Ray was running through the village again after helping children attacked by goblins.

(Well, if you think about it carefully, you should have asked her where she was in danger. so that we could have gone to a place where we were not strong enough.)

　Ray, who now understands that he was in a hurry, breathes out a deep sigh.
　...and yet Ray's running speed had not slowed down at all.
　Few in the village are moving around like the Lugudos.
　Those who could fight would be heading out of the village, while others would be evacuating or treating or caring for the wounded.
　From the other side of the barrier, you can hear the sound of battle.
　That's the voice of many people surrounding the village.
　and besides the cry of battle...

"Boooooooooooooogie!

　Ray's direction changes when he hears a familiar voice coming from a distance.
　Head for the inside of a nearby house.
　Entering it, Ray saw an oak happily cramming dried fruit into his mouth, which the people living in the house must have been making for preservation.
　It's probably because I'm absorbed in the dried fruit. Ray was approaching without a trace, but the oak happily ate the dried fruit without showing any signs of realization.

(I've heard that cows and pigs get better meat when they eat fruits... Orcs? Well, if you've been eating fruit for a long time, it doesn't make sense to just eat a little bit like this.)

　Even though he has a death size, he is dumbfounded by an oak that still doesn't seem to notice him.
　However, considering that the oak is inside the house, it was not the death-size blade, but the handle.
　Instead of just hitting it with that part, it slaps the death-size handle half-turned to hook it around the torso.

"Gyuppi!"

　Oaks are blown out of the door with a strange scream, perhaps because they are beaten while eating dried fruit.
　Ray follows the oak, believing it would be less damaging than fighting in the house, though the blowing oak limbs collide with each other and some furniture and walls are damaged.

"Wow! What's this? Oak!"

　Ray arrives at the scene, a little surprised by the screams coming from the oak blast.
　A dark elf with an expression of surprise on his face: an oak screaming under his side; and an oak flying suddenly.
　After seeing blood on his face, Ray wondered for a moment if he had been injured when the oak blew away, but he was relieved to see that the traces of blood were a little dry.
　Standing in front of the Dark Elf with Death Size in hand, Ray slashes Oak's head, which was already nearly seriously injured by this blow.
　The severed head of the oak looked like a soccer ball or something to Ray.
　Blood is bubbling up from the severed neck.
　Watching the scene, Dark Elf has a strong impression on his head and blood fountain flying through the blue sky.
　The fallen head makes the sound of ripe fruit falling to the ground.

"Oh... what?"
"Are you all right?"I'm afraid I'm going to be crushed by an oak. I'm sorry."
"What? Oh? Yeah."

　Dark elves in front of Ray have no idea what happened right now.
　This dark elf could have seen Ray's strength if he had gone into the woods last night.
　Unfortunately, however, this dark elf had no talent for combat.
　Therefore, he was still not fighting with others, but doing small chores in the village.
　As he travels through the settlement, being told to fetch boiling water and clean cloth, which is absolutely essential for treatment, he suffers the misfortune of seeing the oak blown off by Ray.
　But if Ray hadn't passed through this place, he'd obviously be lucky because a man who didn't know how to fight might have encountered Oak.

"Well, um... it was Ray, wasn't it? Marina brought him to treat the world tree."
"Oh,"

　While nodding to the man's words, Ray puts the neckless body of an oak in a mistling.
　It's bleeding just right, and I think it'll be easier when I disassemble it later.

"The barrier boundaries disappeared a while ago, but now the barrier boundaries are expanding again. Is it safe to think that the treatment of the world tree is over?"

　It was a dark elf man who intended to ask Ray, but the answer was a light bulb floating beside him.
　The dark elf man casts a mysterious eye on the fiercely blinking light bulb.
　Obviously I've never seen him before, but I don't think he's an enemy because he doesn't seem to care at all.
　They don't seem to be enemies by looking at them up close like this way. On the contrary, I feel something warm in my heart.
　The person you should describe as another parent, as if you've been watching over me since I was a child.

(No, no, what are you thinking about with this light bulb?)

　Ray was looking at the dark elf shaking his head in wonder, but he nodded and opened his mouth.

"Oh, I can say that the treatment is over for now. We could eliminate the cause of the world tree's weakness."
"What!? Did you know the cause of the disease in the world tree? What was the cause?"

　Ray looks up at the dark elf man who is rushing to ask.
　The spring blue sky is worthy of being called a clear day in May.
　In such a blue sky, giant cicadas and cetos are now fighting fiercely through the air.
　Flames, ice, water, wind... the dark elf man, fascinated by the various attacks that color the sky, opens his mouth nervously.

"Wait a minute," By any chance...

　Ray nods silently back to the Dark Elf man looking up.
　That alone may have made him understand what kind of existence is involved in this world tree case. I was fascinated by the figure of a giant cicada over 20 meters flying in the sky.
　No, it would be more right to stare at him than to lose his eye.
　Since the man is a dark elf in this village, he has a deep attachment to the world tree.
　Having weakened the world tree to the point where it could no longer develop barriers, it was only natural to bear a grudge against giant cicadas.
　Ray watched such a dark elf man for about 30 seconds, but then he said he couldn't waste any more time.

"Is it about time?"
"...what? Oh, yes."

　He must have understood that he was glaring at a giant cicada. A dark elf man turns to Ray's words in a hurry.

"And do you know what's going on outside now?"
"Oh, yes. As far as I've heard from those who came back injured."
"Tell me,"
"Well, what I know is the situation when the barrier barrier has disappeared, so the situation now that the barrier barrier has been restored..."
"That's all right, please." I don't have any information right now, so I want some information."

　With Seto, we could see from the sky what the current situation is, but Seto is currently fighting a fierce battle with giant cicadas and is not in a situation where he can move freely.
　That's why Ray now wanted even a little information.

"Well, monsters don't seem to have any intention of screaming or screaming. I was just trying to break the barrier in such a situation."
"The boundary of barriers.
"Oh, it didn't hurt to attack."
"... his work, right?"Ray's gaze turns once again to the giant cicada fighting Seto.
　There is no damage on the ground because they are fighting over a short distance from the settlement.
　But... the forest has been badly damaged.
　Like Seto's attack, the biggest of all is probably the giant cicada's attack.
　The ultrasonic waves, accompanied by magic, did not seem difficult for Seto to avoid, but the trees in the forest on the ground could not avoid the attack.
　The trees were cut together by ultrasonic blades, but Rey and... Dark elves couldn't see the scene.

"Is it his? Is it that big thing?"
"Oh, there's no evidence, but just as that giant cicada comes out, it's a herd of monsters attacking the village. You can do anything too well."
"That's... well,"

　The Dark Elf man has no objection to Ray's words.
　It's impossible to call it a coincidence, since this happened at the same time as the pulsation of the world tree.

"That is the case,"
"But... how on earth!? The number of monsters that have come together is hundreds... or even thousands."
"I don't know about it yet, but..."

　That being said, Ray was half expected.
　I think it's probably by means of ultrasound.
　But I'm not sure of anything, it's just Ray's prediction.

"Well, for the time being, I understand what you mean. So where do you think I should go now?"
"Where...?"

　Ray breathes a little sigh at the dark elf, who doesn't seem to understand what he's asking, and then reopens.

"I've heard where it's most dangerous right now. Dangerous places require military strength, don't they?"
"What? Oh, I see. Well... but there's very little I know...
"Don't make me say it over and over again." I don't have any information right now. Then, even if it's a little old, it's better to have some guidelines."
"The one who was injured told me that it was dangerous that there were not many people there."

　Ray nods as the dark elf man turns his eyes.

"All right. That's it. Then I'll head that way. Needless to say, there may still be monsters in the village. Don't act too alone."
"Ah, oh,"

　Ray leaves, leaving Dark Elf's nodding man alone.
　After that, he travels with a light bulb... and kills some monsters like goblins and cobolts on the way, like a devil.
　When they reached the barrier, a battle was taking place outside the village, as the Dark Elf man said earlier.
　However, there are some differences from the information.
　I've heard that the dark elves are dangerous because they're being pushed, but it doesn't look like the fighting dark elves are being so damaged.
　Of course, the Dark Elves there were struggling, but they still looked almost even. The reason is...

"I don't think I needed to come here..."

　Through the boundary of the barrier, Ray's gaze was reflected in the scene of Optis, who was happily raging among the monsters.
　The other dark elves are away from the monsters, shooting arrows at the monsters on their way to the settlement, or using spirit magic to launch attacks from a long distance.
　But Optis, unlike others, is fighting close to monsters.
　Monsters, too, aim for dark elves close to them, over others.
　Most of the monsters there are many goblins, but Optis continues to crush the goblin's head with a blunt instrument called a cane.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Come on, try a little harder. Here it is, here it is. What a pity! That's too bad."

　As he teases her, Optis snatches the life of the monster in front of her.
　Despite his old appearance, Optis continues to fight without slowing down.
　The approaching monster will have its head smashed or its heart destroyed in the next moment.

(You're light-hearted. No, anyone could do this kind of movement with a dark elf, but... I don'

　A number of Optis battling through Ray's mind quickly shake his head out of his head.
　It was because I had imagined a scene that could only be thought of as hell in which all these countless optis would fight Ray.

"Huh? Are you Ray? What's wrong?"

　One of the dark elves shooting arrows near the barrier notices Ray and asks.

"I've heard that it's dangerous here. I'm here to help..."
"...oh...."

　Dark elves look away, as if they had realized something.
　Looking at the dark elves, Ray first asked them to move him out of the barrier.