Episode 191:
What can we gain from Elf?
Surprisingly, there wasn’t much that could be gained from them.
If you don’t have spirit affinity, you can’t use spirits, and since they use spirits to fight, you can’t learn swordsmanship.
Some of them used swords, but it wasn’t enough to say they were good at using them.
The sword was only auxiliary, and their main force was the spirit.
‘You can get things like fruit from other elves.’
What can I get from these guys?
“Eup!”
When I touch ignorance, the traitors open their eyes.
I removed the gags covering their mouths.
“Fuha! “Knock, knock!”
They are breathing hard. Their speech was a little slurred, perhaps because they had been gagged for a long time.
“What are you planning to do to us?”
One of them glared at me and shouted.
I said as I planted the cotton ball on the ground in front of them.
“I want to ask you something, but it would be best if you keep your mouth shut except for what I ask. “I don’t have a very good personality.”
“….”
As I spoke while shaking the name, the elves who were glaring at me kept their mouths shut.
“okay. “It would be nice if you kept your mouth shut like that a long time ago.”
How nice it is that we don’t bother each other’s ears for no reason.
If I stay quiet, I wonder if I will ask questions on my own.
And they were in no condition to yell at me.
If I hand them over to the elves like this, they are bound to die anyway.
Or being tortured to the point where you think it would be better to die.
“Okay then…”
I looked around.
I looked around to see if there was a place to sit, but there wasn’t anything noticeable enough to sit on.
It was when I muttered,
“There’s no place to sit….”
There is a sound of something breaking through the ground
.
-Human giant trees are moving!
The hatchling makes a fuss. I turned my head to find the source of the roar.
And I could see it.
Huge tree roots digging through the ground.
When I reflexively tried to swing the cotton, the hatchling stopped me.
-Do not attack!
A hatchling suddenly intervened, forcing him to stop swinging his arm.
Crackling –
As a side effect, the ligaments in the joint were slightly torn.
Even that played back quickly, but the hatchling’s sudden behavior was enough to catch me off guard.
“what are you doing! “Suddenly interrupting!”
The hatchling’s scales are harder than steel, so it may not have caused much damage, but they said they don’t know what happens to humans.
At the same time as I swung the sword, the sword became extremely sharp and might even have been able to cut the hatchling’s scales.
If it were an adult, the hatchling’s scales were just a little stronger than steel.
– says the tree. He said he wanted to help.
The hatchling doesn’t know how dangerous he was.
Maybe that’s why you can talk so calmly.
I massaged my throbbing arm and put on the cotton cloth.
As I was sheathing the sword and killing the nameless Yegi, a startled voice came from behind me.
“Oh mother!”
“How can my mother already…?”
The elves were screaming loudly as they looked at the trees.
I even threatened them to keep quiet, but they seemed to have forgotten that and completely ignored reason.
“You have to run away too!”
“I’m going to die! “I’m going to die!”
They were going crazy and showed no signs of calming down.
If I stay like this, I’m going to die and I have to run away.
To me, who didn’t know their circumstances, it was just a loud noise.
And I didn’t want to know their circumstances.
Knowing that, what would I use it for?
“It’s noisy.”
I think I need to calm him down first…
I don’t think he’ll be able to calm down just because he’s doing it half-heartedly.
“I can’t help it.”
For now, I have no choice but to knock him out and wake him up again.
If you still can’t calm down, repeat until you do.
Puk puk puk.
He hit their necks.
“Ugh!”
“Ahh! What are you doing!”
But I didn’t faint.
Did I control my power incorrectly?
Recently, my strength has become too strong and it is difficult to control it.
I had no choice but to be careful because I felt like if I applied a little more force, he would die… I guess I’ll have to hit him harder than now.
Bang kwaang!
Oh, I adjusted my power wrong this time too.
There was an explosion sound somewhere… Fortunately, I saw that he was breathing and it didn’t look like he was dead.
Still, seeing as he fainted, it was better not to control his strength too much.
Don’t you faint right away like this?
“So what do you mean when a tree talks to you?”
The elves became quiet and I turned to the hatchling and asked.
The hatchling flapped its little wings and stretched out its cute front paws toward the roots sticking out of the ground.
chin.
The hatchling put its front paws on the root and closed its eyes.
He occasionally nodded and pursed his mouth as if he was talking to a tree.
-Hmm, I understand!
The hatchling, which had been clinging to the roots for a while, flapped its wings and flew up.
It flew towards me with force, grabbed my hand, and led me towards the roots.
-The tree lasts a long time!
I narrowed my eyes at the hatchling’s very friendly words.
Since a while ago, I was talking about a tree, but did I say this because I knew that the tree was the World Tree?
The only tree with such huge roots was the World Tree, which soared up into the sky.
‘Is it possible for a dragon to talk to the world tree?’
Dragons and world trees are things I don’t know much about, so there was no way I could find out about them even if I did something crazy.
In the first place, they were like transcendent beings who deviated from common sense.
Among dragons, dragons that are thousands of years old can melt or freeze mountain ranges with a single breath.
A being that can cause natural disasters such as natural disasters at will.
The same was true for the World Tree.
Now, because of the traitors, my strength has weakened, and perhaps because of my scolding nature, I like to be quiet and still, which is a shame.
If the World Tree had been active or had a desire, its power would have been so great that half of the continent would have been its territory.
“You asked me to come?”
-huh! He said he had something he wanted to say!
As I was led along by the hatchling, I became curious.
I didn’t have the ability to talk to trees like a hatchling.
How could I have a conversation with the World Tree? My thoughts quickly disappeared.
As soon as I touched the root, a green light came out and enveloped the hatchling
.
“This is…”
It was a place I had been to before.
To be exact, it is an unknown space that I was unintentionally drawn to when I first encountered the World Tree.
“Something seems more lively.”
Back then, there were only flowers, but now there are many different types of animals, including deer, squirrels, wolves, etc., including both predators and prey.
It’s like a predator and a prey coexist in one place.
It was surprising because it was a sight that was not easily seen and could not have happened.
“Those animals didn’t exist back then…”
It wasn’t just animals.
There were very young children.
Adorable and very cute children run around the flower fields and play with animals.
‘Elf?’
Unlike mine, all of those children’s ears were pointed.
As you go up from the round earlobe, it becomes more pointed and elongated like a triangle.
‘Are there any adults?’
Look around.
If there are so many kids gathered together, there are likely to be adults, but you can’t even find teenagers, let alone adults.
However, even though there were wild animals, the children did not show a single trace of fear.
“Wait a minute…”
While looking at them, I suddenly felt something strange.
Why don’t those kids and animals care about me and the hatchling at all?
Even for children, it is normal for them to be curious or afraid when they see an unfamiliar room.
Even if the children stayed still, the animals had to see us.
It was definitely strange that there was no reaction even though I was not killing anyone and was openly showing my presence.
‘No way…’
There was something that caught my eye.
You have to see it in person to find out.
It was time to walk while pushing the aura into my eyes.
-it’s okay.
A woman’s voice is heard.
With that voice, the scene I was watching changed.
The flower garden, animals, and children disappeared in an instant.
-Human over there!
As I was staring into empty space, the hatchling pulled my hair.
I turned my head and saw a woman like the hatchling had said.
There was a woman with long green hair in front of a tree that seemed to have grown a little more than before.
Light blue eyes that seem to be looking at the sky are watching me.
-Long time no see. You are the chosen one.
***
There is a round table on a green meadow.
On a table made of woven tree roots, there was a teacup made of wood, just like the table.
“I never thought I would be able to talk to the World Tree like this.”
I was sitting on a root chair made by a world tree.
Hatchlings were rolling around in the meadow.
When I was hungry, the World Tree took out fruit and filled my stomach.
Looks very comfortable.
It’s such a contrast to the way he was curled up in pain that it made me smile.
-So do i. I never thought I would meet the chosen one so quickly.
This time too she told me that she had been chosen.
Does the word choice really refer to the reason I came here?
I came here after reading a book I received from a woman who said she was a fan.
If that’s not a choice, then what is?
I’m not sure yet.
-it’s okay.
When she said it was okay, I raised my head and looked at her.
The World Tree nodded with a soft smile.
I’m looking at her, but for no reason I feel burdened by her gaze.
It’s not the first time I’ve seen it, but since there was no direct conversation like this at the time and it looked like a child, it could be said that it was my first time seeing the world tree.
It felt strange to see her greet me so warmly.
I don’t know how to describe this feeling, but it was cozy and not that bad.
I shook my head hard to come to my senses and continued speaking.
“I have a question. “You said before that I was the chosen one. What does that mean?”
– That’s literally it. You are the chosen one. A pioneer who will break the fate that has been set.
Something more has increased.
“What exactly does that mean? Being chosen… does that mean I was chosen by God?”
-It could be God or the world. What is certain is that you are a being who can change the future, and even now, the future has changed a lot through your actions.
This was too vague a question to ask.
The more I ask questions, the more curious I become.
“Is there something I need to do?”
-no. Just do it like you do now. Because you can have a huge impact on the world just by existing.
Just my presence has an impact on the world.
I don’t know if that means good or bad.
Because I just moved to survive.
‘Wouldn’t the World Tree know why I came to this world? From what I’ve said so far, I think I know something.’
Why am I here?
Of all the many characters, why did you choose Raymond?
I was debating whether to ask or not.
-There is no need to worry so much. You will know everything when the time comes.
You find out?