Esq narrowed his eyes as he felt the intense pain he had caused all over his body healing quietly and without sound. It generates a blade of light from Swordcaine and swirls around it. He chops up a bunch of tree branches that cut his body apart and frees himself from the cage of branches. Then he began to fall free toward the ground, but was accidentally held and turned into a suspicious face.

Looks like you're safe.

"You bet."

It wasn't strange to be held by Urk, but I felt like I couldn't handle how she looked at all intact. After all, human beings are not made of the same body. Although it's obvious because it's a Demonic Crystal doll, I notice myself treating Urk somewhere human, and I feel weird. Initially, you didn't treat people like humans. He was supposed to see it as a strange, conscious doll. Yet I have myself looking at Urk in the same way as no one else. That must be extremely influential for the Setunas.

Esq, freed from the arms of Urk, looked around. The more I look, the more it's in the woods.

Sam. Forest. The more those words come to mind, the more forest. No, the trees are too dense for a forest. Trees, flowers, grass - it was obvious that all plants were so dense far from free will that each was born and grown by a certain will. The will must belong to the beings who preside over this formation.

It is no exaggeration that the Esques, who were thrown into a herd of trees that were supposed to have been transferred into the tower, were suddenly thrust up by the trees that began to run wild, trapped in a cage built by branches, somewhat damaged. The attack of the trees, so shocking and powerful that the escu, protected by the Mayuri God, was wounded, but only trapped the escu in each of them, and stopped. Is it an automatic interception into the woods, or is it just locking up the intruder and you're done dealing with it?

Either way, he never went beyond caution, and he swung Swordcaine's light blade to unleash those things he couldn't get out of the cage with his own strength. Not all of them. All the users of the Summoning Army with the ability to attack had escaped on their own, and all that was left in the cage of the branches were the users of the Supporting Summoning Army. Naturally, it can't be left alone. Supportive subpoena arming is not an exaggeration when it comes to the key to victory. For the first time with their support, the Esques can fight the use of God.

"You were talking about a spirit, not an apostle."

"I don't really understand the difference between the Apostle and the Spirit,"

"I'm talking about the Spirit being stronger than the Apostle, but I don't know how much difference it makes"

"Really?"

Urk's inorganic reply was, thank God, I didn't feel like it was very different from the one for Setuna. Urk doesn't have an expression, and there's no discouragement in his voice, but I feel that way. When I tell the Setunas, Urk has feelings, and that's what the words tell me, but Esq doesn't know. but I clearly figured out that my attitude towards Setuna was very different from my attitude towards myself.

Regardless, that doesn't mean it's bad.

I understand what Setuna is like for Urk. Setuna for Urk is more important than Setuna for Esq, he said, and is essential, the only one. Esq, even without Setuna, could have lived hard, but Urk is not. Literally, you can't live without Setuna.

"Bad love, you."

"Excuse me."

"No, even if they apologize"

"So what can I do?

Questioned in the face, Esq was puzzled. Jokes don't work either, and I'm stunned.

"Er..."

"Lord Esq!

Yeah, I know.

The armed summoner's warning, pointing out that it would be for the trees to have gone out of their way, replied, he jumped up and rotated on the spot. As countless branch leaves arrive, cut down the surrounding trees with a swordcaine stretched to the fullest, stopping the approaching of the branch leaves. The trees fell one after the other, roaring, and the earth rocked violently.

"That's great."

"To this extent... na"

I don't feel bad about being praised, but I felt the enemy attack was oddly light, and he felt, like, indescribable. I recognize that although I have cut down countless trees in all directions, front, rear, left, and right, and my vision was wide open, there are countless trees disturbed without gaps at the tip of the cut down trees, and those branches are approaching this way. Again, the attack is on track. From the beginning, nothing has changed.

Armed summoners other than Esq then begin their attack on a swarm of branched leaves looming from all directions. Some flew blades of light like Esq's Swordcaine to cut branches, some fired shockwaves like void cannons, some diffused lightning strikes and some caused gusts. Among them was the flame unleashed by the female armed summoner. When the branches are burned down, they burn straight into the trees, spreading from branch to branch, from tree to tree, and then on. The trees stand without gaps. Because of that, I can't avoid the fire - it should have been.

"Huh...?

"Nah..."

Almost all of the escs were stunned because the forest moved.

It's not a metaphor for anything. The woods have moved. A flock of trees lined up enough to fill the earth without gaps moved to avoid a burning area, preventing any further burning. And the trees that escaped the flames stretch out countless branches, attacking the Esques.

I knew the forest was being manipulated by some will rather than living - but I never imagined that the forest itself would move like a single life form, and the escs were not surprised. Nevertheless, it is not even foolish enough to forget the interception against the attack on the forest. Esq conceived, using swordcakes and void cannons, as he continued to strike down the arriving branches.

"I don't know about this."

"Is what is manipulating this forest with the Spirit?"

"I guess. Find the Spirit and beat him."

Wield your sword as you respond to your men's questions. Forest attacks never stop. Fortunately, we've cut down the trees around us, and we can only respond to attacks from a distance, and if we intercept them, we'll have some free time before the next attack. Nevertheless, if that gives the Esques a break, it is not, and we must get right into the preparations for the next interception, and as it is, we will just continue to drain our physical and mental strength, and we will do our best one day.

"Sure. It's not as clear as it sounds."

The armed summoner of the flames once again unleashed a fireball and inflamed the branches. Then what do you think? The forest cut off the burning branches and showed them to prevent the flames from burning into the trees. Flames are not the only ones being dealt with. Various other attacks were dealt with. For example, even against Esq's Swordcaine, instead of concentrating the branches on a single point to avoid being cut off collectively, they were approaching this one with a multidirectional dispersion. It is ingenious to prevent multiple branches from being caught in lightning strikes and shock waves as well.

"I see. You're growing."

"If you are impressed"

"No."

It was when I glanced at Urk to say it back.

There was something flashing in the esc.