I Killed the Academy Player

World Tree(1)

dark.

The world turned off in an instant.

It was so pitch black that it was difficult to see even an inch ahead.

Naturally, panicked and agitated voices came from all over the place.

“Brother Corin. Brother Corin! Hold my hand here!”

“I’m here.”

“I can’t see! Hold my hand! My hand! I’m scared!”

“Ah, that’s enough!”

He slaps away Estelle’s exaggeratedly struggling hand. Holy woman! And when a paladin approached, Estelle said, ‘Not you!’ I heard him slap his hand away.

“What a f*cking magic trick.”

Here and there, wizards use light-ball magic and soldiers light flints at their own discretion to create torches.

There were barely a few faint lights here and there, but the world was still dark due to the light being completely extinguished.

“I found it, Dong Sae-ae~ Hey, where were you? I was scared…!”

“Let’s be serious. Don’t stick around.”

Still, it’s not that scary because there’s someone I know next to me, and as I look at other people, they seem to be using their lights to determine each other’s locations.

“But I’ve never heard anything like this from my younger brother?”

“It’s my first time seeing this too.”

“It was Danan from ‘Gwangmyeong’, right?”

Danan Tates Balthazar of the Light.

In other words, it means the ‘light’ of this world.

Therefore, it meant that he could freely handle the concept of ‘light’.

However, I could not have imagined such a planetary scale.

“Has the light really gone out in the rest of the world as well? Or is it just this area that looks like that?”

“Even the starlight has disappeared. Perhaps the light of the entire world has truly disappeared.”

“A real god… is something like this even possible?”

light. I heard that it is one of the most powerful and powerful powers among the divine thrones.

Lu, Nuada, and Dagda, who represent the most powerful of all god kings of all time, each symbolized light, the sun, and the earth. The power they have must have a lot to do with the area I am in charge of.

Indeed, can this be offset? When I wondered what it would be like if I summoned the sun or Estelle prayed at full power, the ground shook.

──────!!

Weak vibration. But it was too late for us to realize it.

-Quaa!

Huge pillars rising through the ground. We could barely make out its identity as it suddenly appeared from underground.

“······Tree roots?”

The huge tree roots are torn and spread into thousands and tens of thousands of branches in all directions, as if even a giant tree hundreds of years old can be treated as a young sprout.

Tree roots so huge grew rapidly that they disintegrated the army, destroyed the display, and brought chaos in all directions.

And one of those roots was heading towards me as well.

“Surp…!”

Block the roots extending underground with a spear. A heavy feeling as if a heavy hammer had been struck. But what was really scary was that this wasn’t the end.

Ultra-fast growth reminiscent of a druid’s rapid growth. The roots that grew entangled me and stretched out endlessly.

-Kakakakakak!

Along with the spreading roots, the ground that supports me is being torn apart. I tried to burn the roots with the sun’s divine power, but…

‘Divine power is absorbed?’

The extraordinary power of roots. I urgently looked for my colleagues.

“Hwaran! Arisha!”

As soon as I called her name, Hwaran reached out to me from behind my back. She supported me as I was pushed away along with the roots, and Alisha, who came in between, cut off the roots that were entangling me.

-Click!

A sound that is hard enough to sound like a tree being cut down. However, it seems that it is not strong enough to block Arisha’s sword attack.

“Corrin, are you okay?”

“It’s no big deal. Thank you. You too.”

“······.”

Although Hwa didn’t say much, it was clear that he was worried about me.

“Uh, what’s going on? It seems like something keeps coming out of the ground?”

“It is the root of the world tree. This is the first time I knew it could grow so rapidly.”

It’s not just this.

“Besides, this divine tree. No way….”

It was then. A loud murmur was heard from beyond.

-Oh, the light from the saint…!

-The saint is praying!

Estelle held both hands tightly and began to recite a prayer.

The soldiers are excited after witnessing the brilliant divine power radiating from Estelle’s whole body. But when she reached the end of her prayer, she stopped praying.

“Huh…”

“Stand, saintess!”

Estelle is out of breath and sweating. Her face is filled with disappointment.

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“This can’t be…”

“It feels like divine power is being absorbed, right?”

“······Did you know, little brother?”

“I just noticed it when I touched the roots.”

I was unable to participate in this final battle in the previous episode. This is because he was sealed by Park Si-hoo.

However, I cleared the original game several times. There, the roots of the World Tree were like a background that acted as a field trap, and there was no talk of them absorbing divine power.

‘Because the original player doesn’t use anything like divine powers in the first place.’

The sun, Clau Solas, and the magic cauldron, Undri, are all items owned by Balthazar’s men. Awakening your divine power is not the development of the original story.

“If this happens, it will be difficult to expand the sun.”

“Brother, that’s it too… but look.”

Estelle stretched out her hand toward the dark beyond. Not visible to the average person. However, when I illuminated the darkness with runes, I witnessed a terrible tragedy.

“Whoa…”

The roots of the world tree grow in all directions. They spread out thickly like a huge forest.

-Hans, wait! I’m going to cut this stem off and save it!

-Damn, it’s so tough! It won’t work! It would be faster to turn around and meet him!

-The rear troops are completely isolated! The roots are blocking it!

-Damn it, half of the supply unit is over there!

The roots growing from the world tree, Yggdrasil, stretched out like a labyrinth that isolated people from the world.

“Mr. Corin, are these really the roots that grew from the tree?”

“The World Tree… In another sense, it is a tree called the Universe Tree. This is the first time I have seen its scale in person.”

“If you see something like this twice, the world will be ruined.”

“Once is enough.”

In the original bad ending, there was a description of the world drying up as the world tree blooms.

-Corin…! Korean!

It was then. When I turned to the voice calling me, I saw Master and Marie peeking out from beyond the cover of the roots.

“Senior, Master.”

“Ah, you’re safe! I’m glad!”

“Disciple, are you hurt anywhere?”

Neither Marie nor Master appear to be injured in any way. The other guys should do the same.

“Can you come over?”

“Ugh, it’s so tough! Even if you tear it, it grows back, so it’s not easy.”

“I guess it’s because of me. This root… is absorbing my divine power.”

“Are you okay?”

“This is no problem, but it seems like these roots are getting stronger because of a god like me.”

It seems to be an almost certain fact that the roots of the World Tree consume divine power. then······.

“It can’t be helped. In any case, the goal was to go back to the roots and ‘attack’.”

The roots always extend in a unidirectional direction. Therefore, if you trace back to these roots, you can reach this place.

The start of the attack on the World Tree is to reach the ‘three’ springs and prevent the growth of the roots.

“I think we’ll have no choice but to conquer the World Tree on our own in the torn space. Master, I’ll ask Marie-senpai to help you. I don’t know which way we’ll go back.”

“Huh… okay. Don’t worry and be careful.”

I said goodbye to my teacher and senior Marie, and approached Estelle, who was gathering her troops.

“What about the other units?”

“Yes, it looks like Miriam is completely divided. They will take care of it. The other kids are all the same.”

“······Completely split.”

“Yes, just as they intended.”

It was a similar pattern in the original work. Even if the army wasn’t this large, as it marches towards the World Tree, it’s a story where it goes back and attacks three roots before you know it.

Go back to each root and attack and destroy the three springs to prevent the growth of the World Tree. This is the first phase of conquering the World Tree.

‘The problem is that the situation has become much worse than then.’

The light disappeared, making it no different from night, and the growth of the World Tree became much larger than what was depicted in the game.

“What are you going to do, little brother?”

When I saw that Estelle was anxious, it was a hint that she wanted to depend on me a little.

“It would be a waste of force to cut off the roots. Anyway, the energy sources of these roots are the three springs. We have no choice but to gather the remaining troops in the same space and attack the springs.”

I tried to speak calmly.

I had planned to attack them in an instant with overwhelming power, but that became impossible.

The army numbered 200,000, including the supply unit, but not only was the rear unit completely blocked by the roots, but it was also unclear how far the front troops were blocked by the wildly growing roots.

There will be less than 10,000 troops left here. If we exclude the injured, it will decrease further.

“You mean I won’t make it easy and let you get away with it?”

“······I know.”

“But it will get better once we attack Sam. Tell everyone to get together and keep moving.”

“Okay. Commander Knight!”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

“Take care of the wounded and prepare to move!”

We gathered as many troops as we could and went back to our roots.

“Mr. Corin… Where are these roots heading?”

“The energy sources of the World Tree are three springs.”

Mimir’s spring.

The spring of Urd.

The spring of Hvergelmir.

“The worst of them is the Spring of Hvergelmir.”

There are endless dead people and dragons of death living there. This is the most dangerous and complicated path.

“Uh, I guess it’s not like that.”

“No, we should go that way instead.”

“yes?”

“The first two are relatively easy paths, but not Hvergelmir. The strongest force must break through with overwhelming firepower. And…”

“Because we are actually the strongest force?”

“okay.”

I rounded up the named people here.

Me and Arisha. Hwaran, Estelle. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the optimal power to deal with the ‘dragon’.

“I want to do all the dangerous work here.”

The other side is by no means an easy path. On the other side of the road were giant eagles, and on the other side were four predatory stags.

As I continued to walk like that, some of the leading soldiers hurriedly ran up to me.

“Your Holiness! This is a report from the scouting party! A group of corpses have been found!”

“······Are they the ones who went ahead first?”

“Wild people… no, they were northern warriors!”

Apparently, the group that had split off due to the roots and set out on their own was attacked by some kind of attack.

Of course, their characteristics and types have been reported to the entire army.

Tates Balthazar’s most powerful group of shadow demons. They will have an advantage over anyone else in this darkness.

“I’ll take a look from the front first.”

“Are you okay, little brother?”

“I don’t have a strategy plan to lead the army. I have to do it with my body.”

“······I will only trust my younger brother.”

I headed to the front with my most trusted friends, Arisha and Hwaran.

“This way, Lord Corrin.”

The front was filled with more than a hundred corpses. Among them are soldiers and knights of the kingdom’s army. the problem is······.

“There are no signs of battle.”

“······Everything is cut into pieces.”

Arisha and Hwaran also look puzzled and check the surroundings for any signs of battle.

What this means is…

“More than 100 people were cut into pieces. Are you a monster?”

Among the northerners, there were great warriors, and there were knight-level wizards and high-ranking wizards who were masters of magic.

They died without any time to do anything?

Although the final act of the Great War part is where the power balance fluctuates, it is rare to find someone who can do something like this.

“Ohad Breath.”

The prewar god king. Unless you have the strength to even wield a Chamsan sword──

“You guessed it right. Light’s nemesis.”

Beyond. A familiar voice was heard.

-Slap!

The sound of armor clanking is then heard.

-Gugugugugugugu…!

Brilliant golden magic illuminated the dark world. As if showing off one’s beauty.

Even though he wears brilliant armor and has a dazzling appearance, he cannot hide his peripheral violence.

“Mr. Corin… I chose something that was too strong, even if I chose the worst one.”

“······I know.”

Ohad Breath.

He was looking this way, holding a greatsword soaked in blood.