For a moment, my memories were so jumbled up that I couldn’t even recognize where the hell I was.
The moment I remember for the first time in my life.
A place I never wanted to recall again, the musty smell of mold in the corner of the room.
The smell of cheap perfume that irritates the nose so badly.
baby’s cry.
The sound of a family’s laughter in good weather.
someone’s voice.
Pain in the head being ripped off.
The smell of grass, wood, humus, and mushrooms.
“… ! … … !!!”
An urgent gesture and pain that slaps and slaps on the cheek.
As I reflexively crouched at it, I felt the surroundings darken.
I heard a squeaking sound, and I got goosebumps without realizing it.
“Tt… ! I wish I had just lost my mind.”
I got up from my seat, startled and startled by someone’s voice.
Are you late for work?
“… what?”
Strange things were flying with the unfamiliar scenery in the blurred vision.
Human face on the body of a bird.
The first bizarre sight I’ve ever seen.
But I’ve seen it somewhere.
That’s obviously… .
“… Sbengali?”
“Heh, why? Did you miss my face after seeing it after a long time? Yes!?”
“Ugh!”
It screamed like that, and it was gliding in the sky at high speed, aiming for me.
Unbelievably, as he bowed his head to avoid it, a shadow sprung up from under his feet and tried to strike it.
“… !… … !!!”
And something clinging to my face, shaking the roots right in front of me.
It was Mandragora.
“ah.”
It was only at this point that I was able to come to my senses.
I looked around quickly, and I could see that the branch that tied Ye-eun Lee, who had lost consciousness, was dragging her somewhere.
“this… !”
He ran quickly, pruned the branches, and hugged her as if snatching her away.
Seeing that he was breathing lightly, I thought he was just losing his mind.
“… … .”
Mandragora, skillfully dangling from my collar, looked at her worriedly, then procrastinated into my pocket.
A crackling sound was heard.
“I don’t like it, um. in the heart… .”
Sbengali was flapping its wings and looking down at me.
He was looking at me with unfamiliar eyes.
“How the heck did it get out of my powers, and why did I wake up so quickly as soon as I vomited out of my body, and why did the smell of him get so strong…? .”
He was muttering to himself and flapping his wings in a position where Henir’s shadow could not reach.
Then, I felt a tingling sensation in my fingers.
Looking at him without breaking the boundaries, he saw a half-broken and shattered ring of contamination.
I pulled it out of my finger as if brushing it off.
At the same time, I could see a notification window appearing in front of me, with pain as if something was piercing through my head.
[??? restriction has been lifted.]
[Part of the forgotten memory is revived!]
Judgment of [??? .]
[All stats temporarily increase!]
In an instant, the door opened.
It feels like the world has expanded.
It must have been a world that would have been no different than it was just before, but I don’t know why.
The only thing I know is that even though this feeling is unfamiliar, there is no objection.
Rather, it was the fact that for me, it was an unwelcome feeling.
… Except for the pain of hitting the head with a hammer.
“Ugh… .”
He pressed his hand on his throbbing forehead, as if he had been hit with a blunt weapon.
Various knowledge and memories that seemed to have been forcibly shoved in the splitting pain were emerging as if they were unfolding.
“… okay.”
… Items lost in Sbangali’s body are returned to the owner’s arms.
However, in that case, all damage or negative effects given to Sbangali will be nullified.
I nodded my head unconsciously at the first information that came to mind.
Yes, Sbangali.
First, I had to catch him.
All the wounds he had inflicted on his body were all in vain, but it didn’t matter.
The fact that the things and abilities I have are effective for him.
Especially since I was able to find out that Nidhogg’s fangs had a huge effect.
However, as he knew that fact too, there would be no way he would openly give up on it.
We are now living in the mountains.
It’s close to the summit, so there’s nothing that could be an obstacle for him.
In a word, it was said that it was an advantageous place for him.
“… Whoa.”
After checking the status window along with the notification window that I definitely wanted to check, I exhaled a little.
Even if it was a story in the game, I thought that I should at least show the skill that caught that guy by double digits.
Now it was the beginning.
“… … !!!”
Henir’s shadow rose up at the same time as the great sword was thrust into the ground.
I ordered him to protect Yeeun Lee, and made a branch of the world tree into a bow.
Then, as he weaved the branches to form an arrow, the guy flapped his wings and tilted his head.
“Are you going to shoot me with it?”
“What else can you do?”
Another memory of me walking the path of the bow with those words is overlaid on me.
When the demonstrators were pulled with hand movements close to instinct, the arrows of the world tree were shot straight at him.
Sbangali’s body dances in the air.
The arrows fired several times did not even hit the guy’s body.
Sbengali giggled and laughed out of breath, and I stopped kicking my tongue and shooting my bow like crazy, staring at him.
… Of course, I didn’t expect to be able to shoot him so easily from the beginning.
My goal was simply to spread the arrows woven from the branches of the world tree wide and far.
The notification window that I had just checked was as vaguely remembered as it was.
My World Tree and Lee Ye-eun’s World Tree.
A notification that the two world trees communicated and shared their abilities and characteristics.
My world tree’s abilities were parasitic and absorption, and her world tree’s abilities were surrounding erosion and assimilation.
When playing as Yeeun Lee, the first thing to do in battle was to take control of the surrounding environment to her advantage.
The seeds that were sown here and there took root, and I could feel the surrounding areas gradually changing into areas that were favorable to me.
Perhaps because of Lee Ye-eun’s ability, the amount and speed of mana absorption was incomparable to the past.
‘then… .’
In the case of Sbengali, the standard is to make it impossible to fly into the air before catching it.
However, there is no proper means of dealing with enemies flying in the air here.
If that’s the case, you have no choice but to devour your power step by step and insert a final blow when you see a gap.
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Originally, a long-term battle was a choice to avoid, but as long as you don’t have to worry about the depletion of mana, there was no reason for this to go out first.
“Uh, uh… .”
Meanwhile, Yeeun Lee moaned and tossed and turned.
Her eyes were trembling and her eyes met the shadow of Henir, who was staring at her blankly.
Then she immediately threw a fist and slapped it in the face.
“What!? What is this… !”
“senior.”
“ah.”
When I approached and called her, Ye-eun Lee’s body shook and trembled.
… I knew very well why she was doing this.
But at least now wasn’t the time to talk about it.
“Ji, Jihyuk… .”
“We’ll talk more about it later. It’s a bit urgent right now.”
She looked at me with trembling eyes and immediately began to look around.
I didn’t need to explain further, since she’s far superior to me in this regard.
As expected, she got up from her seat, glaring at Sbangali with sharp eyes, as if she had quickly grasped the situation.
“… That bird-headed bastard.”
If you don’t rip it to pieces, you won’t get rid of it.
Yeeun Lee muttered as she brushed off the dirt on her body.
Having said that, she held out her left hand as if to hand me a bow.
I silently tapped her hand, precisely the branch of the world tree that had taken root in her body.
“Heyak… !”
Ye-eun Lee, who blushed slightly with a thin scream, glared at me fiercely.
As if reprimanding what she was doing in this situation, I beckoned her left arm as if to take a look.
Her gaze fell on her left arm.
And, I swear, her eyes fluttered so loudly that it would never happen again.
“Congratulations.”
In the original, it was clearly a branch of the World Tree that could only be obtained after clearing a long quest.
However, I remembered that it was written in the setting book that there were cases in which when one attains great enlightenment or spiritual growth, it is influenced and awakened.
“ah… .”
Watching her raise her left arm as if sighing, I smiled slightly.
“Now, no one can discuss the qualifications of a senior. Because I became the owner of the branches of the World Tree.”
“Yes… .”
Ye-eun nodded her head slightly.
branches of the world tree.
What she had wanted all her life.
Seeing it flowing down her left arm, she just smiled.
“… … .”
I stretched out my right arm without saying a word.
Then the branches of the World Tree stretched out and became entangled in her branches.
The guy, who was usually belligerent and violent, quietly handed over the mana he had sucked in from the surroundings.
“This… .”
“I think seniors will know better without explaining. … To be honest, it’s not the kind of problem that can be properly explained.”
It was as he said.
I could tell what abilities I had through the status screen, but she wasn’t.
It was not a problem that could be solved simply by telling her, so she had no choice but to realize it herself.
Also, as my abilities and I were mixed, I couldn’t tell how her abilities had changed.
“Don’t be impatient, you just have to feel it.”
All I could do was encourage her.
Yeeun Lee came out with trembling eyes and looked around.
“Even if you just tell me to feel… .”
At that moment, there was a loud noise.
“Tt… ! An artificial complex creature with no reason as much as an ant’s tears… .”
“… … !!!”
The shadow of Henir who smashed Sbangali, who was aiming for this side, spit out a silent roar.
I said to her, still keeping my vigilance on that side.
“Senior, don’t worry too much. Don’t be burdened.”
everything will be fine
“Ha, really… .”
Hearing that, Ye-eun Lee let out a sound as if she was losing some strength and sighed.
Then he closed his eyes and opened them, smiling a little less than before.
“Yeah, it’ll be alright.”
With those words, Ye-eun Lee, who closed her eyes, got down on her knees and politely put her hands together.
As soon as I stopped in front to protect her, I heard a voice that sounded like singing in a quiet voice.
“… We who drank your spring water, now… I am praying earnestly here, because of your feeble act of pruning branches and pruning leaves… .”
“Where!”
Hearing her prayer, Sbangali opened her mouth and shuddered.
Then, from his mouth, things similar to the spear used by Jae-Jun Lee literally started pouring out.
“… … !!!”
Henir’s shadow literally blocked the spear of the thorn tree that was flying aiming at Lee Ye-eun.
The guy was fixed to the ground with his whole body pierced, but the problem was that he didn’t come back to me even after being counter-summoned and receiving shocks.
no way.
When I looked at him, he giggled and chuckled.
“Do you think that I have been wasting all these years? I am well aware of the general characteristics of artificial complex lifeforms. I also know how to hold onto its feet.”
Another squeaking sound came from his body.
square square.
Soon, his body swelled several times, and at the same time, his shape began to change to a more angular and explicit figure.
Immediately, the guy flew toward this side, more precisely, towards Lee Ye-eun, who fell into a state of trance and continued to pray, as if a shell was fired.
There was no way to avoid it.
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Oak Chieftain’s Bracelet, Branch of the World Tree. and fortitude.
I used whatever was available.
Then he drove the great sword into the ground and set it up like a shield, ready for the shock to come.
woohoo!!!
“Big black… !”
If it hadn’t been for the indomitable skill, the impact was so huge that he would have gone out immediately.
I cried, blood gushed from inside, and I could feel my arms being crushed vividly.
“Ohh.”
Sbengali looked at this side with a grin and a smile.
The guy with his eyes narrowed as if he was taking medicine, his eyes fluttered and moved.
Soon after, something like a vine came out of his body.
“you. Why are you looking at me with your eyes wide open, huh?”
It was straight out aiming for this side of the eye.
That was then.
A rock suddenly rose from the ground, and it was not enough to block the vines, so it smashed the guy’s body violently.
[The Apostle of the World Tree appeals to the Spirit for help!]
[The spirits of nature begin to gather here… They won’t ask for anything in return.]
[The spirits who have confirmed your protection have blessed you!]
[At the earnest appeal of the Apostle of the World Tree, beings of nature begin to move willingly!]
[The energy of nature begins to gather in your body. The body is strangely activated.]
“… finally.”
After clenching my teeth, the reward of patience came.
The call of nature and the call of the spirits, the abilities of the world tree that Yeeun Lee would have awakened.
I didn’t know I could use these two at the same time, but as soon as I saw the notification that she had come to me by her long prayers and appeals, a sigh of relief came out without me knowing.
She was more certainly recognized by the World Tree than anyone else.
As if to prove it, beings with powerful power were flocking around us to the point where we didn’t even have to look at it with our eyes wide open.
“Oh my gosh… !”
The guy who noticed it hurriedly jumped into the sky and started flapping his wings to ascend.
I quickly grabbed my sword and ran towards him.
[The presence of the wind breathes life into your footsteps.]
The spirit who received Yeeun Lee’s request gave me strength.
“Hey, this crazy… !”
He swung his heavy wings at me in awe, but again, like before, a boulder sprung up and was blocked by the wind.
[The presence of the earth protects its body from harm against you.]
Immediately, he dug under his wingtips and firmly grasped the handle of the greatsword with both hands.
What comes to mind is myself in another world that walked the path of the sword.
[The presence of fire adds energy to your touch.]
[Thunderbolts begin to dwell in your weapon.]
[The presence of water revitalizes your body.]
[A Swamp Presence grabs your foe.]
[The presence of the forest resonates quietly, obscuring your enemies’ sight.]
[A lot of great energy is in balance in your body. Temporarily increases all stats.]
Even the power to spit out the spirit was in his hands and swung it out as it was.
Soon after, the great sword slashed the wing of the guy and penetrated the body as it was, and began pouring the power received from the numerous spirits and beings of nature into it.
“Unbelievable… !!!”
Although Sbangali’s body was literally shattered, the power of the sword did not disappear.
* * *
In the intense agony he experienced for the first time, Svengali quietly changed his mind.
Everything is fine, Yoo Ji-hyeok, I will kill those damn organic creatures.
As soon as he had that thought, his body immediately began to react.
Eventually, he became a huge old tree.