I walk slowly along the forest path.
Old giants stand so densely that they obscure the sky, and only the faint sunlight seeps through the gaps between the leaves.
Dryard pauses his steps for a moment.
"This forest… That's strange
Gais looks around.
"Why?"
There’s no bird sound. The wind blows, but the forest does not breathe."
In a moment.
Rustle...
Rustle...
Sounds of something moving can be heard from various places in the thicket.
Suddenly, dozens of shadows emerge simultaneously from above the tree and from the forest floor.
A gigantic wolf-like monster.
A flock of crows in a jar.
The giant fanged wildcat.
Eel-feeding bug.
Euphemistic wolf.
Moss bear.
Vine deer.
Mycelium of a poisonous mushroom.
And then came the sound of huge footsteps shaking the forest.
Thud…
Thud…
The ironwood ent and the old tree ent reveal themselves.
Behind them, the Trigard warriors and Trigard archers approach in formation.
But that was not all.
From deep in the forest, black mist rises.
Within it, the decay sap monarch and the voracious vine colony, the decay wing tracker, and even the dark voracious larva swarm emerge.
Dryard speaks low.
"The entire forest is getting polluted...”
Gais points the spear forward.
"I'll have to deal with them all.”
In an instant, the Trigard archers simultaneously fire wooden arrows.
Gais builds a rock barrier to block the arrows.
Immediately apply the Thunder Brake.
Blue lightning cuts through the forest, striking multiple monsters at once.
The moss bear and the sap wolf fall, and the flock of crowning crows scatters through the air.
A whirlwind of flames sweeps through the forest.
Fire tornado.
The flames devour the vine colony and the puffball ophiuchus.
When the corrupt sap king sprays toxic sap in all directions, Dryad spreads a curtain of wind and pushes the venom away.
Gais immediately throws ice spears in succession.
The ice spear pierces Ironwood Ent’s body and stops its movement.
Then Crystal Lance falls from the sky and pierces through the Trigard warriors.
But a louder echo comes from deeper inside the forest.
Kugugugu...
The trees fall on both sides, revealing a massive shadow.
Dryard swallows.
“…It’s not over yet
In the heart of the vast forest, another being slowly begins to emerge.