Drip. Drip.

Blood was dripping.

Cale whose body was bound by the branches looked out through the gaps in the branches only to see red.

Drip, drip.

The middle-aged man wearing glasses was bleeding, while blood was flowing from Choi Han's cheek as well. Of course, it was not Choi Han’s blood.

Forget getting injured, Choi Han looked as clean as someone who had just washed their face a minute ago.

“Ugh. Ugh.”

The middle-aged man was shaking as if he was having trouble breathing.

Choi Han was still looking at Cale and smiling innocently.

“…Uhh…mm.”

‘…This vicious bastard, no, senior.’

Cale awkwardly asked while looking at Choi Han's happy face.

“What happened?”

What could have happened while he had been unconscious?

‘Why are the Dark Elves running around excitedly and Raon raising his voice while remaining invisible and destroying the maze walls? …And why the hell are you covered in blood?’

“I'm not sure.”

Cale's heart thumped at the very slow response. He was scared.

“…How long was I out for?”

‘Thirty minutes? No. It must have been at least an hour to cause this much chaos.’

He then waited for Choi Han to respond.

“Mm. I think it's been about ten minutes.”

“What? Ten minutes? You crazy bastards-!”

Cale could not speak anymore.

‘They caused this much chaos in ten minutes? No, that's fine, they did a good job, but…!’

Cale seemed to forget that he was the one who originally turned the maze into a mess as he started to frown.

“It was a very long time.”

“Ugh, ugh!”

Choi Han slowly responded as he lowered his hand.

Plop.

The fainted middle-aged shaman weakly fell to the ground.

‘…This scary…anyway, vicious punk.’

Cale's face turned pale.

However, Choi Han started to think about the things that happened while looking at the pale Cale.

The moment the strand of white light had struck down…

The Dark Elves, Elves, assassins, and even the enemies all stopped moving and looked toward the light.

“…Young master Cale-!”

Dark Elf Tasha subconsciously shouted.

She saw a thick and disgusting black branch that had lost a portion of its tip after being burnt.

A person's entire body except their head was bound by that branch.

The head of that person slowly lowered.

Plop.

Their head weakly lowered.

That person was Cale Henituse.

The person who was already pale from the start looked terrible standing there limp with his eyes closed.

“…Ah.”

Jopis who had been inside the wooden nest jumped up.

She could finally see that pale person properly.

She realized something at the same time.

The only reason that that pale and weak person did not seem weak this whole time was because of his gaze.

He had a reliable gaze that made his allies feel as if they had nothing to fear. It was because of that energetic and sparkling gaze.

It was also because of his brusque and blunt yet strong voice that calmed them down.

“…My goodness.”

Jopis suddenly felt her mind blanking out as she became anxious.

Cale Henituse was the Commander for all of their side.

He was the person guiding them from the center.

It was only natural for their side to turn chaotic if such a person fainted.

‘What do we do?’

As Jopis finally managed to have that thought after a few seconds…

“Why do you look so stunned?”

The sneering Elisneh swung her staff.

‘No.’

Jopis could see exactly what she was trying to do.

“No!”

Some things shot forward as she shouted.

“Grrrrrrr!”

Three puppies with Fluffy at the center quickly ran toward the black tree.

It could not be helped.

Screeeech-

The black branches quickly started to move.

They were extremely fast. They were moving so quickly that they managed to move before Choi Han who was the closest to Cale could get to him.

However, people could not just sit back and watch.

"We must save the Commander-nim!”

“Burn that tree down now!”

The Elves charged forward in shock. The fake World Tree was as evil as Elisneh to them; it was something that could destroy their home.

Their commander was captured by such an existence.

“Ah.”

Healer Elf Pendrick gasped.

He remained alone in the rear as he did not have any Elementals while the other Elves charged forward with their Elementals. That was why he could see things more clearly than they could.

also see a large

to move after seeing the

Clang-!

Han urgently took

“You're too late.”

as he did that. Choi Han could see Cale who was imprisoned inside this black tree branch

Han would need to slash the tree

Shhhh.

Han planned to slash the tree.

mana hands

However…

“Don't move.”

as she

did not sound urgent, in fact, it sounded as if she was daring them to do

ignore her! I just need to destroy

"Can’t you see it?”

lowered his

slowly

hand was gone

“You finally saw it?”

Choi Han looked toward her with a stoic expression.

heard Raon’s

black liquid at the tip

would be able to tell that

black branch was stopped right by Cale's

his sword or Raon pulled

of that branch with dead mana stabbing Cale’s neck

Plop. Plop.

turned

stone spears that were serving as the stone imugi's scales

Boom. Boom.

spears fell to

in the shape of an imugi, but

Cale had long since disappeared

‘Cale-nim cannot protect himself.’

if that dead mana liquid pierced

would be very

He heard Elisneh’s voice.

move, your leader

rest of Cale’s allies all stopped running and stood in place in shock

Han lowered his sword and looked around at

He then saw Beacrox and

speak at that

at any time as well.

looked

at that moment. Choi Han!

Raon's voice in his mind as he stood with his back to the tree cage. I was looking at the branch pointed at the human's neck, but the branch is weird! It’s shaking and doing its best to

branch pointed at Cale was trying to

seemed to be rejecting the notion of harming Cale. It might be possible to

carefully and stealthily put his front paw on the World Tree since

might be able

eyes that nobody could see

fake World Tree is asking you to get rid of the black staff in the

Raon continued to speak.

started to smile as

then quickly returned to normal as if nothing

was someone who had seen

who did not miss that

Han had

without

‘Do as you wish.’

Elisneh’s voice

a single step.

could not finish her

reached his

“You bastard!”

That made Elisneh who

Shaaaaaaa-

right side of

strong gust of wind brush past where she had just

her gaze toward where the wind had

saw a large stone

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!

that the stone spear crashed into broke

Do you want to fall

frown and she looked toward the person who

who threw the stone spear sighed and slowly

walked away from Cale. He was heading

if he

‘He shouldn't do that!’

approach Choi Han

feeling someone put their hands on

“Look behind you.”

warrior Jeet had stealthily

felt the auras

side had been quiet ever since earlier. They were silent

that they were ready to attack

then moved from

The Elf realized something.

person they should follow after Commander

side realized

you

the approaching Choi Han in

Craaaackle-

came out of a shaman’s hand and charged toward

sword

started to speak

like you've

Elisneh started to frown.

Choi Han did not stop and

us is

had cast

that place her

that they were

there was something she

“You're so stupid.”

“…What?”

think you can

Smile.

started to

Ooooooooooong-

ground started to

charging fire

the same for everyone else in the maze as

fake World Tree and Choi Han… In the empty

appear one by one

One, two…. Ten….

was quickly increasing close

instantly realized the

‘It's the Dragon.’

started to shout

you want Cale Henituse to

instantly

“Ugh!”

She then became anxious.

The staff definitely activated. However, a resisting

“…Perhaps?”

toward the

got out

tree was resisting her

Shhh.

branch pointed at Cale’s neck slowly moved away

branches that were tightly binding Cale also released and looked more as

“How?”

moment Elisneh's pupils started to shake… Hehe. Choi Han! This is what the

excitement. It said a part of the dead mana inside its body was purified when its branches burned up! That’s why it thinks it can move

Cale. A white light had struck Cale

the black tree and purified a portion of it in the

the fake World Tree a little bit of freedom. But it can only resist the control

shout with excitement. But Choi Han. You know

That was the case.

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