67 Episode 67: Wooden Patron Saints and True Storm Kings

A few days have passed since the wooden golem was placed near a hidden field.

"He's here again."

Even a few times a bunch of demons come towards the hidden fields of the woods.

And the next moment, it was blown together by the wood golem.

"Yeah, well, it looks like a fully automatic demon repellent is working fine."

This wood golem, in fact, can be made a little different from a normal golem.

Usually, to build a golem, we collect materials like stones and lumber.

But someone I knew in my previous life was a freak who gave his life a little bit to the golem, and one day suddenly said, "I came up with a breakthrough way to make a golem! I said."

That's this regenerative golem.

By creating the Golem as a semi-life, we succeeded in making it self-regenerating like a creature.

The revolutionary aspect of this golem is that it has the ability to regenerate, so maintenance such as repairing damaged parts and replacing worn parts is not necessary.

Well, even when it comes to regeneration, it's not complete, it can be necessary to take in or take down prey that you defeated as an ingredient.

He said that he would not be born without it.

Still, there was no need to process and replace the parts, so the breakthrough did not change.

Well, about a week later, that ground-breaking technique took off the curse designation, and the person took off the fast track.

So, there was a lot going on during the fugitive play, and someone I knew gave me some of my research results.

Yeah, I also say it was in a magic bag on its own when I realized it.

Incidentally, I still wonder why I treated this research with a curse ban, as I have seen the actions of various powerful people in previous and previous lives.

'Cause they were all doing something more egregious.

Either way, this golem, made under such a background, is a golem but also a tree.

In other words, even if the branches break, they grow new.

Since the growth rate has also increased, the Golem repairs damage quickly by instantly nourishing and absorbing the defeated demons.

So, I was giving orders to the Golem to protect the inhabitants of the villages and villages to the west, and the hidden fields.

Instruct them to do whatever they want.

Anything is half a creature, so it seems that giving a bee an order reduces its efficiency against the order.

For that reason, Woodgorem had occasionally traveled to sunny and drained places of his own free will while protecting villages and fields.

Because of this, I think I'll also make some nutrients for the wood golem.

Give the recipe to the villagers, too, and they'll be able to use it on poorly grown plants.

... Nutrients? Do you feel like you're forgetting something?

Well, okay.

"Hey, what the heck ⁉"

The next morning, when the village chief woke me up and came outside, the villagers were looking at the woods and shouting surprises.

What the hell are you surprised about?

Together, I looked at the woods, and there stood a tree about 50 meters long.

"Mm-hmm?"

Was there a tree like that?

"Hey, Mr. Rex, what are you doing?

Are you asking me, Mr. Liliera?

"No, even if I ask."

"But yesterday, you put something like a potion on a forest tree, didn't you?

Something like a potion?

"... ah"

Shit. That nutrient was the one I used in the village where I commissioned the demon shelter potion.

I used it for that very large vegetable on a wood golem.

"... you've grown"

"You've grown up! What are you gonna do, man? The villagers are in trouble.

With that said, the village chief was very surprised, but how did the villagers react?

I just moved my gaze to see how the villagers reacted.

I'm a little scared.

Then the villagers, all of them, were lying down for the wood golem.

"Huh?"

What is it? What's the situation?

"The tree spirits have grown! This must have shown more help to protect us!

"" "" Ha-ha!

Oh, that's what you decided.

Apparently, the villagers interpreted Woodgorem as being serious about protecting themselves.

"Well, then, that's the way it is."

"That's not what this is about!

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"Lord Rex is here. ⁉"

The knights came from outside the village to see if the grown wood golem would move properly.

Even so, it's not us and the remaining knights in the west village, it's the knights who came from outside the village, probably Sky Castle.

When the knights find me, they come straight this way.

"What's wrong with you?

"It's tough! Bahamut! A new Bahamut has appeared!

"Whatever ⁉"

New Bahamut!?

I didn't expect a second head to come out here.

"And Bahamut is nearly twice the size of the last individual!

"Twice!?"

Oh, come on, that means...

"Hey, Mr. Rex, I mean double..."

Looks like Mr. Liliera guessed it, too.

"Yeah, I think it's an adult of Bahamut"

Has the adult Bahamut emerged after defeating the small Bahamut?

... Is that it? That is.

"Maybe you mean the parents of the Bahamut you defeated last time?

"" Yep ⁉ ""

I'm surprised the knight and Mr. Liliera round their eyes.

"Well, considering the fact that the previous Bahamut was unnaturally small and the sudden appearance of the adult Bahamut a few days later, isn't that what happened?

Assuming you came to take the territory, you would take it by force a long time ago.

Thinking about it makes me more convinced to think of it as a family.

"Didn't you come to avenge us...?

Um, I don't know.

Basic animals are something to nest after they've been raised to some extent, and the demons, I wonder what about Bahamut?

I know how to fight, but you don't know much about ecology as a creature.

"And so on"

And the knight tries to convey something more.

"It's Bahamut, but he was holding something he'd never seen in his hand."

"Something you've never seen before?

"Yeah, it's artificial like I saw it. Probably something made on the ground."

Hmm, Bahamut with some artifact.

"So, Lord Rex asked me to join the scouts."

Uh, from Mr. Carm?

Well, when Bahamut is finally gone, but when the new Bahamut comes out again, you won't be able to.

Moreover, it would be all the more so if it seemed obviously stronger than before.

"Okay. I'll be with you."

If the reason the new Bahamut is here is because it defeated the previous Bahamut, then I have one end of the blame.

"Oh, thank you!

The knight comes to give thanks and bow his head.

"By the way..."

Huh? You still got something?

"What is this big tree all about? I don't think it was before."

That way, I guess!

"... Seems to have grown"

"Ha, growth......?

Okay, I've explained, and let's just rendezvous with Mr. Carm and the others and go to Morijima!

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And when we joined Mr. Carm and the others, we came near the outer perimeter of Morijima for reconnaissance.

The reason we don't get inside the island is because it doesn't inspire rumored Bahamut.

"Look, what looks like that black mountain is the new Bahamut that suddenly appeared"

Without having to explain, it was easy to see what the new Bahamut looked like sitting on Morijima.

You were standing in the woods somehow.

"But what is the array that Bahamut has in his hand? Are you saying that Bahamut uses tools just like humans do? I've never seen anything like it."

I was listening to Mr. Carm, staring at the thing in Bahamut's hand.

Yeah, definitely. That's...

"I'm a ship."

"Ship? What is a ship?

Apparently, Mr. Carm, the inhabitants of the empty island, the astronauts don't know the ship.

"A ship is a vehicle used to float over a river or sea, to move around, to catch fish."

"Float and move in the river? But if it floats in the river, it will be flushed and it will fall to the ground. ⁉"

Oh, an empty island river eventually falls to the ground like a waterfall.

Differences in culture.

"The river on the ground has no place to fall any further."

"Oh my!?"

The knights shout surprises at my explanation. [M]

Well, there are rivers with waterfalls and stuff.

I don't know, but I think I recognize that ship...

No, rather than looking familiar...

"Hey, could that ship be..."

It was then that Mr. Liliera spoke to me.

Bahamut just moved his neck and turned to me.

"Ican, they've noticed!

I thought you were pretty far away, but you have surprisingly good eyes.

And when Bahamut gives him a loud roar, he spreads his wings and intimidates his body toward this way.

No, that's not intimidating. I'm going to hunt you.

"All units retreat!

Mr. Carm will give you the order, but it's too late.

Bahamut shook up the ship he had in his hand, what a throw at him this way.

The form is messed up, but the ship is big anyway, so if it hits, it's gonna be a big deal.

And if there are people in the boat, so are the people in it.

"Physical Boost!"

I strengthen my body with physical abilities and activate the magic of the wind.

But it's not attack magic that activates it.

"Guidestream!

Activated magic becomes an airflow around me.

"Let's go!

I jumped to the front of the flying ship.

"Mr. Rex!?"

"Lord Rex!?"

The voices of Mr. Liliera and Mr. Carm overlap.

But I'll explain later!

I approach the ship one by one while adjusting and retracting the speed of the ship while making the most of my vision and reflex nerves enhanced by physical strengthening magic.

Close enough to make contact, I'll tune the speed completely to the ship.

And when I put my hand on the ship, I slowly slow down and slower than the ship.

Naturally, the ship weighs in to crush my body, but I don't push it all at once.

Because if you keep taking it like this, someone inside will be slapped against the wall in shock.

Slowly lower the speed of the ship as you slowly lower your speed.

The airflow of the more activated guide stream slowly but forcefully blows from the opposite direction of the ship.

The magic of this guide stream is the magic used to direct large flying magic items and others to the ports of the air continent, both when accepting flying magic items that have fallen into unmaneuverability.

I mean, it's magic that works at times like this.

With my muscle strength and magical deceleration, the ship stopped safely without colliding with the knights or falling to the ground like this.

"Okay, you managed to take it gently. And then we need to retreat to get this ship down to a safe place on an empty island."

As I lift the ship, I propose to Mr. Carm.

……

But Mr. Carm and the others were solidifying as they circled their eyes and looked at this one.

Oh, Mr. Liliera's solidifying, too.

"Uh, gentlemen, would you like to withdraw once?

"" "Huh!?" "

Speaking up, everyone finally hacked and got their moves back.

"" "Ugh, I took it ahhhhhhhh!?" "

Huh? Why are you surprised about that?

Come with me to Mr. Liliera.

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I'm a tree.

Originally nuts with earthly trees to their parents, they were transported by birds to an island in the sky that humans call an empty island.

And I was growing up as a piece of some forest tree.

One day, humans began to soil near me to raise their little brethren.

It's super convenient for people to take care of us for what it's worth.

Or so I thought, the demon came.

Oh, come on, don't attack the little brethren.

And don't attack me, either. Absolutely!

Hmm? The branches kind of muzzle.

... Wow!? The branches! The branches are stretching. Ah!

And he's attacking demons on his own!?

My body moves on its own. Uh-oh!

Super scary!! I can't control my body of my own free will!

I thought... but I couldn't move from the beginning because I'm a tree.

I don't know what it is, but humans start worshipping.

And he watered me.

Mmm! Yummy!

Well, I guess this is a good life for occasions.

If I thought so, I would be humiliated by humans.

Roots and branches are moving and attacking demons.

What's going on?

Some human told me to protect the village, man and field.

Huh? Why do I have to ask for such an order... ah, my body is on its own again.

Uh, can I do whatever else you want?

Oh, really. When you're not fighting, it moves.

You can move freely if you try to fight of your own free will.

Cheng Cheng, if you don't disobey orders, you're free to move.

Okay, let's split it that you can now win your own dinner.

And when I defeated the demons, the humans worshipped and became all sorts of things.

Hmm, I wonder if there's a life like this.

Oh, that colored water is delicious. Super delicious.

The next day, it grew very well.