Chapter 265

(265) The situation that Miri feared

Translator: Tseirp

After the Golden Tree’s roots were exposed — as expected, we could not extract the roots that had grown into the bedrock and had to cut them off so I treated the Golden Tree with the Plant Healing skill before everyone tied a rope around it and made it lay on its side before we pushed about half of it into My World .

All right, we were done on this side .

“Everyone, we’ll be moving over!”

Everyone entered My World .

The Golden Tree was safely loaded onto the cart specially built by Pionia .

It was amazing how it wouldn’t break even after such a large tree was loaded onto it .

“This is our new land — My World huh?”

“So beautiful — As if it is meant for G.o.ds to live in . ”

The Dark-Elves were all praising My World after seeing it but Rarael rebuked them .

“Everyone, we are not done yet! We still have to replant the Golden Tree . Everyone, pull the cart . ”

“”””Yes!””””

After that, not only the Dark-Elves but I, Pionia, Neete, Sheena No . 3, as well as Fuyun and desert runner, literally everybody pulled the cart with the Golden Tree to the chosen replanting site .

I should have opened the door where we planned to plant the Golden Tree .

But everyone was overjoyed when we reached the chosen site, pulled the Golden Tree upright with the rope and finished replanting it .

“Are you really sure about this, Master?”

“It’s all right . As long as the Dark-Elves do not leave this place, the secret about my Jobless skill will not be leaked to the outside world . ”

“That’s not my point, the Dark-Elf is a race that lives to protect the Golden Tree, right? Don’t they now have a definite way of protecting the Golden Tree?”

“A definite way to protect the Golden Tree?”

“By killing Master . As long as Master is no longer alive, n.o.body else will be able to connect this world to the outside world . Doing so will promise the eternal well-being of the Golden Tree and this world . ”

” ……… No, that isn’t likely to happen . ”

“You didn’t think about it, right?”

Well, it’ll probably be fine .

The Dark-Elves all lined up in front of me as I thought that .

Seeing close to 50 beautiful women line up together was refreshing but recalling what Pionia said caused a slight tinge of fear .

Then, all the Dark-Elves knelt to the ground on one knee and lowered their heads .

” — We 47 Dark-Elves offer our lives and bodies along with the Golden Tree to Ichinojo-sama . ”

【t.i.tle: Dark Elf Leader acquired】

【t.i.tle Job: Elf Archer unlocked】

Was it all right for me to receive the Elf Archer job even though I was neither a Dark-Elf nor an Elf?

Well, in either case, it meant that I didn’t have to worry about the Dark-Elves revolting .

I didn’t plan to rule them but the t.i.tle won’t lie .

I entrusted Pionia to the development of the area around the Golden Tree and the construction of tree houses before Rarael and I went to the log house where Shumei was waiting .

Even though I asked her to wait inside, she was waiting outside the log house .

“Ichinojo-sama!”

“Shumei, does this satisfy the completion of the mission to save the Dark-Elves?”

“Yes, thank you very much . ”

It was a mission complete .

The chain of event was tiring but now that there were Dark-Elf residents in this world, on the off-chance that I am no longer around, Pionia and Neete won’t have to experience not being able to move due to a lack of magical power .

Nevertheless, Neete commented that my magical power was delicious so I probably still won’t be able to avoid providing MP to them .

“By the way, Shumei and Rarael . I would like to ask you two about the Demon Lord . Do the both of you know Famiris‧Raritei?”

“I’ll start . Do you know the story about the Dark-Elves signing an agreement with the Demon Lord?”

I nodded without a word .

I heard about it from the pirates .

“The Demon Lord visited the Great Forest 15 years ago . Her request was not for the Dark-Elves to join her side . She wanted us to keep a certain treasure in the unlikely event that she dies . She offered to create the barrier to obstruct the surroundings of the cave where the Golden Tree grew from view on the condition that we help her with that . ”

“So the Demon Lord created that barrier . By the way, what was the treasure?”

“It’s this ―”

Rarael took out a tiny bead .

It was about the size of a BB pellet .

“Is this ― perhaps a medicine?”

“Yes, it seems to be a kind of knowledge medicine . Demon Lord Famiris‧Raritei seemed to have sealed certain knowledge within this medicine and entrusted it to us . ”

“You don’t know what knowledge it is?”

Rarael shook her head to my question .

A sealed memory of Famiris . I’m curious .

“Then how about Shumei? Was this what you were about to talk about regarding Demon Lord Famiris‧Raritei?”

“I do not know much . She suddenly appeared before my father . And claimed that she was the reincarnation of the Demon Lord . ”

“Reincarnation of the Demon Lord!? What did she look like!?”

“She looked like a girl . She was wearing unusually-colored clothes and her hair was tied up to the left and right in such a fashion . ”

She made a twin-tail shape with both her hands .

That was definitely Miri .

So Miri visited this country?

“What did she say!?”

“To not let the Dark-Elves be destroyed . She said that if the Golden Tree was lost from this world, a terrifying monster will resurrect from the desert . ”

“Terrifying monster? What kind of terrifying monster? Does Rarael know?”

Rarael shook her head to my query .

” ― Master, may I have a word?”

“What is it?”

“There is an earth cleansing effect surrounding the Golden Tree . It is possible that the Golden Tree was used to seal an evil being . ”

“I see . In other words, it’s good that we protected the Golden Tree ― Eh?”

Wait a minute .

If the Golden Tree is lost from the world?

In other words ―

“Doesn’t that mean it is problematic since the Golden Tree was moved to My World?”

Neete ran over just as I was speaking .

“Master, the situation outside is strange . ”

” ― !?”

I had left the door to My World open .

I closed the door that was currently open and opened the door from our location .

Then, I looked outside the door .

“The Forest is burning ― no way? Even though the water had washed away all the oil . Furthermore, the forest caught fire in such a short time span ― ”

The Dark-Elves were saddened but they said that they would give up on the Great Forest since the Golden Tree has been moved .

But it was sad to see a forest on fire .

“Master, isn’t it weird?”

“Weird?”

“If they had such an easy method of burning the forest, why would they need to gather oil?”

That was true .

” ― Or perhaps!?”

I carried Neete on my back and jumped .

It was too late to douse the fire with Water Magic so I secured the minimum amount of s.p.a.ce I needed to move through the forest using Pet.i.te Water and exited the forest .

“The army is fighting!”

They were fighting against a small fireball in the air .

Just what kind of fireball would float in the air during the day?

Would Light Magic be effective if it was a ghost? I should have trained the Ghost Buster job if I knew this would happen .

“That’s a spirit . ”

“Spirit!? Spirit as in those spirits?”

“Yes . A spirit that governs the natural world ― a Fire Spirit”

Neete muttered and had a look of disbelief as if she had seen a ghost .