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.

front. He could also see a large mana

started to move after seeing the movements of those in

Clang-!

urgently took out

“You're too late.”

Choi Han could see Cale who was imprisoned inside this black tree branch

that Choi Han would need to

Shhhh.

Choi Han planned to slash the tree. I will rip it

his mana hands as well. He was going to rip it

However…

“Don't move.”

laughed as she

voice did not sound urgent, in fact, it sounded as if

It's fine! I will ignore

"Can’t you see it?”

lowered his

then slowly turned his

was

“You finally saw it?”

expression. …She’s evil! Putting dead mana by the human!

Raon’s

wooden cage… There was a black liquid at the tip

tell

sharp black branch was stopped

quickly Choi Han swung his sword or Raon

dead

Plop. Plop.

Han turned his

serving as the stone imugi's scales and body start

Boom. Boom.

stone spears fell

an imugi, but it was

surrounding Cale had long since

‘Cale-nim cannot protect himself.’

dead mana

would be

He heard Elisneh’s voice.

bastards move, your leader will

the Elves, the puppies, and the rest of Cale’s allies all stopped running and stood in place in shock without knowing

his sword and looked around at each of

He then saw Beacrox and

to speak at that

on you guys at any time as well. All of you can end

smiling expression looked full

that moment. Choi

looking at the branch pointed at the human's neck, but the branch

branch pointed at Cale was trying to

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

and stealthily put his front paw on the World

able

eyes that nobody could see at

smile. Choi Han! The fake World Tree is asking you to get rid of the black staff in

Raon continued to speak.

slightly started to

to normal as

someone who had

expert who did

person Choi Han had looked at last. It

without

‘Do as you wish.’

Elisneh’s voice at the

see your greatest despair if you take a single step. I will gladly send such

could not finish

shaman urgently reached

“You bastard!”

its body. That made Elisneh who was

Shaaaaaaa-

to the right side

of wind brush past

gaze toward where the wind had brushed

large stone

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!

that the stone spear crashed into broke down while making

want to

and she looked toward the person who threw

Han who threw the stone

He was

if he does

‘He shouldn't do that!’

approach Choi Han who was

she stopped moving after feeling someone put their hands on her shoulder before she took a single

“Look behind you.”

stealthily whispered

felt the auras

Mary… Even Ron's side had been quiet ever since earlier. They were silent and did not make

that they

then moved from Ron to Choi

The Elf realized something.

person they should follow after

side realized that as

you wish

approaching

Craaaackle-

tigers came out of a shaman’s hand and

Han lowered his sword and

to speak while looking at

like

Elisneh started to frown.

Choi Han did not

is

maze where she had cast her illusion… Choi Han looked toward

had called that place

also said that they

was something she misunderstood,

“You're so stupid.”

“…What?”

can live in the

Smile.

Han started

Ooooooooooong-

ground started

charging fire tigers

everyone else in the maze as

and Choi Han… In the empty area between the

one by one in thin

One, two…. Ten….

number of spears was quickly increasing close

the

‘It's the Dragon.’

shout out

Cale

instantly swung her

“Ugh!”

She then became anxious.

down at her hand. The staff

“…Perhaps?”

turned toward the

got out

was resisting her

Shhh.

Cale’s neck slowly moved away even as

binding Cale also released and

“How?”

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

was speaking to Choi Han with 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 according to its own will now! That’s what the fake World

had ordered the black tree to bind the burning Cale. A white light had struck

the black tree

a little bit of freedom.

But Choi Han. You know it too,

That was the case.

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