Although the deflected rock crushed the monsters following behind.
"Oh, now it's arrows."
Look at Pelerian being so nonchalant, as if he won't die again.
He was right.
The sky visible through the gaps in the branches turned black.
Clearly, thousands of arrows had been fired.
Papapapapak!
They began to pierce the charging monsters.
But well, in fact, there was no need to worry about arrows.
Hadn't the chira snake's branches withstood even the catapults?
Pak!
That thought vanished as an arrow stuck right in front of my nose.
It had managed to slip through the gaps in the branches.
Stupid tree snake. Can't even block that.
And another arrow nearly hit .
「Using Acceleration lv7.」
I responded instinctively.
Chomp!
When I ca to my senses, I had succeeded in catching the flying arrow with my mouth.
"How did you do that!"
'...I wonder?'
I had unknowingly reached the realm of catching blades with bare hands.
At this rate, I might really be able to respond to flying blades.
The arrow rain stopped.
And the human soldiers' battle cry erupted.
The ti for catapults and arrows had ended.
Now the lee combat would begin.
When we arrived at the plains, the human army was waiting for us.
I knew it would co to this soday, but I really feel like I've beco a Demon King.
A Demon King leading an army of monsters!
"Grooooar!"
The chira snake also roared.
Well, in fact, this chira is the Demon King, and I'm more like the shadowy figure behind it.
And the three in the carriage didn't need to be involved in this fight.
"Saak!"
I roared at Rania and the humans.
'I'll spare your lives, pay the price later.'
And I swung my dagger.
「Using Iron Lion School Sword Technique lv1」
「Using Slash lv4.」
I cut the wooden branches tying the carriage one by one.
When I tried this before, this chira guy just wrapped the carriage tighter with its branches.
But now it wouldn't have the leisure to pay attention.
Thud, thudud
As only a few branches remained, the carriage began to tilt and fall.
The humans scread.
Just as the carriage was about to touch the ground.
I swung my sword at the last remaining branch.
「Using Slash lv4.」
Kuung!
The carriage wrapped in branches landed safely on the ground.
Light monsters stepped over it as they passed, while heavier ones avoided it to the side.
The humans were afraid, but they didn't need to worry too much.
The wooden branches tightly wrapping the carriage were very sturdy.
And above all, it would be better than being attached to the back of the boss monster where the attacks would be concentrated.
The chira snake moved forward, leaving the fallen carriage behind.
Then it was my turn to escape.
'Farewell, chira.'
Ahead, mounted knights were charging towards us.
Especially the huge holy knight in golden armor looked terrifyingly fierce.
"Look- at -!"
That knight's enormous spear pointed towards the chira snake.
I waited for the mont just before impact.
I saw it, the thread of opportunity.
'Escape!'
I swung my sword, making sword marks around where I was embedded.
「Using Slash lv4.」
And I poured magical power into it, using skills in succession.
「Using Black Scales lv2.」
「Using Acceleration lv7.」
「Using Heart-eating Leap lv3.」
「Using Stealth lv8.」
Swoosh.
My body was pulled out!
In this critical mont, I succeeded in escaping from the chira's body.
Now I just needed to dive into the crowd of monsters and escape.
It was a perfect escape.
The chira snake couldn't afford to turn its attention to in front of the charging knights.
...That's how it should have been.
"L-look at that guy."
As soon as the chira snake noticed my escape, it turned its body.
And looked at with yearning eyes.
"Muaaaa!"
It cried sorrowfully and stretched its branches towards .
It was as if it was calling out "Mama-".
'Aak!'
Was it because of that?
I could have shaken off the branches wrapping around , but I didn't.
Because it turned its head, the chira snake's nape was fully exposed to the knights.
"Die-!"
The huge holy knight thrust his golden spear into the chira's body.
Kwaaang!
An even louder boom than when hit by the catapults rang out.
The holy knight's reckless cavalry charge was indeed terrifying.
The war horse of the knight at the front had its neck broken and died, and that huge chira snake was pushed back.
"Groar-!"
For the first ti, the chira let out a pained scream.
Black smoke rose from the wound where the spear was stuck.
'You stupid fool.'
I felt enraged.
'I'm not even your parent, why are you so attached?'
This guy is just a temporary chira created by the World Tree in my image.
I ended up sticking back onto the chira's nape.
'And how could you just get hit by the spear like an idiot!'
I could see the holy knights thrusting their spears into the chira snake's body right in front of .
I made eye contact with one of them.
The holy knight made a dumbfounded expression and quickly drew a small crossbow to shoot at .
「Using Acceleration lv7.」
Pak!
Once again.
I succeeded in catching the arrow with my mouth.
To hell with it.
Now it's a matter of survival for too.
Zap!
「Using Beam lv2.」
"Argh!"
The beam hit the holy knight's exposed face.
It wasn't instant death, but the holy knight fell off his horse.
Crack!
The startled horse unfortunately stepped on the knight's face.
「You have killed Holy Knight lv23」
「Your level has increased.」
'Oh.'
And perhaps the chira regained its spirit after seeing the beam after a long ti.
Branches sprouted like thorns from the chira snake's body.
Pyupyupyupyu!
Unlike other branches, these were shining black.
Having seen the chira's status window, I could guess what it was trying to do.
'Thorn Rolling lv10', that skill for sure.
Unlike a snake, the chira rolled on the ground.
More than five holy knights were instantly crushed underneath.
Crack, crunch-
Not even screams remained.
I raised my head again after ducking in surprise.
'I almost got crushed to death too!'
"Groooar!"
Several holy knights were dangling from the thorns that had sprouted on the chira's body, pierced and shattered.
This has now beco an undeniable boss monster visual.
And the enemy leader looking at us in shock.
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[Holy Knight Order Commander lv???]
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An old knight who looked incredibly strong at a glance roared in anger.
"You- bastard-!"
My ears nearly burst.
Dazzling aura stread from the spear he was holding.
Don't co!
「Using Beam lv2.」
Amazingly, the knight deflected that light-like beam.
A feat only Gunter had shown before.
"Groar!"
The chira snake charged forward undaunted.
Hero versus Chira.
That clash unfolded more anticlimactically than I had thought.
Just as the knight's spear was about to plunge into the chira snake's body.
Rip.
The middle of the chira snake's body split wide open.
This was a feat possible only because its body was made of tree branches, not a real snake.
The spear blazing with aura pierced through empty air.
One of the pitch-black thorn branches forming the chira's skeleton shot out from below its neck.
Probably the only higher-level skill this chira possessed.
[World Tree's Thorn lv1]
Thud!
That thorn accurately penetrated the gap between the helt and breastplate.
"Kuk!"
Blood gushed out of the knight's mouth.
Even the spear in his hand fell to the ground.
His body sagged, dangling while impaled on the thorn.
'Huh, huuh!'
No way.
One-hit kill?
Despite being said to have low intelligence, the chira snake's evasion and attack combination just now was too perfect.
Having pierced the neck, it must be instant death.
It was at that mont.
That Pelerian uttered one cruel word.
"Did you finish it off!"
'Crazy.'
"... Why, what."
And.
Indeed, the Heaven Defier magician was a great mage who went against the laws of nature.
Twitch.
The knight who had gone limp starts to move.
Pelerian's resurrection spell had succeeded.
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