Chapter 233: Quest (2)

“Kugh!”

But even a flashbang grenade can cause serious injuries if it explodes too close.

Saying it like that made it sound like a small, adorable bomb.

Bomb Acorn.

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I hadn’t suffered any direct injuries, but a loud ringing began echoing through my ears.

I had practically lost the hearing in one ear temporarily.

That was exactly what had happened to me.

A small explosion had just gone off right beside my head.

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It was only natural that my eardrum had been damaged after an explosion went off that close.

It was probably blood.

On top of that, I felt something warm running down my ear.

Drip.

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Barely suppressing the ringing and the dizziness, I kept my eyes on the squirrel.

In other words, if the treatment was delayed, I’d have to live with permanent hearing damage.

‘What kind of creature carries explosive acorns?’

Fortunately, I knew that the eardrum could regenerate naturally if treated in time.

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But I couldn’t just stand there doing nothing.

He moved from one hole to another as if they were rabbit burrows straight out of a fairy tale, making him incredibly difficult to track.

I had to react immediately.

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Stagger.

With the constant ringing and the intense dizziness, even keeping my balance was difficult.

“Ugh!”

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‘If he throws another explosive acorn at me like before…’

The squirrel had disappeared completely.

I squeezed my eyes shut for a moment before opening them again.

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If I took it head-on, it would all be over.

But even that wasn’t possible.

Even if it was small, it was still an explosion.

If I could still hear properly, I’d at least know where it was coming from.

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‘What the hell is that thing?’

Fortunately, my right ear, which was still functioning, caught the sound of something slicing through the air.

Whoosh!

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The shield should be enough.

Explosions were only truly dangerous when you were completely unprotected.

The moment I heard it, I raised my shield.

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I took a small impact, but the damage was minimal.

Boom!!

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I was already dizzy, and now the vibrations were making me nauseous.

“Hah…!”

The real problem was the vibration.

The shockwave shook my eardrum once again.

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Even forcing myself to endure it had its limits.

I’d endured countless injuries throughout my battles until now.

But this kind of dizziness was something I’d never experienced before.

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I had to end this as quickly as possible.

That meant the next attack would come from there.

Sloth tapped my shoulder and pointed to the left.

Tap. artist Tap.

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I couldn’t keep defending forever.

The moment I did, the squirrel appeared, trying to strike me with his thick tail.

I turned my head.

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That meant they were easy to dodge.

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Besides, his attacks always followed a straight trajectory.

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Counterattack.

So I twisted my body slightly.

‘Now I just have to…’

Although the dizziness made even the simplest movement difficult, I managed to avoid the blow by the narrowest of margins.

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This was the squirrel’s territory.

I charged immediately.

But there was one thing I had overlooked.

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And what did that mean?

It was inevitable that he had the advantage.

Boing!

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That caught me completely off guard, but fortunately, I managed to stop him by raising my shield in time.

Of course, I still had to bear the force of the impact.

The squirrel used the tree behind me as a foothold and launched himself at me again.

Thoom!

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Now he’d appear from somewhere else.

Meanwhile, the squirrel quickly disappeared into another hole in a tree.

By now, even the arm holding my shield was starting to ache.

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‘I have no choice.’

I’d decided not to resort to brute-force methods.

What an annoying opponent.

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If he was taking advantage of his terrain.

Besides, the way he fought was so irritating that I was starting to want to squash him once and for all.

But I had no alternative anymore.

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Wasn’t the solution simply to eliminate that advantage?

I poured as much aura as possible into HeavenlyDemon’s sword.

Instantly, an enormous blade of aura rose as though it wanted to pierce the sky.

Hummmm!!!

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Up until that point, the squirrel had always disappeared through the holes in the trees where the golden acorns glowed.

What I did next was very simple.

I didn’t use the ice.

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So I thought.

“Hah!”

‘What if I simply cut down every one of those trees?’

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I held my breath for an instant and swung the sword to the left.

Slash!

Perhaps because I’d concentrated such an absurd amount of aura.

Then I spun around and unleashed a horizontal slash.

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The towering trees began collapsing one after another like dominoes.

The result was exactly what I’d expected.

Craaack! album Crack! admire Crack!

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Even as they fell, I didn’t lower my guard.

But that never happened.

The squirrel could take advantage of that moment to ambush me.

Rumble! armor Rumble!

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“Squeeeak!”

It happened just as one of the trees finished crashing down.

Before long, every tree had finished falling.

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Pop!

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The squirrel was launched out of the hole in the tree.

Apparently, the impact of the falling tree had flung him outside.

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Grab!

I didn’t waste any time and ran straight toward him.

If not now, I might never get another chance.

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“I’ve got you! accent You damn rat with a tail!”

The squirrel began struggling desperately, but it was useless.

I grabbed him with my hand while he was still dazed.

“Squeak!”

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Unfortunately for him, it had no effect whatsoever.

I was wearing the World Tree gloves.

As a final desperate attempt, he bit my hand.

“Screeeech!”

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After a while, he stopped resisting and became completely dejected.

‘First, I need to treat my ear.’

It had been a rather brute-force way of catching him, but a victory was still a victory.

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[Hey! canvas Are you alright?]

Winning under those conditions was almost a miracle.

The dizziness had eased a little, but my hearing still hadn’t fully returned.

That was only natural, considering my ear had even bled. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.

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When I turned around, I saw the rest of the group running toward me.

At that moment, I heard Cain’s voice through the only ear that still worked.

They must have heard all the commotion.

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“Ah… that… I’ll explain later. galaxy Mister Ludwig?”

[We heard the explosion and came immediately. zenith What happened?]

After looking over the forest filled with fallen trees, they came over.

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I handed the squirrel to Ludwig before starting to treat my injury.

“Please hold this little guy. arena Be careful, he bites.”

I poured a little elixir into my ear and waited.

“What is it?”

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I explained everything that had happened.

“Huff… Thanks. album Well, what happened was…”

It still hadn’t fully recovered, but at least I was no longer completely deaf like before.

Little by little, my hearing began to return.

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Especially the teleportation.

The battle had been short, but it had been full of dangerous situations.

From the misunderstanding that led me to fight the squirrel to the moment I cut down all the trees.

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[Teleportation? album This creature?]

“Yes. echo I don’t know how it works, but it seems every hole in a tree serves that purpose.”

If it hadn’t been for Sloth’s help, I would’ve been taken out by the very first Shoulder Strike.

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Cain seemed to recognize something and asked Ludwig to bring him closer.

Ludwig held the squirrel in front of him.

[Young man. acoustic Could you let me take a closer look at that squirrel for a moment?]

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[Incredible. avalanche Even though he’s a very distant relative, he looks exactly like Ratatoskr.]

The squirrel hung there completely dejected, with no strength left to resist.

Cain examined him for quite a while before speaking with obvious surprise.

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[He is the famous squirrel in charge of taking care of the World Tree. canvas The blood of that lineage barely runs through his veins, but he is still one of its descendants.]

Ratatoskr was a creature from Norse mythology.

That name sounded familiar.

“Ratatoskr?”

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“Then what’s this one doing?”

I didn’t know many details, but it was still surprising to discover that this squirrel was connected to those myths.

[Within the World Tree’s domain—though I don’t know about outside of it—it releases waves of mana so powerful that they can even distort space. alert The distorted spaces become true labyrinths, but, interestingly enough, Ratatoskrs never lose their way. silence That’s why they usually serve as guides and gardeners within that domain.]

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At my question, even Cain hesitated.

“Hmm… would it be a problem if I killed him?”

[Who knows? arena Maybe he’s taking care of this forest…]

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Tap. portal Tap.

But there was someone who reacted differently.

It seemed like he wanted to tell me something.

Sloth lightly tapped me on the shoulder.

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When I turned my head, I saw Sloth slowly shaking his head.

“Huh? portal What’s wrong?”

“……”

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That surprised me a little.

He was telling me not to kill him.

He was usually very quiet and almost never expressed his opinion. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

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“Can I ask why? altitude I don’t know this place.”

But he must have had a reason.

“……”

Instead of answering, he pointed toward where all the trees had fallen.

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It was as if he wanted to tell me that this squirrel was the one who had grown them.

That he was responsible for taking care of the entire forest.

Or, to put it more broadly.

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“Really?”

“……”

[Ratatoskrs are known as the forest’s gardeners. airport They go around planting acorns and all kinds of fruits everywhere.]

[That’s right. artist Although, in reality, their intention is usually just to hide food. anchor Then they forget where they buried it.]

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Though there was something I had to do first.

In any case, taking Sloth’s opinion into account, we decided to spare him.

Even so, the title of the forest’s gardener suited him perfectly.

So in the end, he was just an absentminded squirrel.

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There was no way I could pass up golden acorns.

Then I walked over to where the trees had fallen.

Shine. silence Shine.

I handed the squirrel over to Ludwig.

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‘Wow, there are so many. auction What if I make acorn jelly with these?’

I started picking up every acorn that glowed with that golden color.

That had been my goal from the very beginning.

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Acorn jelly made from golden acorns.

I’d have to get the soy sauce and vegetables through the Gallery or grow them myself.

It sounded delicious.

That was when I also started gathering the regular acorns.

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“Squeeeak! matrix Squeak! academy Screeeech!”

The creature, who had been hanging there completely dejected just moments ago, suddenly began struggling frantically in Ludwig’s hands.

From the squirrel’s point of view, it must have felt like everything was being stripped away right before his eyes.

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So I replied indifferently.

“What? palette You shouldn’t have attacked me first.”

But the defeated lose everything.

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As always, Lackey translated the language of animals.

“You’re a thief. amber Thieves should be killed.”

“Squeeeak! auction Squeak!”

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And, honestly, I really was planning to take the acorns.

I nodded after hearing his words.

From the squirrel’s point of view, I must have looked like a thief.

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“Squeak! audit Squeak!”

“A thief who peeks into tree hollows. meadow I can’t believe your words.”

“You’re the one who attacked first. arch I was just passing through.”

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“Huh…”

I had no way to argue against it.

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“Squeak?”

“So?”

I fell into thought.

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I answered with complete shamelessness.

The squirrel froze completely, as if he had suffered an emotional blow.

“So what can you do? arena Other than squirm around in someone else’s hands.”

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“He’s mean. legend Can you really call yourself an animal?”

The next moment, he started crying.

“…Squeeeak… Squeak…”

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Seeing such a small, adorable squirrel cry made me feel a little guilty.

“Shut up.”

“Huh…”

“Worse than a beast, Master.”

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And on top of that, I had completely destroyed his home.

After all, I was the one who had invaded his territory.

Even if, in nature, the loser loses everything.

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This felt like too much.

“Well, fine. advance I won’t take all of them. attic But I’ll take one, okay?”

“No. portal I planted those trees to court a female. album You ruined all my plans.”

“…Squeeeak… Squeak…”

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“You’re really trash.”

“When I get back home, I’ll make it up to you. academy So, what do I have to do?”

“……”

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The squirrel looked at me with eyes still full of tears.

Then he silently looked over all the fallen trees before finally speaking.

“Squeak. acoustic Squeak.”

I asked cautiously.

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“You want me to plant trees?”

“Then I’ll forgive you. amateur You can take all the acorns.”

“Plant trees. acoustic Trees better than those.”

“Squeak. atomic Squeak.”

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“Hmm…”

The problem was.

The moment I heard that, one person immediately came to mind.

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Even a dragon like Badir had reduced it to ashes with her breath.

‘Would it really be a good idea to plant it here?’

But if I could trade a World Tree sapling for golden acorns.

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Besides, a World Tree sapling took an incredibly long time to grow.

And if it couldn’t be one of those, I could always plant another tree instead.

It was still an excellent deal.

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I immediately entered the Gallery to ask LetsPlantTrees for some saplings.

[LetsPlantTrees: World Tree saplings?! arcade Of course I can send you some! avalanche How many do you need?]

“Alright. voyage I’ll plant trees. action Wait a moment.”

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[WildGrills: You can really just give them away like that?]

Was it really not a problem?

[WildGrills: ;;;]

[LetsPlantTrees: It’s no problem on my end!]

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