Gais and Dryard emerged from the forest and stepped onto the wide plain.
In the distance, old windmills were turning slowly, and crumbling stone walls and ruined houses were scattered throughout the fields.
The wind brushed past the wheat field, creating waves.
Dryard paused his steps for a moment.
“…It's a beautiful place."
Gais also nodded.
"Okay."
"But…”
The air was different.
It felt more deeply rotten than the energy of life.
It smells like corruption
At that moment.
Rumble.
From the earth, thick roots surged upward, revealing the figure of a giant old tree ent.
Soon after, ironwood ent, thorn ent, and vine ent began to slowly emerge from the forest edge.
From afar, the Trigard warriors and the oak knights stood in formation, weapons in hand.
From the sky, the eagles of the wind-hunting circle, while a massive flock of grasshoppers gathers like a black cloud across the meadow.
There are too many numbers!"
Dryard said with a surprised expression.
"The basics are thousands... No, it seems to be tens of thousands."
Gais aimed the spear forward.
"Then we have to make a way."
Gomuk Ent slammed down a huge fist.
Kwaaang!
The earth cracked open, and the roots spread out in all directions.
After lowering his body, Gais concentrated his flame magic.
"Fire whip!"
The flaming harpoon swung in a huge circle.
The vines and roots were engulfed in flames in an instant, and the vine ent rolled back in a scream.
However, Cheolmok Ent endured the flames and threw a huge wooden spear, creating a massive wooden spear.
Gais reached out his hand.
"Dark Lance!"
Dozens of black spears sliced through the air and flew off, shattering the wooden spear into pieces.
Then the black spear pierced through Cheolmok Ent’s body just as it was.
From behind, the Trigard archers simultaneously unleashed a hail of arrows.
Dryad quickly summoned the wind of the forest.
A fierce gust disrupted the trajectory of the arrows, and most of them scattered into the air.
But this time, Pogun Ent raised both arms.
Dark clouds gathered, and then heavy lightning began striking one after another.
Gais gathered black flames in both hands.
"Darkness Flame."
The black flames spread like a whirlwind and collided head-on with the lightning.
With a deaf roar, black flames engulfed the storm entr, and the massive wooden body split open and collapsed.
Soon after, the crystal entecks poured out crystal fragments.
Gais spun his body and swung his spear.
The spinning sword energy knocked away all the crystal fragments and cut down the crystal ent group as well, bringing it to its knees.
Seizing the opening, the Oak Knight and the Treegard warriors charged in unison.
Gais struck the ground hard.
The stone pillars rose in succession, splitting apart the enemy formation that had been charging.
Then black magic spread out again from the fingertips.
"Dark Lance."
Dozens of dark spears fell like a hail, piercing through Trigard and the Ents one after another.
The battlefield was once again covered in flames, dark magic, and dust.
But on the other side of the forest, the enormous shadows were still beginning to reveal themselves one by one.
Dryard quietly swallowed.
“…That’s not the whole story
Gais gripped the spear tighter and stared into the distance.
"Then I’ll go all the way."
The two of them stepped forward again, heading toward the larger army approaching beyond the windmill village.