Chapter 248: The Three Wells (1)
SymsoThe 1.2-kilometer-tall giant was able to threaten the army just by reaching out.JMt
fEEW“Create barriers! Stop its fist!”CJK27d
M56Mages immediately created barriers to stop the incoming fist. Working together, they were able to make dozens of layers of high-grade barrier spells, which could individually stop most attacks while only sustaining a single crack.WRN
EPSB0jHowever, Wickerman’s punch was like no other.5hOB6m
rVbMe5– Kaduk!czsh
P1ftxacThe barrier screamed like a pane of glass before a hammer and shattered to pieces. Unhinged, the punch continued through the barriers and came striking down towards the ground.xgdt
6Tf9V“U, UAAAAAHKK…!”D0GY
RkWLEveryone screamed as the fist came closer and closer, and at last reached the ground.GcP6J
LWi– Kuung!rBOv
A1ypgePThe soldiers that were right below the fist saw no way out and thought they had been flattened to death.7KiX
w26“Huh?”e1V
5hZz“I, I’m… alive?”OMCeD
JIsZTheir bodies were still fine and there was not a single injury in sight. Turning their eyes around in confusion, they sought the answer, which came from the girl wearing black nun clothes.ojss50c
ApkCCP“S, Sister Hua Ran?”MKdDj
Yc8xShe stopped the heavy fist, and was carrying it all by herself with nothing but her bare body.ilMLJI
YgmWtGs“Heavy.”hHi
GnsNIt was definitely more threatening than just ‘heavy’. The gigantic Wickerman reaching 1.2 kilometers in height was dozens of times bigger than a normal Wickerman, and yet Hua Ran was withstanding that with her sheer strength.i2J
pU0QsHeavenly Yaksha Hua Ran.BnstiT
vIDg04gShe was proving why she was at the pinnacle of the innumerable superhumans that were in the expedition. Soon, she proved herself even more by slowly pushing the fist up.OmXTC8H
7DB72T– …!2R6k
Pwp4bztHowever, the opponent was a 1.2-kilometer-tall giant. It added its own bodyweight into the fist, trying to push her down into the ground.ZYgJGRh
rtSuo“Kuht…!”VnR0Her
jfqBbTEven Hua Ran was being pushed back a little by little.KkEQpL4
p6MVKBut that was when someone darted forward while covered in radiant light.8Tifn
byRWt“In the name of the lord…!”O6e4m
nRGm7OWhile speaking of the name of the false god, the Saintess was swinging the weapon of a different god.8BXx
jwSoThe Club of Dagda in her hand violently struck the Wickerman’s arm.8tt3ho
TskvThe Wickerman faltered a little but its body was rooted deeply into the ground. One arm straying away for a moment served no threat.b7HWn
zgB5“I, it’s coming again!”0CtB2o
nYuSeeing the arm being pulled back for another punch, the soldiers couldn’t help but lament in despair. Although their numbers were many, it was meaningless at the face of such a giant.xGC
HSLbD“They’re looking down on our firepower too much. Mages, set your coordinates.”rkGscAb
pKsIt was then. The slave mages at the rear and the countless mages allocated across the army came together.CTx2
UV3They shot fireballs, the bane of trees, straight at the enormous target.r8LpI
WEPM8– Kwagagang!U1v8hqW
266Yggdrasil Wickerman was struck from left and right by the onslaught of spells.oyCk
mt1Q“A giant that’s merely big is nothing but food for small elite knights. Knight squads, get ready to climb up.”h6gJlqs
6rXKorin quickly led the knights onto the roots and dashed up the body of the Wickerman.JKUw8M
Imwt1– Grrrh…!M6h
UsFTZ– Gyaaah…!tTX80oM
RzSpJThere were numerous Shadow Demons emerging from the body of Yggdrasil Wickerman, but Korin sneered at the sight.Vj6
APn“Don’t be afraid,” he reassured the knights. “In a small area where the Shadow Demons can’t make use of their numbers advantage, they are nothing to be afraid of. Alicia, Hua Ran. We’re going ahead.”86IoQ
lSh1iHua Ran responded by over-feeding aura into the chains suppressing her body.VrpLoSB
CxCRcsHer chains rapidly grew in size and weight. They became whips that struck down at the demons emerging from the Wickerman’s body.LBOd0
n5XTbHundreds of them lost their footing and immediately fell to their deaths. In the meantime, Hua Ran and the knights pounced at the remaining Shadow Demons.0rfclXJ
53DQkY“Kill them all!”94reU
HAaU“We’ve hunted enough demonic beasts already!”BLX
LryShadow Demons.YFZU
ByfEKEThey were the ancestors of demonic beasts and spirits – an ancient monster and the origin of demons.G9oAP
Qa7vt4However, each of them individually were no match to the higher-grade demonic beasts and spirits. Their small bodies that were barely able to materialize were too weak and light to have a chance against demon-hunting specialists.pkj
rHs“We broke through!”iG8
tpLL2“Aim for the target!”qaO6U
JU3BU“Find the weak spot of the Wickerman!”m0ZWsM5
VQ8eGyShadow Demons and the Wickerman.FalEjc
d98U9pAlthough it would be a lie to say this wasn’t a threat at all—59F9
GTm“The size is impressive, but it’s an old-fashioned technique reeking of mold. It’s not much compared to the new-type super robot on our side.DMjDRi
JFVvA5lWickerman.dOSRq3
ehVeIFundamentally, it was a gigantic golem made by merging a tree with a sacrifice. Just by removing the sacrifice which served as the core, it was possible to neutralize a Wickerman.Fq6p
NwG1bl“Time to get going.”AOkT5s8
KhrCKorin activated his Sun, Claiomh Solais. Although divine energy would work on the tree giant, it was more to deal with the next moves of the opponent.3sL
719– GUWWWOOOOOH…!f04Aw
JDrERUQIn the next instant, the entire body of the Wickerman was starting to be covered in flames. On the brink of its defeat, it was burning the sacrifice at a quicker pace to turn into a flaming giant.wVSh
4q7r“Be caref…!”Wal
W1dFqHowever, it served to be a futile attempt. The moment the flames were about to soar into the skies, it started being absorbed somewhere.5batNM3
Geu3DAbove the Wickerman, a large Sun had appeared, displaying its majestic appearance while absorbing the flames.x8ovk
HbACAZ“Ohh…”Na7Z
UMTA“T, the Sun.”YFyH
edUbRF“Sir Korin…”MdJc9gE
I9kEYgThe soldiers and the knights turned their eyes of awe to the person behind this unimaginable feat. The person in question commanded the Sun to fall towards the Wickerman.2CC1yf
YnneX“You might be able to offset some of it, but can you, a wooden puppet, survive this?”Ndr
5JgmcYQuickly the Sun came pressing down from above the Wickerman.48Q
kB6– Flick!hGIm
SW60EQpThe Wickerman’s body started the burn immediately upon contact with the Sun. Despite being made from the branches of the World Tree, which could absorb divine energy, that alone wasn’t enough to fend off the Sun.HLQwuqH
lmRwIn fact, Kranel and Yuel’s Union Wicker Warrior might have been able to react with more agility, because they had the power to cool itself down, and heat-protection on its core.PQQ
bsk3ne– Tadak!uAOF
iogoNFJThe 1.2-kilometer-tall giant was slowly breaking apart, but Korin didn’t let his guard down because the real threat was still looming.tOsB
0dz[Yggdrasil Wickerman – Ejecting the Core]CCNH
8hdIbRight before the head of the Wickerman was about to completely burn down from the Sun, something popped out of its chest where the sacrifice would usually go into.uVLM8
4PqT– Huh? Something came out…SMKBFf
wZM63q1– What’s that light?c8h3
IEp8q5i– S, shoot it down!3vhgn
zcDtThe mages and archers each imbued mana into their attacks and targeted at the core.HehVaWl
GaNVijThousands of them were shooting arrows and spells of magic. All the consumables and magic items that were prepared for this war were being used unsparingly.njQzh
YMUwHowever, the core showed off a miraculous path of flight as it dodged every single attack coming its way. Despite giving off light on the black canvas of darkness, none of the attacks were able to land on it.VOg
UJCkW4“What… is with that mobility…”D4zW
AT7dugFOne of the knights in the army and a graduate of the academy found the movement to be very similar to what he remembered.vFA
6pPjRight – it resembled the infamous shooting practice targets, the elemental bodies that would mock the shooter every time they missed.BpUhA
SCDS8It was showing a miraculous pathway in the air that seemed to disregard all laws of physics… in fact, it seemed even more liberated than an elemental body…6rrW
iTbK“Wait…”aDIm7
j0X8The flying core, the source that allowed that gigantic Yggdrasil Wickerman to move in the first place…SrE9
omNfOx– Kung!k5VW
DAcIt was incomparable to the likes of elemental bodies, a mere object that earned the ability to move after a contract with low-grade elemental spirits.dMSe
gzuKqThis was the materialized form of a pure elemental. A feat of miracle, only made possible through the elemental willingly listening to a request and not through the means of a contract.sfekyz
tKgOnly the representatives of nature, druids, were able to materialize elementals just by request.QSU
VPyN9“Damn it. What elemental is it? It seems to be a wind-type…”o15
2aDV69“Anti-elemental formation. Get ready.”9JiuT4
pySsThey readied themselves and got in ranks. Although they didn’t know what elemental it was, it would be meaningless against an army this big, or so they thought.ZPRNHB
UWP2Ws“I agree that it is fast, but what insolence, trying to fight against a squad of knights and mages all by itself.”1zzE8
hEM3DWxDespite being with the larger army, Yuel the Druid couldn’t help but feel ominous, as her body shivered from uneasiness.BIy9EB
W3tuHehUntil now, she had encountered countless elementals, all the way from low-grade elementals to powerful high-grade elementals.kwQYhvR
2qMvSome of them looked like midgets with wings; a few looked like beasts, and others simply took on their pure elemental form.QUp
33XmlCgHowever, none of them were glowing this bright, and none of them ever looked so-distinctly human before.OxN6rCu
3XtMr3m“Dumnorix…”tY1D5O
lElj7A druid, who didn’t enjoy concerning themselves in the matters of human society, was siding with Tates Valtazar.2HotbGp
co8rvfHe wasn’t just a normal sage of the forest either, and was one of the greatest sages of all time among druids.CCIDFGq
sgmsluConsidering all that…6Xtw
9ud“Ah…”1Ww
Y4gZ5tkRecalling the existence that was passed down among the legends of druids, Yuel immediately yelled out loud.GfN02
7j5Q03q“Everyone be careful! That’s the Elemental King—!”lDjTS
xiyuv2In an instant, a tempest gushed past the soldiers.mytrTzW
ACUxE“Huh?”1eT3lHH
kmGNR“Hnn?”ioYR
OiwV0TThe breeze felt normal albeit being on the slightly stronger side. The knights and mages tilted their heads from the strange feeling it left behind, before realizing that their heads were continuing to tilt past a natural threshold.tbk
3stD– Drop…MteL
mLzIt was a shocking and surreal sight.jgQK1ir
hCIfHumans were crumbling down in fragments of flesh.X0DMF2
6sYOf1“W, what?!”gXRjP
hsGk“What the…!”kyujO
oK2Hundreds of them lost their lives with just one attack. With the Sun radiantly displaying the sight from above, the horror was all the more clearer for everyone to see.EztO
RUC[Yggdrasil Wickerman – Elemental King of Wind]fYEoc
s68IkcDElemental King.3h0L55p
NU6WONormal elementalists couldn’t even dream of encountering them, and only the greatest sages among druids were able to come across those legendary existences.XmXw4W
h8zcbpnThat Elemental King was here, and had decided to bury every human it can see following the request of its long-time friend.wXbn5X
EVggCFf“Old King.”dkHYN7F
SJYoxcnA knight stopped him in his path. Standing before the Elemental King who had just sliced apart hundreds of soldiers and superhumans was a spearman with a silver arm.XUAIjex
YrGxwF“You can punch people until they’re almost dead, but you can’t kill them like that.”1ujcu7
5Aw7The Elemental King did not bother waiting for the knight to finish his words. Controlling the surrounding environment and syncing it with his will, the king created tens of lethal blades.QTHDv
uMU– Karuruk…!Wn7D
BQNm2The blades of wind were blocked by the Silver Arm of the God King, Airgetlam. Korin Lork blocked all the lethal attacks using his Silver Arm and closed the distance in a flash to push his spear forward.d0x6
8Bs4O– Kwaah!W6BjPQ
zHLy54dA wall of compressed wind stopped the spearhead in its tracks. As if there was an invisible wall, the spear could not move a single inch forward.2OUFG
i9eleIInstead of ending the failed spear attack there and then, he twisted it ever so slightly to pierce up from below. The Elemental King couldn’t see through the profound mysteries of that attack and allowed a scratch to his thigh before he could even react.gdYpBf
Efe3“…?”4Ma7h02
niGTozFeeling threatened, the Elemental King pushed the entire dimension away from him. Due to the burst of wind from the front, Korin was pushed back but nonchalantly gazed at the king, as he carried the Silver Spear on his shoulders.F86yqpi
ja1xq9i‘It feels like a spiritual body, but the compressed wind surrounding it lets it actively defend itself. Like a constantly activated barrier on all fronts.’nDmx5
nYTy2DrWhile fighting the enemy hands-on, Korin was trying his best to see through the opponent.6dE
Qb0WAJQ“I wanted to fight against the Elemental King of Fire, but… this isn’t bad either.”Wp7
fvB3ipnRooting his legs into the ground, he stared at the Elemental King of Wind that was standing at the center of an enormous tempest.GCs
Y2ygDI3One of his spear techniques included one that allowed him to absorb the incoming energy of the opponent and reverse it upon the attacker.szpHgZ
BjpGkYAs such, when a tornado of wind blades came flying his way, he simply drew a circle with the spear despite the wind threatening to cut his body down into pieces.QuOh
03UL7jHe absorbed the rampaging wind with the spear. By sending off a wave of aura, he altered the incoming attack ever so slightly.tnzHYc
OvcUsing the same principle as getting rid of a tornado by setting off a bomb at the eye of the tornado, Korin parried the attack with the tiniest amount of energy required.G7ub
SVbCRcQ“???”5dgL2
ZDQ2Seeing that mysterious display of martial arts, the Elemental King of Wind gave a confused frown. His compressed wind had disintegrated just from a few swings of a spearman, and he was rightfully confused.VNFOux
4ilU“Being so lofty and esteemed, you don’t come out to the material world so often, do you? A higher-grade elemental might have been more annoying because of its experience.”ZMb1
bWcne“…”owx0ex
vm7jVThe Elemental King sensed that the human was mocking him right now. Right when he was about to pour his fury on the pitiful mortal.VOpjf
JPN0J“Sorry, but we’re a ‘group’. We’re not interested in a fair one-on-one battle.”gHsqo
KP8tFlinch!8f5hd
WAnxbsCThe Elemental King felt goosebumps.2W9tj
ky2WXIt was a feeling that he could feel only because he manifested into a material body to come to this world. Before the king could make sense of the feeling it had just felt, the attack was already looming before him.d8uUA38
6pTHjOArden, Alicia-style Thousand Swords—zuE
GOXwEyes that could see through even the cracks of the dimension.6dTvfBO
D9dqWith those eyes, she saw the true body of the materialized Elemental King. Her sword was flying forward at what should normally be left unseen.hlOLae
eow3“We wouldn’t have bothered coming here in such a large group if we were going to let a single Elemental King hold us back.”1CIF
6294wl— Infinity. Exceeding the Domain4IK0BsZ
02G5TJ5The core that should be unexposed was revealed, and the Elemental King was expelled from the real world after losing its core.4TjwcQm
OPMvPk****xSXtT
ujiAfter defeating the Yggdrasil Wickerman and the Elemental King, we advanced for two more days before finally arriving at a well.FwAiF
PBeThere were two Elemental Kings that could appear in the World Tree setting, and the Elemental King of Wind was the only enemy we saw before arriving at the well.nSzp
GH4x– It’s there!jDxXNt
VyjduVz– Look around!G0UizS
hbTqDThe soldiers carefully patrolled the area around the well. Although they were feeling thirsty, none of them dared to approach the well itself.3B6p
TqxoThese past few days, they were made painfully aware that they couldn’t let their guards down for a moment in this world under the World Tree.QRN9D3
kedtIt was understandable considering they had encountered Shadow Demons, tribes under Valtazar as well as all sorts of monsters from mythologies.8zCu0
dnOaMkBesides, there was also the command we had given them beforehand about never touching a well directly unless told to do so.q8ibIY
793Xr2I looked around the surroundings of the well.niE
C5v4The roots of the World Tree were covering the center from all sides as well as the ceiling, and underneath was a golden pond that was giving off light by itself.Tqm
kCiaYTiWe knew what this radiant and beautiful pond of gold was called.v62z
ZsenidZ“Korin-ssi, this is…”Vq5MzN7
Vtg“Fuu… We got lucky.”UNycH
xrSAnd paradoxically… It was also unlucky for us.3F8bB
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