at me with bloodshot eyes, perhaps feeling my gaze. He was afraid that he would appear in his dreams. Well, I don’t even sleep anyway.
I don’t know if it’s the power of experience or the intuition of a fairy, but he seemed to have accurately grasped the root cause of this situation. It was neither a one-eyed monster with terrifying skills nor a large, ferocious monster.
A sword that hangs from his waist and can’t do anything on its own.
“Okay… It’s all…”
However, the poison slowly drained from those eyes. Staggering to his feet, the old man hid his grandson behind his back and bowed his head towards us.
“I’ll do anything, please save my grandson’s life…”
“Grandpa!”
The little guide started crying again, but the old man didn’t look back. Staggering and lowering his head, his hunched back was dwarfed.
Well, I like it when the opponent completely surrenders like that. There is nothing to say about bad taste, but in fact, all human beings who want to bring others to their knees. No, it’s the nature of life, right?
[First, guide them to the seedlings.]
I chinned lightly. Having received my will through the mental wave, the old man staggered and began to walk, followed by his swollen-eyed little boy and chocolate and cream carrying two fainting fairies.
*
“This is it.”
[Whoa…]
The sapling of the world tree was located closer than expected.
An ivory pillar that towers high enough to pierce the sky. And the mystical vines that were entwined around the pillar and stretched out. Contrary to the universal image of world trees, the world trees in another world were vines.
Anyway, is this really a seedling? It’s a really unbelievable size. The sapling of the World Tree boasted such a huge size that even Choco, who hadn’t unraveled the beast flower, was overwhelmed.
“What can I do?”
Once left alone, he would die of excessive bleeding, so the fairies had given him adequate first aid with their divine power. The two young bastards still haven’t woken up.
Even though the wounds had healed, he staggered from time to time as if he still had phantom pains, and still did not let go of his grandson’s hand. The old high elf led us in front of the sapling with a distorted face and a pitiful gait.
[hahahaha. I don’t know what I expected, but nothing special.]
Although they are a high-ranking species, they are the weakest among the high elves when it comes to taking on the role of forest keeper. I don’t think that those who live in harmony with nature in the forest have any valuable treasures.
Since we took too much time unnecessarily, let’s just take what we deserve and move on. I said in a light tone.
[Open the door to Robbins.]
“Yes?”
[Since we’re moving to Robbins, connect the space there.]
“Is that all…?”
[So what, did you think there would be more?]
No matter how much we deal with a few high elves with the authority of a hero, if we damage even the saplings of the world tree, even we will be in trouble. Spatial teleportation services will no longer be available.
For fairies, especially not for civilized fairies who come out to human cities, but for fairies who live in forests and keep old traditions, the status of the world tree is equal to or higher than that of the three gods.
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“Then, why in the world… To us?”
[What a funny guy. Are you the one who jumped in first?]
Of course, considering the difference in power between the high elves and us, we could have calmed down the situation by subduing it moderately and letting them listen to the story.
Or waking up a sleeping holy sword and showing it, or proving that you are a hero or a saint by using holy power without stigma. If that was the case, those dwarves would have cleared up their misunderstanding.
What brought this situation to this point, just because I wanted to see blood?
“·······.”
The old high elf was speechless. He slowly turned his head one beat, but he couldn’t hide the thick tears that flowed down his face drop by drop.
Squeeze. Well, since he was doing his job diligently, he decided to take care of it. As my older sister said, I am a merciful demonic sword.
The old high elf knelt in front of the sapling of the world tree in a prayerful posture. Soon, he wriggled as if the vines that made up the seedlings had come to life, and he was released one by one.
“Oh.”
[It’s been a while, seeing this.]
Soon, the vines that were completely freed stretched out their stems and drew huge circles in the air. It seemed that there was nothing between the circles, but I could feel the sway of space within them without difficulty.
The saplings of the World Tree, which are far apart, resonate with each other, forming a sort of dimensional gateway. If you go over there, you’ll be able to get to the vicinity of Robbins right away.
[Hey.]
Although there were some problems, the goal was achieved. When Cream was about to step right into the space door, I sent off a mental wave.
Suddenly, her steps stopped. I no longer tried to hide my tears, and when the old dwarf raised his head, I smiled and said:
[Your useless misunderstanding wasted our precious time, shouldn’t we apologize?]
“It’s all my fault. I am······.”
[No. An apology with only words is meaningless.]
I was hungry for blood and soul. Besides, high elves are the best prey that you can’t easily find in the city. I added a cause, but there’s no way I’ll let it go like this.
[Choose.]
“Yes?”
[Shouldn’t an apology be done with one’s life? You choose yourself Who should die.]
The old high elf’s eyes widened with more despair than before. I giggled and looked at it.
Sacred sword, if that nagging guy had been there, he would have been nagging for a long time. I’m glad you’re asleep Muffin and Choco are not merciful enough to try to protect others.
[Ah. If you feel like you can’t choose, I’ll make your grandson my prey, so you know that. It’s okay if you choose yourself.]
Cream always shares thoughts with me.
The old high elf shut his mouth. I slowly savored the silence and forced him to choose. What are you going to do, show the spirit of sacrifice like a senior in life? Or another guy for your grandson?
Even though Cream provided first aid with her divine power, she didn’t even attach the severed parts, so those two wouldn’t be able to play the role of forest keepers any longer. It’s not bad to make judgments based on profit or loss.
“My choice is…”