Chapter 500: It works? (1)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
People tend to stop moving when they are put under pressure or become anxious.
“T, that-!”
The hands of the old man holding the mirror were shaking.
“...My goodness.”
Guardian Knight Jeet was thinking that this was one of those moments.
‘Such a large snake, no, monster.’
He had heard a lot of information about what Commander Cale had done until now. Even though he was not an Elf, Cale was someone who had helped out at the Ten Finger Mountains' Elf Village. He could hear many things about him because he was connected to the Elves in many ways.
There was a thought he had every time he heard some news.
‘He’s amazing.’
This person is amazing.
That was the only thought he had.
That was why he thought that Cale would be amazing during this battle as well. At least, that was what he had vaguely expected.
But he was at a loss for words after seeing that amazingness in person.
He was so shocked that he froze in place for a moment.
Jeet could see that Elisneh’s three subordinates looked as shocked as him.
However, it was only for a short instant.
The whole thing lasted one, maybe two minutes at max.
However, that short moment of hesitation could be a long time for someone else.
It was indeed a long time for Cale and the stone imugi.
Baaaaang! Bang! Bang, baaaaang!
Things broke and broke again.
The maze was breaking, crumbling, falling without any resistance.
As for Cale who was on that stone monster’s neck...
‘...He looked excited.’
Someone walked up next to Jeet at that moment.
“He’s always like this.”
Tasha patted Jeet’s shoulder and gently stated. He turned his head and looked around.
He could see some of the other Dark Elves walking up to the other Elves to say something to them as well.
“Mr. Jeet. We need to hurry as well.”
The rest of the Dark Elves were all heading toward Cale.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
The black skeleton monster was carefully holding Mary with both hands as it quickly moved.
She could hear the Dark Elves’ voices.
“Kahahaha!”
“It’s not even a gold mine, it's a damn diamond mine whenever we follow the young master-nim!”
“This is why I work my ass off! The dead mana is pouring out like rain!”
"Shut up and quickly absorb the dead mana.”
The Dark Elves were uniquely enjoying the situation created by the large stone snake.
“Ugh! These rocks! Hey, be careful! I think that stone snake has gone crazy!”
“I know, I know. Noonim, shall we send our Wind Elementals forward to help the young master-nim?”
“Yes, that’s what I was thinking. Send the Wood Elementals as well.”
“Yes, ma’am!”
The flying rocks...
The dust fluttering in the air as things crumbled...
They were nimbly dodging everything or running right through it while laughing.
Mary gave an order to three of the four skeletons that she had gathered as they moved through the maze.
“Carefully escort them.”
Boom. Boom. Boom.
The three large skeletons quickly ran forward and lowered their bodies.
Crunch.
The tree dome surrounding Jopis and the royal children were pulled out.
Raon had already removed his shield.
The skeletons flipped the dome around. The tree dome resembled a nest once it was flipped over. Jopis understood Mary’s intentions the moment she saw what the skeletons were doing.
“Get on.”
She led the royal children and got inside the ‘nest.’
Of course, some of the children hesitated.
“Get on quickly! It’s okay!”
Belle, the youngest child, had clear eyes as she grabbed onto Jopis’s hand, got on the nest, and motioned to the others.
“H, help me up.”
The boy whose arm was slowly turning black because of dead mana pointed to the nest and asked the other children to help him.
The rest of the children finally quickly started to climb into the nest.
They heard Elisneh's piercing scream at that moment.
“Block it! Destroy that snake-like thing!”
The middle-aged man and the two old men quickly started to make hand signs while Elisneh jumped off the wall and landed in front of the children.
“How dare you try to move without my order!”
Jopis noticed a red light coming out of Elisneh's hands and the children’s eyes clouding over.
“Ugh!”
Only Belle and the poisoned boy were shaking their heads in pain.
“Grrrrrrr!”
Fluffy appeared at that moment and got in between Elisneh and the children.
“There is no need for an order.”
Mary appeared as well.
“Illusionists and necromancers both use dead mana.”
“What?”
Elisneh's response was ignored.
Black threads shot out from Mary’s hands and quickly enveloped Elisneh.
It was a spiderweb-like net that resembled the lines on her body.
“Ugh! I won’t let you!”
Elisneh had to start making new hand signs in order to dodge this attack.
Mary did not miss that opening.
“I am putting them inside.”
The skeletons reached their hands out and quickly moved the children into the nest. Two of them then held up the nest together while the third guarded them from behind.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
They then quickly started to chase after the imugi. Jeet and the Elves were following behind the Dark Elves who were headed toward Cale. Of course, they had to be farther back than the skeleton monsters because of the dead mana liquids.
“Damn it, die!”
They heard Elisneh’s angry shout coming from behind them once she got rid of the black net.
“Shit!”
Jeet could feel a strong power approaching from behind.
He heard Cale's voice at that moment.
“Jeet! Hold the shamans back!”
The Elves had already realized their roles and turned around as Cale gave the order.
The feather snake was rushing toward them.
There was also a large fire tiger and a wind horse charging toward them.
“Block them!”
Jeet raised his voice and called forth his Elemental.
His hand quickly moved back.
“Load!”
The Elves around Jeet pulled on their bowstrings and aimed their arrows at the enemies.
Each shaman and their animals had different personalities and properties.
The Elf archers had different attribute Elementals as well.
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The arrows left the bows and started to fly toward the enemies once Jeet gave the order.
“Go!”
Elementals were wrapped around each arrow.
Fire, water, earth, wind, and wood.
The arrows with the strength of the Elementals became larger and looked to be living animals as they charged toward the enemy creatures.
Baaaaaang-!
They soon heard loud explosions.
“Ugh!”
“You really shouldn’t turn your gaze elsewhere during a battle.”
Baaaaaang!
They heard a loud noise.
“Dodge!”
“The wall i, is crumbling!”
“Everybody, focus on protecting her majesty! Her majesty is the only light of the Molden Kingdom!”
The Knight Captain's order and the knights’ anxious voices mixed together.
Elisneh looked forward again.
She could see the approximately fifty knights standing around the wall she was standing on.
She could also see Cale on the stone monster moving forward as if he was not interested in them at all.
She was filled to the brim with anger.
“You stupid idiots! Stop that monster!”
“But, your majesty!”
“Shut the f*ck up and chase after that!”
She rushed past the Knight Captain and the knights and headed toward Cale.
Tap.
However, the person who had also been on the imugi jumped off to stop her.
“Don’t we have something to do?”
Chhhhh.
Choi Han pulled his sword out and pointed it at Elisneh.
The reason he came with Cale...
Earlier, when he got on the imugi...
‘Choi Han. You are the last one. Get off the imugi's back when we are right in front of our destination. Stop Elisneh. I'm certain she will chase behind us.’
Choi Han had an innocent smile on his face as he reached his arm out.
Elisneh started to frown.
Baaaaaang!
Another wall was destroyed at that moment.
“No!”
She subconsciously shouted in an anxious voice and charged forward. Choi Han’s sword came swinging at her, but Elisneh was frowning while looking at the stone monster destroy the next wall.
‘The last one......!’
That was the last wall.
That was the last wall in Cale’s way.
Cale knew that was the case as well.
Cale tightly grabbed onto the stone imugi's rough body. The imugi raised its head.
Once the head lowered and slammed once more!
‘Once this is destroyed-!’
Drip.
Blood started dripping out of Cale’s mouth.
- Human! I smell blood! Human, are you sure you are not overdoing it again? You can stop now!
Boooooooom!
The last wall was destroyed.
Chhhhhhhhhhhh-
More dead mana liquid than ever poured out toward Cale.
However, the fire soon gobbled the dead mana up and burned it away.
Shhhhhhh-
Cale could see the sight in front of him once the rose gold ashes scattered.
“...Ho.”
On top of a beautiful flower garden...
This beautiful flower garden that no one could have expected at the center of this disgusting underground maze...
Located on top of that...
- It's d, disgusting!
There was a black tree.
It was the fake World Tree.
Cale’s intuition was telling him that was the case.
The imugi did not slow down as it charged forward into the flower garden.
“No!”
He heard Elisneh shout behind him, but Cale had no time to relax with his goal in front of him.
This tree that was pretty big even when compared to the real World Tree that had no leaves.
Its body and branches were bumpy and looked oddly disgusting.
It seemed like a tree out of a horror story about a haunted tree.
However, the stone imugi did not stop.
Cale opened his mouth once they were just a bit away from the fake World Tree.
“Stop.”
Craaaackle-
The fire surrounding Cale burned even stronger. It looked ready to gobble up the tree at any moment.
- Human, are you going to burn it right away?
Raon asked.
- Hehehe, a sea of fire! Kahahahaha!
And as the cheapskate laughed like a lunatic...
“Hmm?”
Cale flinched.
Brrrrrrrr-
‘It's shaking?’
The large disgusting branches were slightly shaking.
The branches also moved and gathered together, making it look as if the tree was trying to curl up.
“Hold on.”
Cale carefully started to listen.
Through the cheapskate's crazy laughter...
- ...Please...Sa...ve...me.
He heard a quiet voice.
Shhhhh.
Cale saw the smallest branch reaching out toward him.
That branch was shaking.
It reminded him of the mixed-blood Dwarf Rat Mueller who always shook in front of him.
‘It’s scared?’
The fake World Tree was scared of him?
Cale moved the fire away from his arm and reached his hand toward the small branch.
The branch flinched and moved back in shock, but Cale's hand was faster.
He heard the voice again at that moment.
- C, can you, h, hear my voice?
It was a timid and shaking voice.
“...Is it you?”
Cale looked toward the black tree and asked and Cale could hear the timid voice start to speak.
- Mmph. Please save me. Please plant me somewhere else, sob. I wish to meet the World Tree-nim. Soooooob. Mmph.
“...Hmm?”
- Waaaaaaaah. Waaaaaaaa. Mmph, mm.
He could hear the tree sniffling and crying.
‘Does a tree even have a nose to sniffle like that?’
Cale was so shocked that he was having such random thoughts.
The timid voice asked desperately at that moment.
- Please.... Take me away and plant me somewhere else. I wish to escape from here. Soooooooooob. Waaaaaaaa.
‘It wants to be moved? ...Escape?’
Cale’s gaze subconsciously headed toward the maze's ceiling.
He then started to think about something.
In order to move a tree this big-
- Cale.
Cale finished his thought even as the Super Rock urgently interjected.
‘Won’t I need to destroy the ceiling and pull up the whole thing if I want to move this large tree?’
- Wouldn't that be breaking too much?
The Scary Giant Cobblestone who had urgently called out to Cale quickly asked.
However, Cale’s gaze was focused on the maze's ceiling.
- Oh, Cale! That’s not something you should do!
The Super Rock's gasp-like voice echoed in Cale’s mind.