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

move after seeing the movements of those in the

Clang-!

Han urgently took

“You're too late.”

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

branches were so tightly interwoven that Choi Han would

Shhhh.

the tree. I

with his mana hands as well.

However…

“Don't move.”

laughed as she

sound urgent, in fact, it sounded as if she was daring them

ignore her!

"Can’t you see it?”

Han lowered his

slowly turned his

hand was gone

“You finally saw it?”

smile. Choi Han looked toward her with a stoic expression. …She’s evil! Putting dead

Raon’s

black liquid at the tip of a

be able to tell that it was

sharp black branch was stopped right

matter how quickly Choi Han swung his

with dead mana stabbing Cale’s neck

Plop. Plop.

Han turned

as the stone imugi's scales

Boom. Boom.

fell

the shape of an imugi, but it was not moving

Cale had long

‘Cale-nim cannot protect himself.’

mana liquid

be

He heard Elisneh’s voice.

you bastards move, your

Elves, the puppies, and the rest of Cale’s allies all stopped running

looked around at each of their

then

continued to speak

may fall on you guys at any

smiling expression looked

sparkled at that

he stood with his back to the tree cage. I was looking at the branch pointed at the human's neck, but the branch is weird! It’s shaking and

branch pointed at Cale

of harming Cale. It might be possible to

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

be able to

see at the moment

World Tree is asking you to get rid of

Raon continued to speak.

Han slightly started

returned to normal as if nothing had

there was someone who

did not miss that

person Choi Han had looked

mouthed without making a

‘Do as you wish.’

voice at the

your greatest despair if you take a

could not finish

reached his hand

“You bastard!”

quickly twisted its body. That made Elisneh who was on top of

Shaaaaaaa-

off to the right

strong gust of wind brush past where she had

where

saw a large stone spear

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!

spear crashed into broke down while making

you want to fall into

she looked toward

stone spear

walked away from Cale. He was heading toward

he does

‘He shouldn't do that!’

Elf tried to approach Choi Han

stopped moving after feeling someone put their hands on her shoulder before

“Look behind you.”

Jeet had stealthily

finally felt the auras around

had been quiet ever since earlier. They were silent and did not make

that they were ready to attack at any

moved from Ron

The Elf realized something.

person they should follow after

realized that

of you

toward the approaching Choi Han

Craaaackle-

a shaman’s hand and charged toward Choi

his sword and

speak while looking

looks like

Elisneh started to frown.

did not stop and continued

is your

had cast her

called that place

also said that

something she misunderstood,

“You're so stupid.”

“…What?”

can live

Smile.

Han started to

Ooooooooooong-

started to

fire tigers

was the same for everyone else in the maze as

Tree and Choi Han… In the empty

one by one in thin

One, two…. Ten….

number of spears was quickly increasing

realized the source of

‘It's the Dragon.’

started to shout

want Cale Henituse

then instantly swung her

“Ugh!”

She then became anxious.

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

“…Perhaps?”

toward the

got out

was resisting her

Shhh.

slowly moved

and looked more

“How?”

started to shake… Hehe. Choi Han!

mana inside its body was purified when its branches burned up! That’s why it thinks

to bind the burning Cale. A white light had struck Cale at the same

tree and purified a portion of

bit of

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

That was the case.

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