Toodoodoodoo!
It wasn’t a long distance.
A flight of about 20 minutes by helicopter.
But we had no choice but to stop the helicopter right at the entrance to the forest.
“·····There are cases like this.”
Lee Yong-soo added, as if it was absurd.
I had already heard that it was inaccessible by plane.
We flew at a low altitude, prepared to crash, but the forest did not allow us to invade.
A sudden force of gravity.
The force roughly pulled the helicopter we were riding in, but·····.
Doo doo doo doo!
Thanks to Lee Yong-soo’s possessed driving, we were barely able to land.
tweet.
Dribble, dribble.
The dense forest that greeted us like that.
The only way left was by land.
“·····There are many means of transportation.”
Rattling.
A motorcycle that was shipped straight away.
It was something I had stored away in a broken motorcycle showroom a while ago.
Just as I was about to set off on my motorcycle·····.
“Mr. Jeong-gyeom! Over there·····!”
Piwoong!
Something flew in from the sky.
Bang! Clang!
A silver gas can fell to the ground with a thud.
And from that·····.
Pusheeee!
A thick puff of white smoke began to billow out.
“Mr. Yongsu, take this!”
Jiing!
[K-5 Gas Mask, Price not set.]
Hurry up!
Thanks to holding my breath and quickly putting on the gas mask.
Although I didn’t inhale the smoke, the forest here was filled with a white smoke.
Like a mysterious fog.
“Mr. Jeonggyeom, is this by any chance·····.”
I nodded too.
Gas cans flying in like cannonballs, and even unidentified smoke.
It wasn’t that difficult to guess its identity.
“·····This appears to be the poisonous gas.”
Phew!
Piwoong!
Pusheeee·····.
Gas cans falling one after another.
It meant that the Southern Army had already reached this great forest.
“Let’s go.”
I had to hurry.
If we weren’t careful, the priest might get captured by them first.
fault!
Booooooo!
We quickly got on our motorcycles and started racing through the dense forest.
Facing the red hologram floating in the sky.
.
.
.
Booooooooo!
About 30 minutes after departure.
I patted Lee Yong-soo’s back while sitting in the backseat.
“It’s opposite, Yongsu.”
“Again? This is·····.”
Squeak!
He immediately turned the handle in the opposite direction.
Before I knew it, it had happened dozens of times.
While running along a straight road, the direction suddenly changed.
“What kind of place is this·····.”
There was no choice.
As you continue to move forward, you will eventually find the hologram of your target location floating just fine behind you.
I don’t know what the actual principle was, but the entire space that formed the forest path was completely distorted.
As if to prove this·····.
[Compass Compass, Mixed Colors, Price is 22,790 won.]
Whiriliriririk!
The needle of the compass in my hand was spinning round and round.
That wasn’t all.
Kugugugugu·····.
Trees that move on their own like living animals.
The forest that had erased one of the paths in front of us created a new path to the left this time.
“No wonder I can’t find it·····.”
This is why the Chicago search party got lost.
A space like a maze that changes from moment to moment.
Because that was the hidden identity of the Indiana Great Forest.
of course·····.
‘Whether it changes or not·····.’
That wasn’t the case for us.
Whether the direction was reversed or not, we were just following the Chamber of Commerce’s hologram.
Is that why?
The surrounding scenery was also gradually changing.
Into a landscape that is even darker and filled with dense trees.
It was evidence that we were entering the depths of the Great Forest.
At that moment, while crossing the forest like that.
“·····?”
Someone blocked the way.
Squeak!
Yongsu Lee hurriedly stopped his motorcycle.
Tension was rising, but the opponent in front of me showed his palm as if he had no intention of fighting.
Large deer antlers rising above the forehead.
A being wearing a feather headband and with long black hair hanging down the back.
In contrast to her copper-colored skin, the area around her eyes was painted bright red.
And crucially·····.
“·····Is everything okay?”
Even though the entire forest was filled with toxic gas, he didn’t seem particularly distressed.
He just chewed on something and spoke to us.
“There is nothing left in a lost soul but ignorance, pride, anger, jealousy, and desire. But·····.”
“·····You already know the way.”
In short, it meant that he was really good at finding his way.
He was a deer-horned man who praised us as if we were great·····.
“·····I just came to see the hologram.”
“I guess they don’t even have navigation.”
It wasn’t particularly praiseworthy.
Is it because of our lukewarm reaction?
He briefly cleared his throat and introduced himself.
and·····.
Its identity made me doubt my ears.
“·····Druid?”
“Yes, my name is Obstein, a druid from Serenity.”
I remembered it clearly.
Conditions for reviving the Knights of Camelot.
Because it was a grown world tree and a skilled druid.
Obstein bowed his head to me.
“The chief would like to see you. I’m sure you already know the way·····.”
Kwakwakwak!
Crunch!
He moves trees to create a passage with just a few gestures.
But, I was worried.
‘·····.’
This is the Druid I’ve been looking for.
It’s true that I’m glad to receive the invitation, but·····.
‘·····I have to find the priest.’
There was an immediate task at hand.
Glenn Ford, leader of the North.
Find him and reclaim the dwarf factory in the south.
At that moment, I was trying to figure out which was more urgent: finding the priest or reviving the skeleton knights.
The Druid eased my worries.
“If you are looking for the priest… he is with us.”
“ah·····?”
As expected, the hologram floating in the sky was headed straight for the path he had created.
“If that’s the case.”
There was no need to worry.
A druid suddenly appeared.
Because he gave us a shortcut.
A space surrounded by lush trees.
We arrived at Serenity, the village of the druids.
“Phew·····.”
Clear air through the nose.
An unidentified, mysterious air was protecting Serenity from the outside.
It was only after the Confederates blocked the poisonous gas that we were able to take off our stuffy gas masks.
The cone-shaped huts placed sparsely caught my eye.
All around were carved wooden animal statues, and colorful paintings of hanging scrolls were hung here and there.
Druids wearing feather headbands and with red-painted eyes.
We passed by them one by one·····.
“·····Found it.”
A person could be found lying obliquely on an animal skin.
Glenn, the leader of the Northern Army who lost his mind.
Obstein told me about his condition.
“His whole body was broken. He’s almost finished with the treatment, so you don’t have to worry for now. He looks like this, but he’ll probably come to his senses sometime today or tomorrow.”
Fracture of the entire body.
It was a priest who overcame a crisis that was more dangerous than expected.
Fractures were a difficult treatment even for Pax FC’s healers.
Because the healing ability does not reach the bones properly.
As I watched the druids easily treat him, the skeleton knights’ revival became more realistic.
Moreover, the druids’ abilities were not limited to that.
I told Lee Yong-soo.
“Obviously, he was fine even with the poisonous gas.”
“Now that I think about it, that’s true. We were wearing gas masks·····.”
The conclusion was simple.
If the Druid had the ability to purify the poisonous gas, the battle with the South would be incomparably easier.
After I had been mulling over those thoughts for a while·····.
The druid chieftain finally appeared and greeted me.
“Thank you for your hard work. I am Findrick, the chieftain of Serenity.”
We didn’t have a long greeting.
There wasn’t much time.
The chieftain began to speak at length about why he had called me, but·····.
“·····I heard the prophecy. It said that you were given the ‘most paths.’ You were the only one who could help us lost druids find our ‘paths.’·····.”
I asked for a summary.
“·····To get straight to the point.”
“I wish you could open a path for me to return to my original dimension. I sense the power of dimension travel from you·····.”
It was fate or something, but it was strange luck… but it was clever.
Because he vaguely sensed my abilities.
They were unwillingly brought to Earth by the Chamber of Commerce.
But unfortunately, I didn’t have the ability to send them back home.
“I don’t have that kind of ability. I don’t know what will happen later on, but·····.”
“Possibility alone is enough. The path is connected only when you walk it.”
To put off until later.
That seemed to be enough for him.
Although he could not grant their request, Chief Findrick kindly asked me back.
“By the way····· I heard you had something to ask of us.”
There were two main requests.
Reviving the Skeleton Knights, and for now·····.
Overcoming the Confederate poisoning gas.
Deciding to tackle the immediate problem first, I asked Findrick.
“Druids seem to be completely unaffected by the poisonous gas. I would like to know how, and if possible, how to cure the poisoning.”
“That’s simple. But·····.”
As if he understood, the chief took out a small object.
Its identity is·····.
“A leaf·····?”
It was a single, crisply dried leaf.
And then, it happened.
Woot woot woot!
Druids wandering around.
When they discovered the leaf, their faces suddenly changed and they all started running towards the chieftain.
Taat!
fault!
WHAT!
They reached out to the leaves, but·····.
slap!
Whirl!
The chieftain skillfully moved his hands to protect the leaves from his tribesmen.
Then he added, as if scolding them.
“This is the mast. The last leaf that will lead our tribe.”
“Ahhh! It’s the chieftain·····!”
The tribesmen are foaming at the mouth and groaning.
I haven’t been able to look into it closely until now because I’ve been busy with other things,
Looking back, there was something strange about the behavior of the village druids.
Representative examples include·····.
Sweet sweet sweet.
Hands and legs shaking violently,
slap!
slap!
And he was looking anxious as he kept biting his fingernails.
And that·····.
‘No matter how I look at it, it’s withdrawal symptoms·····?’
Druids prowl around the chieftain like hyenas.
“Whew! Whoa!”
The chieftain, who had driven them out, finally revealed the identity of the leaf.
“It’s a leaf of the World Tree processed with the druid’s technique. Just chewing it in your mouth can purify most external contaminants. I gave one to Obstein, who came to greet me.”
“Ah······.”
The poisonous gas that felt so vague.
Coincidentally, the answer was within me.
Within my subspace, to be exact.
One side······.
Obstein, the druid who guided me, was also having a hard time.
Doo doo doo doo doo!
Druids running through the village at full speed.
Because they were all chasing Obstein.
They all glared at Obstein with bloodshot eyes.
“Why don’t you spit it out quickly, you little punk?!”
“Is your mouth the only mouth? Is your mouth the only mouth?”
Well, well.
Obstein continued his march, chewing on the leaves of the World Tree.
He jumped over the statues placed in the village as if they were jumping jacks.
The obsession and desire for the World Tree was evident.
The chieftain continued speaking, as if he was sorry about the sight.
“The World Tree is essential to us druids. However, when we fell to this Earth dimension, we were separated from the World Tree. Therefore, it seems that there is no way to deal with the poisonous gas.”
The leaves of the World Tree.
That would have solved all their problems, but they no longer had the World Tree left.
To my question of whether the World Tree was really that useful, the chieftain nodded repeatedly.
“There are many. You can eat them dried or seasoned······. You can grind them after drying them and burn them as incense······. You can also float one in your bath······.”
An endless repertoire.
To them, the World Tree was no different from kimchi or soybean paste.
That too with a fair amount of addictiveness.
“Oh, I see. It all fell off. Oh, it’s such a shame······.”
I couldn’t help but deeply sympathize with their pain.
The chief asked me, who was striking the janggu, as if he felt sorry.
“······But why are you laughing?”
“No, just······.”
I concluded my remarks like this.
“······I think the World Tree is a truly filial product.”
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