The Paladin Owns the Relic

170 – Ancient Forest (30)

「I’ll ask for the fairy forest. Camilla-sama.”

「Why me?」

「…Can’t I?」

Camilla wrote her impression. She seems to be in charge of babysitting, which is not even in her arms.

But she couldn’t refuse. The moment she looked at the child with her wet eyes, she just listened.

She felt herself becoming strange.

At first, she just tried to simply observe, but then she became involved.

Zahard. That god’s apostle has a charm that attracts people. However, the important thing is that it is not always beneficial.

The source of that charm was always ‘instability’.

He’s full of confidence, but when you look at him, he acts like a fistfight.

A body that continues to move because it cannot rest even for a moment.

Pretends nothing is wrong, but has an attitude of worrying about the people around you so that it can be seen in the eyes of the people around you.

“…Why is my baby who is not over 20 so upset that I can’t hug him?”

Camilla wiggled her hand. Her gripped shadow rode through her fingertips and turned into her sharp scythe.

“Drive the wagon and follow me straight.”

Four guardians.

One knight.

There was an army of spirits that kept following them even after they had escaped those five. Camilla raised her head.

The white snake moved.

“I’ll take you to the fairy forest somehow.”

. . .

Basmov stood up. He stood on the wall.

“…They are coming.”

An ancient forest that has gradually expanded its territory is gaining momentum. I could see numerous vines climbing up the walls, covering right below the walls.

“Christopher.”

“Yes. Dismissal. I’m ready.”

“……”

Time was running out. But that didn’t mean it wasn’t there at all.

Humans can be called ‘humans’ because they have always overcome crises.

Basmov turned around. He glanced at the numerous soldiers lined up on the wall.

All the people who can fight in the big city of Garnet have gathered. There were those who voluntarily came out, and there were also those who were brought.

But everyone was the same.

We are united under the will to survive.

Basmorph groped his neck. He cleared his throat slightly. His throat was burning He was thirsty and he could not stand it.

My throat tightened with tension. Having gone beyond countless battlefields, he is also this much.

The only thing in front of us is an enemy that is too big for a single big city to handle. The title of the ancient forest itself gives me a headache.

However, you can’t do anything while crouching.

If I am going to be taken away anyway, I will at least resist.

“…Warriors of Garnet.”

The speech was short. Basmov just silently stepped forward.

Commanders in charge of the front are usually left behind. He has the responsibility of commanding, analyzing the situation, surviving to the very end and commanding the army, so he should not go to the front anymore.

But Basmov stepped forward.

The reason was simple.

Little spirits. It was a monster beyond human common sense that came out of the ancient forest.

It is not an opponent that human strategies can work with. Commanding was useless. So it was better to step forward than repeat meaningless things.

Not as a commander, but as a soldier.

“Raise your sword.”

Basmov came to the fore. He cut down the vines that were climbing up the walls.

Numerous giant trees followed. The spirits of the rocks mixed with the spirits of the trees started beating the walls.

Mud is scattered everywhere and the ancient forest howls.

Basmorph raised his voice. He chose to fight back in order not to lose to the wild.

Large.

Louder.

“We do not give in! Cut them all down! Show the spirits the greatness of humans!”

There was a spark on top of the sword. The yellow magic tower’s branch manager, Christopher’s spell wrapped around the soldiers’ weapons.

A flame that can burn up even the spirit’s body, manifested through research.

Basmorph plunged his sword into the tree spirit’s head.

“Go ahead! Hey Garnet!”

. . .

The fairy forest, the very civilization of the elves.

That place is collapsing. The kingdom of the elves who never lost themselves even in the long history.

Soldier Barun trembled with fear. Countless barriers. The barriers set by the spirits on the side of the fairies are breaking through.

A tree spirit that pops out. This is the first time I’ve ever been so scared of an old tree that was poking my body into it. Barun raised his bow. He fired arrows, but the old tree didn’t even budge.

He just silently rips off the barrier.

“I can’t stop you anymore!”

“There is nowhere to run! Stop here!”

“But…But…!”

An elf is captured by a giant tree. It is torn in half in midair and falls to the floor.

“Why… Why the hell…?”

Are you saying the old friend, the Ancient Forest, has changed so suddenly?

Barun couldn’t think of anything other than the word corruption. The Queen of the Forest was a quiet one. She didn’t interact much, but she never showed any hostility.

“Great Mother… My God…!”

Barun cried out. It was the one and only faith, and everyone’s mother was put into her mouth.

The world tree lost contact. No matter how much I ask, I put in my mouth the world tree that doesn’t answer any questions.

“Please protect us… Protect us…!”

A plea ended with a plea.

There was no reply.

In front of Barn’s eyes, another elf was torn apart. The old tree raised her hand. She moved her hand, which was clinging to blood and flesh.

Barun tried to step back. But he had nowhere to back down. The last barrier was right behind me.

As a soldier, you must protect this place. Even at the cost of her life, she must defend the barrier.

That is the direct descendant of the Fairy Queen. It was what the high elves, the nobles of the elves, had commanded him to do.

“Ah… Ah…!”

Barun wiped away his tears. Suppressed her fears with her pain.

She moved on. She gritted her teeth and took off her quiver, which had run out of arrows. She took a dagger and confronted the approaching tree spirit.

“This place…couldn’t pass…!”

A sound was heard.

Barun opened his eyes wide. The arm of the giant tree that had approached her nose stopped for an instant.

Sheath beginning to crack. The hatch that started from the tree spirit’s head completely engulfed him.

Kooung.

The giant tree knelt down. At the same time, the cracked outer skin was completely torn in half.

“What is this?!”

The tree spirit that had slaughtered dozens of elves collapsed in absurd silence. Human figures shimmered in the rising dust.

Tak.

Not just one, but many.

In the middle, there was also the sound of weak wagon wheels.

“Who, who…?”

“Get out of the way.”

Gray hair broke through the dust. After that, a messy party appeared.

One side of the wagon being pulled out was broken. In place of the empty seat, Lizard was offering one side.

“What are you doing?”

“Yes, yes?”

“Open the door. Right Now.”

“That, what is that…?”

Barn blinked. A strange pair The one in the front seems to be the leader…

Human.

I am human. As if from a place far away from here, the clothes were dusty. In the first place, the nearest city from here is also Garnet.

It was not a distance that could be reached overnight. Moreover, in the middle, isn’t it wearing that terrifying ancient forest?

“How… How did you get here…?”

“I don’t have much time to talk, so open the door.”

“I, I have separate authority…”

“Then call a child with authority. Flora? I heard that’s the name…”

Flora?

“How did you find him…?”

“Call him or whatever. Don’t even mention the name Zahard.”

The woman turned her head away in annoyance.

“There is no time, so move right away. We’ll take care of one side of this annoying barrier.”

. . .

High Elf Flora, the direct descendant of the Fairy Queen, ran to the front line as if rolling.

“Lady! Can’t you…!”

“Get out of the way!”

I ran as soon as I heard the name. My head was complicated, but once I moved and saw it.

Zahard…Why is he here?

No way…To save me?!

“…Ehehehe.”

With a strange laugh, Flora stepped onto the wire. But the expected face was not there. There were no familiar faces.

The group that everyone is seeing for the first time. Flora, who blinked his eyes, tilted his head.

“Who are you?”

“Is that Flora?”

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Lizard opened his mouth heavily.

“I am rock. I don’t have time to introduce myself, so I’ll start with the business. Guide us to the World Tree right now. Zahard told me to show you this.”

In Lizard’s hand was an identity card with Zahard’s face on it. Blinking, Flora looked at them suspiciously.

“Your benefactor… Said that? Why? Why is your benefactor looking for the World Tree?”

A white-haired beautiful girl leaned against her carriage and nodded her head.

“Look inside.”

Flora’s long ears perked up. She heard faint moans coming from inside the carriage.

“…Patients? Who is hurt?”

“He is the cardinal of the Sun God Church.”

“Chu, Cardinal?!”

Isn’t that a high status?!

Flora blinked. He hurriedly expressed his position.

“Ha, but it is impossible for the admiral to let outsiders into the fairy forest…”

“You mean no?”

“……”

Flora sighed. Her entourage rushed at her.

“No! Flora!”

“You can’t crash anymore!”

“You won’t just get over it this time!”

“Moreover, the war situation now…! Those whose identity is not clear…!”

“It means benefactor.”

Flora opened his eyes.

“I will take responsibility, so please bring everyone inside the barrier. Did you say rock-kum…? What exactly do you need?”

“I heard that the flesh of the World Tree is needed. They say it can heal wounds.”

“If it’s flesh…”

Flora blinked his eyes.

“No.”

“…What? It can’t be. I heard you all took Yggdrasil’s tears, right?”

“How could that be… Ah. Did the benefactor tell you? Then I can say it more clearly.”

Flora brought the party into the barrier. A land of fantasy unfolding before your eyes.

Introduced them to the fairy forest and fairy kingdom.

Saplings that consumed ‘Tears of Yggdrasil’ definitely sprouted properly. The bowl into which the World Tree will move is complete.”

“But why?”

“The World Tree is not responding.”

Flora raised her head. A huge tree that covers the entire fairy forest.

However, the giant tree did not have a single proper leaf. With only the bare branches stretched out, she didn’t answer any of the elves’ responses.

“I don’t know what my mother is thinking…”

“Then…”

Lak Kum clicked her tongue.

“Are you saying there is no fruit of the World Tree?”

“……”

Flora nodded her head.

“But there may be other ways to cure the patient. We are fairies. An elf is like a gardener who nurtures the vitality of nature.”