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 certain

seeing

Clang-!

urgently took out his

“You're too late.”

Han could see

that Choi Han would need to slash the tree to

Shhhh.

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

to grab the branch with his mana hands as well. He was going

However…

“Don't move.”

laughed as she warned

not sound urgent, in fact, it sounded

ignore her! I just need to

"Can’t you see it?”

Han lowered

then slowly

mana hand was gone

“You finally saw it?”

Choi Han looked toward her with a stoic expression. …She’s evil! Putting dead mana by the human! I will

Raon’s

liquid at the tip

able to tell that it was dead

black branch was

Choi Han swung his sword or Raon

dead mana stabbing Cale’s

Plop. Plop.

Han turned his

stone spears that were serving as the stone imugi's scales and body start to

Boom. Boom.

spears fell to the

in the shape of an imugi, but it was

Cale had long

‘Cale-nim cannot protect himself.’

dead mana

be very

He heard Elisneh’s voice.

bastards move,

allies all stopped running and stood in

Han lowered his sword and looked around at each of

and Mary. He then saw Beacrox and

continued to speak

the thunderbolt may fall on you guys at any time as well. All of you can end up

smiling expression looked full

that moment. Choi

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 move away

at Cale was trying

harming Cale. It might be possible to chat with this

had seen Cale chat with the World Tree. He carefully and stealthily put his front paw on the World Tree since he

might be able to hear

nobody could see at the moment started to

is asking you to get rid of the black staff in

Raon continued to speak.

slightly started to

returned to normal as if

there was someone who

was an expert who did

person Choi Han had looked at

mouthed without making a

‘Do as you wish.’

heard Elisneh’s voice

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

could not

reached

“You bastard!”

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

Shaaaaaaa-

off to the right

a strong gust of wind brush past where

gaze toward where the wind had brushed

saw a large stone

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!

the stone spear crashed into broke down while

you want to

frown and she looked toward the person who threw the stone

stone spear

from Cale. He was heading toward

he does

‘He shouldn't do that!’

Elf tried to approach Choi Han who was

feeling someone put their hands on her

“Look behind you.”

stealthily

the auras around

quiet ever since earlier. They were silent and did not make any special

they were ready to attack at

from Ron to

The Elf realized something.

after Commander Cale was

realized that as

you wish to

toward the approaching Choi Han

Craaaackle-

came out of a shaman’s hand

Han lowered his sword and

speak while looking at

looks like

Elisneh started to frown.

not stop

is your

cast her illusion… Choi

that

had also said that

something she misunderstood, something she had

“You're so stupid.”

“…What?”

you think you can live in

Smile.

started

Ooooooooooong-

ground started

fire tigers

everyone else in the maze

Tree and Choi Han… In the

spears started to appear one by one in thin

One, two…. Ten….

of spears was quickly

the

‘It's the Dragon.’

started to shout out

you want Cale Henituse to

instantly swung her

“Ugh!”

She then became anxious.

staff definitely activated. However, a

“…Perhaps?”

toward the

got out

was

Shhh.

slowly moved away even as

binding Cale also released and looked more as if they

“How?”

Hehe. Choi Han!

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 Tree

had ordered the black tree to bind the burning Cale.

had burned the black tree and purified a portion of it in

fake World Tree a little bit of freedom. But

with excitement. But Choi Han. You know it too,

That was the case.

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