Chapter 881 – Ancient Tower (2)

I completely forgot.

‘Plague.’

‘King Mokryeong’s Tower’ is a fortress with unprecedented energy that summons the king of trees.

That presence alone made it worth daring to conquer the world. Now that the Tower of Dreams has collapsed, if we try to guess where the source of that enormous energy will flow, we can immediately see that it is not a very funny situation.

-Chuduk, kuuduk!

The ground splits.

The sand of the great desert fell like a waterfall down the crater that formed.

The canyon that sank out of nowhere opened its huge mouth to devour us, just like a trap in an ant hell. I pulled the tree out of the ground, grabbed everyone, and saved them.

“Wow, I’m surprised.”

“What on earth is this?”

Seyoung and Byeol muttered. Wiki, Alba, and Marronnier quickly calculated the surrounding phenomena to understand the surrounding magic power.

There is a gray black hole on the floor, emitting an unusual energy.

A power that transforms space to the extent that this entire desert is mistaken for a huge galaxy.

No being I know has created something like this.

“Wiki.”

“Yes, your father.”

If it were you, would you be able to cause this change in perception that we are seeing now?

Wiki was stunned for a moment by the question he asked to check the bowl, but then frowned and spoke as if his pride was hurt.

“There’s nothing I can’t do. But now… Power.”

Wiki growth takes time. Is there anything we can do since we wasted so much money in the previous fight?

“Wiki.”

“… “I’m sorry.”

“Can we do a little better next time?”

“Yes.”

“Still, I have to get angry.”

Wicky pouted his lips as if he had expected it. Meanwhile, moving eyes are trying to analyze this phenomenon.

-What a mess!

Let Wiki’s bear paws stretch toward the sky. The heavenly sphere let out a long cry.

“… First, we stopped this abnormal manpower first.”

It’s easier to move around. The burden that was added to the crown also disappeared.

Regardless of the merits and demerits, the wiki’s capabilities deserved recognition. Its processing capacity overwhelmingly surpassed Albana and horse chestnut.

Of course, the three of us didn’t engage in a useless competition to resolve the situation.

Even if I don’t say it. If you pretend, you pretend.

Before I knew it, the three wise men had already finished dividing their roles and solved other problems based on the information they had processed.

-Quad deuk!

Alba’s magic fills the ground.

Horse chestnut closed the hole in the sky.

There are as many as three pieces of hardware in our kingdom!

The three people, who instantly suppressed the natural disaster-level magic, did not let down their guard as they unleashed the magic spells floating around them. Soon, masked shadows emerged from the floor and rose into the sky.

-Whoa!

【Squeak, squeak.】

【Geek?】

Sounds familiar. It was the voice of ‘eggplant’ that I used.

Why is that sound resonating inside those masks? Since it was a tower related to King Mokryeong, I made the connection easily and vibrated the crown to call out to them.

‘Come.’

Did you hear my voice?

It was not friendly.

【Kikigigi, Gikkigigi! Everyone!】

The eggplant prototypes screamed in indignation, scratched their heads with their fingernails and flew through the sky, raining down like missiles.

A structure that quickly leads to a large-scale war.

There is no need to combine them. Because we have already experienced both bitter and spicy tastes in many battlefields.

-Tak.

The women climbed up on the wooden stand I made, took out their weapons and prepared to go out.

Don’t confront them right away. According to the kingdom’s standard but modern teachings, they only stand at a distance and sharpen their blades until the friendly forces’ artillery fire is fired.

Then, ultra-long-distance fireworks rained down from behind us.

A fire so huge as a tsunami, so large that it could easily eat a city, advanced, melting even the sand. White vapor rose from Horse Chestnut’s mouth as she raised her staff.

“… Étoile.”

Literally translated, star.

A superb technique that cannot be found in any magic book.

Little Sage Blanche. Her specialty is firepower fighting at ultra-long range combat.

Before becoming Sephiroth’s kindergarten teacher, the wizard who stood head and shoulders above everyone else in the forest keeper selection competition proudly returned to the battlefield.

-Quaaaaang!

If you put your mind to it, the range can surpass other continents.

As you can see the power. The heavens and earth visible to the naked eye were covered in flames.

“Okay. Our Blanche is the best!”

“… “Really, sister.”

After liberation, a mature-sized horse chestnut in a pretty wooden dress scratched her cheek in cheers from the star.

【Keek, squeak.】

The black beings were destroyed by its overwhelming destructive power.

If before it was compared to a swarm of locusts, now it is a swarm of dragonflies.

But as if they were not tired, the branches sprouting from the ground roared and flew in again.

“Croissant.”

Crescent. Horse Chestnut’s palms turned toward the floor. The flies fell to the ground, and the blade of the half moon cut through the sky.

-Quad deud deuk!

Monsters whose entire bodies are torn apart like a blender.

“Arc-en-ciel”

The various auras that extend from within my arms dispel the darkness and drive it away.

How long have I been waiting for this moment? She always says she wants to help me, and she has been shyly confessing this to me several times every time we meet since 3 years ago.

A sword made of glass has its uses.

It’s a small and cute horse chestnut, but if she saw this scale, her mouth wouldn’t close.

“And.”

There is a limit to the magic attribute that can be used in the short term. Marronnier’s eyes glowed white, and a powerful burst of magical power similar to her divine status erupted.

“Blanche.”

As the black monsters disappeared, the empty being that covered the sky hit Marronnier’s target, creating a large hole in her chest.

【?̸̲̲̂̂:̛̜̝̐̍̍̍̑̂)̵̙͖̗̜̻̘̓̊̑̎͜͜6̷̡̱̇̽̓̓̋̇̾͐-̵̛͖̈̂̂̿̕͝… ?】

A huge ink-colored monster that seems to float in space.

The guy’s head opened as he looked at his chest, and then the one blood-filled eye inside glared excitedly at Horse Chestnut.

The white mask still rising from the floor.

I looked up at that vast being and laughed out loud.

‘It’s almost as big as an octopus monster.’

There is pressure. If I feel like I am being oppressed by something, it means that that person’s power is unusual.

【…】

The biggest one raises his hand.

───!!!!

Without a sound, the hand of the guy who easily broke the speed of sound lightly stirs the sky. A gust of wind strong enough to rip off the surface of the planet passes through the light of horse chestnut and strikes us.

While Horse Chestnut was blasting great magic from afar, we two wise men were not playing and eating.

In an instant, the defenses that covered us prevented the disaster that occurred.

The world beyond the wall was momentarily darkened by thick sand.

5 minutes.

It was the moment when the wind finally stopped in the ruined land.

All the sand in the desert flew away, turning the floor into stones, and everyone’s mouths twitched at the incredible power.

The gigantic being looked down at us and continued to monologue in a familiar language.

【King.】

The one that starts to shrink.

A 3-meter-tall monster wearing a robe-like shadow that seemed to flutter as if on fire, was floating solidly in the sky wearing a black mask with a lightning pattern on it.

Alba, who saw that, asked if she knew anything and memorized the unknown name.

“General Sherman.”

One of the ancient world trees.

Giant sequoia.

Should we call it a strange creature? The thing surrounded by inorganic tree bark was blatantly aware of me as it clinked its protruding teeth.

【…】

The large being pulled back its jet-black robe and revealed its pitch-black, rotten arm.

【Just this time─】

Black dots appear around General Sherman. Each one was a mask with a more dangerous energy than before.

Since the swarm of horse chestnuts was compared to a swarm of locusts, the number that covered the sky black should be compared to a colony of cells seen through a microscope.

─Nod, nod!

General Sherman’s arms are boiling. Tentacles coiled around as if infested with bugs, and the entire arm became a greatsword with disgusting veins.

The guy who lost his eyes gritted his teeth and shouted wildly.

【Ḱ̷̳̫̮̋̂̽̄̕͢.̸̢̛̫̳͖̘̭̆.̵̛̥̳͉̠͒̍̃̍͒͢.̸͚̣͎̤̱̅͋͐̽͜͝.̴͚̝̓͛̕͢.̴̨̠͈̖̝̔͒͠.̷̢͉̤͍̝̎̓͛͛͠ !!! ̃̄͢ !!!!】

The crown vibrated as if it would break at the unrecognizable language.

A pitch black army is coming down towards us. I narrowed my eyes further as I grasped the red crown hanging over my head.

The voice of the Son of Man is difficult to hear.

Instead, another foreign object spoke to me as if it were gnawing at my brain stem.

─Quick, squeaky. Sigh?

My blurred senses moved on their own, and my mouth began to water.

The thought that I could catch that guy and eat him dominated my mind. At that moment, I let out all the anger I had locked up in my body.

──Uuuuun!!!

The faces of the surrounding women were colored with astonishment at the sudden release of power.

“Hey, you suddenly-“

“Siheon?”

The crown of thorns spewed out sticky magic power. The solidified magic creates a red inverted cross.

A state of assimilation that quickly enters. It seems like the dantian will break. My eyes and face changed to a color I didn’t recognize. Human skin became as hard as steel.

─With this, the king’s power continues.

Succession. The word was spoken. It seems that even I had something to gain from this tower.

“Huh.”

Behind my back, where my body was tilted, countless branches were pulled out through my spine.

* * * * * *

Unlike Lee Si-heon’s group, which went through a series of trials and was assigned a price.

The heroes of ATU and the World Tree each fell to the remote land. The destruction of the incomplete tower was because it caused a big error in the calculations.

“… ?”

One of the three treasures, Lerad, looked at the black mountain with blank eyes.

The girl who resonated with the being who led the monster asked a question to the squishy liquid woman with sparkling eyes.

“Who are you?”

【… ?】

The ancient world tree, Lerad.

As Melia’s servant, she was Lerad’s alter ego and encountered the soul of the main body absorbed by the king.

Everyone other than Lerad also saw the disaster. This was a clear threat, and there were those who had already entered the fight.

-Chaeng, chaechang, chaeng!

【Squeak, squeak. Geek-】

A woman with purple hair scattered an abundance of flower petals and pressed Suyeon and Saku.

“Ugh, big!?”

“Suyeon Award… ! “Shoulder, are your shoulders okay?”

An ancient world tree that took a bite of Suyeon’s shoulder flesh. A decadent-looking woman giggled, flashing her shark-like teeth.

《 Vine Wisteria 》

《The largest flowering tree in the world. 》

An ancient remnant that was captured by King Mokryeong and turned into a piece of the crown.

It was clear that it was a being that exterminated the royalist nobles and humans who stayed in the tower.

《Chestnut》

《The Thickest Tree》

Even a huge monster with thick veins.

《 Salix Hervasia 》

《The Smallest Tree》

She is a small girl, but she also hugs a doll with a slit in her stomach.

《 Prometheus 》

With an unprecedented prophet.

《 Pakira 》

《Jackfruit》

《 Raffia 》

Beings who competed with the king, who were all called the strongest in their respective fields.

What they all have in common is that each one of them has a power so great that they can divide the world in two.

It is said that he was betrayed by King Mokryeong or destroyed after confronting him.

-Cracked.

Melia gritted her teeth curiously and drew lines in her eyes.
In front of her queen, her king’s corps commander, Dieffenbachia, was glaring at her, buried in a pile of sand.

-Tap, thud.

Blood flowing loosely from the nose and mouth.

It wasn’t a sudden surprise attack.

“… “I knew that would happen.”

It’s purely because Melia bought Hyperion’s loyalty.

-Wooow!

One more thing that all of these world trees have in common is that they are ancient heroes originating from the roots of Gaia.

He couldn’t help but be drawn to Melia, who had the proof of the crown that followed him.

“Heh, heh. Haha!!”

Melia burst out laughing, fluffed up her messy hair and closed her eyes.

I wondered how long she would wait for her time. Today is the day to finally see the long-awaited light.

The ancient tower was not a test for the king.

Since all the nobles who would give the test were dead, this tower was prepared by them for Melia, who was to succeed Gaia.

Today is it.

The coronation ceremony of the queen.

-Paat.

Melia’s cruel eyes spread red across the sky.