Chapter 706 – Forced Fate

Dieffenbachia is a slow-growing foliage plant with little fragrance, and is grown to purify the surroundings.

The power granted by King Mokryeong is a characteristic modeled after flowers and plants, and is a unique ability.
A transformation occurred in Diefenbachia’s body.

【 Flowering · Marianne Dieffenbachia 】

-What a mess!

The leaves covering various parts of the armor have yellow-white patterns on a green background, giving it a soft feel.
A round, long flower bloomed on top of my head.

Her appearance, like an iron-blooded knight, was similar to that of an elf embracing nature, but unlike her friendly aura, the white sap flowing from her body was extremely dangerous.

A magical mutation of calcium oxalate (CaC2O4), a poison contained in the sap of Dieffenbachia.

The change in the plant’s magical power that occurs in the body has an effect that is completely different from existing toxicity.
The material to which the new law is applied is intricately connected to Diefenbachia’s own plants, and is transformed into her own new weapon.

The power of the 1st Corps commander is protection.

The legions created to oppose the Seven Colored Knights of the World Tree are each given their own roles, just like them.
The previous Diefenbachia took root here under the orders of the previous king to protect the site of the fierce battle where the ceremony took place.
She, who inherited her power, also had the same power.

“… Everything, Captain!”
“Come.”

-Wooow!

Bright yellow magical power burst out from Dieffenbachia’s arms.
The magical power spread in an instant and enveloped the allies, and a golden aura emanated from the legionnaire’s armor.

Protects the army and sprays poison on opponents. A weapon of war for both offense and defense that even reduces the resilience of soldiers exposed to the aura.

“Okay… ! Turn it off.”
“Don’t back down!!”

The soldiers, who fully understand her abilities, lose momentum and retreat.

Her ability to exist for war rather than one-on-one is also tied to that.
Dieffenbachia, who lowered her halberd, felt the change in her battlefield and glared at the next problem, the King of Mok.

“… Your majesty.”

The eyes of a corpse armed with tree carapace turned towards Dieffenbachia’s face.

─Duk, thud.

King Mokryeong, whom she now opposes, was originally someone she had to serve and for whom she would sacrifice her life.

“Is this really the ritual your Majesty wanted?”

─D, Penn. Bakhia.

As she began to regain consciousness, King Mokryeong repeated her name.
Blood filled the vitreous body of the eye and it swelled to the point of bursting. King Mokryeong looked at Lee Si-heon, who was surrounded by Dieffenbachia as if protecting him.

When the king’s maw opens, saliva and blood drip out stickily.

The king shouted at her in excitement as he noticed her wheezing.

─Rain, turn it on.

“Your majesty. “Can you answer?”

─Ordered.

“I had a lot of things I wanted to ask you. Former corps commander… Also about my mother. And about your intentions.”

─Get out of there!!!!

A deafening roar erupts across the battlefield.

Geek. Geek. Blood flowing from her ears. Her whole body was filled with fear and her limbs went limp.
Dieffenbachia, who had unconsciously spit out all the air in her lungs, held on to her trembling heart and asked again.

“Look… Show. These people, all of them. He was a subject of His Majesty. But now they are pointing spears at each other and crying and killing each other. Even though it is not an evil world tree or a tree. But why did Your Majesty order us to kill each other?”

─…

King Mokryeong stopped moving for a moment. Dieffenbachia swallowed hot saliva and looked at his face.

The hideous form of the body, with branches growing all over its body moving around freely, was embarrassing to even call it a human being.
The carapace, which was divided into tissues like dense muscles, jerked irregularly in various parts, like a male’s genitals sticking out ugly.

It is red, black, and has a terrible smell.
Organs infested with bugs have long since protruded to the outside.

Partially severed fragments of the brain were shaking, and one eye, which had burst due to high blood pressure, had a disgusting bundle of nerves sticking to the skin.

“… “I heard that your majesty was wise and loved your subjects.”

Dieffenbachia wiped the blood from his hot forehead and spoke in appeal.
The tip of the spear is not removed and the guard is still maintained.

What invaded her ears was the king’s captivating whisper.

─Come to me.

Just one word that you don’t even know if it’s rational or not.
As soon as she heard her horrifying words, Diefenbachia’s breath caught in her throat.

“What?!”

Words that are both mysterious and harsh.
Despite the king’s miserable appearance, the fascinating atmosphere that made it impossible to let down one’s guard engulfed the surroundings of Dieffenbachia.

“…”

-Shaking.

Her legs shake.
Sweat ran down her body as if her armor had been taken off, and her body heated up with fear.

Not feelings like affection or love. Unpleasant sensation.
The external force that would crush beings of other genders without hesitation and force them into submission trampled on her body mercilessly.

-Rattle.

As her face turned pale, the adjutant who was guarding her side asked.

“… Corps commander?”

It wasn’t friendly.
A charisma that makes you feel like you’re on your knees without even realizing it. As his eyes widened, his wrist strength completely relaxed.

-Okay.

King Molyeong came to me as usual.
The pressure increases with each slow step.

‘Mother too… Did I fall victim to this power?’

Gulp. Spit passing by.
I felt a deep sense of discomfort and felt like I wanted to get away from this place quickly.

But my feet didn’t move like my heart did.

“…”

Resist.
I didn’t increase my strength until now to submit to this kind of coercive power.
She gritted her teeth and her eyes trembled violently. Dieffenbachia stumbled, picked up her halberd that had fallen to the floor, and raised her head vigorously.

‘… I will protect it. No one… ‘I can’t force myself to be drunk.’

From the beginning, Dieffenbachia’s power was the power bestowed by King Mokryeong.
Even though the power left his body, it could not harm him.

Hee hee!!

As her unique abilities slowly began to atrophy. The Army of Shadow pushed back the legion, and the nobles who followed suit also pushed back the legion one by one.

The frustration is growing. A dizzying breath inevitably flowed out of her mouth.
Diefenbachia bit his teeth.

A hopeless situation.
Wet hair sways out of sight. Clutching her writhing mouth, she suppressed her external force and glared at her neck spirit king.
The king’s movements stopped.

─…

A bewildered gesture, as if something different from what was expected had happened.
The eyes on her body moved left and right alternately and then looked at Diefenbachia’s face again.

‘… What?’

Her pounding heart calmed down.
A pure white thread appeared in the air due to Dieffenbachia’s energy, and it soon led to Lee Si-heon, who was facing behind her.

It was as if the strange sensation that came from King Mokryeong’s mantra had disappeared. Her body became light and her mind became dizzy.

‘What is this-‘

It’s good to have a calm body. When I think about being connected to that man, I feel strangely dirty again.

But this didn’t matter.
Still in battle.

─!

As King Mokryeong, who had failed to capture him, raised her arms, Diefenbachia hurriedly raised her spear to counter him. Her body flew out in an instant.

“Huh!?”
“… Captain!? “Tsk!!”

Her adjutant rushed to protect the blown Dieffenbachia. She, too, was easily grabbed by the collar by King Mokryeong and thrown to the floor.

─… !

Branches protruding from the body shoot out to pierce Lee Si-heon’s neck.
Dieffenbachia rose from the floor and threw her body at him.

In an instant, she wrapped her arms around Lee Si-heon’s head and hugged him with all her might. Threw her body Branches stuck out behind her.

-Puck! Puck!!!

Strikes that pierced the armor but did not penetrate the body.
The blood on Dieffenbachia’s face as he hugged Lee Si-heon stained his cheek.

“Cough.”

I didn’t intend to do this, but why?
He grabs his trembling arms with his claws and uses armor to protect the man.

Dieffenbachia turned her head and vomited the blood that poured out of her mouth onto the ground and raised her body to avoid the next attack.

“… Your majesty.”

There was no respect in her eyes anymore.

“Now, that’s enough. No matter how unreasonable it may be… The moment I used that method… “You are no different from Madhu.”

─What.

If you are an equally dirty person, it is right to trust the less dirty person.

As Dieffenbachia clenched her fists to protect Lee Si-heon and blocked him, she heard something loudly pulsating behind her.

– Excited.

Heart sound?

Completely different.

-Jijijijik.

King Mokryeong stretched out his hand and condensed his magical power. Someone stood up behind Dieffenbachia.

Even without looking, I was sure who it was.

The man covered his dusty face, dripping blood. He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, revealing his pure white teeth.
The power of the two similar but conflicting crowns radiates with eye light.

-Paaah!

The king moved, stretched out his branch and aimed at Dieffenbachia between the eyes.

He pushed through the air, carving lacerations in the air. The space became distorted and the branches turned black.

-Suddenly.

When Dieffenbachia was slow to react, her hand reached out from the side of her head and blocked her branch. A black doll jumped out next to her.

The air is pushed out and the empty space becomes a vacuum, and the magic power of the crown that fills the space pushes out the surroundings.
Bleep – there was no sound because even the sound waves were eaten.

-Let’s go!

The magic power pushed to the front flies into the air and pierces Taesan.
The holey sky had no clouds and only the color of light blue remained. With just one toss and turn, the soldiers’ battle was broken.

“Tsk!”

Dieffenbachia is pushed back in the aftermath. The figures of Lee Si-heon and King Mokryeong immediately fell to different positions.

-Yes!
-Ugh!!!

Two resonating crowns.

The black magic power surged over the bodies of the kings. Extreme aura emitted.

A surge of power that occurs almost simultaneously.
Legions and soldiers alike lowered their weapons and looked at the two people.

The presence of each being they serve is of a different order of magnitude.
Everyone could not breathe because of the charisma that no one had the upper hand on.

【 2nd fairy tale 】

The magical power of the two people swallowed up by the crown surged upward through the sky.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

【 Sigh… Tsk, shut it!! 】

The son of man’s painful screams ring in my ears.
She had to concentrate right now, and with the majority of pain on her shoulders, it would have been difficult for her to even maintain her sanity.

‘Are you okay?’
【 … Shut up, hit. Fighting… I mean. 】

My skin is shaking.
The headache felt like my vision was split in half.

“Whoa.”

On the other hand, what kind of kindness does that king have?
Perhaps because they were using the same crown, behind the monster-looking Mukryeong King stood a relatively normal-looking first person.

A face too ugly to be a beautiful woman.
The reason she doesn’t care is because she has already been swallowed up by the crown.
I don’t know anything else, but my daughter seemed prettier.

-Sneaking.

Just like the king of trees did. A growing tree comes into the corner of my mouth. The area around his chin was covered in bark.

One of his eyes turns colorless. The vision changed dramatically.
The surroundings where the flow of wind and magic power can be clearly seen. It was a detection ability at a level equivalent to that achieved when transformed into a spirit.

‘… The crown is half-width, which is strange.’

When I clenched my veiny hand into a fist, I could clearly feel the muscles expanding.

Black magical power surges. It was definitely stronger than when I used the crown before.

【 Please. Win. I’m going to win… 】

Is this the result of a being called Son of Man pouring sincerity into the owner of the body and injecting power into it?

【Are you listening to me?! 】
‘I’m listening. ‘You bitch.’
【 Dad, if I lose, I won’t let you go… Listen carefully. I’ll tell you if something dangerous comes. 】

I wish I could talk after wiping my puffy eyes and runny nose.

‘By the way.’

It was equally difficult for King Mokryeong, who had begun to overthrow the crown.

When I used the crown, did it react to it?
Air currents that he had never seen before were rushing around him.

─… King, huh?

The guy who asks questions as if measuring me.
While I was briefly meeting with the Son of Man, I regained consciousness.

Maybe because I used the crown, it opened its eyes in response to its power.

─Not yet… No.

King Mokryeong, who radiates magical power like a waterfall gushing backwards.
The surrounding ground splits and rocks fly into the air.

The magic power was so strong that I couldn’t even see him properly.

─… I have to become stronger. Destiny can be overcome…

“… Fate? “Is it about the origin?”

─!!!!

King Mokryeong lowered his body’s center of gravity and stared at me.
For some reason, the face looks a little sad. The body that was barely holding on was once again covered by the bark and swallowed.

─Are you aware…? .

Become stronger.
As the crown exploded further, his consciousness was immediately blown away.

─… If so, prove it.

Even though it was only a half-crowned crown, it immediately defeated King Mokryeong’s momentum. Dominate his body.
The body that surrendered to the power of the crown instantly began to take the shape of a wooden ghost.

【 … 】

I could feel In-sa’s complicated feelings as she watched her parents change.

-Widely!

The moment King Mokryeong took a step, his body was crushed and the space was distorted.

The field of view has expanded as if approaching a black hole.
He gasps as he raises his fist to react. The approaching waves of air hit my body violently.

-Bang, bang, bang!!

With each step, the rocks, broken into square blocks, turned into powder and scattered.

The king seemed embarrassed.

─… Sorry.

He mumbled something I couldn’t understand and disappeared before my eyes.

Is he apologizing to me for forcing fate?
The king, who humbly showed his shame, was completely speechless along the way.

-Flash!

Inverted vision. My stomach turned, and I turned my head in surprise.

‘The trajectory… I can not see?’

No matter how much you missed a move, if the opponent moved, a trace should remain.
Even if you use space magic, a mark will remain on the spot. How?

I quickly turned my head and barely managed to block the king’s blow.

-Too boom!

The body flies across the area in an instant.
A ridiculous situation where the terrain changes with a single attack.

The Son of Man spoke to me nervously.

【 … Dad has the power to change fate. Because my body is not whole. I can only use it this way. 】
‘How do you know that?’
【I don’t know… Uh. Just, now I know why. Strange. 】

The power of the King of Mokryeong.
The identity of the force that neutralized my thorn came into my sight.

“…”

The king’s forearm looks somewhat empty.
His arm exploded along with the flesh from the shock wave from the previous blow.
He accomplished an attack that even he could not handle.

-Flash.

It was too early to feel relieved about such a foolish act that only caused damage to oneself. The strange thing happened right away.
Even before he closed his eyelids, his arm had returned to its original state.

“… What.”

Without any premonitory symptoms, it was as if what I had seen had been a dream from the beginning.
I was speechless.

No way…
Is the technique of teleportation also the same ability?

‘It was said that the World Tree of Time could turn and stop time at will before it was weakened.’

The kind of power that manipulates fate.
I don’t know how limited it is and what is possible.
It seemed clear that it contained a power more dangerous than I could have imagined.