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"Well, it's a good thing we have the axe that the Iron Knight used. Thanks to this big axe, I can cut the soft demon wood.

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　Instead of going to our original destination, a lumberyard in Gulugaria, we changed course.

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　The Gulu River is quite a big river.

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　A normal river would have only a small piece of land as a bar, but the Gulu River is not that wide.

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　The other side of the river is far away.

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　And the middle of such a large and wide river is so large that it could almost be called an island.

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　The boat landed at a remote point, far from the lumberyard where the Gulugaria people were cutting down and storing the softwoods.

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　There the tree grew.

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　It was a strangely shaped tree.

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　Normally, a tree growing in the ground would have roots in the ground and a thick trunk growing upward.

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　But the Juma tree was different.

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　The part of the tree that looked like a root was rising above the ground.

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　Perhaps it is related to the fact that the river in the sub-national group often floods.

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　Maybe the trunks of the trees are displaced upward so that they will not be completely submerged in the water when the volume of the water rises.

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　Some of these strangely shaped soft magic trees are growing not in the middle of the ground, but in the part of the tree that is immersed in the water.

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　It must be that those many branches and roots are strong against water and the current of the river.

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　I approach such a soft magic tree and pour magic power into it.

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　The soft magic tree is as hard as metal when it is tapped without any magic power, but it somehow becomes soft when the magic power passes through it.

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　I wonder why it has such an unusual characteristic, but now is not the time to talk about it.

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　With the wood softened by the magic power, I hit it with the great axe from the weapon the armorer was using.

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　I hear a thud, and a cut is made in the soft wood.

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　Yes, it seems that the blade passes through properly.

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　It seems that the blade passes through the tree properly.

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"How about that one, Elvis?"

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"It works. If we press this magic stone that Mister Ai made against the soft magic wood, it will indeed soften it. With this, I can cut it with an axe.

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"Good. Well then, go ahead and cut them down. Ian will take the cut trees to the river. Leave them with the convoy that came with you and get ready to float them on the river.

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"Yes, sir. But the people of Grougalia will eventually notice our movement. What about you?

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"Hmm. Well, I'll keep an eye on that one. In any case, I want you and Elvis to cut down the soft magic tree as soon as possible.

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"Yes, sir."

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　I told them so, and the Barka mercenaries went to work.

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　Seeing this, Oliva and the other Orientals also began to move.

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　At first some of them tried to complain about the Barka mercenaries not going to the lumberyard, which they thought was their destination, but they are quiet now.

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　Seeing Ian transformed into a giant before their eyes, wielding a sword that had been transformed to a size that would fit his body, it seems that they could not press the matter any further.

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　And above all, he was forced to move when he saw that the soft demon trees, which he had thought could not be easily cut down according to the common sense of the Orient, were being cut down one after another and carried to the river.

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"But it really seems that jujuma trees only grow in this middle of the river. The Gulu River is so big that it should be able to grow in other places.

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"It is probably endemic to this area. If we cut it down too much, this soft magic tree may disappear from this world."

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"Really?　This chuzu is pretty big, and I think it will be okay even if we cut down some of it, don't you think?　It's a big deal to say they're gone, Ai."

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"No, it's not true, Mr. Alphonse. If people take too much out of greed, plants or animals, they can disappear from the world. Master Ars is concerned about this and is working to preserve the forests north of the Barca Line as a forest management area.

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　Ah, come to think of it, I think he said something about managing the north forest.

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　I thought that forest must be bigger than this one, and I wondered if there was any point in doing such a thing, but I guess Brother Ars was thinking about that.

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　I thought it was because the spirit with whom Brother Kyle had made a contract was deep in that forest.

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　I wonder if the people of Grougalia would be angry if they saw this scene.

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　They are pushing magic stones and chopping down the soft magic trees from the edges where they can see them.

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　I'm sure that the people of Gulugaria must have been careful not to lose the soft magic tree from this chuzu.

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　I'm sure those people would never forgive them.

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"Ah, here they come! The soldiers of the Gruglia are coming, aye."

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"We have confirmation, Mr. Alphonse. They're approaching this point by boat. They should be in range shortly."

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　Apparently, the other party had not been sleepwalking and missed it.

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　After a certain amount of time had passed since we started cutting the trees, we saw the archers of Grougalia coming toward us.

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　Probably, they were protecting the lumberyard, thinking that the soldiers from the Orient would attack the lumberyard, but they went in the other direction, which made us late in responding to them.

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　Or maybe they were just looking at the hard soft wood, thinking that there was no way they could cut it.

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　But they were wrong, and they came out in a hurry when they found the soldiers of the Orient cutting down the softwoods one after another and laying them on the river.

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　It seems that the Gulagarian soldiers traveled by boat on the river, not on the land in the middle of the island.

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　They must have decided that it would be faster to reach the destination on the water than to travel through this area where the softwoods are growing thickly.

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　The Grougary soldiers on such a boat were looking at us and shouting.

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　He must be angry.

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　They are moving toward us in a straight line.

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　We are still in the middle of logging.

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　Even if we start preparing to retreat immediately, they will not be able to move quickly.

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"I'll buy you some time, aye."

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　So saying, I decided to stall for time against the oncoming archers.

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