The size of the giant cicada that appeared is about 20 meters long. It is equipped with five legs on each side, with a number of sharp thorns at the tips.
　There are a total of four feathers growing from the back, giving you a transparent feeling that you can see the other side.
　But just because they are apparently thin, they don't mean they're fragile.
　In fact, even though he had not yet completely debunked, he had acted like a divergence from Seto's attacks on wind and ice arrows.
　It's a cicada-shaped monster, and its face is close to a cicada.
　Ray lived in the mountains when he was in Japan, so I've seen cicadas so much since I was little.
　But... the cicada Ray has seen is as big as the palm of his hand, not a giant cicada that is as long as 20 meters long.
　Ray was still realizing that different sizes would greatly change his impression.

"But... if you keep away from the world tree, I can attack you to my heart's content!"

　Spreading its wings, Ray wields his death-size as he heads out of the world tree to a giant cicada just about to fly away.
　Released from the blade is a familiar skill for Ray.
　A slashing attack flew and headed straight to the giant cicada...

"Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!"

　Spread the wings and the sound reverberates violently around you.
　Knowing what the sound really is, Ray immediately screams.

"Magic Shield!"

　As soon as a shield of light is created, it instantly disappears into particles of light.

"Ultra-sound waves... and so on the other hand.

　From where the Magic Shield vanished, look to the ground.
　It's not just grass that's fallen in all directions.
　Several places were rolling up, indicating that the force of the ultrasound just released was stronger than Ray's.
　But as long as the Magic Shield can prevent it, it's the same treatment as Ray.
　A momentary glance behind her reveals Sett standing in front of her, protecting her light bulb, bleeding from several parts of her body.
　Ray's face is mixed with painful and surprising colors.
　The soft hair growing from Seto's body feels silky, but at the same time boasts a strong defense.
　It's so hard to cut hair with a half blade.
　But the ultrasound emitted from the giant cicada caused such a bloodshot wound on him.
　Just thinking about how powerful it is... Ray tightens his face.

(I'll fix it with a lotion as soon as this battle is over.)

　Looking at Seto, thinking so, turning to the giant cicadas again... and seeing the giant cicadas coming out of the pupa shaking, they grasp the death size and shorten the distance at once.
　But... Ray's choice was too late. In this case, the giant cicada's behavior was too early.
　He fluttered his wings, and sank himself for a moment.

"You'll let me!"

　Realizing what the giant cicada is going to do, Ray does it... grabs his death-size arm and runs up into the air in his Sleapnil shoes.
　And the death size that is shaken down. However, just before the blade touches the giant cicada, the giant cicada flies off with four wings shaking.
　A death-size blade passed the spot where the body of a giant cicada had been until a moment ago.

"Hit! Fly!"

　The last struggle is to shoot a flying sword at a giant cicada flying in the sky, but the giant cicada skillfully slanted its body with four wings can easily avoid it.

"Set!"
"Roll-rolling.

　Ray calls Seto's name when he decides that he can't do anything by himself as long as he flies.
　Slapnil's shoes give you the ability to walk in the air, but still a few steps... ten steps is impossible.
　After all, the presence of Seto was indispensable for Ray to confront his empty enemy.
　Naturally, Seto immediately responds to Ray's call.
　Then Ray tried to straddle the back of Seto, but suddenly he saw the light bulb that was approaching with Seto blinked and stopped moving.
　It was already a light bulb that had been sucked away by giant cicadas and sap and weakened.
　To blink so violently in spite of such a situation is nothing short of saving your life.
　After that, Ray wondered if there was anything he wanted to tell him, but in a moment the figure of a giant cicada passed through his head.
　Of course, there is no reason other than giant cicadas for the world trees to be so weak.
　But Ray thought of the direction in which the giant cicada flew. That is to say... just above.
　And right above this village... I knew exactly what was around it.

"Barrier boundaries!"

　That's where barriers exist to protect the settlement from monsters, wildlife, or slave traders.
　And it is the world tree that forms the boundary of the world...

"Stop it!"

　Ray screams while looking up at the sky, but the giant cicada flies up and down without paying any attention to Ray's voice.
　It's only natural. For giant cicadas, Rey is only a difficult person to cling to.
　The blow was an enemy with the power to hurt even a very large self, and it was only natural that he wanted to leave if possible.
　I was strangely concerned with him, but I didn't realize that it was due to the magic that made me so powerful.
　Although it was a giant cicada with more power from Ray's magic and the sap of the world tree, intelligence was still a different story.
　The giant cicada's choice to distance herself from Ray as soon as possible... was to go straight up.

"Giggle, go on.

　Giant cicadas instinctively understood what was in their direction, having the ability to use similar boundaries.
　The same kind of ultrasound that I had just fired at Ray... but with directivity.
　I won't let anything get in my way. I don't know if that was the case, but in this case, the blow that was fired at the boundary of the barrier is still effective.
　Parryn, and...
　A sound rings around as if a broken glass were broken.
　It wasn't just the place of the world tree where Ray was. Everyone in the village heard the sound.
　Then, as the sound of glass breaking shows, the barrier's boundaries fall into fragments toward the ground and disappear into particles of light before touching the ground.
　The Elena and Dark Elves, who were fighting in front of the barrier, stopped moving.
　...the barrier that had been protecting the village until now shattered like glass or something.
　No one was shocked to see it.
　It is not only the boundaries of barriers that have caused abnormalities. The same goes for monsters who were trying to break the barrier.
　Until now, the monsters had been acting without a light of will in their eyes, but the moment they hear the sound of the barrier breaking, the light of will suddenly returns to their eyes.
　As if he were suddenly woken up in bed, he looked around without any understanding of the current situation.
　If the monsters were in the same condition as before, the Dark Elves would undoubtedly have been badly damaged.
　It is even possible that the village itself was damaged beyond recovery.
　But... the vast majority of monsters gather around villages.
　And monsters were essentially considered enemies except for their own relatives.
　Some monsters co-exist with others, but only a few.
　The monsters were also dense.
　In other words, there were many monsters with enemies around them.
　There are dark elves, but monsters are overwhelmingly more numerous.
　What the Dark Elves saw as monsters cannibalizing after the resulting break in the barrier.

"Oh!? Attack the monsters! Never put them in the village! There are so many women and children in the village!"

　Ragdo screams and the Dark Elves, who come back to life with their voices, attack the monsters.
　Nevertheless, I will not act rashly to attack you.
　They make monsters fight each other and attack each other by taking advantage of the winner's gap.Monsters can enter the settlement from anywhere now that the barriers that had been put up in the settlement have disappeared.
　Therefore, monsters had to keep their eyes on the dark elves, but on other monsters nearby.

(It makes sense now, but... at this rate...)

　A sense of impatience haunts the rug.
　There are so many monsters now that they are more aware of other beings, and as a result, they will definitely be aware of the existence of dark elves and settlements if things continue as they are.
　I had to come up with something to do before that happened, but I can't do anything about it as it is.

(The destruction of the barrier boundaries means that something has definitely happened to the world tree. ...that is to say, it must have been the pulsation that I mentioned. something... unless we think of some means of breaking the status quo)

　He turned his eyes to the world tree...he was shocked to see the world tree, which was supposed to be invisible due to the barrier barrier, but he desperately considered ways to prevent damage to the village.





　Ray was jumping off Sett's back as Ragdo considered a way to break the current situation.
　They should normally pursue giant cicadas that have blown away after destroying barriers.
　However, there were decisive circumstances that could not be done now.

"Set! I'm sorry, but I need to do something about the world tree! You need to chase the giant cicadas! And now that the barrier has been broken, we need to do something about the monsters that are gathering around us! If possible, please do that too!"
"Slurrurling.

　At Ray's voice, Seto shrieks sharply and flies straight after the giant cicada into the sky.
　Seeing Seto fly off, Ray runs toward the world tree.
　A flashing ray of light follows him, but the light is so small that it almost disappears.

"d*mn, wait! I'll never let you die. Never!"

　After reaching under the world tree, Ray puts his palm on the trunk and casts his magical powers.
　What I remember was when Marina and I cast magic into the world tree.
　That's how they put their magic into the world tree, but the amount of magic they put in is far greater than last time.
　That was several times, tens of times, even hundreds of times more than last time.
　Under normal circumstances, the trees would die if they put so much magic into them. ...and if you're not good at it, the magic you've injected into it can turn you into a monster.
　But what Ray is now putting his magic into is the world tree.
　a world tree that has long protected the village of dark elves here
　A world tree with that much power cannot become a monster even if it absorbs Ray's magical powers. Believing that, Ray continues to put his magic into it.
　In fact, the magical power of the world tree was absorbed by giant cicadas, and the magical power of the world tree was almost consumed to its limit.
　Not only was it absorbed from the roots, but when it was attached to the trunk as a pupa, the tips of its feet were bitten into the trunk, from which the world tree, such as magic and sap, was absorbed most importantly in its life.
　The evidence is that the world trees were rapidly dying.
　Eventually, the world tree forcibly destroyed the barrier barrier, and the reaction caused fatal damage to the world tree.
　As the blinking light of the light bulb was really dying out, the world tree would have died completely...and lost its life.
　Ray poured a lot of magic into it.
　It's a very close sight.
　A few more minutes... No, a few tens of seconds later, the world tree would have withered completely.
　Just as the world tree is about to die, put a great deal of magic into it... the world tree barely survives.
　After a few minutes, Ray continues to put his magic into it... and the leaves of the world tree, which had withered as a whole, are filled with lush vitality.
　On Ray's side, the light bulb that had fallen to the ground soon became smaller but moved, and the blinking light became stronger.

"... did you manage not to kill the world tree?"

　He turned his gaze to the sky, and saw Seto and the giant cicada fighting there... he breathed a sigh of relief that he had not killed the world tree.