‘RUMBLE!’

“Ack! Scatter!” I shouted and grabbed the shocked little lady by the hood of her jacket and leapt into the air, as did Jeanne. Now that the bottom was completely ruined, the most secure place needs to be the sky… Proper?

‘Fwoosh!’

‘Crackle!’

“Oh gosh! I did not join this!” I yelled in frustration when an arrow out of the blue went for my eye, which fortunately failed as a result of I froze my arm and used it as a defend.

“Ah! It is blackie!” Firiell referred to as out whereas pointing down on the bottom.

Blackie? I felt like I’ve heard it someplace earlier than…?

I raised an eyebrow and simply in case, made an ice cage across the each of us for additional safety.

‘BANG!’

“Dude! Chill, what the heck!?” I flinched backwards when one thing slammed towards our cage.

Upon nearer inspection, it was… A department?

Oh! It should’ve been that tree monster thingy! Wait, if that was true, then…

“Firiell! We’re ditching this cage! Come!” I hugged her with one arm, whereas holding my rifle within the different.

“Eh!?” She exclaimed in shock.

“Crap, defend, Firiell! Up!” I shouted in panic, and fortuitously, she obeyed with a believable response time.

‘Thump!’

“Nice job!” I praised her when the department that was slamming towards our cage out of the blue grew one other department that was fortuitously shielded by her.

This monster was fairly troublesome, contemplating its capacity to simply develop branches anyplace on its physique. If I bear in mind accurately, although, it may solely transfer its 4 foremost trunks. So a minimum of it had some restrictions.

I rapidly ditched the cage and seemed round me. The place have been the remainder of my staff?

“Ah!” I noticed Jeanne and normal Emilio struggling to battle towards the tree monster on the bottom, whereas normal Zhang was retaining the elf king busy.

“Ahahahha! Let’s have a little bit little bit of enjoyable whereas they’re coping with your pet, lets?” Common Zhang’s maniacal giggle made me involved. Generally I ponder if he wanted a therapist?

“Blackie just isn’t my pet. It is my contracted companion,” the elf king replied, “aren’t you involved about them?”

“Generally you gotta let the children study by expertise, you already know~?” Common Zhang answered with amusing whereas they exchanged bodily blows.

A excessive kick, parried with an arm, after which two straights, one jab. Every little thing was completely deflected by Erenduill, though I may see his pores and skin began to tear, judging by the crimson color that was smeared throughout his arm. Common Zhang may hit that onerous!? Wasn’t the elf king’s physique tremendous excessive or one thing!? And why weren’t they utilizing their magic?

“Firiell, what did he imply by contracted companions?” I rapidly requested as I headed down in the direction of Jeanne utilizing my psychokinesis.

“Uncle Erenduill’s authority energy solely works with monsters that he has defeated,” she defined, “and to my information, it is restricted in quantity, however I am undecided what number of…”

Hmm, so his crest wasn’t as overpowered as I believed it was. Good to know. Anyway, whereas the madmen have been busy with one another, we gotta end this tree, and quick.

‘Faucet!’

“Jeanne, take the child, please!” As I landed beside her, I rapidly handed the little lady to Jeanne, and erected an ice wall simply earlier than a department was about to pierce us, “and please present assist for me and normal Emilio, thanks!”

“Huh!?” She was visibly bewildered, however took the child regardless, and backed away a little bit additional to security.

“Hey, you. what to do.” Common Emilio referred to as out to me with an unusually calm voice, which was fairly creepy on this state of affairs.

“Yeah. Arson?” I nodded and ran alongside him as we hopped and jumped and parried the incoming branches. Me with my fragile ice sword that saved breaking each few seconds, and him together with his trusty spear.

“Arson.” He nodded.

Nice. With out a lot rationalization wanted, we parted methods. He ran straight in the direction of one of many foremost trunks that have been performing as a leg, whereas I made myself some ice claws on each fingers, and climbed my method up by his summoned branches.

“Argh! It hurts, cease transferring!” I winced as I saved digging my claws into its huge, thick branches.

‘ROOAARR!’

All of a sudden, it belched in anger and began flailing much more. Might it’s feeling ache from my claws? Nicely, me too, tree monster, me too. Though my ice claws had turned crimson from my bleeding nails, I nonetheless climbed, slowly however certainly.

‘Thunk! Thunk!’

I used to be getting nervous by the second, as a result of sometimes, new branches would come out, making an attempt to puncture my physique. Fortunately, my armor was sturdy sufficient that I solely felt like one thing was repeatedly punching my abdomen, as a substitute of poking holes into it. Not a pleasing feeling, however a minimum of I wasn’t immediately a skewer.

On occasion, once I bought thrown off of it, I had to make use of my psychokinesis to propel myself again. I would reasonably simply float as a substitute of climbing my method up, but it surely was too laborious for me to maneuver with so many branches going at me.

“Common Emilio! Prepared at any time when you’re!” I shouted once I lastly reached the again of its neck.

“Ignite!” He commanded, and out of the blue, fireplace burst out from under, the place he was standing at.

Following proper after him, I sliced open its neck and plunged my arm inside, and closed my eyes to concentrate on my mana.

“Get crispy.” I opened my eyes and a colossal quantity of flame burst out, burning the entire tree from the within. It was so fierce that even I used to be beginning to have a tough time respiration usually, and I needed to squint my eyes instantly.

‘ROOOAR!’

It yelled out even louder, and began stomping its toes in an try to kill normal Emilio.

“Gener–“

‘SLAM!’

My phrases have been minimize brief when it smashed its hand-like trunk to its neck, precisely the place I used to be latched onto.

“Kkuh–!” In a last-second try, I hit the department again utilizing my fist, which shattered the department that was proper above my head.

The opposite branches, although, those that I did not hit with my fist, related and left an enormous bruise on my left shoulder, all the way in which to my decrease arm. I suppose this was what occurred once I invested factors in my power whereas neglecting my physique…

I rapidly repositioned myself and held onto its different higher trunk, whereas igniting every thing I touched.

“Simply burn down already!” I shouted, and a loud increase ensued because the tree monster’s trunk began to blow up, particularly the one I used to be latching on to. All of a sudden, I discovered myself hovering within the air, both falling to my dying or getting stabbed by a number of branches.

I unexpectedly tried to propel myself to the fitting, however solely ended up bumping right into a department. Gah, it was so laborious to regulate myself. Utilizing a number of magic whereas probably not realizing which method was up and which method was down, was beginning to fry my mind.

‘Fwoosh!’

“Oh shi–“

A darkish, burning department was headed straight for my neck, which I observed a bit too late. The one factor I may do was brace myself for the impression whereas praying that my brooch armor was sturdy sufficient to maintain me alive.

“Chae! I bought you!”

Jeanne’s voice shot up from under me, and out of the blue I felt my physique transfer by itself, avoiding each department with excessive precision.

“Whoa!” I gasped with amazement as she moved me utilizing her wind magic so flawlessly, that I bought out scratch-free and landed on the bottom.

Wait, if Jeanne was serving to me, then what about normal Emilio?

“Emi!? The place are you? Hey, you stone-face, are you lifeless but!?” I shouted and ran in the direction of the flaming trunk the place he was final seen at, the second my toes touched the bottom.

There was no response, which made me held my breath for a second imagining the probabilities. I rapidly improvised and summoned an enormous chunk of ice on prime of me, and burned it down till it melted and poured water onto me.

Oh, could not imagine that really labored. Cool.

Now that I used to be totally soaked, I eliminated my black gown that might’ve simply been a nuisance, and plunged myself straight into the fireplace, trying to find a sure normal that hopefully survived the stomping.

I wished to shout his identify, however I most likely should not inhale an excessive amount of smoke now, so I simply tried my finest to deflect all the stompings that have been nonetheless occurring.

Dang it, was he already lifeless now? For actual?

“What are you doing, you idiot?”

“Eh?” I yelped when one thing out of the blue pulled me again… By my hair.

“Are you out of your thoughts!?” The particular person liable for pulling my hair turned out to be none aside from normal Emilio himself, who managed to get survive the stomping, though half of his chest was charred, and his higher clothes was nowhere to be seen anymore.

“Ah! So that you survived!” I gasped fortunately.

“Sure. Now let’s get out of right here.” He replied concisely and proceeded to seize my hand as a substitute of my hair, and once I stumbled with my steps, he clicked his tongue and lifted me up whereas he ran away from the burning tree monster that was beginning to collapse.

‘ROOOAR!’

The aforementioned monster, nonetheless not shedding its vigor, thrashed round and saved flinging its lifeless, burned branches all over the place, burning every thing that got here into contact.

“Tch. It is nonetheless going.” Common Emilio cursed whereas he saved working away with me in his arms.

“Wait–!” I yelled out and pointed on the tree monster.

“What now!?”

“It is doing one thing!” I exclaimed as I watched the burning, smoking tree began to twist up like a fetus. What the heck…?

I squinted my eyes to get a clearer view, as a result of all of the smokes made it more durable for me to see. On the spur of the second, one thing hit me, and I understood what it was about to do.

Maybe it was intuition, or maybe it was expertise, I wasn’t positive.

However by some means, I noticed one thing that I used to be all too conversant in.

A final resort spirit.

“GET DOWN!” I screamed on the prime of my lungs, hoping that my voice would attain everybody.

‘STAB!’