Legend
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Ara stops the carriage and everyone gets off.
What everyone but the three Dark Elves out of the carriage felt was questionable.
"Hey, Marina. Are you sure there's a world tree junction here? From what I can see, it doesn't seem like there's anything really going on."
To Vihera, who looks around and asks, the marina...... and Auduban and Giusura smile small and nod each and the marina opens her mouth to represent the three of them.
"I guess. When it comes to the junction of the world tree, you don't know it's there. If you knew the juncture was there, then naturally there would be people out there trying to break it, wouldn't there? But the primary connection is to be deflected from the sense of direction by the junction and back into the woods before the lost person knows it."
"... number one? So you're saying there are other boundaries?
"Yep. If we go beyond this junction for a while, there's a physical junction there... a junction of barriers. … but the effects of straying are falling far short compared to when I know them."
He was a marina with a slightly sad look on his face, but eventually when he closed his eyes he concentrated his magic and opened his mouth.
"Please, let me through"
The effect of the short words was obvious enough to be seen and understood.
It's not a change you can see. But something has definitely changed.
"Is this the junction of the world tree?
Auduban nods back with a proud grin at the words of Vihera, whined with a surprise voice.
"That's right. This is the junction of the world tree.... It's just, like Marina said, I'm a lot less powerful than I was before."
Vihera turns her gaze in the direction of progress to Auduban's words, who tells her that the disease of the world tree is such a troublesome substitute.
There it is, the deep forest.
From such a forest, there are signs that several creatures are moving.
"Come on, let's go. There are no more monsters coming out of here than ever before, so you don't have to go that fast."
The marina urged and everyone but Seto tried to get in the carriage again......
"Cu!"
The yellow that Elaine was holding lands over Seto's back with wings flapping when she makes a short squeal.
"Cu?"
Okay? And when he leans his neck and asks Elaine, his husband thinks a little and then turns his gaze toward the marina.
"There aren't as many monsters coming out of here as there have been before, we talked about... how fast is the carriage going to go?
"Right..."
The two horses holding the carriage don't seem to be out of breath yet. But still, I've run so far at considerable speeds, I don't know from the outside, but I couldn't be mistaken that I was draining my strength.
For example, I decide I don't need to force you to run here.
"I think it's okay to proceed normally. I just want you to be aware that there are monsters in this lost junction. Sometimes it doesn't work unless you're smarter than a certain number of stray junctions, so monsters who leave themselves to their instincts don't work."
"... is that what it is? But it's definitely a fact that there are fewer monsters than there are outside the bond, right?
"Yeah.... right?
For once, and a marina with a gaze to Auduban and Jusra.
Marina was right as far as she knew, but it was an act from the thought that it might be slightly different in today's weak world tree, but fortunately they both nod back.
"The neighborhood is the same as before. However, even monsters with more than a certain intelligence often slip through and come in. There are other bandits."
"That's why I got caught, too, hey... I thought you'd be okay with it usually"
Thoughtless...... nature and a grin come to everyone's mouth at the words of Jusra, who seems to be unable to take that from his tone while he is there.
"Let's hurry first. I want to treat the world tree as soon as I can."
Encouraged by the marina, Yellow will eventually continue on Seto's back, and the others will ride to the carriage.
"Okay, I'm leaving. We just have to go straight down this road, right?
Each of the three dark elves, starting with the marina, nods at Arla's words on your stand.
Compared to before the stray junction, the road is clearly worse.
I guess that represents that there are many who are unable to enter the boundaries of stray.
Most importantly, it doesn't affect Elaine's carriage at all.
A carriage going down the road at a slower rate than entering a stray junction.
There is no cut feathers stuck there until earlier.
Feeling close to a picnic somewhere, Ray and the others were looking out the window and enjoying the view.
The marinas, worried about the world tree, are now switching moods and saying memorabilia to each of them.
In the meantime, Fujimarina opens her mouth.
"With that said, Grandpa...... how are the elders still?
"Yeah, I'm fine and well. He was swinging his cane when he sent me to the marina..."
"I get beat up a lot with my cane too..."
"... the elder of the dark elves is well enough. Speaking of ordinary elders, I imagine a bigger figure."
Elaine pinches her mouth to see if she was intrigued by the term Dark Elf Elder.
In contrast to such Elaine, I guess the three Dark Elves imagined how dear their elders were. I almost erupt reflexively and manage to indulge in it successfully.
"If that elder had grown up, I wonder if that would be the reason why no one would be active in the world."
"... so much?
Ray also joins the story as it caught his interest to see what kind of person he is an elder.
Was Bühne the same again, without changing his expression, but keeping his gaze on him?
"Right. For example... a girl from the clan was taken away by a slave trader. Sometimes I realized it was early, and before I got out of the woods, I was supposed to chase him... and when I tried to leave, the elders brought the girl back."
"Well, so much so that he's the elder of the dark elves. Naturally it must be expensive when it comes to magic technology, so I don't think that's surprising..."
"You think so?
To Elaine's words, Marina says so with a grin.
As if, with the thought that Elaine would no doubt be surprised if she listened to what was to come.
"... no?
"I'm not wrong. It's just... the returning elders were dyeing their canes, faces and bodies with blood."
"Yeah? I mean, that's... not like magic or a bow, but beaten to death with a cane, huh?
When it comes to the Elves, there are basically many who specialize in bows and magic.
Not all those who engage in melee combat say they have none, but there were still many who had individual differences but not that high muscle strength.
So when it comes to those who predominate in melee attacks in the Elves, many choose weapons that emphasize speed lightly, like Rapier.
If it is said that the elders of Dark Elves, one of those elves, have dyed their wands and faces with blood, then naturally those who hear the story will be surprised.
To Elaine's question, told in such a way as fear, Marina utters no words, just nods back.
Then Ara, sitting on your podium, screams as if she were trying to timing it.
"It's an enemy!
A short, sharp word just to tell you what to do.
But the line of action I heard about it is quick.
A gaze is gathered at the marina, which reaches out to each weapon, is familiar with the circumstances of this occasion, and then knows the power of the Rays as adventurers.
"Being within the boundaries of stray could even come to our settlement. I know you can leave it alone if you're normal, but now that the world tree is weak, I don't want to put an extra burden on the junction. … let's intercept."
When I told her so, I guess Ara heard the voice too through the open door. The carriage slows down gradually.
"Okay. Seto!"
"Grrrrrrrrrrrr!"
Despite a call from inside the carriage, Seto raises a voice of intimidation.
I guess such Seto's roar is only a pain in the ass for the enemy.
But when Seto is on his side, his roar turns to inspiration.
In a situation where the carriage had not yet completely stopped, those who were in the carriage jumped out the door in turn.
The first one to pop out was Ray, naturally.
Leaving with nothing in his hands thinking about the carriage door, Ray performs a curvy imitation of landing on the ground and taking the death size out of the mysteries while balancing.
I set up a partner in a different way than Seto and looked around...... it was a monster to be called even a giant raptor that came right into my sight.
Having two giant wings to the left and right for a total of four is not the same as a normal raptor, but still, except for the wings, it's roughly not so different from a raptor such as an eagle or eagle.
... Although the width of the wings with the widest spread has reached nearly seven meters, and the hook claws of the couch and foot are also very sharp, which naturally correspond to their size.
"Shit, more importantly, it's a bird-shaped monster aero wing. Flying slaughter!"
A bird-shaped monster about to hit the carriage, the Flying Slash, a slaughter flying from a Death Size blade towards the Aerowing of the Rank C monster, was unleashed.
Aerowings, however, manipulate their characteristic four wings to steer steeply in the air to avoid flying slaughter.
"Ray, don't attack like you're taking it off!
Rarely...... yes, it was Ray who tried to reflexively say something back to the marina screaming with a feathered voice so stuffed that maybe for the first time he would hear it, but soon he remembers that this is in the already lost junction...... in the junction the world tree is straining.
In other words, if an attack using magic is carried out here, if it comes off, it will fly to the unknown and come into contact with the junction.
That would have put a heavier load on the world tree, and it was certain that it would be a great deal of damage to the world tree today, even though it was just weak.
What Ray is releasing is publicly supposed to be the magic of the wind, but it's actually a skill created by warcraft.
Whatever the difference between magic or skill, it doesn't make a difference that both are activated using magic.
"We're in a lost junction here, so it's less damaging than removing an attack within a barrier junction, but still, if you think about Ray's magic, don't imitate it in a detour!
Screaming, the marina releases her hand from the bow string she had erected and releases an arrow.
The arrow that flew away at a rate that seemed to tear the wind apart, but this was also dodged by the aero-wing, which cleverly moved the four wings...
"Shhh!"
Aerowings that say it's a bird but emit a scream of pain with a snake-like squeal.
The cause of that scream would be the blade that is slashing and tearing my leg.
The source of the blade is Elaine with the Mirage of the Jointed Sword in her hand.
I wielded a whipped mirage and attacked the aero wing...
"Do I just have four wings? I was going to slash my wings off."
Elaine turns her sharp gaze toward Aerowing as she rests her long sword-shaped mirage on hand.
It was basically an aero wing that could be described as a pretty powerful monster with only a rank C monster, but this time it was a bad opponent who attacked anything by geometry.
Each of them is a Rank C Monster... it should also be defeated in a Rank C Party, there are many warriors in Rank C that can be defeated by an individual.
Still the only thing Aerowing won't get away with...
(Marina said, you mean the negative effects of the world tree)
Sometimes it has been said that an attack with a Death Size skill is unsavory when removed, and a single spear is removed from the mystering to be replaced with a Death Size.
Put that spear in your hand, thinking that you wouldn't mind an attack without magic... I was about to throw it and Aerowing wings big wings.
Several wind blades released at the same time.
That was an attack that made Ray's unleashed flying slash smaller.
"There's no reason to let it, is there?
With that word, Vihera, who grew nails by magic from her armor, stands in front of Ray.
The quickly wielded nail slashes and rips apart all the wind blades in reverse.
It was Vihela, who did not have the means to attack ranges only to the users of the fighting, apart from intercepting them from being attacked ranged.
And the moment the wind blade breaks.
"Vihera!"
"Yes!"
Understand Ray's will with only a short exchange and get off the spot.
At the same time, the spear is released at a rate that is like slashing and ripping the air itself by the force of Ray...
"Shaaaaaaaa!"
Again it was an aerowing that raised its reptile voice and tried to dodge it using four wings, but the thrown spear would not allow it and pierce one wing.
"Grrrrrrrrrr!"
A blow to the forefoot as Seto fell from a higher position... unleashed his power crash skills... blasting his head off and falling to the ground in an aero-wing that broke balance in the air by throwing a spear.