World Tree Host's Wandering Digital Project

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The magicians from another team released a fireball that whizzed into the Withered Wood Beast, causing tremendous damage. The Withered Wood Beast had half its body turned into charcoal. It quickly let go of its prey and ran into the depths of the forest using its thighs made of tree roots.

【Image: Dead Tree】

Before they could run far, they were intercepted by another team of adventurers. The injured members were taken away and dragged back. If it was not serious, a priest would come to treat them in the evening.

The adventurers who were able to follow Gazef were all well-known experts from various places. They had all the necessary preparations and team members, and were confident in their own abilities. However, they were inevitably a little embarrassed when faced with the unknown monsters that suddenly appeared here.

As they went deeper, more and more dangers began to emerge.

"Hahaha!"

Accompanied by wild laughter, a green guy rushed out with a disgusting long tongue and a roaring chainsaw raised high.

The axe blade at the front of the chainsaw knocked a warrior to the ground, and was about to behead him. Gagran roared and rushed forward.

The rotating saw teeth on the giant hammer created large sparks, and the devil beast x's laughter became even louder.

"How disgusting!"

The muscles in Gagran's arms were trembling, along with her face, because the long tongue of the Devil Beast X seemed to be about to lick her.

Suddenly, his hand felt light, the chainsaw stopped and fell to the ground, and the body of the Devil Beast X was split in half.

"I'll take care of this, you can go look somewhere else first."

While Gagran was still on guard to see if any more enemies appeared, the voice of the Lord Beast of the Gods came from behind.

Gegelan's body shuddered subconsciously, and he pretended to laugh heartily twice before quickly walking away.

"Can you tell us about this forest?"

'What is he talking to?'

Evileye was always on guard against this man. What on earth was he going to do with a power stronger than that of a "Demon God"?

Then he found that after helping Gagran to deal with the green monster, he had not left yet. He asked questions towards the empty bushes and slashed in another direction with a knife, killing a hidden undead, who was also a high-level undead that he did not recognize.

As a vampire, she didn't think there was any life in the direction the Lord of the Gods was looking at, and she herself didn't notice the undead killed by the Lord of the Gods in the other direction either.

Evileye began to wonder what was happening in this world. Why was it changing so quickly?

Under the gaze of the Lord of the Gods, the grass suddenly began to shake.

"There really is something there! An undead being?!"

A guy whose whole body was hidden under plants climbed up from the ground, with leaves hanging on the rifle in his hand.

It was obviously very nervous and pointed its rifle at the Lord of the Gods.

"Don't be nervous. Can you tell us who is the strongest guy here?"

Even though he was being pointed at by a gun, the Lord of the Gods remained calm and composed.

"Aren't you... the strongest person here?"

The guy also spoke, but his voice was so low that Evileye had to move closer. Until she realized that the Lord of the Gods was looking at her, she took advantage of the mask covering her face and pretended nothing had happened and moved aside.

"...I mean except me."

Lordmon of the Gods glanced at Evileye and ignored her, continuing to communicate with Gilidmon in front of him.

Fortunately, we found this guy, otherwise someone would have been shot if his fireball missed the target.

After staring at the Lordmon of the Gods for a long time, Gilidmon finally spoke.

【Photo: Jilidu】

"Black WerewolfGarurumon, BlackOgremon, and Azaemonmon, that's what I know."

"Have you heard of the Giant and the Demonic Serpent?"

In response to the question from the Lordmon of the Gods, Gilidumon stared blankly with his two yellow eyes.

"Is it an Ultimate Form?"

Seeing him like this, the Lord Beast of the Gods also had the answer.

"Nothing, they probably aren't in the deep woods, none of your business, I'll take care of these guys you mentioned."

"Also... there is a Sandiramon among our companions. Although he has a bad temper, he is actually not a bad person. Please spare his life."

Gilidumon obviously regarded that [Demon Snake] as their companion.

"I'll keep an eye on it. Any other information?"

Gilidmon shook his head and slowly retreated into the woods. Evileye watched Gilidmon disappear the moment he stepped into the shadow of the woods.

"So what do you want? If not, let's go find these possible culprits that caused the monster riot."

The Lord of the Gods took two steps back. Otherwise, given the height difference between them, he would have been staring down at Evileye.

"Why do you... look so familiar?"

She had never heard of any of these names, even though she had lived for more than two hundred years and participated in the legend of the Thirteen Heroes.

And the man in front of him seemed very familiar.

"If you have any questions, ask me after the mission is over. Knowing them now will only cause more trouble."

Unfortunately, the Lord of the Gods did not want to answer Evileye's question now.

"Anyway, I am on the side of justice."

"Justice? Who do you think you are?"

As if the Lordmon of the Gods had said something wrong, Evileye's expression suddenly changed, and she scolded the Lordmon of the Gods before flying away.

"...baffling."

The Lord of the Gods shrugged and walked towards Gazef.

"ha!"

The blade was blocked by a pair of sharp claws. Gazef's roar awakened the minds of his companions around him, but from the weak slashes, it could be seen that they had not yet recovered.

"This is going to be troublesome."

Gazef’s sweat ran into his eyes but he had no time to wipe it off. He had to hold the monster tightly, otherwise his terrified companions would suffer.

"Dread Fire"

Gazef jumped back to avoid the black flames that the giant lizard spewed out.

If you get a little bit of it on you, you'll be in trouble. Although there's no temperature, the last person who accidentally touched the black fire wrapped around the lizard is still lying on the side. He's not dead, but he's almost dead. There are no external injuries, but he will no longer respond to the outside world.

"...a flame that burns the soul..."

Gazef could probably guess what this thing was, and this conclusion made the adventurers even more terrified. If they were killed, they would still have a chance to be resurrected, but if they lost their souls, how could they be resurrected?

The more frightened these people were, the more excited the Dark Lizard Beast became. The black flames on its body burned fiercely, and its dark gold steel mask was almost roasted red by the hot air from its nose.

"Gazef, I have information to share with you."

"Sorry, let me wait..."

When he heard the voice of the Lord of the Gods, Gazef wanted to ask him to wait until he could deal with the monster. But before he could finish his words, he saw the flames of the monster go out, and even the steel mask on its head was cut in half.

"Heh, to be honest, why don't you go ahead and we'll follow behind and clean up."

Gazef smiled bitterly and put down the now dented blade.

"If you guys think it's okay, I have no problem with that. I just want to tell you that I have some information about powerful monsters. Killing them might help alleviate the monster riot outside."

Gazef’s face froze for a moment, then he became overjoyed.

"That's great, do you know where they are?"

"Unfortunately, I just know what they are..."

Before Gazef could show any regret, the Lord of the Gods continued.

"I will go back to look for those monsters next. For your safety, you should go back now."

Gazef frowned.

"You mean you want to go alone?"

"That's right. Those monsters are too dangerous. The aftermath alone could injure or even kill you."

This is not wrong. With the vitality of its complete form, even if it was split in half, as long as it wanted, it would have no problem dragging an ordinary human being from the crowd to take the blame. The Black Gulamon could beat a person into mud by just lying on the ground.

In their eyes, there is no difference between these adventurers and ordinary humans.

Seeing the serious look on the Lord of the Gods' face, Gazef hesitated. He certainly couldn't let Byno go alone, but if what Byno said was true, then it would be his responsibility if any of these adventurers died.

Moreover, they were not afraid of the waves of monsters and bravely followed him here. It was also a question whether they were willing to hand over the task to Byno alone. It could even be said that this was a humiliation to them.

"It's getting late. Let's discuss it in the evening. Mr. Baino, please tell me the intelligence."

"I will explain it to you."

So at night, when everyone was eating the meat from the wild boar they had hunted, the Lordmon of the Gods and Gazef stood up.

"Clap"

"Everyone! We have a very important choice now. We will face an unimaginable enemy next. It will be more terrifying than the [Demon] a hundred years ago! Now, we need some people to take the injured back. Anyone who needs to rest can come to me."

Gazef clapped his hands to attract people's attention, and began to lie with his eyes open. Because of the efforts of the Lordmon of the Gods and Hagi and the others, except for a few unlucky people, everyone else was fine. Some wounds were healed by magic, and there was no need for anyone to take the injured back.

Some adventurers had already frowned. Logically, Gazef couldn't be unaware of what he was talking about. This was tarnishing their beliefs. Was he being controlled by something?

"Before the logistical preparations are completed, let me first tell you about the intelligence of the enemy we are about to face."

The Lordmon of the Gods behind Gazef stepped forward, took off his helmet, and spoke in a loud voice.

"A dragon with a blade sharp enough to level mountains, a dragon wearing heavy armor, and a roar that shakes the earth..."

"A werewolf whose movements are invisible to the naked eye, whose claws easily tear through steel, and whose thighs can knock down city walls..."

"A giant demon doll with a terrifying appearance that can absorb human spirit and consciousness..."

The adventurers did not doubt the words of the Lord of the Gods. Since he could split the forest with a branch, there was no need for him to lie to weaklings like them. Rather, only monsters like this were worthy of being his enemies.

Moreover, Gazef's doubts about being controlled were dispelled. If even Byno was controlled or he was the mastermind, there would be no need to go through all this trouble. Just a few swings of the sword would turn them into pieces.

Following the voice of the Lord of the Gods, the night wind blowing in the forest became weaker.

"what!!!"

The screams of humans were heard in the distance. The adventurers, who were already uneasy in the story of the Lord of the Gods, were startled. Bowls fell to the ground. The crisp sounds of weapons and armor drowned out the chirping of insects and birds.

People looked nervously in the direction where the screams came from. It seemed that the horrible monster mentioned earlier might jump out of the darkness at any time.

Gazef, the Lord of the Gods, and Lachis walked to the front.

"Ahhh!"

A running and shouting figure rushed out from the darkness and almost knocked Gazef down.

Seeing that it was just a human, the people around rushed forward to subdue him, but even though he was restrained by several big men, this person kept struggling. His clothes were tattered and he even had no shoes.

"Ah! Run! Run!"

"Hey! You're safe now!"

Gazef climbed up and yelled at the man, but he continued to struggle.

Gazef slapped him several times, and his face instantly swelled up, but the man was still mumbling nonsense.

"Let me do it, Lionheart."

A wizard among the adventurers cast a buff magic on this man, and he gradually calmed down.

Gazef pushed his hair aside, revealing that it was half blue and half dark blue, which looked very ugly.

"Can you still speak?"

"Uh uh...water..."

Gazef signaled for people to let him go, and he fell to the ground. The water that Gazef handed to him was splashed directly on his face.

The hair and some stains were washed away, and the more Gazef looked at it, the more familiar it looked.

"You're...Brian?"