match.
match.
match.
As soon as he met us, he suddenly gave a dry applause.
We looked up to see what the hell he was doing, and this time he even bowed his head deeply toward us.
Then, in a voice full of relaxation, he looked directly at me and said.
“I think our names would have been widely known even to the young students who were the lumber of the future. Could there be anything else like this?”
He continued to speak in a very intoxicated voice, adding more exaggerated gestures, like an actor in a play.
And I was frowned upon by his actions.
“But still, the gaze of a young student is unavoidable. I can’t help but marvel at your academic attitude, but paradoxically, I can’t stand the lamentation of your cramped knowledge! We are never extreme or radical. We, the Thorn Cross Society, are just being subjected to the unfair rejection and condemnation experienced by pioneers with current issues, as the sages of history have been routinely trampled upon!”
Doesn’t it even squeak?
With that thought in mind, he suddenly held out his hand to us.
“How is it? Even now, with me, how about finding the right truth and finding a way together? If you wish, I will be happy to open the way.”
Then he added in a proud tone, as if sympathetic to him.
“I recommend this because you show your talent.”
“What nonsense are you talking about now?”
As he drew his sword, Hyun-woo Choi muttered quietly.
Then he pointed it at him.
His voice was quiet, but it was boiling with desperation.
“The truth is, you only say it in your sleep-talking bed. Is it unfair to the subject of a terrorist who wields weapons indiscriminately at innocent civilians?”
“Innocent?”
He tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.
“Innocent, that’s a bit strange. The old human beings in and of themselves are harmless. They are like… … Yes, it’s like a bug.”
And he said to Choi Hyun-woo in a voice that seemed to be hitting a child.
“It is foolish to consume emotions on creeping insects, but isn’t it just right to eradicate houseworms who dare to enter the house and become domineering?”
With those words, Choi Hyun-woo ran straight to the guy.
It meant I didn’t have to listen anymore.
“Stupid!”
As he shouted that, the man in his robe suddenly flew backwards.
Then something suddenly broke through the ground and stopped Choi Hyun-woo.
‘Also.’
It looks clunky, but it is clearly related to the world tree.
It was even more so when I saw that the branch of the World Tree reacted more violently than before as soon as I saw it.
“ね!”
Hyun-woo Choi was hit by a vine-like thing that just pierced the ground, flew behind him and crashed into the wall.
It was so quick that there was no time to do anything.
And as soon as I saw it, I reflexively threw myself aside.
Thanks to this, I was able to avoid the vines from smashing my place with an instantaneous difference.
“Um?”
While I was dodging, Henir’s shadow bound him by using a shadow swamp at some point.
When used with seven people, it was only about an ankle, but when it was focused on one person, it was almost like being buried in the ground from the calf to the knee.
“indeed. You seem to have enough ability to have that confidence. At the same time as avoiding, at some point… … .”
To be precise, Henir’s shadow did it himself, not me, but there was no need to clear up his misunderstanding.
I adjusted my posture and pulled out one of the daggers I had been carrying.
‘I don’t think tying your feet makes much sense.’
From the looks of it, the three large vines protruding out of the ground seemed to be his means of attack.
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One attack.
For the rest, is it defensive and check-in?
At that level, it was clear that he was an executive who had been given a lot of power.
‘You just have to stick to it.’
As long as I have Nidhogg’s fangs, I can gain an absolute advantage in battles against beings with the power of the World Tree.
The problem was that Nidhogg’s fangs had an extremely short range, so they had to get close enough.
‘Choi Hyun-woo… … .’
Taking a quick look, I thought it was overkill.
The shock was unexpectedly great, and the guy was still shaking from the back half-upside down.
In fact, it was not yet the time for Choi Hyun-woo’s talent to bloom.
There wouldn’t be a good match there.
‘Let’s try it.’
If you stab it even once, this is your victory.
Having concluded that, I covered my body with Henir’s shadow and made it like a piece of armor.
He wouldn’t be able to see anything because of his clothes.
‘With this, all the vital points and important parts were covered.’
He didn’t forget to weaken the banshee’s power by injecting magical energy into the banshee’s necklace before rushing in.
[Magic energy seeps into Banshee’s necklace!]
[Weakens singular opponents that are hostile to the owner!]
As a signal that a notification window appeared in the air, I immediately ran towards him.
“You’re desperate, how can you be so sad!”
As he shouted, one of the vines swung at me.
While avoiding it, I threw the dagger I was holding straight at him.
It was immediately blocked by the vines guarding the area around him, but he didn’t even expect that the attack would hit him in the first place.
“Suck!”
I did not stop my legs as I reached for the other dagger.
Unexpectedly, the strengthening of physical abilities due to Henir’s shadow and the branches of the World Tree seemed to have been great.
I was dodging every vine he was wielding.
However, as time passed and he gradually got closer to him, he was just calm.
‘It’s obvious that it’s a trick of a guy like you.’
And knowing that, I started to feel bloated at the thought of being harmed.
“great. At that age, that level of skill and ability… If only I had the right idea, I would have been able to walk toward the cause with us… … .”
Now that he was almost in front of him, he muttered like that as if he was admiring.
Then he shook his head as if he was really sorry and snapped his fingers.
“So you don’t know how sad it is to trample such lumber with my own hands!”
With those words, two vines pierced through the ground around me.
And without doing anything, it was wrapped around my body as if snatching me away.
“Jihyuk!”
“Ha ha ha ha! It’s stupid! Did you really think they were the end?!”
Behind me, Hyun-woo Choi screamed, and right in front of me, a satisfied laugh burst out, sure of victory.
And in the meantime, I just thought that my prediction was correct.
‘Also. There’s no way that a sleazy person like you doesn’t have any hidden cards.’
As I was thinking about it, I heard another loud noise from behind.
Judging from the situation, it seemed that Choi Hyun-woo, who was rushing to save him, was blown away with a vine again.
“Great… !”
“Since you got caught, it’s already too late! Don’t interfere and resent your helplessness or resentment there, because you are the next one after all!”
After those words were finished, the vines were pressing hard as if it was meant to crush my body and burst it.
Fortunately, thanks to Henir’s shadow, he only felt a little frustrated.
“Whoa, it’s amazing that there isn’t a single scream. But how much money will that afford?”
This will be the last time I hear that squeaky tone.
Now you only need to stab once with Nidhogg’s fangs.
With that in mind, it was time to get it out of my wrist right away.
‘uh?’
Suddenly, a branch of the world tree stretched out from my wrist.
And it immediately fell into the vines that wrapped around me.
‘what.’
That was when I was thinking.
“Ahhh!!!”
The boy, who was suddenly bursting out laughing, began to scream in pain.
I looked up to see what the hell was going on, and a middle-aged man with a robe removed was staring at me with a hideously distorted face.
“Hey, you fucking bastard! What the hell are you doing to me!”
“?”
what are you talking about
With that thought in mind, he started sweating profusely and desperately grabbed his right wrist.
“Oh, no… ! Everything sucks… !”
I looked down at the branches of the World Tree reflexively in the sudden change of atmosphere as if I was acting.
And at the shocking sight, I spit out abusive language without realizing it.
“Crazy, what is this?”
The branches of the World Tree were clinging to the vines as if stretching out their roots.
And from the part that was attached to the branch of the World Tree, it was drying out black, as if it was sucking all the nutrients from this side.
‘What is this?’
It was the first sight I had ever seen.
Every time the vines over there dried up and died, I could feel the magical energy that was left with only a handful of them rising rapidly.
The problem was that he had never heard of the branch of the World Tree that had the power to absorb the opponent’s power or magical power.
But it was happening right before my eyes.
“Ouch, ugh. uh… … .”
The vines that held me back had long since dried up and crumbled.
Not only that, but the three branches of the vines around him had lost their strength and were drying up.
The man who had previously ridiculed us before was now lying on his face with a pale complexion and making a sound of pain.
I was dazed at the sight, and tapped the branch of the World Tree, which seemed to absorb every last drop.
“stop it. I’m really going to die.”
At my words, the guy swayed his roots once, as if he was dissatisfied.
But it soon reaped the roots and slowly returned to my body.
At the same time, several notification windows started appearing one after another in front of my eyes.
[Quest completed!]
[The branches of the World Tree have absorbed a large amount of nutrients!]
[The branch of the World Tree goes into a temporary dormant state for growth!]
Nutrients and growth.
and dormant.
I immediately checked the status of the words I couldn’t pass over.
Branch of the World Tree (Belonged / Parasitic / Legendary) [Dormant]
[situation]
― It belongs to the owner.
― Parasitic on the owner and cannot be forcibly removed.
― Temporarily goes into dormancy. Disables the inactive and active effects of Branches of the World Tree.
[Effect] [Active]
― Part of the world tree can be extracted from the body. It has now become somewhat proficient.
— ??? (It is growing due to large nutrient intake)
— ???
— ???
“This… … .”
It was the first time I had seen this type of awakening.
Absorbing other people’s power, or awakening because of it… … .
‘Even the head of the Thorn Cross Society did not have this ability.’
Then someone tapped my shoulder and tapped me.
Hyunwoo Choi was looking at me with a bewildered expression.
“it’s okay?”
“Uh, what… you?”
“I don’t have to worry because my only strength is being strong. but… … .”
He looked down at the middle-aged man who had passed out without a word.
His complexion was very pale, but at least it didn’t seem to be life-threatening.
“… … .”
Even if I looked at it from the side, I kept my mouth shut at the sight of the guy trying hard to choose what to say.
To be honest, the scene just before was a scene that could have been more terrifying than suspicious even if I thought about it.
“Are we waiting here for the others to come first? We have to catch this guy too.”
“okay.”
I nodded at Choi Hyun-woo’s words.
And he and I sat down in a suitable place, and he took out his sword and looked at it, and sighed heavily.
“How long have you been living? … .”
When I glanced at it, it wasn’t cracked or broken, but I could see that the blade was chipped and cracked, so I thought that the sword wouldn’t last long.
‘Come to think of it, the time has come for Choi Hyun-woo to get a dedicated weapon too… … .’
As I was thinking about that, Han Soo-young appeared with the sound of clattering footsteps from the corner.
“I’m glad you guys are okay… … .”
She found us, stopped running, took a breath, and then looked around.
It looks like it has become a mess.
Broken streets and roads.
A middle-aged man who fainted and collapsed.
“… What did you guys do?”
Choi Hyun-woo couldn’t answer at once to Han Soo-young’s question, who had an absurd expression on his face, but I thought I knew the reason well.
It was because a man in a robe was hanging from her hand, drooping as if he had fainted.
And looking at Han Soo-young, who secretly puts the man on the floor, looking at us, I whispered in a small voice that she might hear me.
“… what did i say Did I say no need to worry?”
“I know… … .”
* * *
A woman standing on the roof of the building quietly put down her bow.
Moving faster than anyone else due to the sudden terrorist attack, she found academy students just like her and tried to support them, but it was no longer necessary.
“… … .”
Befitting the position of a sniper, she was more intelligent than anyone else and possessed the talent of clairvoyance, so she could not have been wrong.
“That… … .”
Lee Ye-eun’s eyes were shaking with doubt, bewilderment, and astonishment.
At the end of her gaze, a boy she had met several times in the past was reflected.