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

stealthily started to move after seeing the movements of those

Clang-!

Han urgently took out his

“You're too late.”

heard Elisneh’s sneering comment as he did that. Choi Han could see Cale who was imprisoned inside

Choi Han would need to

Shhhh.

planned to slash the tree.

mana hands as well. He was going

However…

“Don't move.”

as she warned

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

It's fine! I will ignore her!

"Can’t you see it?”

Han lowered

slowly turned his

hand was gone

“You finally saw it?”

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

heard Raon’s

the wooden cage… There was a black liquid at the tip of a very thin

be able to tell

black branch was stopped

his sword or Raon pulled the branches

of that branch with dead mana stabbing

Plop. Plop.

turned

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

Boom. Boom.

fell to the

remained in the shape of an imugi,

fire surrounding Cale had long since disappeared as

‘Cale-nim cannot protect himself.’

mana liquid pierced

would be

He heard Elisneh’s voice.

you bastards move, your leader will

stopped running and stood in place in shock without knowing what to

lowered his sword and looked around at each of their

then saw Beacrox

to speak at that

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

looked full of

that moment. Choi

I was looking at the branch pointed at the

Cale was trying

It might be possible

and stealthily put his front paw on the World Tree

be able to hear

that nobody could see

The fake World Tree is asking you to get rid

Raon continued to speak.

slightly started to smile as

quickly returned to normal as if nothing had

there was someone

expert who did not miss that

Han had looked

immediately mouthed without making a

‘Do as you wish.’

heard Elisneh’s voice at

despair if you take a single step. I

could not

urgently reached his

“You bastard!”

body. That made Elisneh

Shaaaaaaa-

right

strong gust of wind brush past where she had just

her gaze toward where the wind had

saw a large stone

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!

stone spear crashed into

you want to fall into an illusion

frown and she looked toward the person who threw

the stone spear

from Cale. He

he does

‘He shouldn't do that!’

approach Choi Han who

put their hands on her shoulder before she

“Look behind you.”

Jeet had stealthily

finally felt the auras

been quiet ever since earlier. They were silent

that they were

from Ron to Choi

The Elf realized something.

they should follow after Commander Cale was Choi

realized that as

of you wish to

approaching Choi Han in

Craaaackle-

of a

Han lowered his sword

started to speak while

like you've

Elisneh started to frown.

did not stop and continued to

is your

ceiling of the maze where she had cast her illusion… Choi Han looked toward it

that place

also said that they were

was something she misunderstood, something she had

“You're so stupid.”

“…What?”

can live in the air

Smile.

started to

Ooooooooooong-

ground started

charging fire tigers

everyone else in the

Tree and Choi Han… In the empty area between the

appear one by

One, two…. Ten….

was quickly increasing close

realized the source of that

‘It's the Dragon.’

to shout out

want Cale

then instantly swung

“Ugh!”

She then became anxious.

her hand. The staff definitely activated. However, a resisting

“…Perhaps?”

toward the

out of my

black tree was

Shhh.

branch pointed at Cale’s neck slowly moved away even

and looked more

“How?”

Elisneh's pupils started to shake… Hehe. Choi Han! This

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

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

tree and purified a portion of it in

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

with excitement. But

That was the case.

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