Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Gogogogogogogo......!!

"Hey, what?!

"Dj, earthquake?!

"What the hell is shaking...... no way?!

A big shake that suddenly struck the spot. Feeling it, we all set ourselves up together. I instinctively felt that an unusual problem had arisen.

Among other things, it was Nike who called himself the guardian of the World Tree who was particularly sensitive to the anomaly. Wrapped in black shadows, she mouths like this in amazement as she turns to the world tree.

"The world tree is... leaning!?

"" "" 'What?!

Those on the spot who hear the word and look at the world tree in unison. At the end of that gaze, the shadow of the world tree, which was nowhere to be seen, only at first glance, still seemed to stand upright...... For Nike, who has been looking at the world tree for years, it seemed to me to be leaning just a little bit. At that time, there was no disagreement from anyone because something like earthsmoke was emerging from around the world tree, as if to prove Nike's words?

And then not long after, after the ground vibration subsided. Nike opens his mouth again.

"... I seem to have managed to keep it this time, but it doesn't seem strange whenever I fall. But why? The rest of us tried to knock down the world tree from the middle of the trunk... how come you're about to fall from the roots?

Listening to that statement, Julia reacts.

"Um... Master Nike? I saw the bugs nesting in the roots of the world tree... and that doesn't cause it, does it?

"... no. Those aren't the holes the bugs drilled. It's been that structure for a long time. It may look like a decaying tree in some places, but the core part stays fine... it should."

"I'm really curious about the last” should be "word... maybe..."

"Ah...... It is as if we cannot consider where and what the” ecclesiastical ”people you have just said are going to let the bugs do after they have taken the bugs from the rest. This is a guess... maybe you're going to use the bugs to devour the roots of the world tree and (...) put the roots (...) ex (...) in holes (...) et al. (...) and (...) and think about knocking them down... I don't know why..."

And, did you imagine her friendship bugs eating up the roots of the world tree, Nike, who somewhere seems to regret it so much. At that time, about two people who were listening to her words seemed to be looking at each other with their eyes wide open and a serious look on their face...... As for the reason, well, it's unknown.

While realizing how it was, pretending not to, this time the hunter asked Nike this question.

"Is there any way to keep the world tree from falling? If I fall from the roots like this... I think this town will probably get caught up in it. I hope we can at least allow enough time for the citizens and soldiers to evacuate..."

"Hmm...... It's possible to prevent things from falling... no, it was possible, I should say... When the rest of us thought about defeating the world tree, we had the means to go back in case it sucked. You can use it to undo it..."

"... the bugs?

"Dear Left...... There's nothing more we can do now than have no bugs at hand. Damn, that's lamentable..."

That's what I said, a big sigh Nike.

Then Lucia, who was listening to the conversation, asked Waltz this as if she was sorry somewhere.

"Hey, sister...... I was wondering if something could be done about the bugs? For example, prepare something to replace Mr. Bug…"

Waltz also replies like he feels responsible for something.

"Hey...... However, I don't think the energy and potential of the micromachine can adjust the magic or collect it... All I have to do is talk to Cortex... Is that what you can do with macrophages?

"Yeah...... why don't you ask me?

Then they try to get in touch with Cortex, who would be on board Energia or back in Mid-Eden... Before that, the hunters, who noticed something was wrong with the two, threw questions at them.

"Hey, Waltz and Lucia? Something... happened? Or the one you shouldn't ask?

"Yep... You're the one I don't want you to hear if you can..."

"Yeah... kinda..."

"... well (I see... Is it because of these two people that the world tree is about to fall...)"

and a hunter who just heard that response and guessed the approximate circumstances. That's the same for Atlas and Julia...... Neither did they seem to have heard the details. It should be noted that why didn't you ask the question - because there was a guardian nike of the world tree there - would that be an adequate explanation...