Chapter 1169 – Sanctuary of Wind

“Heir sir. Don’t be fooled! The trap is clear!!”

Ruid growled.
He has numerous colleagues. I remember clearly what terrible things my respected ancestors suffered in the dark forest.

And. The forest of darkness, which only knew how to destroy the holy ground, began to extend its magic power to the elves when the monster appeared in front of them.
The culprit that made the natural phenomenon dwell on one’s will.
It’s as natural as breathing that the evil guy has plans.

That moment.

Poududeuk!

Several tree roots rose from the ground.
Dre held up his hand to stop the elves from reflexively shooting their bows.
Chalalarat! When the roots of the tree were lifted, what appeared was…

“Yuppie-sama…!!”

Just like that. All of the captured elves, including Yuffie, were there.
Most of them looked fine, but two. The members of the Saetwind Knights were horrendous with their limbs severed.
No. If you look closely, the others are also not fine.
Horrible features such as rotten tree roots or flowers instead of eyeballs on the eyelids.

Before the elves explode in their rage. “Ahh-! I understand! I understand! But calm down and listen!” Said Post, waving his hands.

“It’s worth getting angry because you’ve worked hard to make you guys angry. Wait a minute.”

As Post reached out to the elves, the horrible plants that had sprouted from the eyes, mouth, and orifices all over the body completely disappeared.

The body, which should have disappeared because he was not enough, is also restored.
Restoration of the body is a very difficult task even for high-ranking clergy.
Even if you use the divine power, which is a holy power, it is difficult enough to be called a ‘real miracle’, but the power that is focused on destruction, Magiro, requires a much higher level of skill.

Although it is said that it has the power of the forest, it must be bleeding with considerable power.
A look of bewilderment appeared on the faces of the elves.

“And. Let’s get rid of this too.”

Pair of posts. The elves, who must have fainted when they clapped their hands, bent their bodies and began to struggle.
They soon wow wow. Vomited something The elves, who hastily confirmed it, knew that it was a seed.

“It is a seed that cannot be detected by any force created by the power of the forest. When it sprouts, it parasitizes on the host and becomes a faithful follower. Also, by scattering spores, it infects the surroundings and increases the number of subordinates.”
“…You said you had that kind of power?”

Ruid suppressed his anger and asked.

“There was. But until now, I didn’t have a good chance to use it. Also, I’ve been hiding it as a trump card to destroy the Holy Land. The propagation power of the spores is beyond imagination, so I was confident in ending it the moment I felt sorry for it. If it wasn’t a surprise, the queen would have stopped it. Tony…”

The elves couldn’t help but be stunned.
They are good at discerning the truth.
Although he is not like a human, he is the demon king of the forest with the appearance of all kinds of plants intertwined, but he was able to determine that he was telling the truth.
The Demon King of the Forest looked desperate.
He looked at Dre’s eyes and continued.

“There’s no ulterior motive. I’m fine with that as long as it goes back like this.”

The elves also had no choice but to notice Dre at the Demon King’s unfamiliar attitude.
At that time. Dre opened her mouth.

“Everyone. Take these people and return first.”

At his words, everyone except Intangible and Lena froze for a moment.
Soon the elves reacted violently.

“I will stay and fight with you, Heir!”
“How can we leave behind the VIPs and return home alone…! Wow!”

The words of the member of the Morning Wind Knights who were shouting with Ruid were cut off.
It was because the intangible put his hand on the shoulders of the two and dragged them along.
Louis asked in surprise.

“Intangible…?! What…!”
“Let’s go. The boss told us to go back, so let’s go back.”

Lena stared at Dre’s back with a worried expression on her face, but she immediately trembled at what she imagined, and then she recalled the fallen elves with the power of the spirit, and quickly followed intangible.
The intangible shouted out loud to the morning wind knights who did not move yet.

“Ah! Come quickly!! Because there is nothing to worry about!!”

Dre said, driving a wedge into it.

“Go ahead. There is at least a way to escape in case of emergency.”
“…Ah, I see.”
Please. Bad luck!!”

The elves followed the intangible, vowing in their hearts that if anything happened to him, they would definitely save him.

Louis let out a sigh.
Really. Should we leave only the heir as it is?

“…Move fast at least.”

All you have to do is take the hostages to the Holy Land as quickly as possible, and then return with maintenance.
Even the intangible nodded in agreement with Ruid’s words, and the rescue team started running with all their might.

Originally, the dark forest is a maze-like place that changes its appearance every moment, but is it because of the will of the forest demon? Currently, there is no sign of change at all.

While moving smoothly, Louis opened her mouth.

“…There is something I don’t understand. Intangible.”
“What.”
“The successor confirmed the composition of the dark forest and prepared countermeasures. And judging from my short insight just now… It seemed that he had detected the location of the ‘nucleus’.”

The intangible whistled.

“That’s great.”
“…Is that right?”
“That’s right. Probably.”

An exclamation flowed from the elves.
It was not enough to analyze the ingredients of the incomprehensible dark forest, so you detected a small nucleus in this vast forest?
What the hell did you mean by the sense you ate?

“Then it’s even more puzzling. The second day the heir visually confirmed the Dark Forest. When he was exploring the Holy Land for sightseeing, he only saw it from a distance on top of the wall near the gateway.”

The distance between the Dark Forest and the Holy Land is considerable.
And Dre just found the location of the core in this vast dark forest.
It is hard to believe, but it is said that the detection range is about the area of ​​​​a kingdom.

“Is that possible?”
“It’s possible. That bastard’s perception is beyond imagination. Depending on his interest, there will be ups and downs.”
“…Then, I’m just curious. If I had miraculous detection powers, I would have been able to find a way to rescue the hostages without having to enter this dangerous place.”

But why did he take the risk of going all the way into the woods?
This was what Ruid was really curious about.
And the intangible said insignificantly.

“I guess they wanted to try one match.”
“…What?”

Louis immediately understood the intangible meaning and was taken aback.
For that reason, she risked her life?

“Thank you. Didn’t you just reach out to the end? If you do well, you might have come out with a twinge of lust.”

“Haha… I think I showed you that I have no intention of fighting to the best of my ability.”

Post watched Dre stare back at him, then raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

“I’m not sure yet.”
“Uh… Can you tell me what else I should do?”

Post said he’s a body that can’t break a cold sweat, but he thought that if he had a normal body, he’d be full by now. Dre was rather dissatisfied with his willingness to submit.

Dre thought for a moment, then said.

“Get rid of the dark forest. Then I’ll understand that you really don’t have the will to fight. If you can’t…”

Stride stride Against the oncoming Dre, the post bang!! Banged his head and bowed.
Dre stood tall.

“That! It’s not something I can do with my will!! If I can, I want to destroy the core of the forest too!”
“For something like that, you were desperately trying to stop the nuclear nucleus earlier, right?”
“If the core breaks, I will die too!!”

Dre shook her head.

“…Uhm. Did you completely assimilate after dealing with the Dark Forest? Then we’ll have no choice but to kill each other in the end. I like the Holy Land. Who is a threat to the Holy Land…”

Quaang! The demon king of the forest put his head on the ground once more and made a desperate excuse.

“No! No!! I also like lush, birds chirping! Beautiful flowers blooming! Carnivores eating herbivores, herbivores eating grass! I like natural and peaceful forests like that!! It’s such a bad feeling Forest!! It would have come if it wasn’t for a compulsory order!!”
“Forced?”
“Yes! Forced!! There is the Demon Lord of True Purgatory who secretly dispatched me here a thousand years ago!! I heard you also met recently!”
“Uh… Is this guy by any chance?”

Dre rummaged in his bosom and pulled something out of him.
It was… The head.
It had a neck, but the middle of the neck was coated with an empty part, so it was easy to put something in, taking the shape of a ‘cup’.

“Turn it off…”

That I can’t even spit out the right words.
That thing that is alive even though it’s such a disgrace…
Post widened his eyes.

“…Aras…?”
“Yes. That’s right. Are you this guy?”

The dumbfounded post barely opened his mouth.

“…Uh, no. It’s Anito who gave me orders.”
“Ah. Me again.”

Shuuk! Dre threw Arras’s head back into subspace.
Post looked at Dre with a very horrendous look in his eyes, then raised his voice with urgency.

“A thousand years ago. I was defeated by the lord’s demon king, Anito, and I paid a forced contract with my life as collateral.”

That contract is to enter the Dark Forest and attack the Holy Land of Wind. Was

“Would you have wanted to fight for a thousand years against a solid place guarded by that crazy typhoon? What’s the point?”
“If you attack the Holy Land, you get a hidden power?”
“You sound like Anito. This isn’t the game strangers talk about. How could there be such a comfortable reward?”

Dre was a bit sullen for some reason.

“Yeah… That’s right!! I heard rumors that Anito likes you quite a bit. You persuade Anito to change my contract!!”

Don’t end it, change it.
Even in this situation, unbecoming a demon, not giving priority to desire… Only seemed sincere.

“…Ummmm~~”

Dre crossed her arms with her face troubled at the bottom.
Post looked up and continued.

“If you give me that, I won’t ever come here again, uh, how is it?”
“…No. Why are you so mean? Have you ever met me?”
“…”

Why are you so authoritative?
The more deeply absorbed in the power of the true demon king, the more he loses his human form. Post is a representative example of that case.
He seems to have given up his human form and realized his powers, and he has a characteristic that he has developed senses.

The human in front of me felt an indescribable sense of intimidation, just like the demon king of the monarch who suppressed him with overwhelming power a thousand years ago.

No.
Maybe she’s even more…
Post said, suppressing the creeping fear.

“Isn’t that a bad story for you too…? Ah. That’s right. I worked with a guy named Dimir, but do you know what he’s going to do? I can help stop him too!”

This guy really has no intention of fighting.
Convinced, Dre let out a sigh of relief at her.

“…What a good thing.”

The demon king in front of me was only scared, but he was never a good man.

Although it was not his will to attack the Holy Land using the Dark Forest, he was an arrogant creature who would have casually committed an attack on the weak even if it had not been for a forced contract.
But now. It was also true that he put aside his pride and humbled himself to the utmost, showing servility.
Dre thought good intentions should be reciprocated with good intentions.
He stroked his chin and fell into his thoughts.

“Ummm… I have ingredients to pressure Anito, but…”
“Oh, oh…!”

Light dwelled in the eyes like the leaves of the demon king of the forest.
If you do well, you might be able to get out of this gloomy forest…!

Procrastination.

“…?”
“…What.”

Dre and the demon king of the forest felt a sense of incongruity at the same time.
And.

Fu-huaaaaa

Darkness rose.
Land. The surrounding forest rises high all at once, trying to swallow them both.

“What, what?!”

Post screamed, unleashing the power of the forest to manipulate it at will.
However, the forest of darkness ignored the authority and swallowed him without mercy.

Chow-!

“Kkeuhh, what, what… Kwaaaaa!!”

The post disappeared in an instant, buried in black mud.
Next, as if it was Dre’s turn, the mud rises higher and thicker.

And Dre. Introduced new technology.
The cutting sword that increases the range of the cutting sword and blows it with a sword!!

Whistle! Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!!

The power of the secret sword swung toward the ground was amazing.
Even if it was not possible to hit directly, the sharp sword energy penetrated the black swamp at once.

Dre threw himself down the hole in the big sword and glanced around.
Aaaaa-! The forest rises like a black wave.
This situation. It wasn’t that the demon king of the forest was cheating.
Then there is something called the will in the dark forest. Did he punish the forest demon king and the intruder who tried to betray him…?

Not even that.
Dre sensed.
The dark forest did not try to devour the two.
Forest. All of them were being forced into something.

Quad de de de de de deuk-!! Bang-!

“What.”

The seemingly endless floor ended and Dre’s body came out into the open air.
At the bottom of the dark forest is the fog you saw when you came from the Holy Land.
I.E. It goes down.

“Oooooh…!!”

Dre hurriedly floated in the air using his floating magic and looked up at him.
The Dark Forest, which was bigger than the Enganhan Kingdom, was compressed to the level of a very small, slightly larger crystal ball.
When I sensed it, it seemed that the demon king of the forest was also compressed and trapped there.

The compressed dark forest eventually turns out to be Shuaaaaagh-! As if being forcibly dragged by something, they headed toward the ‘holy ground’, leaving afterimages behind.

The storm guarding the holy ground raged violently as if it were about to grind the dark forest… Shuuk!! It became translucent like a hologram and passed through a black sphere.

Dre gasped at the unexpected sight. I laughed.
The typhoon of Pryunar, which blocks all conflicts, let you into the dark forest?

“What the hell…?”

And seeing the Holy Land, Dre’s eyes widened.

“What…?”

The sky of the Holy Land.
The giant ‘seed’ thumped. Thud. It was pulsating like a heart.
An unrealistic sight, as if the sky were pulsating.

“…The intangible and Lena’s seem to have taken refuge in the Holy Land long ago…”

That. Are you okay?
Dre kicked the sky to get back.
And.

Whoo oh oh oh-!!

“!!”

A frightening feeling stopped her feet.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-!!

Right after Dre barely stops. The storm, which had become translucent like a hologram, took on a vivid color as if intruders could not be permitted.
Dre judged that the storm that brought the dark forest and the demon king of the forest was an intruder.

“…Uh…”

In other words.
To enter the Holy Land… Through this insanely powerful storm?

“…It’s you again. Pryunar.”

How did you organize the system so that even with this much power, you are being used by an unknown being?
Dre sighed.