Episode 45
Wriggling.
It was at that moment that ‘it’ felt strange.
It was struggling to devour its prey greedily, as it had so far.
Really put a lot of effort into it.
It didn’t have that much reason.
I just instinctively covet my prey.
why one?
It doesn’t even have a very high intelligence, but I felt something without knowing it.
It would be nice to see it as intuition or instinct.
The feeling that there must be something interfering with one’s ‘craving for food’.
flinch.
I felt offended.
It wasn’t long before the prey was crushed and torn apart, but an unknown sense of danger overtook it.
It moves.
Let go of the hand that touched the ‘essence’ of the prey and insert the tooth.
The threat must be eliminated.
I don’t do calculations like what to do or how to move.
It just moves instinctively.
grow up
It moved slowly with a vicious grin.
It wouldn’t be bad to try another food after a while.
okay.
What’s the big deal?
* * *
“Ah.”
At my words, the fairy king spoke in an excited voice as if he couldn’t overcome his emotions.
“To truly believe that the agent has come in my generation like this…!”
“The World Tree has never abandoned you. It was a situation where I couldn’t intervene, but I tried to help somehow.”
“iced coffee…!”
After being so thrilled for a long time, he barely came to his senses and looked at me and shouted with a desperate voice.
“What can I do! Please tell me. I will do anything to help him!”
“First of all, there is only one thing you need to solve the problem.”
“that is…What is?”
“We need to give meaning to the branches of this World Tree.”
I said firmly.
“If you mean…“
I plan to use this branch as a material to make a tool that can purify the miasma that is eating the World Tree. And that requires a bit of delicate work.”
At my words, the Fairy King’s eyes lit up.
Like a wise man, he knew right away what I was trying to say.
“It certainly seems like it would require quite a bit of delicate work. Just in time, we have a suitable workshop.”
The Fairy King spoke again.
“This is the workshop used by Urud, a legendary craftsman who worked on the arms of past kings. He is no more, but the workshop remains untouched in the slightest.”
“You mean the fountain of Urd.”
“…!”
At my words, the Fairy King looked at me in amazement.
“Did you know that too?”
“There is no way anyone can choose the world tree. Of course, we have all the information about him.”
Urd’s fountain.
The workshop of the greatest elven blacksmith and the source of the greatest magic tools.
before regression.
I made countless magic tools here.
I had to do that in order to survive.
And among them… ….
‘My staff was there.’
My exclusive mythological level staff that I used very frugally.
I’ll make the orb in advance.
Now is the time to make one.
[Anyway.]
Seeing me smiling inside, Set let out a small sigh.
[…] …There really is no way for you to lose money.]
Of course, there should be no way to see.
I don’t know if I’ll be able to stop the Demon God even if I prepare for all the benefits in the future.
The Fairy King immediately spoke.
“Then there is no need to delay any longer. I will direct you to Sam.”
“No, thanks. I have something else to ask of the Fairy King.”
“Just talk.”
I looked at the fairy king and said.
“I don’t know if you know it, but the ones currently eating away at the World Tree are none other than the remnants of demons.”
“If you’re drunk… …!”
“Yes, the enemy of mankind. The pinnacle of heresy. What the king thinks is right.”
At that, the Fairy King shouted at me with a puzzled expression.
“Ha, but I didn’t feel that evil energy! If that was the case, we wouldn’t have noticed… …!”
“That’s because the World Tree has been holding everything up until now.”
“…!”
“That was the best she could do. Of course, he may have asked for help from you, but he was too weak to have reached it.”
At my words, the Fairy King touched his forehead and closed his eyes tightly.
“That…”
“It’s not the elves’ fault. Either way, I tried my best, but it just didn’t reach me. It is something that needs to be addressed from now on.”
Now, here’s the main point.
“The problem is that when I go to work, the remnants will notice something and threaten it.”
“That means…”
“Yes, there will be no light threat to the fairy forest.”
At my words, the Fairy King’s expression hardened.
It must have sensed that my words were not a simple threat level.
“…You must prepare.”
“Yes, it should. However, in a situation where we cannot delay, we will have to move quickly.”
The power of remnants is never weak.
It’s nothing else, but isn’t that world tree annihilated?
Even if the World Tree tried to suppress it, there was a limit to what it could hold on to.
There’s no way the World Tree, which was barely guarding its essence, could properly restrain its rampage.
“It won’t be easy.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
The Fairy King answered resolutely.
I am not saying that it is difficult or that it takes time.
He knows better than anyone else that the World Tree has no time.
The Fairy King immediately turned to Jihad and said:
“You will guide me. As the agent said, I will gather the soldiers and knights of the forest. You will use all means to defend against the threat.”
“Remnants are strong, but there are means to buy time. first…“
I immediately handed over the magic tools I had prepared in advance to the Fairy King.
It must be quite effective since all of them were selected only for those with the highest quality for remnants.
“If you use this, you will be able to survive the time somehow.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
Besides that, I told the fairy king a few more things.
Then he turned his gaze to Cassandra.
“Cassandra.”
“I will help the elves along with Sir Helen. That’s what you were asking for, right?”
“Oh right.”
That’s why it’s good to have a prophet around you.
Even if you don’t say anything, you’ll understand.
Lian, who was next to him, asked softly.
“Hey, what can I do?”
“What do you do? You should move along with these two.”
“…Any advice?”
“Anyway, in a dangerous situation, you’ll wake up on your own? With your talent, you can do anything. Go for it.”
“Fuck.”
At my words, Lian grunted and moved toward Cassandra.
Then you’re almost ready.
“Well then…”
I said looking at Jihad.
“Shall we go now?”
“yes!”
At my words, Jihad nodded.
* * *
‘… …Long time no see.’
Heading to the fountain of Urd, I fell into thought for a moment.
The spring of Urud before the return.
The situation was different from now, and the surrounding scenery was completely different.
I was desperate at the time.
At that time, I desperately made magic tools to save even the remaining people.
endlessly.
On and on without sleeping.
Thanks to this, the production of magic tools has been opened, so you can see that it is not meaningless.
‘Right now, I can say it’s an opportunity I got thanks to that effort.’
Isn’t everything I’m doing right now stemming from the effort of regression.
While I was thinking,
“I’m so glad I did.”
The voice of Jihad was heard.
“If it wasn’t for the agent, we would have had to helplessly watch the world tree collapse.”
“Maybe not.”
“…Haha, I wish I was like that too.”
At my words, Jihad smiled bitterly and continued.
“As a result, I couldn’t find out anything. Why did the World Tree lose its vitality and collapse… …I didn’t even know why, let alone find a way.”
Certainly, the reality faced by jihad before the return was harsh.
The World Tree eventually consumed its life force and was eaten by the demon’s remnants.
She barely managed to co-destroy him, but in the process, the current fairy king was also sacrificed.
but.
‘Are the elves just incompetent?’
no it wasn’t
They did the best they could at the time, and the reality was harsh enough that even that was not enough. There was no other reason.
that’s why i came here
I don’t have the slightest desire to see the same thing again.
“Don’t beat yourself up. Wouldn’t it be enough if we changed it from now on?”
“but…“
It is foolish to care about the past. Things that flow should be left as they flow.”
just like what happened to me
You shouldn’t just hold on.
“Look ahead when it’s time to do something else. Shouldn’t you continue to lead the elves? It will be yours to take care of her until the World Tree is restored.”
“that…”
Recalls old memories for a moment.
as a colleague.
Every night Jihad held his chest and cried silently.
Although he never showed tears in front of his colleagues.
He was the one who shed more tears than anyone else in the absence.
Note again.
I watched it from behind.
All I can do is stop the blind hero from seeing his tears.
I just watched.
It was better then.
I couldn’t give back what I had already lost.
But now it’s different.
“Don’t just dig the ground like that, look ahead and live. Don’t be sad about things that haven’t happened yet.”
“Uh um….”
“Does something change when you live with it in your heart? Sometimes you have to express it and know how to do it.”
when i said that
Jihad stared blankly at me.
“ah.”
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“No, no one ever said that to me.”
Jihad smiled bitterly.
“Basically, since elves don’t have a lot of years to live, there are many cases where they just hold them inside.”
“What would it be?”
It’s not really a story that jihad is to spit out the thoughts in your head.
I never thought my few words would change him so drastically.
But can’t it be better than before?
After having such a small conversation, I couldn’t see the trees that were full of surroundings before I knew it.
Instead, what was in front of me was a huge vacant lot.
Various swords were stuck on the floor and all sorts of tools were strewn about.
Among them was Sam.
A faint halo of light was pouring out of the fountain, and it was almost as if the fountain contained ‘light’ rather than water.
“That is the fountain of Urd.”
“Hmm.”
[Wow, it’s been a while!]
Set looked at Sam and fluttered through the air.
[Is it called the fountain of Urd now? Well, a lot happened in the meantime.]
“It is not known how Urd used that spring to make magic tools. There is not even a hint.”
yes it was
Thanks to that, when I first saw this Sam, I was quite taken aback.
I heard that it was a studio used by a legendary artisan, but I didn’t know it was Sam.
“…Do you know?”
“I wouldn’t know.”
I said that and took off the orb hanging around my neck.
As if waiting slowly, the orb began to resonate with Sam.
The branch of the World Tree in my hand was the same.
“uh…?”
Jihad widened his eyes.
This is the reaction I expected all along.
Urd, the legendary elven craftsman.
The way he uses this ‘spring’ is very unique.
Maybe he wished that he was the only one using this fountain.
but.
“I’ll put it to good use.”
It was a fact that I found out later while barely digging through the records, but in fact, Urud was not a ‘craftsman’.
yes, to put it bluntly.
“< structure elucidation >.”
Urud was a wizard.
Great mage who transcends by regression
