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 mana hand that he was

after seeing the movements of

Clang-!

urgently took out

“You're too late.”

that. Choi Han could see Cale who

Han would need to slash the tree to get

Shhhh.

Han planned to slash the tree. I

grab the branch with his mana hands as well. He

However…

“Don't move.”

as she

in fact, it sounded as if

I will ignore

"Can’t you see it?”

Han lowered

then slowly turned

was

“You finally saw it?”

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

Raon’s angry

a black liquid at the

tell that it was

branch was stopped right by Cale's

quickly Choi Han swung his sword or Raon pulled the

chances of that branch with dead mana stabbing

Plop. Plop.

Han turned

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

Boom. Boom.

spears fell to the

the shape of an imugi, but it was not moving at

Cale had long since

‘Cale-nim cannot protect himself.’

mana liquid pierced through Cale’s

would be very

He heard Elisneh’s voice.

bastards move, your

rest of Cale’s allies all stopped running and stood in place in shock without knowing what

his sword and looked around at each of their

and Mary. He then saw Beacrox and

speak at

may fall on you guys at any time as well. All of you

expression looked full of

eyes sparkled at that

the branch pointed at the human's neck, but the branch is weird! It’s shaking and doing its best

Cale was

It might be possible to chat with this tree too! I

Tree. He carefully and stealthily put his front paw on the World

be able to hear

that nobody could see at the moment started to

asking you to get rid of the black staff

Raon continued to speak.

slightly started

to normal as

was someone who

did not miss that short

Choi Han had looked at last. It

mouthed without

‘Do as you wish.’

voice at the

you take a single step. I will gladly send such gifts down from the

could not

reached his hand

“You bastard!”

made Elisneh who was on top of it

Shaaaaaaa-

the right

a strong gust of wind brush past where she had just

where the

stone spear

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!

that the stone spear crashed into broke down while

to fall into an

looked toward the person who threw the

Han who threw the stone spear sighed and

He

he

‘He shouldn't do that!’

Elf tried to approach Choi

feeling someone put their hands on her shoulder before

“Look behind you.”

Jeet had stealthily whispered in

felt the auras

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

that they were ready

gaze then moved from Ron to Choi

The Elf realized something.

should follow after Commander

realized

of you wish to

approaching Choi Han in

Craaaackle-

out of a shaman’s hand and charged toward

sword and raised his

to speak

like you've

Elisneh started to frown.

Han did not stop

is

the maze where she had cast her illusion… Choi

had called that place her

that

she misunderstood, something

“You're so stupid.”

“…What?”

think you can

Smile.

Han started

Ooooooooooong-

ground started to

fire tigers

for everyone

and Choi Han… In the empty

started to appear one by one

One, two…. Ten….

of spears was quickly increasing close to

instantly realized the

‘It's the Dragon.’

shout out of

you want Cale Henituse

instantly

“Ugh!”

She then became anxious.

down at her hand. The staff definitely activated.

“…Perhaps?”

turned toward the

out

tree was resisting her

Shhh.

Cale’s neck slowly moved away even as it

were tightly binding Cale also released and looked more as if they

“How?”

started to shake… Hehe. Choi Han! This is what the black

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

Cale. A white light had struck Cale at the

black tree and purified a portion of it in the

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

with excitement. But Choi Han. You know it

That was the case.

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