Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

And when they saw the sight, all but the devils were cut off. All those who were there, starting with Nike, doubted their eyes.

And that waltz, who should be able to react to things faster than anyone else, was no exception.

"... Ha!

Waltz approaches the world tree at once, seeing the sight. In doing so, she seems to have held back the walking demons with a gravitational control system to keep them away from the world tree any further.... Yes. lest they touch more than that, the world tree.

Anyway, before their eyes, whoever touched the world tree--

Zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzu......

—— and one after the other, because it was sinking into a tree...

Seeing it, Waltz seemed to have tried to keep the devils away from the trees, as he had done earlier. But as for those who have already been swallowed, there is little to be done…. All she seemed to be able to do was stop people and pull those who were still likely to save them out of the world tree.

It just didn't seem to work out the way she wanted, either.

"... no! I can't get out!"

Waltz trying to pull out of the world tree by pulling the hand of a certain person whose half had already been swallowed. The person--Randy's body doesn't show any signs of waltz exerting any power, but it does... Instead, the surface of the world tree seemed to come out and actively try to swallow about Randy.

Waltz, who sees it, doesn't know what to do. Should I be forced to pull until I finally let Randy get hurt, or should I rescue those who are likely to be swallowed up by choosing the surface of the world tree at once...

But to Waltz, I couldn't hurt Randy, and I couldn't deny the possibility that those who had already been swallowed were alive inside... In the end, all she seemed to be able to do was pull Randy with unscathed critical force.

But things didn't stay that way.

Zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzu......

"What?! Hey... Ma..."

The people who were using gravity to hold them back from the world tree somehow began to sink into the ground, as if they were nestled in mud.

"No way...... was this place on the world tree too?!

Waltz looking around, with his mouth that way. The gaze seemed to be directed at the companions before the demons, but fortunately, there has been no change in the condition of the companions, including Nike... They seemed a little far apart, stubbornly solidified with the soldiers they had been following with them. Rather than, should I say that I could not get close to inadvertently seeing the sinking demons?

Waltz throws his voice at them like that.

"Everyone never moves there, do they?! I'm not sure what it is, but once it's swallowed up by the world tree, because you can't pull it out!

Then a voice flies from Catalina who hears it.

"... do you want to hang up?

"Huh? No, hey... Catalina? I don't know what the hell you're talking about cutting, but, you know, you didn't say anything terrible about taking it?

………… No, I just thought I'd cut the surface of the world tree... "

"Oh, yeah...... sorry. I was wrong —— what a heart-wrenching thing to say. Anyway, I think the Catalinas should stay away! Because once it's taken in by the world tree, it doesn't seem to fall out!

While saying that, at the same time, Waltz tries to rescue Randy while controlling gravity to prevent the demons from being swallowed any more by the world tree.

Then that's when. Now ——

Gogogogogogogogo......!

—— loud noises and vibrations began to strike the area.

That was like an earthquake. In the sense of ground tremors, it's not an ”earthquake” as such, but not a common earthquake that occurs when fault and fault deviate ——

"What is this world tree?! Whatever, are you going to take in about everyone?!

—— As Waltz put it, with the vibrations created by the shaking of the surface of the world tree…. Looks like she just started to shake about those she was trying to help by manipulating gravity, not saying she was forced to take it away.

And because of that, disturbances occur in the force field of Waltz's gravitational control, which could not be controlled in detail. As a result, the force field that hung on some of the people came off--

Gogogogogogogo......!!

Zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuzu......

—— completely swallowed by the ground on the spot and by the trunks of the world tree.

"Gu! No more... stop it!

Look at that, waltz. From her point of view, it may have felt like the life of the person she was trying to protect was spilling out of her palm.

But things will go further and worse, as if they were willing.

These words came up from those of us who could only look at the situation.

"Hey, Nike! You okay?!

At the end of the hunter's gaze that speaks so, he returns to his original white figure, and there is a figure of nikke nodding over the rocking ground... Apparently she suddenly began to suffer.

As a result, the hunter approached Nike and glanced at her face --

…………

"... Nike?

—— There was no colour of suffering, no colour of sorrow, no colour of anger in Nike's expression there... Only a colorless, transparent look seemed to have spread. To parable —— give the same expression as the demons who were being taken in by the world tree on the spot….

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Waltz and the others knew what had happened since then, because some magic had attacked them confused as cracks entered the ground, castles, and buildings because of the fierce vibrations.

The magic I used seemed pretty sure in Nike. Because she slowly offered her hand forward, and a few of them were witnessing some sort of magic.

Specifically ——

Bun......

—— the magic that makes the low noise.