Lycanthrope (4)
– “Where is this cursed race!”
-“It’s a monster! Kill!”
– “Monster, monster! Save people! Help me!”
In the history of the continent that is not so short.
Lycanthropes have always been oppressed and ostracized, close to a kind of ‘epidemic’.
An imperfect species that cannot reproduce normally and can only increase its population through infection.
As soon as they are infected, the minds of those who were normal begin to be contaminated by black magic, and finally, the ego stained with wildness and violence is distorted to the point where it is difficult to find the previous appearance.
Even if he somehow managed to keep his spirits up, he was often out of control, losing his reason and infecting and killing people due to the madness that struck every full moon.
It was only natural that people would try to rule out bombs that could explode at any moment in order to protect themselves and their families.
Also, an ordinary boy who was bitten by a werewolf killed all the villagers and their families who were trying to kill him and ran away.
Afterwards, following his instincts and causing countless victims, finally becoming a monster completely would not be too strange in this world.
It was certainly unusual to have survived so many hundreds of years and finally become strong enough to become a ‘king’.
Also that there was someone’s intervention and help in the process.
Kwaaang-!
“Keuhehehehe! Got it! Those pesky bugs!”
The lycanthrope king, Baucalakas, grabbed the earth spirit that was constantly hindering his steps with his terrifying grip.
With just that, scars were created on the land in a radius of 5 meters, as if it had been scratched by a beast, and the spirit of the immense destruction dwelling in its hand made it impossible to resist and was helplessly reverse-summoned.
“Keugh!”
“Horut! Are you okay?”
“…Cecily, this tidying up doesn’t matter, so pay attention! If he takes even one step outside the camp, it’s over!”
In the aftermath, a thin stream of blood flowed from the mouth of Horut, a high elf who was a magician who summoned spirits.
However, he focused more on the remaining spirits without showing any sign and gritted his teeth.
In the middle of a battlefield where two races face to face.
Among them, the number of people who were mobilized to tie the feet of the head lycanthrope was all the four remaining High Elves in Drasha.
‘Kuh, even though I’m right next to the World Tree, I can barely stand it…! I never thought that a monster like that would attack without thinking about the next thing. The difference in class is also different, but the compatibility isn’t too good.’
High elves are those whose abilities increase several times the closer they are to the World Tree, but the amplification of the abilities of those who fused dark magic with madness was not easy.
Above all, the authority of the guy who had reached the transcendence, ‘degraded attack/ignoring some defenses’ was harmonized with that terrible body, reaching a level that could not be helped.
No matter how strong the firepower this side pours, it ignores a certain percentage entirely and recovers while holding out with its body, and the already mighty guy’s attack breaks through their defenses.
So, for now, it was best to form a camp like this and engage in a war of attrition and somehow hold him down.
First of all, in terms of resilience, the high elves next to the World Tree could be considered more superior.
‘… No, is it really so? Given the state of that monster, I don’t think so at all. . . . If there was even one opponent of the same rank, we could have finished it right away.’
As long as they had the absolute advantage of longevity, the overall ratio of strong people who exceeded a certain line was very high in the race of elves.
The fact that we were able to somehow respond to the simultaneous appearance of white giants and the invasion of lycanthropes was all thanks to the forest keepers spread throughout the territory.
But instead, there was no one who reached the level of transcendence in the Elven Kingdom of the present era, as if there was some additional limit in going beyond the limit.
At least Lydia, the high elf who is the leader of the watchmen, is being evaluated as having her wall right in front of her nose, but she was just about to cross the ocean and join the party of warriors.
“Kakak-kak! Are you tired now? Ok? It’s over? Let’s finish it now!”
Then, with an innocent laugh, the monster rushed towards the high elves.
The air was shattered by the destructive magic power emitted from its body, and the smell of burning spread through the air as it tore through the trajectory of the outstretched fingertips.
“Kuh, I’ll stop you!”
“I will assist you!”
Spirit swordsman Platina, who has reached the level of both spirits and swordsmanship, stood in front of the running guy with an aura burning all over her body.
She faced her dark red nails as her starlit sword flew through space.
Kaaang-!
Although she was staggered for a moment by the overwhelming difference in her physical abilities, she was able to stand up to her on an equal footing after receiving the support of the Queen’s assistant magic, who is also a great mage.
But that’s for a while…
Quadduk! Whoops—!
“Kheop!”
With additional support from others, she lasted only about a minute.
In the end, she endured and endured, but she was able to get her body out only after she threw her body as if she was being thrown out.
If it hadn’t been for Cecily, who had put a water curtain on her at the last moment, she would have been seriously hurt this time by the ensuing attack.
“Pu-hee! I managed to catch one, but it’s about to annoy me a little! Without the world tree, things would have ended right away! Ah, I need to burn it down quickly, that one!”
Slowly, as if his patience had reached its limit, the youthful blood in Baucalakas’s eyes grew darker.
Perhaps reason would have been cut further, but more than that, her physical abilities would have risen even more.
‘I have to find a way somehow.’
Cecily sighed and bit her lip.
They were only holding on, but on the lycanthrope side, five more general-level objects headed to the battlefield.
Of course, it wasn’t that there weren’t any talented people there to fight against them…
‘I will have to take the damage. Wait, come to think of it, what about Harris now?’
Then, suddenly, at some point, she realized that he had no news about him.
I thought the last news was that they were engaged in a skirmish with the general level.
Since there was no time to maintain the world tree network right away, news after that was unknown.
‘…I’m guessing he’s on his way back here by now. When you get to that point, you’ll be a little better than you are now. Let’s hold on as long as we can.’
Just like that, Cecily was concentrating on the battle again.
The Harris she recalled was just setting foot in Drasha.
***
Quadduk!
“Keugh! May the World…”
Kwaaang-!
“Kaeng!”
Death was spreading from the center of the Enamel Continent, which had been the center of peace for a long time.
A death that comes equally to lycanthropes and elves.
The wooden barriers that had been hastily grown in preparation for the invasion had already been breached, and the elves were slowly pulling back the front lines and trying to reduce their numbers as much as possible.
With their superior physical abilities and instincts, the lycanthropes evaded or parried all half-ranged attacks, and even if they were hit, they had to pierce durability and exorcism, as well as their regeneration speed was overwhelming, so they didn’t die easily.
No matter how much the number of the Elves was greater, the other side was determined and selected elite troops.
The elves needed an immediate power that could be used more reliably… Fortunately, Drasha had excellent human resources ready.
The outskirts of the battlefield a little far from the center.
Snuggle Geek—
Shapiron Silvestti calmly drew the bowstring and gradually raised her natural power.
“Kuaaa! Kill!”
A warrior-class lycanthrope approaches, moving zigzag as if avoiding a dead line.
The swollen body, the dark red aura rising from the whole body, the eyes bloodshot red from madness, and the vicious teeth leaking saliva.
Her appearance, as if she had been infected with rabies, was brutal even at first glance, but she kept her composure as much as possible and waited until the last moment…
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At the most optimal moment when he couldn’t avoid it, she fired a lethal shot containing the wind spirit.
Nettle fluid— oops!
An arrowhead that pierces the forehead.
If it was an ordinary warrior-level object, it would have been an attack that would have killed anyone in one blow, no matter how regenerative it was, but the lycanthrope, which had a monster-like vitality through the collaboration of black magic and madness, only stumbled on the spot for a moment.
Her bastard lunged at her again with an arrow lodged in her head with ferocity, as if she wanted to go with her even if she died.
“Die!”
Even in that critical situation, Shapiron’s expression was still undisturbed.
In fact, it didn’t matter if he didn’t just get knocked down in one hit.
Very obviously, she wasn’t alone.
Ssack- Pow-! Perpuck! Shih-! Chew!
As she drew her prey’s attention to one body, arrows and magic from her blind spot slashed the creature thoroughly.
At this point, he won’t be able to survive even if he’s not a warrior level, but a knight level.
And from the direction from which the attack came, Timer and Curie, who had once set up a festival stage with Harris, quietly approached.
“Miss Shapiron, are you really going to be okay like this? The effect is good, but it seems too dangerous alone.”
“What about changing the strategy?”
“Are you okay. After all, we’re only dealing with wounded soldiers and remnants that have leaked out like this, right? Now is not the time to relax, so we have to take some risks.”
Drasha Academy is the best educational facility in the Elven Kingdom.
Of course, the students were all elite, and they were high-quality human resources that could be immediately used as a force.
In such a crisis situation, it is enough to trust and entrust it to the rear support.
“If we move a little faster, we can save even one more person. So from now on…”
Bassrock—
Then, as if to cut off her words, the moment she heard the sound of breaking through the bush.
The three faces hardened.
. . . I could hear the sound, but I still couldn’t feel anything with their nerves, which were always tense.
Glancing at each other, they slowly turned their heads toward that direction.
There, a woman with a rough impression, who seemed to be the one who deliberately shook the bush and made the noise, was looking at them with a strange expression.
“At first, I tried to pass by quietly, but when I thought about it, you were right. If I were a little more diligent, I could save even one more compatriot.”
She opened her mouth in a relaxed manner.
Short black hair, thick scars visible everywhere on the skin, such as the neck and back of the hands, and a muscular height of 180 cm.
“…Wouldn’t it be okay to kill a few guys on the way and go?”
Beast-like teeth and gradually sharp nails that can be seen in the slightly smiling mouth.
“Ah, I was getting annoyed at the fact that I was the only one hiding while killing other guys to their heart’s content, but it worked out. Kkeukkuk.”
The woman Shapiron and the others met by chance is this woman.
It was a general-class lycanthrope that was secretly undercover for a secret mission commanded by the king.
***
Harris moved straight to Drasha.
Even if he flew at full speed, it would have taken several hours, but wasn’t the technique called ‘Forest Road’ practiced to be used in this case in the first place?
‘Originally it’s a pilgrimage route, so it’s taboo, but… It’s a crisis right now!’
It was also the way to carry out what the World Tree had directly requested, so of course, this was an acceptable range.
So he took the World Tree as a milestone and moved on.
After about 5 minutes.
When he came out of the forest path, he was already on top of the branches of the World Tree.
‘… He had no intention of coming up here. No, is it rather good?’
From this panoramic view, it would be easier to grasp the battle situation.
With that in mind, Harris looked below, near Drasha.
He frowned slightly at the progress of the war, which had progressed quite a bit.
For him, who always remembers the peaceful and beautiful Drasha, the present scene is not familiar to him.
‘If the World Tree was to offer such an unprecedented reward, it sounds like it would have been a problem no matter what.’
What was immediately visible was a tense war situation.
There are no signs of being pushed back, but it doesn’t seem like it will collapse right now, and if you wait, forest keepers will lead guards from all sides.
‘I don’t know. I’ll have to look more closely to find out.’
Harris quietly straightened his bow, Themis, and activated [Star Watcher] to quietly look down…
At the same time, I paused for a moment at the exhilaration I felt.
‘What? Why is this all of a sudden?’
It wasn’t bad.
The feeling of being more closely connected to the subject than when using the skill normally…
‘Is it because I’m in contact with the World Tree?’
All abilities of the High Elves become stronger the closer they are to the World Tree.
Of course, if you’re standing on top of it, you’ll feel clearer than usual.
Besides, it’s a special situation right now, so I feel like they’re allowing me something more.
‘I think it’s not enough. Then, just a little more.’
In that state, Harris even activated “Reduced World Tree” And “Natural Assimilation” To maximize his affinity with Mother Nature, especially the World Tree.
And let’s bend over the ground in that state.
‘Ah, this is…’
I am.
《The special skill “Star Watcher” absorbs the lower abilities “Bright View Index” and “Eye of Wisdom” and evolves into “The Watcher of the Milky Way.”
The World Tree—a glimpse of the world God sees.
