How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Chapter 168

Doo doo doo!

The roots of the World Tree spread wildly and attacked Xian’s party.

No, the truth is a little different. It wasn’t just an attack on the party.

The grown world tree was rampaging to destroy and destroy not only the party, but everything that existed.

Not against anyone in particular, but towards everything around him.

They were running wild like a crying child.

“Kuk!”

It was like a disaster.

When dealing with Eliana or Serge, they were fighting against those who could control their own power well.

The grown world tree was not like that.

Are you unable to control your powers, or are you unwilling to control them?

They destroyed the land they had rooted in and plowed up the ruins of temples and entire forests for food, blocking the sun and casting a dark shadow over the land.

A situation like a natural disaster, where there is no distinction between friends and family.

“Let’s run away.”

Hearing the rumor that Xian fainted, he hurriedly escaped with Psyche.

Psyche asked, following him.

“Where? outside?”

“huh. If I stay here, I think it will be really big.”

The World Tree’s attacks on all of this land did not stop with physical ones.

White branches are digging into and encroaching on the space itself.

I could already see cracks going all over the space, chattering.

“Psyche, do you know where the exit is? Can we go back to the place we came from?”

“wait for a sec.”

Psyche concentrated and began to search for an exit to return to the present world.

Originally, it was the exit that Elia had covered with various magics, but now that she died, those magics were not functioning well.

However, as much as the remnants of magic remained intact, it took some time and concentration to find the real exit.

-Suuk!

At that time, a thick root attacked them rightly.

After he hesitated for a while to find the exit, he flew down a path that was difficult to avoid.

Awesome!

Xian raised his sword and cut off the root.

OK.

-Koo-gu-gu-gu-gung!

The shaking of the ground began to intensify. The movement of the roots of Dong-si also became more rough.

“You look angry?”

“You can’t get that right.”

At Psyche’s words, Xian shook his head with an expression that he couldn’t help it.

Avoiding the more luminous roots, Psyche found an exit.

A gap in space to escape to the present world.

In the meantime, the roots rushing towards them still remained, and Xian had to cut off a few more roots.

At the same time, the branches of the World Tree were stretching out to completely shatter this space.

‘I have to find it quickly.’

Seeing that, Psyche broke into a cold sweat.

If space is forcibly destroyed by the World Tree, it is unknown what will happen.

If you’re lucky, you might be able to return to the real world, but if you’re bad, you might be trapped here forever.

That’s why she focused her eyes wide open to find the exit.

and soon.

“found!”

I found the exit that Elia had made.

Xian ran with all his might in the direction Psyche pointed.

She carried Yuseol on her back, and if that wasn’t enough, she was carrying Psyche by her side and running.

Great!

At that moment, an ominous sound came from behind, and it felt as if the whole sky was breaking apart.

The World Tree is trying to destroy this space in earnest, this land that Elia created by extracting the essence of the World Tree.

“hurry! hurry!”

Psyche on his side urged him, and Xian sped up even more.

Before long, I threw myself into the gate that seemed to be shaking.

Kaga gaga gaga river!

Shortly thereafter, the sky began to fall.

Leaving the cracked space behind, Xian and Psyche entrusted themselves to the gate.

The next moment, they came to Yuseol’s room in the inn.

The room was silent, dissipating the decisive battle in which the earth and sky were overturned at the temple in the forest.

Even the fact that Xian had knocked out the guard knights standing guard hadn’t been noticed, and the surroundings were as quiet as if asleep.

“Whoa… … .”

“ha… … .”

Sian and Psyche let out a sigh of relief.

A lot happened overnight, and from tomorrow, there will be more due to the disappearance of the queen.

It’s over anyway.

They were safe, and Yuseol was able to be rescued unscathed.

“Then, I’ll go back at once.”

Xian put Yuseol on the bed and talked to Psyche.

We must return before the fainting Guardian Knights wake up.

If you find out you’re here, the problem could be even bigger.

“huh. great job.”

Of course, Psyche intended to stay by Yu Seol’s side.

There was no way he would be found out in the form of a snake, and he had to wait until Yuseol woke up.

After a small farewell, Xian stepped on the window sill.

By the way, when I was about to jump down like that.

– Kwajik!

Inside the room, there was the sound of something breaking.

Xian turned his head with his foot on the window sill.

In the middle of the room, the space was broken as if it had cracked.

“no way… … .”

Psyche muttered with a pale face. Xian’s face hardened as well.

maybe this

– Kwajik! Kwaji support!

The cracks in the air spread out in waves, and white roots began to emerge from them.

Psyche hurriedly threw herself at Yoo Seol, and Xian pulled the two of them and threw herself out the window.

right after.

– Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang!

With a violent explosion, the entire inn began to collapse.

In the middle of it, there was a huge white tree that suddenly appeared in the present world, reaching up to the sky.

* * *

“what!”

“Is it a raid!?”

Of course, the first thing to go wrong was the envoys of Glacier Baengnyeong who were using the accommodation.

They hurriedly got out of the suddenly collapsed inn.

The knights of the Guardian Castle hurriedly rescued the envoys trapped in the wreckage and grasped the situation.

However, it didn’t take long to figure out the situation.

Not one of them could not see the white tree growing huge.

“That… … .”

“no way… … World tree?”

“No way! Why is the World Tree, which should be in Glacier Baengnyeong, here!?”

The panic was even greater because they knew the identity of the White Tree and were close to the World Tree.

Why did that huge tree, which should have been in the northern land, appear here?

Even that was not as quiet as the world tree they knew.

– Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang!

Even after destroying the lodging, the roots were running amok and attacking the surroundings at random.

The half-elves of Glacier Baengnyeong couldn’t bear to come close, and had to stay far away.

one of them shouted.

“The Queen! Where is the queen!?”

Her presence, who should be the first to soothe, deal with, and lead others in this chaos, was nowhere to be seen.

The reason why the panic spread was that there was no queen.

“quietly! Keep calm, keep your distance!”

At this time, when the queen is not in sight, the person in command of the half-elves is Biun, the leader of the Fairy Palace’s Guardian Knights.

Head of the Big Family and leader of the Guardian Castle.

Aside from the queen, he was the highest-ranking person in this delegation.

He commanded the half-elves with a calm expression, minimizing damage.

however.

‘What the hell is going on?’

Contrary to his calm appearance, he was also full of confusion on the inside.

Suddenly, a tree presumed to be the world tree appears in the inn. What does this mean?

‘Where is the Queen?’

The Queen’s absence was also one of the things that confused him.

After the incident, he immediately went to the queen’s room to be escorted, but it was empty.

After that, no trace of the queen could be seen anywhere.

When he can’t even organize things in a sudden situation.

A subordinate came running towards him.

“Captain!”

“Yes, something! Did you find the queen?”

At the thought that he had brought some information, the misfortune urged him with a color.

The subordinate urgently reported with a frantic expression.

“That, no, I found a suspicious person!”

“Are you suspicious?”

“The Sian Agrid, whom the Queen warned against, is cutting down the roots of the World Tree!”

Doom’s face twisted at the information that, far from resolving the situation, only further entangled the situation.

* * *

White roots rush. Xian swung his sword and cut off the root.

“Wouldn’t it be a big deal if I cut it?”

“The big trouble has already happened.”

Responding to Psyche’s words, Xian looked at the scene in front of him.

The accommodation where the envoys of Glacier Baengnyeong were staying was completely destroyed.

The world tree that grew in that place did not stop there, but spread its roots randomly around it.

The Guardian Knights were guarding and rescuing the envoys, and the city itself, as well as the half-elves, was waking up.

There, Xian was dodging herself by cutting off the roots that were relentlessly pursuing her.

“I must be angry too!”

Psyche shouted at her even more tenacious appearance than before.

It was the same as before and still rampaging regardless of peer, but strangely, now it is even more luminous and chasing Xian.

Did you really cut out the roots?

“Take Yoo Seol and escape to a safe place. I’ll try to pull myself out by myself.”

“Yes.”

If he was chasing after anger at himself, the two of them would have to be separated for now.

No matter how much Xian, it was difficult to face the World Tree with both of them on his back.

He handed the rumor over to Psyche and properly gripped the sword.

however.

“uh!?”

Psyche, who had spread the distance with Yuseol, widened her eyes.

Didn’t the roots of the World Tree, which had been chasing Xian, turn and rush towards her?

Only then did Xian realize.

‘Was it a rumor, not me?’

What those roots were after was rumors, not themselves.

why? The reason was unknown.

But guesses were possible.

‘What did the queen do?’

It seems that something happened in the process of using magic to steal Yu Seol’s body.

Either part of the queen’s power has passed, or something else has passed.

Other than that, there was no reason for the world tree to follow rumors.

“Kuk.”

Xian spurred the ground and swung his sword, getting between the roots and Psyche.

squeak. The roots were cut off again.

But it didn’t even show that I cut one or two.

The roots of the World Tree were far too numerous.

“Uh, what should I do?”

“well.”

Psyche could also know that the world tree chased rumors.

She asked Xian in an impatient voice.

But Xian couldn’t have been sharp.

If you have to.

“Should I cut it down?”

I had no choice but to completely cut the bottom of it so that it could no longer be pursued.

I don’t know if it’s possible for you, but luckily you don’t have to do it yourself.

Unlike Elia’s space, this was a city where several High Masters were staying.

– Coo-goo-goo!

For now, let’s wait until Chancellor Zerech or Gen Asla arrives.

At that thought, white roots rushed to Xian who was holding the sword.

at that time.

“draft.”

A familiar voice came from behind, and the rushing roots stopped in the air.

Looking back, I saw the rumor that I came to my senses when it happened.

“What the hell is going on… … .”

Yu Seol who sees him and Psyche as if he doesn’t know why.

Around her chest, an unknown green jewel was shining.

A jewel split in half that scatters bright pale green light.

It was part of the essence of the World Tree that Elia swallowed in the past.