Chapter 102

I let the World Tree’s Ortem stand in the vanguard and retreated to a position where I didn’t seem to be able to be reached by the roots .

Evil Bound glared at me but quickly removed me from its line of sight .

It seems that he has a mindset of breaking the Ortem as he declared .

With Evil Bound at the center, numerous black roots grow out of the ground .

Thick as a log, it swells like a snake as it points its sharply pointed tip towards the Ortem .

Hmph, you say it’s like a toy, but you’re being very cautious .

The fact that the nose was shaved off a while ago seems to be quite unbearable .

Evil Bound’s black roots are intertwined as he attacks the Ortem .

Ortem easily dodges it with a thin difference .

Each time Ortem dodges, more and more of Evil Bound’s rear end hangs up, revealing his frustration .

One of the black roots comes at Ortem at a speed slightly slower than the others .

Perhaps it was meant to be a feint that was supposed to make him avoid it .

Ortem doesn’t dare to dodge it, but stays and does a high-speed somersault .

Stingy psychological warfare is not an option against an Ortem’s opponent that only works within the bounds of what was originally built in as a command .

I’ve already introduced such an easy to understand feint countermeasures .

We cannot afford to be looked down upon .

The momentum-less root is played by an unexpected counterattack and slaps Evil Bound’s body .

Evil Bound’s face contorted . A hole in the shape of an eye glared at the part of the body that had received the blow .

Ortem pushed through the gap and rode to the tip of the black root .

He flexes the root, then flies with momentum and decides to hit the body of the blows to the main body .

In order to make sure that I don’t break it, I make it save the power a little bit .

“Guoooh!”

The tree leans heavily, and the roots growing from the base of the trunk are partially exposed to the ground .

Perhaps because of the impact to the body, all the roots that had appeared on the ground are momentarily stationary .

It was a good opportunity to make a series of attacks, but we decided to pull back to the original distance once because of the concerns that had been said .

I need to think about it for a moment .

At the same time that Ortem stops, the black roots are approached the main body with tremendous force .

It seems to have focused all the minutes it had been turning into an attack on its defense .

“G-, great! You could win with just one Ortem! As expected of an Ortem carved by Abel!”

Mea, who had been watching the battle between Ortem and Evil Bound with a bit of concern, gazed at Ortem’s easygoing mood and gazed happily at him .

Earlier, Mea had looked a little anxious .

The World Tree had been bought with a borrowed from Mea, so maybe she was thinking about what she would do if it was destroyed .

…… Some, someday, someday I’ll be able to pay it back!

“But…… that’s not so good . ”

I muttered, and Mea freaked out and her shoulders shooked .

“W-, why? Because, look, the opponent’s attacks didn’t hit or anything at all……”

“Oh no, that black tree is slower than I thought it would be, or maybe it’s kind of a disappointment . I don’t know if it’s like that . ”

“What?”

To be honest, there was a part where I would let Ortem take the lead to cut it apart in anger .

Thinking about it calmly, I was worried that the tree that the demon had so diligently nurtured and possessed would not be able to compete with an Ortem, who only moved according to pre-built commands .

That’s the one-sided tone of this .

Evil Bound saw the exchange between me and Mea and was angry .

I wish you would stop looking around and look more at Ortem .

You don’t have a lot of time to spare right now . Show me more of your good parts .

“…… Well, I don’t think it’s worth it to watch any more . Let’s not get hung up on the details, like its movement . I’ll know the quality of it later when I analyze it . ”

I readied my wand and waved it at Ortem .

I switched Ortem’s behavior pattern from ‘wait-and-see mode’ to ‘fight mode’ .

Ortem stopped for a moment and then jumped back to jump on him with aid .

“Vanish!”

Evil Bound extends two branches that resemble hands to Ortem, who is floating in the air .

It seems to have quite a bit of strength, and I can feel a strong magical power .

He must have been deathly searching for a moment when Ortem showed an opening .

As expected, was I too careless?

“Oh, this is probably bad . ”

The investigators said that the monster has a wind-blown attack .

Attacks that use roots can be reversed by spinning, but against the wind, they are also powerless .

It is impossible to avoid it while in the air .

A gale wind blew from Evil Bound’s outstretched hand, causing trees to fall and dust to fly .

When the dust cloud cleared, there was no sign of Ortem .

“The-, the World Tree, Ortem is…… the memory of Abel and Mea……”

Mea shows out with a stunned expression .

The trees had been reamed down by the gale wind, but the line that Ortem was floating in was particularly bad, and the ground beneath it was neatly gouged out .

“Did you see that!”

Evil Bound twists his body around to me .

“My absolute power!

Evil Bound was in desperate shape .

He must have released the wind with all his might .

“Just a mere wooden doll!”

“There’s room for improvement in the magic circle . If we can make it possible to use simple wind magic, we can evade it in midair……”

Let’s use this as a reference for the future development of the magic circle .

It will be quite complicated, but it shouldn’t be impossible .

But I’ll have to play around with Ortem to get it to work .

I’m sure it’s going to cost a lot of money to develop it .

Well, I’ll have to think about that some other time .

“Carry”

I wave my wand and quickly tuck it away in my pocket .

In response to the spell, the World Tree’s Ortem floats in my hand .

I held it in both arms .

“Ah…… it’s back . ”

Mea, who was half in tears, muttered .

Rest assured, there are no particular scratches on it .

It’s coated with magical power when in operation, after all .

As I put the Ortem on the ground, Evil Bound began to rattle the branches .

“That’s ridiculous!”

I thought about setting Ortem up against him again, but that’s enough .

Let’s just get this over with .

I’ve been playing around too much, and I’ve caused Mea some unwanted concern .

Evil Bound wiggles his trunk and slams a branch that resembles a hand to the ground .

Here and there the ground splits open, revealing new black roots .

Black roots began to cover the area .

The other party also seems to have decided to stop sticking to Ortem .

“Enough! Just die already!”

The black roots extend to me and Mea .

“Kyah . ”

Mea lifted the bow in her hand and shot an arrow .

The arrow hit the root, but the arrow did not penetrate .

I raised my wand .

A huge magic circle covers the entire area .

Let’s use a little more magic power .

“Oh earth, transform”

A light emerged from the magic circle and the black roots stopped moving .

It trembled for a few seconds, but it soon came to a complete halt .

“What! What happened!”

I changed the nature of the soil, making it hard and clinging to the roots .

Once this was done, it was no longer possible to move the roots at all .

Evil Bound tried to twist his body, but it seemed that he couldn’t even do that .

“Impossible! I’m not even able to keep up with mere human magic!”

Well, here’s the real deal .

Once the demon is dead, I need to take steps to prevent deterioration .

It’s just a matter of how fresh it stays .

I pull the wood carving knife from the knife cover and approach Evil Bound, avoiding the roots .

“Don-, don’t come here!”

Evil Bound’s palm is pointed at me .

That wind is coming .

I take out my staff with the opposite hand from holding the knife and wave it at Evil Bound .

I’ve got a good idea of the output of the wind that Evil Bound releases .

I can just use a bit more than what Evil Bound gave off against Ortem earlier .

“Oh wind”

The magic circle I used glowed green and the wind blew from near the tip of my wand .

The arm that had been thrust in front of Evil Bound was broken by the wind .

“Nonsense! I am…… by the god……”

Evil Bound pulls back his broken branch and brings a part of it in front of him .

He opens his mouth wide at the sight of the painfully snapped branch .

But with no time for Evil Bound to wallow in disappointment, the wind struck the main body .

“Uuooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!!!”

Evil Bound’s leaves scattered in an excruciating manner .

The bark peeled off, the branches snapped, and the trunk flexed heavily .

After the wind has passed, a bald black tree remains .

Its appearance does not have the arrogance it once had . Rather, it had the tragic look of a dead tree in the middle of winter .

His face should not have changed much, just a bit of skin peeled off .

But somehow, there was no sense of dominance .

Maybe that’s why he looked much older than when we first met .