“Oh, it’s gotten quite large! And, but…”
Arriving on Mermaid Island in the afternoon to gain EXP,
Building No. 2 of the Great Tree, or rather, the second building,
The second one had reached Lv3, so I came, and yes, it’s a magnificent tree tower, but…
“What, it’s tattered.”
“Lady Nina, enemies from that direction!”
“It’s an Alligator type, let’s observe for a bit.”
We floated up and watched.
Ah, the members are the regular Nina Starlights and the Bard group.
It’s faster to say who isn’t here. Natsu-san, Shusher, and Mariu aren’t here.
(Instead, the prison warden, Jave, is floating around!)
Incidentally, an Adventurer Guild-like organization has been officially established at the Mermaid Island Prison,
And he’s now also the Guild Master there. This will slightly increase his salary, or something!
Otherworlders and Succubi haven’t been released yet; they’re planned to be released when hunting begins.
(Lord Baird and the Sexy Golem are taking a quiet rest in Building No. 1!)
Anyway,
From the pond came…!!
“There are so many crawling this way.”
“It’s a group of Alligator-Lamians!”
Anju and Helen looked ahead.
About fifty of them came in a procession,
The Great Tree struggles and injures a few with its vines…
“Their momentum is incredible, terrifying.”
“What, didn’t they often come here?”
“They were moving hidden inside Mimic-Lamians that were Tamed.”
Apparently, if you hide inside them perfectly, they don’t look like Alligator-Lamians.
While listening to Jave and Nina’s conversation,
Several Alligators bit into the Great Tree!!
“Haa!!”
Oh, a person popped out from the trunk!
This is it, it’s the wood-grained Evil Heroine, Mikitsuba!
And from another direction, a wood-grained Saint appeared, holding a staff and chanting magic!
“Holy Wing!!”
This one is the Evil Saint Anyuri, right?
The wood coloration reminds me of Amatatsu at the beginning.
And since the tree is still young, it seems it can’t connect to the vines to get out.
(Ah, the enemy is overwhelming us with numbers!!)
They’re coming from all directions.
With only two guards and vines, there are limits.
They bit off a piece, retreated, then bit again and observed…
(Come to think of it, they’re good prey for monsters, aren’t they?)
It feels almost apologetic to leave them like this.
“Hmm, I heard they seemed fine, but…”
“The person themselves said so, but still…”
Nina and Jave made grim faces.
The “person themselves” is likely the second Great Tree, which is currently fighting.
Anju couldn’t help but call out.
“Morita-saaaan!”
“Ah, Owner!”
“Welcome back!!”
You didn’t notice them, did you?!
Both of them replied properly.
One wielding a sword and the other swinging a staff.
(And back to the battle…)
Yep, some are biting at high positions with incredible twisted leaps.
It would be a disaster if they learned the taste of the Great Heavenly Tree’s Fruit.
While thinking that, ah, Nastasia has gone down!!
“I’ll help!”
Oh dear, how they would defend,
How much they would be eaten and then recover to what extent,
I wanted to investigate various things, but she couldn’t resist.
(Well, I understand the feeling.)
I looked up at Nina, who was above me.
“Um, I’ve largely understood the situation, so…”
“Is that so? If Deles says so… Everyone, let’s repel them!”
“””””””Yes!!!!”””
And then, the Succubi and Otherworlders were summoned.
At this point, they defeated the Alligators in no time with sheer numbers.
Even as they hastily tried to escape, we didn’t care and quickly defeated them all.
(Don’t say “We could have done this from the start,” I was observing, you know!!)
“Um, if that’s the case, then from the beginning…”
“Dapena, be quiet.”
“Y-yes!”
I blurted it out.
The reason they obediently listened was probably
Because Nina glared at them with a very scary face.
(Still harsh on slaves.)
The reason I didn’t tighten the collar was
Probably because I warned them.
It was handled with just a verbal warning.
“Arrived, Morita-saaaan!”
“Yes, Owners, welcome home.”
“We were waiting for all of you to return together!”
If you say it like “our home”…
Building No. 1 already feels like home.
But, well, it’s fine if we can connect them inside. I’ll just level up a bit more.
“Is it that much?”
“Yes, of course.” “As expected, it’s not the same without the Owners.”
I wonder if the Owners are the members from when they planted the seeds.
“Then we’ll be going in.”
We entered, greeted by the two Moris.
As we were about to go inside, four people looked up before the entrance:
Clarice, Helen, Gotchan, and Haitou.
“Well then, everyone.” “Yes.” “Yes.” “Healing, right?”
Saying so, they cast healing magic without incantations…
On the Great Tree’s Moris!!
(Ah, all the places that were bitten and injured are completely healed!!)
Healing magic works even at the hideout.
Well, it’s a tree, a living tree. The vines move too.
“Ah, my body is invigorated.”
“I’ve fully recovered. Thank you.”
Yes, I need to organize things about this hideout too.
