I am the Enchantress!

Chapter 51 Using a large talent for a small task

As the thunderous rumble grew closer, Wilder faintly heard a few whispers.

"hot……"

"Hungry……"

"tired……"

Wilder took a deep breath.

If I'm not mistaken, this should be the language of the tree monster.

At first glance, one might mistake it for a disgruntled tourist who had just returned from the crowded summer resorts.

However, such a demon created by tree spirits through magic is probably not very intelligent, and can only utter single words that originate from primal instincts.

"The tree monster is here."

He whispered his instructions.

Cyrion and Gru were already in a state of readiness for battle.

One hand holds a shield, while the other holds a sword horizontally across his chest.

A figure gripped a long-handled battle suit tightly with both hands, his signature dwarf beard trembling slightly, ready to roar at any moment.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

The muffled sound was close at hand, and smoke and dust drifted in from afar, filling the air with the smell of pine resin.

next second.

Behind a tall, still oak tree, a branch sways with an extremely unnatural frequency.

Then, a tree that seemed to come alive slowly emerged.

Its tangled roots rise from the ground, transforming into countless tiny feet that move forward in alternation.

The dense branches, like withered upper limbs, roughly pushed aside the branches and leaves blocking the way.

This is the first one.

Then, the second one, the third one...

More and more tree monsters slowly emerged from the shadows, their heavy footsteps causing the ground to tremble slightly.

At least fifteen.

Each one is over ten feet tall, with the tallest reaching approximately fifteen feet.

They noticed the group of people and turned their bodies in unison, turning their barely recognizable faces toward them.

The enormous height difference startled the dwarf, who, relying on a sliver of humor in his blood, managed to squeeze out a remark:

"Cyrion, you're a dwarf in front of this thing."

“If I were a dwarf,” Cyrion replied, looking straight ahead without glancing at him, “I wouldn’t joke about my height.”

However, Gru's joke clearly eased the tension for all three of them.

Wilder recovered from his brief shock and began preparing his spell.

Following what his mentor Hollen taught him yesterday, he chose to use his staff to condense magic this time.

Although a burning hand is contained within the ruby, the spell's structure is not a physical entity and has no actual mass, which does not prevent the creation of new spells.

Cyrion glanced at Wilder, knowing he was preparing a spell.

"Let's go!"

He then turned to Gru and said, "Don't let Wilder burn everything down; we won't be able to do anything about it."

"Hehe! When it comes to chopping firewood, my axe is the most handy!"

Gru roared and leaped into the air. His small stature made him remarkably agile among warriors, and he instantly closed in on the first tree monster.

The tree monster didn't even have time to react.

The axe blade swept out horizontally!

The long axe sank halfway into the thick tree trunk, from which a viscous green liquid gushed out.

The tree monster stumbled and nearly lost its balance.

"Aww—"

It emitted a low hum and then swung dozens of hard branches down at Gru's head!

"The last time someone whipped me with a rattan cane was my old man. Who the hell do you think you are?!"

Gru rolled over, dodging the tree branch attack, and rolled to the other side of the tree monster.

Another slash!

Same location, opposite direction.

The two cuts that penetrate the tree trunk meet in the center.

In less than two rounds, the tree monster was cut in half and collapsed to the ground!

"You've improved quite a bit in just one day!" Cyrion said with a rare quip. "Did that girl you met last night teach you?"

As he spoke, he stepped on the fallen tree trunk and leaped towards another tree monster.

"Snapped!"

The oak shield blocked the falling branch, and Cyrion spun the hilt of his sword with his right hand, thrusting it out with all his might, the blade piercing completely through the thick, tough trunk.

[Heavy Strike Thrust]

A flash of white light appeared on the blade, and the surging power instantly shattered the tree trunk.

"boom--"

Another tree monster crashed heavily to the ground.

"Tch." Gru snorted. "Using a level two combat skill to kill a tree monster? What a waste!"

Just then, a scorching wave of air suddenly surged from behind.

"Get out of the way!"

Before he could finish speaking...

A torrent of flames erupted from Wilder's oak staff in the distance, heading straight for the tree monster to Gru's side.

[Burning Hand]

Unlike the soldiers who attacked the tree trunks, Wilder aimed for the tree crown.

Before the tree monster could even react, its dry branches and leaves were instantly ignited, and flames engulfed its head in an instant.

In its panic, the tree monster frantically lashed its crown, which could be called its face, with its branches in an attempt to extinguish the flames.

"Don't worry, I'll add some more ingredients for you."

Wilder raised his staff above his head, and magic flowed rapidly through every path of the [Oily] structure within the ruby.

Reduces mana to half.

No more than four seconds.

The greasy technique is ready.

A thick cloud of oil mist appeared above the tree monster's head and fell straight down onto the burning tree crown.

The flames suddenly surged higher, igniting the entire canopy, and the tree monster let out a low growl of extreme pain.

"Do me one more thing before you die!"

Wilder ran a few steps closer and shouted loudly at the tree monster with flames above its head:

"Fall backwards!!!"

【instruction】

The tree monster, which had been twisting wildly just a second ago, suddenly stopped moving, and its more than ten-foot-long body suddenly leaned backward!

The slow-moving tree monsters behind it had no time to dodge and could only watch helplessly as their companion's fiery body pressed heavily onto their dry branches.

"boom--"

Greedy flames spread along the branches and leaves to every tree monster.

The spark that once propelled human civilization forward has now transformed into a deadly plague for the tree monsters.

"Um……"

Gru swallowed hard as he looked at the raging inferno before him.

"Damn it, they're just killing a few tree monsters, what's the point of all this...?"

"Overkill!"

With that, he brandished his long-handled battle axe and charged into the sea of ​​fire, using his supposedly underutilized axe skills on the still-fallen tree monster.

Cyrion, wielding a round shield and a one-handed sword, swiftly dispatched the other tree monsters that hadn't been touched by the flames.

Amidst the billowing smoke, the heavy footsteps gradually faded away.

All fifteen tree monsters were dealt with.

Their bodies lay crookedly on the ground, no different from the tree trunks that the logging team usually sawed down.

The tree canopy was burned to pieces, the embers on the branches and leaves were still burning, the ground was covered with light gray ash, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of burning charcoal.

Cyrion and Gru each lit a cigarette with the unburnt branches to relieve their fatigue from the battle.

Wilder stood on the other side, staring at the air distorted by the heatwave, and silently brought up the system panel.

Name: Wilder

[Class]: Mage

[Level]: Lv3 (530/1000)

(540/1000)

(550/1000)

……

(600/1000)

Based on this, it seems that out of the fifteen tree monsters, seven were burned to death by the flames he released.

Each one provides ten experience points.

Wildernu's lips.

not bad.