Mushoku no Eiyuu ~Betsu ni Skill Nanka Iranakattan daga~

"....I forgive you for your misfortune in the forest...

A giant torrents of branches and leaves rustling and shaking.

Apparently, he's quite angry.

And if you think about it, I've just destroyed the forest to the hilt.

It's only natural that the owner of the forest would be angry.

"Whoa!

The old man, who had been suspended in midair by a branch, was thrown into a cave in the trunk, and the cave closed.

Then the cave closed.

''Eaten...?

I've heard that torrents catch and eat small animals and other animals that approach them.

Perhaps he also has the ability to digest them like an insectivorous plant.

If you don't help him right away, the old man will melt away.

''Death....

The giant Trent stretched out its branches and attacked me.

I twisted my body to avoid the sharp branch, which was approaching like an arrow.

The branch gouged deep into the ground. It's quite powerful.

There was more than one branch approaching.

Countless branches were coming at me, one after another.

Zubazbazbazbazbazbazbazbazbaz!

He prevents it by slicing through the branches with his sword.

But slashing and slashing doesn't stop the storm of branches.

If you look closely, you can see that the branch grew out from beside the slash and turned into a sharp spear again as it attacked.

In addition, branches were popping up from the ground as well.

No, it's not a branch.

This is a root.

It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on a few dozens or even hundreds of branches that are uninterruptedly closing in from up and down and left and right, and as expected, your hands can't keep up.

"--Permafrost.

The frigid cold air froze everything around them.

Of course, branches and roots also froze and came to a complete halt.

Furthermore, I put my maximum magic power to freeze that entire giant torrents as it was.

The old man inside might freeze as well, but I wouldn't have to worry about it for a short time. It looks strong.

''Aaaaahhh.......''

The giant Trent was suffering.

But it began to shake its huge trunk at high speed.

The rustling sound of leaves rubbing against each other hard could be heard.

The branches and roots, which should have been frozen a moment ago, began to gradually regain their movement.

I see, the friction generated heat.

That's clever, even for a tree.

If that's the case, burn it with fire magic - no, that would indeed kill the old man inside.

Furthermore, the shaking of the branches and leaves caused something to fall to the ground from the top of the tree.

They are nuts.

A sweet smell wafts from them lying at your feet.

It's a nice smell.

Somehow it calms me down and makes me feel sleepy....

''

Quickly coming to myself, I took a huge leap back from the spot.

After a moment's delay, countless branches and roots pierced the spot I was in all at once.

It was a close call.

Those berries, they seem to be emitting a substance that makes me feel sleepy.

I use my green magic to create a wind and try not to breathe in its scent.

The fruit wasn't the only thing that fell from the top of the tree.

They are insect-type demons such as giant caterpillars and fungus.

They attacked us all at once, perhaps to protect their homes.

They kicked away the rolling caterpillars and swatted down the flying kamikillies with their swords, opening their large jaws.

And with the fury of the resurrected branches and roots, it was impossible to even get close.

At this rate, the old man will be digested.

And then.

Zdohhhh!

Thud!

Thud!

An explosion that comes from nowhere.

Trent begins to suffer.

'Oaaaaaah!

As if the place where the old man was just eaten had been greatly enlivened.

'Doryaaaaaah!'

With a roar, the bark of the tree popped and an old man jumped out from inside.

''That was a close call!　Hahahaha!

He's still a hell of an old man to have escaped on his own.

It's just that his clothes seem to have dissolved in the digestive juices and he's completely naked.

I saw something I didn't want to see.....

Anyway, there was no need to add or subtract for the old man's safety now.

'Explosions.'

"~~~~?

An explosion with raging flames hit the giant torrent.

Okay, as I thought, it's only trees, and red magic seems to work.

I was about to fire another series of Explosions when...

Stop!

A small shadow flew in front of me.

It has transparent wings on its back, but it looks like a human child.

''........A genie?''

Apparently, she was a tree spirit living in this forest - a doliard.

She has been in a symbiotic relationship with the giant Trent for a long time.

''She's also necessary for the order of the forest.... So please, don't kill her...''

He complains with tears in his eyes.

When the old man heard this, he laughed as loudly as ever.

"Ha-ha!　That's a bad thing to do!　Then we must leave this place as soon as possible!

He doesn't mind at all that he was about to be eaten.

By the way, he's now hiding his crotch with the leaves that had fallen around it.

''Thank you!　And you're...

'Well, that's not why I'm here, and I don't mind. But have you seen a human girl?　About this tall and with hair like mine.

'Ummm ... haven't you seen it?　But wait a minute. I'll ask the other kids.'

The wood spirit meditated for a while, as if communicating with something, but eventually snapped his eyelids open.

'I'm sorry. I asked the kids in Morinaka, but no one seems to have seen it.

Are you sure?

They say that Doriad is everywhere in this forest.

If they haven't seen them, does that mean Mira didn't enter this forest in the first place?

While tilting my head to see what was going on, I decided to go back the way I came with the old man, or rather, the path I had made.

By the way, Doriade told me, 'Don't destroy the forest too much...'