The Threat of the Super-Giant Rainbow-Colored Human-Faced World Tree Kokoririon

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DOH... GOOOOOOOOOON!!

The power of the giant spear-like thrust of the branch that Kokoririon had released was too strong... and the corner of the forest that became the point of impact was blown away in that single blow.

The trees that had been shining like jewels were broken from their roots, and the undergrowth was crushed to a pulp.

However... as for the crucial Emi.

Emi, who was the target of that branch, had succeeded in dodging by leaping sideways at the last moment, and was safe.

Although she was in a pathetic state, covered in dirt and rolling on the ground, covered in leaves.

<<<Hahahahaha!! Haaahhahahahaha!!>>>

"...What should I do about this?"

Ignoring the giant tree, which continued to laugh loudly, thrilled by the sheer violence it had caused, Emi hid among the branches and leaves of the fallen trees and called out to Omake-sama.

"I can't take that."

<The situation is quite bad.>

Omake-sama's voice was quite tense.

<If that single blow was a one-time big move, then maybe, but the opponent is probably... an existence that has become one with the divine artifact of the Spirit God. It sucks magical power from the Great Flow of Magical Power of the Earth inexhaustibly, and there is no limit to its activity.>

"Limitless?"

<That's right. Even if you can inflict some damage, it will probably be healed immediately. As for me, I recommend a retreat.>

"And continue with 【Presence Concealment】?"

<That's right. There is no need for you, Emi, to honestly face it. After all, what that Kokoririon spirit king did is—in a word—the privatization of the earth's magical power. It's a taboo. Even if you leave it alone, the gods will probably deal with it. I don't know if it will be destroyed or sealed as a calamity, but.>

"I see."

Emi nodded slightly to herself, and began to retreat cautiously to distance herself from Kokoririon, who had become an eerie giant human-faced tree with rainbow-colored bark... but, however!

<<<Mu... THERE YOU ARE!!!>>>

Kokoririon, for some reason, sensed Emi's location, even though she had been completely concealing her presence!

And he fired the second branch spear!

"Rah... aaaaah!!"

Emi dodged it by leaping vertically!

And while glancing at the forest at her feet, which was being gouged and destroyed, and breaking out in a cold sweat, she shot out an anchor using her 【Black Tentacles】 and pulled her body towards the earth!

<<<Hahahahaha!! My roots are now spread throughout this entire forest, and while continuing to absorb magical power, they are also sensing the movements of lower creatures like you, who are crawling on the surface! KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT RUN OR HIDE ON TOP OF THAT!!!>>>

On the other hand, Kokoririon, while laughing like a fool, continued to fire branch spears one after another!

DOGOOOOON!!

DOGOOOOON!!

DOGOOOOON!!

Along with the roaring sound that echoed around, the Spirit Forest was being destroyed more and more!

<He's drunk on power. It's pathetic for a former Forest Spirit King, a newly-born demigod.>

While listening to Omake-sama's bitter and scathing evaluation of Kokoririon, Emi continued to dodge the branch spears by leaping.

"......!!"

And Emi, who had looked around to get a sense of an escape route to distance herself from Kokoririon... gasped.

Before she knew it, in the surrounding Spirit Forest... countless unfamiliar objects were towering.

They were roots.

Shining rainbow-colored just like Kokoririon's bark... they had been deployed in a circle, with Kokoririon at the center, before she knew it.

As if a fence, to trap Emi!

"...Rah!"

Emi, as a test, used 【Stone Throwing】 from a pebble that she picked up from her feet, towards the gap between the roots.

Then instantly, a new slender root grew from the rainbow-colored root, caught the small stone, and crushed it!

"Rah!"

This time, she used 【Stone Throwing】 upwards, at a considerable height, but the result was the same and the root that had grown in the blink of an eye easily crushed the small stone.

<Can we... not escape?>

"Impossible."

Emi and Omake-sama had no choice but to immediately come to that conclusion.

<<<Hahahahaha!! Evil lower creature, I will never let you escape!!>>>

At the same time, Kokoririon, while smiling... but with a gaze filled with hatred, turned directly to Emi and declared that.

<<<You!! Your soul!! Makes me, a super-higher existence, that is, a god, very uncomfortable!! Therefore, your existence... must disappear from this world!! Now, quickly... die!!!>>>

And immediately... he fired a new branch spear!

Emi reacted instantly and leaped.

However, it was not the sideways leap for evasion like before.

She jumped, and the place where she landed... was on top of the giant branch spear that had just been fired and had missed!

"RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

And the next moment!

Emi began to run straight on top of that giant branch... aiming for the human-faced World Tree Kokoririon!

If she can't escape, then she will defeat him!

There is no need to think about what the probability of victory is!

Since she has to defeat him, she will defeat him!

Emi did not hesitate to move on to that action.

A life filled with battles has forged that much courage in this girl!

<<<Nu... stay away, inferior creature!!>>>

Of course, Kokoririon would not just let that charge happen.

With an expression like he had found a disgusting caterpillar climbing his leg, Kokoririon shot out branch spears one after another at Emi!

"Rah!!"

However, Emi dodged the branch that flew at her head by lowering her posture.

"Rah!!"

Emi used 【Silverfish】 to change her route, flipping upside down as she ran to dodge the small branches that had grown into an intricate net, ready to catch her from the branch she was on.

"Rah!!"

Furthermore, when even that route was blocked by small branches, she deployed her 【Black Wings】 and dodged by temporarily floating in the air!

And she took advantage of the timing when the interference had thinned, landed on the branch spear again, and ran towards Kokoririon with furious momentum!

<<<AAAAAAH!! DAMN YOU!! SO NIMBLE!!!>>>

Kokoririon was filled with irritation and screamed!

He can't swat down the annoying and disgusting winged insect!

And on top of that, it's coming towards him with furious momentum!

It was no wonder he screamed out of disgust!

However, if Kokoririon had time to scream, he should have aimed at Emi more accurately and fired any number of branch spears.

Because!

"RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

The next moment, Emi suddenly accelerated even more than before!

And with the speed of a missile, she leaped at Kokoririon's face!

An extraordinary amount of magical power was clad around her clenched right fist.

To shatter the World Tree Odokato Se Kokoririon... Emi had created the most powerful 【Magic Strike】 she could at the moment, and that!

With all her might... after adding the momentum of a furious run... she struck at the middle of the eyebrows of Kokoririon's face, which had appeared as a lump on the World Tree!

ZUGAAAAAAAAN!!!

Then, what rang out was a great roar that far surpassed Kokoririon's branch spears!

And that impact spread as a storm to the surroundings, blowing away the fallen trees that Kokoririon had created in disorder somewhere...

Having taken such a blow, what happened to Kokoririon's trunk?

...To state the conclusion, it was mostly unscathed.

Although a slight crack was born on its rainbow-colored bark, it was immediately repaired.

If anything, the damage was limited to leaves falling from the branches.

<<<Ha... hahahahaha!! It won't work!! This is the body of a god!! Hahahahaha!!>>>

Kokoririon, who had shown a frightened expression at the moment he was hit, but having sensed his own situation, changed his attitude.

He burst into triumphant laughter.

"...Tch!!"

Meanwhile, Emi, while leaping backwards, skillfully using the recoil from hitting Kokoririon, clicked her tongue with an expressionless face.

However, there was not a single waver in the murderous intent burning in her dark black eyes!

"Rah... aaaaaah!!"

As proof of that, Emi, as soon as she landed, made her next move.

She instantly extended 【Black Tentacles】 from both her arms, and wove them... and created a giant weapon, comparable to the trunk of Kokoririon, who had become the World Tree.

It was... not the 【Black Greatsword】.

A long handle, and a heavy, wide... trapezoidal blade.

That is, it was an axe.

The 【Black Great Axe】!

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

Emi swung the super-giant 【Black Great Axe】 at the base of Kokoririon with all her might!

KAAN!!!

Then, a slightly damp and pleasant striking sound echoed, and on Kokoririon's rainbow-colored bark... a shallow wound was made!

"Rah!! Rah!! Raaaah!!"

Emi repeated that action at super-high speed!

The wound born on the trunk gradually deepened... and created a groove that could not be easily repaired!

Yes... a human cannot normally punch down a tree with their bare hands.

To cut down a tree, one uses a tool... an axe!

This is the wisdom of mankind!

<<<Y-You!? What do you think you're doing to the revered body of a god!?>>>

Here, Kokoririon, who had been continuing his foolish laughter, finally noticed Emi's barbaric act.

Having obtained a tree's body, he seems to have become quite dull to pain.

Kokoririon immediately fired a branch spear at Emi, but...

"Rah! Rah!! Raaaah!!"

It won't hit!

Emi, upon confirming the firing of the branch spear, circled around Kokoririon at a speed that could be mistaken for teleportation!

She moved to another point and began the act of felling again!

<<<LEAVE, ME, ALONEEEE!!!>>>

Here, Kokoririon gave up on the branch spears that wouldn't hit, and shook his giant body.

Then, from his tree, something reddish-purple and golden began to fall indiscriminately.

They were a large amount of "spirit tree nuts"!

And on top of that, although they are normally the size of an apple... each one has grown larger than a human's body!

Furthermore!

DOKAAAAAAN!!

Those spirit tree nuts, they explode upon landing!

Because the magical power poured into the nut to the limit of its capacity goes out of control upon receiving the impact of landing!

Truly, a natural magic bomb!

DOKAAAAAAN!!

DOKAAAAAAN!!

DOKAAAAAAN!!

"Aaaaaah!?"

The density of that bombing was so tremendous that even Emi could not possibly dodge it.

Emi, caught in the explosion, was sent flying, and then...

She was wrapped in Kokoririon's rainbow-colored root that had suddenly grown from the ground!

Her hands, feet, torso, and neck... her entire body was tightly restrained, and she couldn't move!

<<<Now, for daring to defy me, a lower creature, your death is worth ten thousand deaths!!>>>

Kokoririon, having succeeded in capturing Emi, smiled triumphantly.

And he extended another root near Emi.

The tip of that root was sharply pointed... like a spear.

With this root spear, he intends to pierce Emi's body and kill her!

And here, the reason he did not fire the branch spears he had been using until now was because Kokoririon feared that his own roots, which were being used to restrain Emi, would be caught and damaged.

<<<Now, it is finally time for you to die. With this, the world will become even more beautiful!>>>

Kokoririon cheerfully stated that, and pointed the tip of the root spear at Emi...

<<<Evil, perish!!>>>

And he thrust it with all his might... into Emi's stomach...!

【Spirit Tree Nut】

Because it contains high-density magical power, it is a raw material for magical recovery potions.

Appeared in Arc 27.

【Magic Bomb】

An item that causes a small explosion when you pour magical power into it and then give it an impact.

A relic of the Super-Ancient Civilization, and probably a precious thing.

The archaeologist Leseida possessed it as a trump card.

Appeared in Arc 26.