"Well, what shall I do now?"

　Ray mutters away from the trunks of the world trees.
　The world tree was dying a few tens of seconds ago and could have been described as dying, but now it has lush leaves and has changed its appearance several decades ago.
　It's the same with the flashing light bulb on Ray's side, and the light that was about to disappear, devoured with magical powers and sap by giant cicadas, is now dazzling.
　Such a light bulb flashed happily around Ray.

"Calm down. ... Marina told me that it's not very good for me to recover at once, but for the time being, I think it's okay."

　Words uttered by Ray indicate that he is fine, as the light bulb stops moving and blinks violently.
　Relieved by the appearance of the light bulb, Ray's gaze was turned to the sky.
　The battle between giant cicadas and Seto is now taking place, as evidenced by their presence on earth.
　Flames, ice, and wind were colouring the sky.
　Watching it and thinking of knocking it down when it's stuck to the world tree for a second, Ray's mind passes, but as long as he doesn't know what kind of ability giant cicadas have in the first place, it's nothing but folly to just try with all your might from the beginning.
　At least Ray didn't want to be that stupid himself.
　The world tree was already weak, and it could have been fatal.

(The world tree, the world tree?) It's too late, but what's going on with the view from the inside, let alone the view from the outside? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　Think like that when you see the sun in the sky and shake your head right away.
　This is not the time to think about it.
　In the meantime, Seto is fighting against giant cicadas, and most importantly...

"It was unsavory that the boundary of the barrier disappeared.

　To the muttering Ray, the light bulb blinks like an attitude of apology.
　Noticing such a light bulb, Ray gently reaches out as if he were dealing with Seto... but his hand slips through the light bulb.

"Well... well, there's nothing to worry about." Dark elves are doing their best to protect you, aren' and Elena, Marina, and Vihela."

　So Ray pauses and turns to the sky again.
　There we could still see a number of attacks going on.
　Seto is almost evenly matched against a giant cicada ten times his size.
　No, it's not exactly even, it's a dead end.
　The giant cicada, which has absorbed Ray's magical powers, avoids Seto's attack with its magical powers, or prevents it with ultrasonic waves and barriers.
　Seto had either already given up on the ultrasonic attacks of giant cicadas or avoided them without hitting them.
　The battle continues, but Seto never backs down in the face of an overwhelmingly larger opponent than himself.
　There is no doubt that the village is now safe because of Seto's fighting, and if Ray calls Seto in this situation, Seto's consciousness will turn to Ray, and if he tries to pick him up, the giant cicada will be able to the giant cicada will be able to move freely.

(It's OK if you're going to leave the village, but you don't want to make an attack on the village... No, it doesn't taste good to leave it alone even if you leave the village.)

　In other words, Ray should have avoided trying to turn Sett's consciousness toward him at the moment.

"Then..."

　It wasn't the sky, but the village.
　Due to the influence of the giant cicada, the barrier barrier had disappeared even temporarily.
　And since I had heard of countless monsters gathering around the village before coming to the world tree, I decided that it would be better to do something about it.

(Also, monsters may not have entered the settlement while the barrier was gone.)

　The combatable Dark Elves are undoubtedly out of their villages and fighting.
　There were no combatable dark elves in the village now, or there were very few.
　In reality, those injured in the battle have been returned to their villages, so it doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't enough people to fight.
　However, as he was injured and unable to fight, he was returned to the village behind him, so in terms of fighting power, he was never expected.

"And am I the only one who can move freely?" If the barrier had disappeared, I should have done something about it first."

　Looking ahead is a flashing light bulb.
　Ray's magical powers were pouring in, and he was surprisingly well.

(Isn't it like the magic force that forced the dying old man to come back to life? In this case, life force? Anyway, I think I understand why Marina said it wasn't good for world trees.)

　You may not have realized Ray's idea, but the light bulb flashes violently as if it were angry.
　Thought to be backed by a light bulb, Ray eventually kicks the ground toward the settlement with his death size in his hand.
　I think we should act before we think.
　He follows Ray, blinking to see if he wants his light bulb left behind.
　While running down the road to the settlement, the sound of Seto and the giant cicada fighting was echoing over and over again.
　If you hear it, it's a sound that makes you wonder if it's a festival signal, but no one is thinking about it in their present circumstances.

(No, I'm not sure if there's fireworks here or not. ...there's magic, and since Japanese people have come to Japan in the past like Takumu, it's possible that there's fireworks. No, I don't think there was udon, so it's useless.)

　Run on with Death Size in hand and arrive at the village.
　Of course, few are in the settlement because those who can fight are heading out of the barrier to protect the settlement as much as possible.
　But it's not almost nonexistent...

"Wow! Don't come here! Don't come here!"

　A familiar voice is heard and Ray immediately runs toward the sound.
　Arriving in less than ten seconds, there are nearly ten children.
　Among them were familiar faces such as Ian, Carouja and Mulles, especially Lugudos, waving daggers in his hand to protect the other children, keeping the approaching goblins in check.
　Three goblins approach the children.
　A wooden stick, each of which cannot be called a club... surrounds the Lugudos with an ugly smile, with a tree branch in its hand that looks like a weapon.
　There are more children in number, and some children can use spirit magic or are learning how to handle weapons.
　But... it's just practice, and I've never played a real game.
　And now it's only children, and it's an extraordinary situation, like the world tree dying, the barrier breaking, and monsters gathering.
　If you're asked if you can fight monsters in such a situation, the answer is no.
　Lugudos, in particular, had just been wounded in the head by a goblin club in the woods.
　Lugudos' hand, now holding a dagger, trembles with fear, perhaps traumatizing.

"d*mn, don't come! I'm telling you not to come! If you get any closer, you can't just do it!"

　Still, as a kid general, Lugudos desperately bluffs to keep the goblins in check while protecting his younger children.

"Laughing!"
"Gyo-gyo".
"Gyeom-gyeom-gyeom-gyeom-gyeom-gyeom."

　They must be watching Lugudos' bluff. The goblins each laughed and picked up a stick of wood...

"That's it,"

　The moment the words echoed around me, I thought of a momentary wind, and all three goblins were cut into two parts: the upper and the lower parts of the body.

"What? Huh?"

　The moment a word is muttered, Lugudos looks around him, unable to understand what had happened.
　A man with a sickle larger than his height is at the end of his eyes.
　Lugudos naturally knows who it is, as he lives in this village.
　an adventurer who came to cure the world tree
　And to Lugudos, he was a silent but powerful enemy of love, and his benefactor, who saved him from being unconscious last night in the woods.

(I'll never give her sister Marina!)

　an older woman who was captivated at the first glance muttering his name inwardly, Lugudos tried to open his mouth...

"Nee! Nee! Nicha!"The smallest of the children starts running toward Ray.

"Hey, Mulls!"
"Thank you, Ray."
"Thank you, Ray".

　Karuja and Ian both break out of the group and run after Mullus, who was the first to run away.
　These three were helped by Ray in the woods last night and saw firsthand the power.
　Mulles, in particular, adored Ray for helping him and smiled as if he had been crying against Goblin some time ago.

"Are you all right?"

　Ray puts his hand on his head and tells him to calm down.
　He probably understood that Ray was not a scary partner. All the other children also run under Ray.

"My dear brother is strong!"
"How did you knock it down? It's not that much, but it's just a human movement..."
"You, my dear fellow," This man fought against the elder and won! That's not the case with ordinary people, is he?"
"Oh, come to think of it, my mom said that Ray was a person, not a person."
"...? Are you a person or not?"

　Watching each say whatever they want, Ray simply puts his hand on the children's heads of the dark elves and heads down to the Lugudos in a short distance.

"It's the first time we've met when we're so conscious." It's no use saying this, but it's been a while since yesterday."
"...huh!"

　My rival in love has made me look ugly. Unable to stand it, Lugudos turns away from Ray.

"What, did I do to be hated?"
"Not really,"

　He said so, but his attitude was completely expressive of his dissatisfaction with Ray.

(Why do you hate me so much? This is my first time talking to him, right? I fainted yesterday.)

　Ray, unlikely to be suspected of his relationship with Marina, only doubts Lugudos' attitude.
　Still, it was too dangerous to leave the children alone.

"Anyway, if you're here, other monsters might appear again. The barrier boundary is now back, but there's a good chance that monsters might have gone in when the barrier wasn't raised. It was really dangerous."

　The children take their breath away at Ray muttering a glance at the amputated goblin.
　Ray came this time, which saved us, but it was clear what would have happened to us if he hadn't.

"Why are you going out at a time like this? Shouldn't you have been hiding at home or somewhere?"
"Oh, oh, we weren't playing either! Look!"

　Several portions of Lugudos' bag were taken out of his back.
　It was evident from the carvings on the containers that they were not of low quality but of high quality.

"...what about you guys? Weren't adults together?"
"They're all busy, so we're here to get them!"
"Well, it would be all right for some adults to come with us."

　When Lugudos heard Ray muttering, he gently looked away.
　That alone made Ray understand. I've done…
　That the Lugudos didn't come to pick up the portion at the request of the adults, but came on their own judgment.

"You guys... at this busy time..."

　Ray understood that he didn't go out because he was free, but because he wanted to help adults.
　There may have been a feeling of being locked up and free, but the main point is that they wanted to help the injured villagers.
　Nevertheless, the actions taken by the Lugudos are not to be praised.
　I was about to open my mouth to Lugudos, when... there was a cry of anger that wasn't Ray's.

"I found it, boys! What are you doing in a place like this? ... Oh, you're..."

　Ray's presence on the children's side was probably completely unexpected. The Dark Elf woman opens her eyes wide with surprise.
　When Ray sees it, he thinks he doesn't have to scold him and opens his mouth.

"Well, I beg your children. for I still have some work to do."
"What? Oh, yes. I understand."

　That's the only way a woman can respond to Ray's abrupt remark.
　With such a woman in his hands, Ray would leave the scene with a death-size hand.