Magic Gems Gourmet

Chapter 215

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ED: LonelyMatter

Chapter 215 – The “Fate” Has Come to an End

“B-but Your Highness! There’s no way we can leave you behind and retreat…!”

“(Majolica-san is so kind… but I’m really sorry…)”

Ain opened his mouth again.

This time, he conveyed it in a commanding tone, with even more force.

“I hereby issue a royal decree: Leave this room before you become an obstacle.”

He was accumulating a lot of guilt.

After the battle with Logas, even Grint told him that he was a murderer of his own father.

This, while he was still so mentally unstable, shook Ain in particular.

…Even though he has been sublimated into the existence of a demon king, Ain still exuded kindness and humanity.

“…..”

At the word ‘royal decree’, Majolica’s expression looked like he was biting into a bitter bug.

Then, despite showing a dissatisfied attitude, he turned around and walked towards the door.

“Please be safe… Your Highness.”

As Majolica said this, the royal knights bowed deeply to Ain’s back.

Following Majolica’s example, they walked towards the door and promptly left the audience chamber.

And so, the four people left in the audience chamber were the three from Heim and Ain, who faced them alone.

“It’s about time… let me go!”

“Oops…”

As Ain drew his sword from his gauntlet, Grint kicked him away and took a step back.

Then Anon, his fiancée, approached Grint, who was in a state of shock.

“G-Grint-sama…”

“Hah… hah… What the hell is that monster… Anon, it’s dangerous, so please stay back.”

“Is your body okay?”

“Yeah, there’s nothing wrong.”

As she checked Grint’s body, she looked at him with genuine concern.

“The holy power that was born in your body… If it collapses, please consider stepping back for a while.”

“Haha, is it because it’s too much of a burden? Sorry, but I won’t stop until I defeat that guy, so wait here for now.”

From the beginning of their exchange, Grint naturally showed his disapproval for Anon’s words.

Ain, watching the scene, thought it was inexplicable.

“(Is Grint not controlled? Why is he going against Anon’s words for so long?)”

Even though she could control Logas, Layfon, and even Ralph, there was no reason to leave Grint alone.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, monster. Now we can continue.”

Grint’s blinding aura grew stronger.

Like Ain, he enveloped his entire body in it, readied his sword, and began to run.

He attacked with even faster movements.

But it wasn’t just Grint who had become stronger.

“Do you know why I let them go?”

Ain stood still, raising his sword and easily blocking Grint’s attack.

Even as he was overwhelmed by Grint’s ever-increasing power, Ain did not retreat an inch.

“Just die already…!”

“(This guy must have gained power that’s too much for him. His physical strength is incomparable to his skill… this is proof of it.)”

An appropriate amount of impact ran through Ain’s entire body.

But there’s something different.

“That’s because I don’t know how much power I can produce!”

Ain added strength to his arms and pushed Grint back.

“What are you trying to be tough for, you monster?”

As Grint growled at him, Ain prepared himself, bending his back deeply.

Grint felt himself being sucked in and concentrated all his strength on his toes.

The floor of the audience chamber cracked, and the walls creaked.

The air screamed in a shrill voice, and then suddenly it stopped.

As if everything had been absorbed by Ain, a sudden silence descended.

“If you’re ready to face it, then face it. If you can avoid it, then try to avoid it. If you’ve given up, then pray to the gods!”

The next moment.

A storm… it really was a storm.

And yet, it was like a blade made up of many layers.

Ain swung his sword horizontally, aimed at Grint―and then at Ralph and Anon, waiting in the background.

“Haaaaaaaahhh!”

To put it in perspective, it was as if the entire room had been torn apart… or perhaps the room itself had exploded.

Such a huge impact hit Grint’s entire body, which was only a few feet away.

“Wha-! Ughhhh…!”

“G-Grint-sama!?”

Grint, taking the full brunt of the attack, let out a painful scream.

Then, from behind him, Anon’s worried voice reached him. It was a voice that seemed to be genuinely concerned for Grint, who didn’t seem to be putting on an act.

“T-this is…! I…!”

A sound like breaking glass reverberated through Grint’s entire body.

Then, the light exterior began to crumble away, one by one.

The crumbling exterior scattered in a flash as if the strings of a stringed instrument had suddenly snapped.

“Hah… hah… how about that… did you manage to catch it…!”

“…Ah, that’s right. But it was a desperate attempt.”

But how about it?

Grint’s appearance was now pitiful in comparison to before.

His prized holy armor had crumbled away, and his face was covered in dirt.

The next moment, Grint’s face was triumphant, and the audience chamber began to collapse.

…Even though it was a powerful blow, it wasn’t an impact that could be produced with just one swing.

Seeing this, Anon muttered to herself as she thought.

“This can’t be true. Even if it was Dullahan, it’s impossible for him to have broken the Heavenly Knight’s armor with a single blow…”

She thought of Cain and reflected on what she knew and the blow Ain had just dealt.

It seemed completely unexpected, and she turned her eyes to her beloved Grint.

“…Grint-sama! You’re consuming too much energy! Take a step back and rest your body…”

“Hahaha… there’s no way I can do that! Even if it’s what Anon said, I can’t accept it!”

“Why… why won’t you listen to me…!”

Grint stubbornly refused to listen to Anon’s words.

He continued to gather strength in his body, breathing deeply and manifesting the same armor once again.

“I haven’t even avenged my father yet! I can’t end it here!”

Without breaking his fighting stance, Grint’s fighting spirit grew even stronger.

However, something began to go wrong with his body.

“Ugh… oeghh…”

“Grint?”

Grint was coughing up blood. Furthermore, upon closer inspection, his face had changed as if he had aged.

However, despite coughing up dark red blood, Grint faced Ain with a determined expression on his face.

“Monster, I will soon take your head…”

＊＊＊

The battle continued.

Grint, wary of Ain’s attacks, repeatedly launched small attacks to prevent Ain from building up his power.

However, Ain still pushed Grint back. On the other hand, Grint also refused to retreat, ignoring Ain’s advice.

Time and again, he created armor that glowed brightly and launched attacks at Ain, only to have them shatter.

Each time, Grint suffered severe physical damage, but perhaps because of the hatred he felt for Ain, he never stopped attacking.

――Faced with this situation, Anon came to join the battle. For the sake of the man she loved… to make Grint win.

“You’re repeating history, aren’t you? The Crown Prince of Ishtalika… or perhaps the new Demon King?”

Both Ain and Grint stopped moving. At the same time, Anon’s eyes shone with a pale golden light.

Her voice, strangely clear, affected the two who had been concentrating on the battle.

Grint was a little shaken by the word ‘demon king’, but he listened to what she had to say.

“What do you want to say?”

Ain replied.

Then, a voice came from the depths of his heart.

“Don’t rely on it.”

Those were the words that shook Ain’s heart.

“The first king of the United Kingdom of Ishtalika, Mark… You probably know about him.”

“Anon! Right now, he and I are fighting each other…”

“He killed his whole family. Do you know that?”

“…..”

Anon listened in silence. Even though Grint tried to talk to her, Anon didn’t stop talking.

Don’t listen… don’t listen to the red fox’s words. He understood that in his head, but her tone of voice, the content of what she was saying… and the compulsion to listen.

In addition, the repeated words “Don’t rely on it” kept drifting around in his heart.

“You, Dryad, know this, don’t you? Taking root is a curse. But there was someone who could use that curse… that was Elder Lich Sylvia. The curse she brought upon her family eventually led to the death of the entire family.”

“Stop. That’s enough.”

Ain told Anon to stop, as he didn’t want to hear anymore.

But Anon continued to speak with a thin smile on her face.

“Mark was putting the finishing touches on Arche. Then, lo and behold… Cain and Sylvia also lost their lives, just like Arche. …Oh? So Mark killed the whole family… I think that’s what it means, don’t you?”

Ain’s vision dimmed slightly as he was shaken by these words.

His breathing became ragged, and the emotions in his heart began to darken.

“Is that because of you?”

“Is it because of me? I wonder if that’s the case? But it was Arche who killed those people, and it was Mark who killed Arche… and it was Mark who killed his entire family, and you are his descendant. And you killed your father, Logas-dono, and you are doing the same thing, aren’t you? Have I done something wrong?”

“How dare you, the source of all evil, speak so arrogantly!”

Then, something strange began to happen to Ain’s body.

Slowly but surely, as the roots of the dryad grew at his feet, the Dullahan armor began to erode.

However, this only affected his feet, and the roots quickly withered away.

“Don’t be so arrogant. Just because you were able to trick the Demon King once…”

Still, Ain’s heart was not at peace.

He still felt a strange sense of guilt. “It’s my fault… I did something wrong. I did something wrong…” he thought.

“This is not fair! I only wanted to be friends with her. Whatever she does after that is none of my business, right?”

“Thank you, Anon. It seems like he understood his sin thanks to you.”

“No, it’s okay, Grint-sama. So he should also admit his sin and apologize with a bow.”

Finally, Anon uttered a line that made no sense, and her eyes gently glowed gold.

Then Grint smiled and ran―his target was the confused Ain.

Ain’s armor somehow lost its shine, and his entire body changed appearance as if it had rusted.

“You’re a weak-willed man, aren’t you?”

“!”

Perhaps because he was stunned, his reaction to Grint was delayed for a moment.

As a result, Ain defended himself against Grint’s sword with his gauntlet…

“Did it break…?

“Hah! What, you’re at your limit too, aren’t you?”

Spitting blood from the corner of his mouth, Grint attacked Ain with renewed vigor.

Although Ain was able to easily defend himself against the second attack, a problem arose even there.

“(Is the armor cracking…? How can that be…)”

Ever since he heard Anon’s words, a feeling of discomfort had filled his entire body.

A strange, floating feeling, as if his body didn’t belong to him, attacked Ain.

“Don’t rely on it.”

A voice echoed in his head.

What the hell does ‘don’t rely on it’ mean? He tried to shake his head and change his mind, but the voice kept coming back.

“Don’t rely on it.”

The words ‘don’t rely on it’ filled his mind, and Ain felt a strong headache.

“Stop―be quiet, stop it!”

He swung his sword with all his might.

A deep wound appeared on Grint’s cheek, and he felt even more hatred.

“Don’t rely on it.”

With the words, Ain’s armor crumbled away.

Grint sensed this as an absolute opportunity and thrust his sword at Ain’s neck.

“‘Ah, I won’t rely on it.'”

Then, suddenly.

Ain’s two overlapping voices echoed through the audience chamber.

As soon as Ain said the word, “I won’t rely on it,” a thick vine appeared under Ain’s feet.

Even though it was a vine, at the tip of it was a mouth with sharp fangs, and just as Grint’s sword was about to pierce it, the vine bit into Grint’s arm.

“Ouch… ahh, ugggahhhh…!”

As the vine crawled, it hit the ceiling and the wall. Finally, opening its mouth, it bit off one of Grint’s arms in mid-air.

“――!――――!”

The vine chewed on Grint’s arm, making a crunching sound.

Bright red blood spurted from its mouth, and after it finished eating, it returned to Ain’s feet, looking satisfied.

Meanwhile, Ain was staggering around, unable to concentrate.

“Agghh… ah… M-my hand…”

Grint had tears in his eyes and stroked his missing arm.

“T-that can’t be… why…!”

Anon, looking panicked, approached Grint and tore off her clothes to cover his wound.

“Why, why are you turning on me…”

It seemed that things didn’t go as planned, and Anon panicked.

“A-Anon…! My body, my body is strange… it feels so heavy…”

Hearing Grint’s words, Anon quickly took Grint’s hand.

His hand was far from that of a teenager and was as old as someone in their forties.

“Grint-sama, let’s retreat for now. Your body is at its limit…”

“Haha… I told you we couldn’t do that, right? But it doesn’t look good for me.”

Then Grint stood up and looked at Ain, who had lost his armor.

Although Ain looked somewhat dazed, he was looking at Anon, who was standing next to Grint.

Or rather, he seemed to be looking at something inhabiting Anon’s body.

“Don’t look at my Anon like that…!”

Ironically, though, Ain’s eyes made Grint angry.

Although he felt that he was at a disadvantage, he showed his immature side.

“I… won’t rely on… my own strength to fight…”

Nothing stood in his way. Ain held his head as if to endure a headache and did nothing to resist Grint.

The sword Grint held in one hand pierced Ain’s chest as if it had been sucked in.

“…I won.”

Grint muttered.

In addition to the perfect answer, the condition of Ain.

Without a doubt, he had avenged his father and proved that he had defeated his brother―the joy was obvious on his face.

However, Ain’s ears glowed red, and the jewel shattered, sounding like breaking glass.

“What is that stone…?”

“…Grint-sama! No, get away!”

Anon must have recognized it. When she noticed the jewel, she called out to Grint in a panicked voice.

That’s right. The thing that glowed was the Ruby of the Earth that Ain had received from Sylvird.

“Anon? What’s wrong all of a sudden?”

Grint turned around. Then, the sword was pulled from Ain’s body as he was gently pushed in the chest.

Grint thought he was still alive and raised his sword again to finish him… but…

“You stubborn…”

You are stubborn.

Grint must have meant to say that.

However, he was unable to finish his sentence, and Grint was cut in half along with the holy sword he was wielding.

“Grint-sama…?”

“You’re the only one left.”

Ain’s hands trembled slightly.

As if he was fighting something, but also as if he felt guilty for killing his younger brother, Grint.

“No way. Grint-sama… Grint-samaaaaaa!”

Anon approached the now silent mass of flesh that was Grint and held Grint’s face in her hands.

It seemed that this was not an act either, and it strongly conveyed that Anon loved Grint.

Acting like a tragic heroine, she glared at Ain as she cried.

“Haha… so after killing your father, you killed your brother, huh?!”

“…So what?!”

“So what? Huh, I see. You really are a monster…!”

“…Don’t be ridiculous. The one who toyed with us so much is trying to act like a victim?”

Compared to before, Ain seemed to have come to his senses.

Whether he didn’t care or can’t remember, he didn’t mention the vine he just showed off.

“Who was it that played with me first…! Treated me like a thing, defiled me as they pleased!”

“Could it be that room in the Demon King’s castle…”

It was a bad memory, but there was a cursed room in the Demon King’s Castle.

It was said to have been created by the Red Fox, but Anon’s words coincided with that.

Although the details are unknown, it seems that there were dark things in Anon’s past as well.

“I don’t know about your past, but if you harm us… this is what will happen.”

Ain pointed his sword at Anon.

Perhaps it was a past worth considering, but it was impossible to forget what she had done.

Even Ain, who was aware that he had a sweet personality, could not forgive Anon.

“…Poor person. Killing your father and brother. Hey, what was it like? Was it warm? Was it pleasant? Hey, tell me.”

“Enough. Enough… let’s finish.”

“Tell me. How was it? Hey, hey?”

She smiled, showing her white teeth, and looked at Ain with her eyes swollen red.

Then she gently put Grint on the ground and approached Ain, hugging him.

“H-hey! Stay away from me!”

“Hey, tell me…?”

She was defeated and had gone mad from the loss of her beloved Grint.

Ain sensed this and readied his sword. If she went any further, it would pierce her body―that was the way he held it, but Anon didn’t stop and hugged Ain.

“W-what… Y-you… !?”

“…Hey. Tell me.”

Anon showed something he never expected for a moment.

She approached him without worrying about the sword that was deeply plunged into her body and pressed her body against Ain.

But this was not the end of the story…

“Mmm… hah…”

Their lips pressed together.

Ain stopped for a moment, not knowing what to do, but he pushed Anon’s chest hard to create some distance.

“What are you doing all of a sudden…!”

It could be summed up in one word: disgusting.

Ain wiped his lips and pointed his sword at Anon, who had collapsed to the ground.

“…Hey… what do you think a blessing is?”

With a smile, Anon opens her mouth, enduring the intense pain.

“My blessing… is my love. It’s a blessing that makes me want you to grow up, to become strong, and… to improve the essence that lies deep inside your body. My curse and my blessing… were two sides of the same coin… my treasure…”

Anon muttered these words and smiled a satisfied smile.

Then she laid her body on Grint’s as if to cover him.

“Why didn’t it work on you… it worked on Arche right away…”

“I don’t know why, but I was able to overcome your curse… that’s all.”

“Fufu… Is that so? Well, it doesn’t matter anymore… Now may you be blessed…”

Anon’s faint breathing finally stopped, and she lost consciousness completely.

After checking the situation, Ain let out a long sigh and turned his attention to Ralph, who had been left out of the conversation.

“You’re the only one left, Ralph.”

“Ah… Ohohoho… it’s disrespectful to call me by my name.”

The effects of the battle must have intensified because Ralph also began to speak and act strangely.

Ain clicked his tongue at the strange feeling of discomfort and slowly moved his feet toward Ralph.

“‘But first, I think I’m hungry.'”

As Ain’s voice echoes, three vines sprout from the same spot as the one that bit off Grint’s hand.

The vine that sprouted from Ain’s back grows straight up and bites Anon, who has fallen to the ground.

Then Ain showed his surprise at the voice he involuntarily uttered.

“――…!”

“――!”

“――――!――!”

The vines aimed for the chest.

When they entered the stab wound caused by Ain’s sword, they chewed on Anon’s magic stone as if they wanted to bite it.

“What the… what is this…”

Ain, who was surprised by the vines he didn’t recognize, was also shocked that the vines had moved on their own and attacked Anon.

Then the vines must have been satisfied after eating the magic stone―they slipped back into Ain’s body and disappeared as if nothing had happened.

“The essence deep inside the body, huh?”

It was the effect of the blessing Ain possessed that Anon had mentioned on her deathbed.

If, if… Anon’s curse had actually affected him a bit, then…

“…History will repeat itself. I see, that’s what you were going to say.”

Perhaps it could be called a synergistic effect.

In other words, it would mean that Ain had not escaped.

When he realized this, he felt an unpleasant throbbing deep inside his body.

With a sad expression on his face, he averted his gaze from Ain’s corpse, and without hesitation, he approached Ralph and shattered the black stone.

“A… Aaaaahhhhhhh…!”

“I’m sorry. Perhaps King Ralph is a victim as well. But I can’t let you live.”

With a scream of agony, Ralph’s life force drained away.

As he lay there, emitting a putrid smell, he finally died with a look of happiness on his face.

“If this is how it’s going to end, maybe I should have taken the reward from Krone first…”

＊＊＊

A place away from the audience chamber.

Majolica and the Royal Knights were waiting there for Ain’s return.

“…Ma-Majolica-dono!”

One of the Royal Knights noticed the man who has arrived.

There was no mistaking it―the man who has arrived is their future king.

“Your Highness! It’s over, isn’t it?”

Majolica recognized Ain’s voice.

The fact that Ain had returned meant that he had won.

“I’m back, everyone.”

Ain replied with a downcast expression.

The others who had come to greet him thought he must be tired and offered their support.

“So… the fateful encounter between us and those beasts is over, isn’t it?”

“As expected of you, Your Highness!”

“Haha, I look forward to the parade when we get back home!”

“…Yes, I’m looking forward to it too.”

There’s nothing more fun than imagining it.

They would return home, celebrate, and meet the people who had been waiting for them.

“(…And I also have to check on Chris and Dill’s safety.)”

There were so many things he wanted to do.

But Ain’s expression never seemed to clear up.

However, Ain put on a brave smile and gave orders to Majolica and the surrounding knights who had been waiting.

“Majolica-san, I’m sorry, but would you mind running over and checking on Dill and the others? I want you to order the forces of Ishtalika to retreat to the port city of Roundheart. In my name, of course.”

“Uh, yes, that’s fine, but… what about you, Your Highness?”

“I’ll go slowly. Sorry, I’m quite tired…”

“Rest assured, Majolica-dono. We, the royal knights, will protect His Highness…”

“Ah, that’s fine too. Actually, there are many of Warren-san’s men waiting nearby. So I want everyone to cooperate with Majolica-dono.”

Of course, the facts that Ain told them did not exist.

“(…I’m sorry, I lied.)”

Ain inwardly apologized.

The Royal Knights undoubtedly believed Ain’s words and nodded in understanding, following his words.

“We understand! Then we will check on the safety of Christina-sama and Guard Officer Dill!”

“Yes. I’m counting on you.”

“Okay! Then we’ll go ahead and wait for you there!”

In this way, Ain managed to pull Majolica and the Royal Knights away.

He made them hurry away, thinking about what could happen from now on.

As he watched his comrades ride away, Ain muttered the word “I’m sorry” only once.

“…Well then. Sorry, but I’m going to bother them.”

＊＊＊

Ain left Heim Castle a little late.

He walked as if hiding, alone, and made his way to the building he was looking for.

Even though it was ten years ago, he remembered it surprisingly well – he laughed and praised his own memory.

“Sorry to interrupt… Was there a battle here? It looks pretty run down.”

Entering the building, Ain was surprised to see the dilapidated state of the hall, which was different from before.

However, when he looked to the side, he was pleased to see that his destination was still clean and beautiful, and he continued on his way.

“This place hasn’t changed. It’s still as beautiful as it was.”

Despite feeling an unpleasant throbbing, Ain walked there with elegance.

“The mansion of the Grand Duke Augusto. The garden… My life certainly began here.”

The place Ain has come to is the mansion of Grand Duke Augusto, a place full of memories.

Now it’s a quiet place with no one around, but at the time of the unveiling party it was a magnificent and lively place.

“It was here that I met Krone, and I made an unexpected proposal to both my mother and Krone… After returning to the port city of Roundheart, I met Chris. Yes, no matter how I look at it, this is the place where it all began.”

Ain continued to walk through the magnificent, beautifully landscaped garden, lost in happy memories.

And then he comes to the place in the garden that holds the most memories for him.

“Hey. It’s been a while.”

He gently picked up the Blue Fire Rose and effortlessly transformed it into a Star Crystal.

He tried to recreate the scene from before, but he was terribly lonely now that he was alone.

“I’m a little tired, I think.”

Overcome by a lingering sense of weariness, he sat down on a nearby patio seat.

This patio seat was also a place of memories, where the three of them enjoyed a late-night tea party.

“You know, I think Krone is being too reserved. If she had just given me a kiss there, it would have been amazing, don’t you think? I probably would have ended this whole fateful encounter a few days ago and returned to the royal capital in a flash.”

Ain said in a joking tone.

“Well, I may have been a little slow, but I also had trouble resisting Krone’s scent and touch, and I wanted her to understand that. Oh, and of course my mother’s kiss was dangerous in many ways, and bathing together in Magna was also hard. And when I think about it, the ritual I did with Chris before I went to the Demon King’s castle…? I still remember the feeling… What am I thinking about at a time like this?”

The unpleasant throbbing increased.

He had been avoiding it by immersing himself in happy memories, but now he was forced to become aware of it.

Then, roots involuntarily sprouted from Ain’s feet.

They had already broken out of the Grand Duke Augusto’s mansion and were about to spread throughout the capital of Heim.

They must be absorbing something from somewhere.

A feeling of fulfillment that Ain had never felt before continued to grow in his body.

“Well, I guess I also owe a lot to that stray cat. I think I took care of it more than it took care of me, but I’ll give it to it without worrying about that.”

――Thud, thud.

Many jewels fell to the ground.

The Blue Fire Roses transformed naturally, and everything fell to the ground as Star Crystals.

“Well, I’m indebted to everyone. Especially my grandfather… yes, I feel rather sorry for causing him so much worry.”

Ain continued to laugh, but he couldn’t stop.

After a while, he stopped laughing and smiled, resting his chin on his hand.

“But you know, if I can, I should at least take responsibility for what I’ve done.”

Then Ain remembered.

He remembered a certain important skill he had inherited from a loyal knight.

“And I think I can use it now.”

He thought hard in his heart.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt the magic power draining from his body.

After a few minutes, he strongly felt that he had reached his goal.

“Phew… just as I thought, I have to wipe my own bottom myself. My goodness, I’ve become such a good boy.”

He no longer had the energy to stand up, his senses fading, and all he could feel was an unpleasant throbbing.

“I thought the final boss would be the Red Fox – and if I had to go by the theory, I thought Grint would be in my way. …Hey, how did I remember the word ‘final boss’ … that’s amazing.”

Then Ain looked at the Star Crystal he had made with his own hands and smiled softly.

“Arche-san is a Succubus of Jealousy, right? If that’s the case, I’d like… yes, I’d like it to be something cool. Oh, then…!”

The name came to him faster than he thought.

He thought it might be a bit strange to give himself a name, but at the moment, it was the only thing he could think of.

“How about something like the World Tree of Gluttony? I think that would be a really cool name. …Oh, it’s getting dangerous… Sorry everyone, I’m counting on you.”

Ain said while holding his chest.

Then, three lights appeared in front of his eyes.

“Hah…”

The lights flew up and flew away towards the royal capital and the port city of Roundheart.

“…I’m so hungry…”

With these words, Ain lost consciousness.

Without delay, Ain’s body was wrapped in a rapidly growing tree.

In the blink of an eye, the tree continued to grow and quickly became a huge, thick, and menacing tree several hundred meters tall.

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