Suddenly, a blazing meteorite fell from the sky and hit the trunk of the Ancient Treant. An enormous explosion echoed out, followed by a blast of intense hot wind.
“““Aaaaaaahhh!”””
Many of the elves were blown away, they rolled across the ground multiple times.
“……W-what happened?”
“It was a meteorite! A meteorite fell from the sky……!”
“……C-could it be that my prayers were answered?”
They saw that the arrows they fired had barely made a scratch on the bark of the tree, but a huge crater had been created where the meteorite had hit.
“~~~~~~~~~~~~!?”
Flames are spreading from there, and the Ancient Treant is frantically trying to extinguish the fire by waving its branches and leaves.
“I-It’s Holy Mother!”
Someone shouted.
“Holy Mother has heard my prayers! It must be so! It would be impossible for a meteorite to fall from the sky like this!”
“That’s right! It’s Holy Mother!”
“She saved us from the brink of danger!”
“““Holy Mother! Holy Mother! Holy Mother!”””
The elves cried out in tears in gratitude. Then as they were rejoicing, another thing fell from the sky. This time, it was much smaller than the meteorite from earlier.
“Holy Mother? As you can see, I’m still a baby though.”
It was a small human baby. And if they did not misheard, he is speaking their language.
“““Eh?”””
The elves were shocked, wondering who on earth is the baby in front of them is. As they are thinking so, the giant roots growing out of the ground began to wriggle again.
“Aaaaaaahhh!”
“Uh-! D-don’t tell me it’s still alive?!”
“The fire is out!”
Before they knew it, the giant treant had extinguished the flames on its trunk. Smoke is still rising from its scorched parts, but it is moving its roots again and is now trying to destroy the elven village once more.
“As expected of an Ancient Treant. I can’t defeat it with one shot huh. In that case, one more shot.”
A few seconds after the mysterious baby floating in the air muttered to himself, another meteorite fell from the sky.
Dooooooooon!
Then, as if on cue, it hits the trunk of the Ancient Treant.
“…… Holy Mother struck another meteorite?”
“Yeah…. That’s the only explanation! At least, there’s no way that it was that weird baby who did it! ……T-that should be the case.”
“But, what is with that baby……?”
The elves were baffled. On the other hand, the Ancient Treant, which was hit by a second meteorite in almost the same place, had its trunk cut in half, and it looked like it could break at any time.
“Aaaaa…… Aaaaa……”
A groaning sound can be heard from the hollow of the trunk. Just when the elves thought that this would be the end of it,
Creak! Crack! Crack! Crack!
The giant treant made a tremendous breaking sound as the trunk finally broke and it is now falling down.
……Towards the elven village.
“H-hey, it’s falling this way!!?”
“““Get out of the waaaaayyyy!!!”””
The elves fled left and right in a panic. The giant treant fell down in a large scale, crushing and taking several houses with it.
“……Oh my~. I should have thought about the direction in which it was going to fall.”
The mysterious baby slapped his forehead with his hand. In any case, the speed of the fall was slow, so it seems that no one was crushed underneath. Some of the houses have been crushed, but they can be rebuilt.
“A-are we….. saved?”
“No, not yet! There are still many insect monsters.”
“But they are only insects!”
The elves begin to wipe out the remaining insect monsters. But their crisis was not over yet.
“Hmm? What’s going on? The branches and leaves of the Ancient Treant are making noises……?”
“Hey! It’s moving! No way, it’s not dead yet?!”
“N-no…… This is ….…”
The branches and leaves of the Ancient Treant began to move with their own independent will. Apparently, from that one giant treant, countless treants are reproduced asexually.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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