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

started to move after seeing

Clang-!

took out his

“You're too late.”

did that. Choi Han could see

branches were so tightly interwoven that Choi Han would need to slash the tree to get

Shhhh.

the tree. I will

his mana hands as well.

However…

“Don't move.”

laughed as she

not sound urgent, in fact, it sounded as if she was

stop.” It's fine! I will ignore her! I

"Can’t you see it?”

Han lowered

slowly turned his

mana hand was gone

“You finally saw it?”

Choi Han looked toward her with a stoic expression. …She’s

Raon’s

the wooden cage… There was a black liquid

to tell that it was

branch was stopped right by

how quickly Choi Han swung his sword or Raon

chances of that branch with dead mana stabbing Cale’s neck first

Plop. Plop.

turned his

as

Boom. Boom.

stone spears fell to the

shape of an imugi, but it was not

surrounding Cale had long since

‘Cale-nim cannot protect himself.’

mana

be

He heard Elisneh’s voice.

move, your

stopped running and stood in place

looked

Mary. He then saw

to speak at that

fall on you guys at any time as well.

smiling expression looked full of

eyes sparkled at that moment.

his back to the tree cage. I was looking at the branch pointed at the human's neck,

at Cale was trying to move

the notion of harming Cale. It might be possible to chat with this tree too!

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

might be able

eyes that nobody could see at the moment

Han! The fake World Tree is asking you to get rid of

Raon continued to speak.

started to smile as

returned to normal as if nothing

someone who

did

Han had looked at last. It

mouthed without

‘Do as you wish.’

heard Elisneh’s voice at

if you take a single step. I will gladly send such gifts

could not

reached

“You bastard!”

That made Elisneh who was on top of it move left as

Shaaaaaaa-

right side of

of wind brush past where

gaze toward where the

saw a large stone spear cutting through the

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!

crashed into broke down

want to fall

started to frown and she looked toward the person

Choi Han who threw the stone spear sighed and

away from Cale. He was heading toward the

he

‘He shouldn't do that!’

approach Choi Han

hands on her shoulder before

“Look behind you.”

had stealthily

felt the auras around

Mary… Even Ron's side had been quiet ever since

tell that they were ready to

then moved from Ron

The Elf realized something.

person they should follow after

realized that

of you wish

the approaching Choi

Craaaackle-

fire tigers came out of a shaman’s hand and charged

sword and raised his

started to speak

like you've misunderstood

Elisneh started to frown.

Han did not stop and continued to

us is

she had cast her

called that place

said that they were under

something she misunderstood,

“You're so stupid.”

“…What?”

think you can live

Smile.

started to

Ooooooooooong-

started

charging fire

was the same for everyone else in the maze

Han… In

appear one by one

One, two…. Ten….

was quickly increasing close to

instantly realized the source

‘It's the Dragon.’

shout out

Cale

instantly swung

“Ugh!”

She then became anxious.

she looked down at her hand. The staff definitely activated. However, a resisting force flowed

“…Perhaps?”

toward the black

out

tree was resisting

Shhh.

neck slowly moved away even as

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

“How?”

Hehe. Choi Han! This

purified when its branches burned up! That’s why it thinks it can move according to its own will now! That’s what

bind the burning Cale. A

tree and purified

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

to shout with excitement. But Choi Han. You know it

That was the case.

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