Chapter 346 – Chapter 346 – Something You Can Never Give Up
“Shall I call it the World Tree? This World Tree is now dead. It’s like a corpse.”
“Certainly, it was fine right after it was purified. It withered right away.”
“Yes, that’s right. I was alive right after I was purified, but now I’m dead. To be precise, I think the erosion was forcibly reviving what was dead in the first place?”
So far, it seems like something out of the ordinary.
I don’t think it’s a secret that only I can tell you.
Why are you creating an environment like this…
“Well, this is like prior knowledge. It’s written on the document you just gave me.”
“So, what’s the point?”
“It is assumed that when the superpowers remained, they became one beyond eroding this World Tree, right?”
“Huh.”
“And, naturally, that eroded World Tree must have become a monster with erosion abilities.”
And every attack is close to that act of erosion.
I remember how Asuka was able to block it easily.
…Wait a minute, why are you talking about this?
“That all four people, including you, were affected by that erosion. Can you understand?”
“…That’s right, because I got a valid hit.”
“Yes. The problem starts there.”
Hye-eun handed over four materials that looked like X-rays.
I want to check something.
On the front page, I could see three strange things settling on my body.
“This is… The world tree…?”
“Yeah, even alive.”
With the world tree itself eroded into my body.
It is said that the world tree remained in the body while only solving the erosion of the supernatural ability.
It’s just that I’m fully connected to my body, and I’m alive and not dead.
“Now all problems start here.”
“Can’t we remove it and bring it back to life?”
“I tried to remove it with surgery, but it’s impossible. It’s already fused at the DNA level. The world tree itself is the same as the original body.”
It is said that what seemed to be a possibility was to create a new one with the ability of the galaxy.
But does the world tree itself have any power?
As if there were restrictions on creation, it was said that it could only be revived in the state of the World Tree.
“Actually, there’s no big problem. It’s consuming enough energy, but that’s all. Rather, it’s built naturally as if it were the original body.”
“That’s fortunate.”
“Yeah, that’s how you are.”
“…Wait a minute, what?”
That I’m fine
That the other kids aren’t okay.
Embarrassed, I hurriedly turned over the X-ray data.
“…This.”
“How do you look?”
“Looks dangerous…”
“A lot of the internal organs are gone. A lot of it has been replaced with wood.”
In my case, only a small part has changed.
It didn’t feel like much to worry about.
Most of the other children’s bodies had been eroded by the World Tree.
“With Asuka-san’s power, you were purified from what was in your body, right?”
“Huh.”
“Your body was fine because it was the moment you were purified. The rest of the body was purified first, and then it was purified at the end.”
“…I think so.”
And in the process, the monster increased the rate of erosion in order to survive.
At that moment, many parts of the three’s bodies were eroded.
So, of course, there are many places where the World Tree was established after purification.
“The function itself does everything for the missing part. There is too much energy to absorb.”
“Energy?”
“Yeah, I don’t know what to say about this. Should I say that my computing power is constantly being taken away…?”
“Computational power? You mean the World Tree itself thinks?”
“Yeah, even if you sleep because of this, your fatigue won’t heal properly.”
It’s only natural that you sleep longer.
Even so, it will continue to be tired and difficult.
And while that might seem fine right now, he said it would have a major adverse effect on his health in the near future.
“Is that enough?”
“It doesn’t sound like much, but in a nutshell, it’s like not being able to sleep.”
The same amount of damage as staying awake forever goes into the body.
Through data recorded on past human experiment results, etc.
He explained that there was a result that if he did not sleep, he would die.
“You die?”
“Yes. I’m sure. If we don’t solve it, we’ll die within a year given the current situation.”
“…1 year?”
“First of all, it’s because we use sleeping pills as much as possible to make them fall asleep, reducing the consumption of calculations. It should be able to last longer than a year. Normally, when left unattended, it means one year.”
“That’s right, isn’t it drastically increasing?”
“Yes, two years at most.”
I had no idea that the children would be sentenced to death in this way.
I just thought this matter worked out well.
Did something like that settle in your body?
“Is there any workaround?”
“The only way to solve it is to increase the level of computational power itself generated by the body. That needs to reach level 0.”
“Oh, if that’s the case.”
“Would you like to see the picture again?”
“…”
All three had their wombs replaced with wood.
In other words, the feeling that the main mechanism of the uterus itself has been replaced by the world tree.
…What the heck is this?
“I tried it. The contracture system of the uterus itself does not work. In other words, the system related to pregnancy itself has been replaced.”
“So you’re saying you can’t get it because you’re pregnant?”
“It will be.”
“Haa… Is there any way?”
“At least there is one. I’m not sure.”
“…Well, since you’re there, you probably talked to me.”
“Yeah, if it wasn’t there, I’d probably have told them it was time-limited.”
I can see why you bothered to talk to me.
That way is not something other kids would choose.
It’s what I have to choose.
“This uterus is not perfect right now. It seems to be because it is mixed with the original body that had pregnancy restrictions…”
“Ah, that was also an elven technique.”
“Yeah, it’s not really a technology that belongs to humans. It won’t change if it becomes the womb of the World Tree.”
So I want to bypass it this time too.
Since the species themselves are different, the oath of the womb exclusively for humans is impossible.
That means you have to find another way around it.
In order to do that, of course, you need to dig up information related to it…
“The World Tree feels like an ancestor of the elves. In other words, the elves have information.”
“Wait a minute, that means…”
“I have to go to the elven dimension. No matter how detours I take, the chances of getting pregnant are the same as you who have the world tree in your body, so of course I have to go with you.”
Now that you’re in the elf dimension.
In fact, you have to break into enemy lines and find a way…
Even if you have to cross the dimension, no one can cross the F-rank Hunter.
“If you can’t find a way to bypass it. You can find a way to reverse the calculation by finding the technology created by the elves.”
“Ah. It’s a mainland development, so I haven’t found it yet.”
“Yes, it’s more difficult than the detour, but at least it’s true that you can find a way unconditionally.”
So either way is it possible to solve it.
If you choose to go, you will find a way.
If I had told them, I would have told them never to go.
“…”
“My personal feelings are that I want to tell you not to go.”
“Isn’t that true?”
“Yeah, because it’s too dangerous. Having kids and going on a long business trip is also a problem.”
Know.
I know very well.
The choices I made put everyone in that state.
If you don’t take responsibility, that’s…
“Whoa, that’s a difficult problem.”
In fact, apart from my responsibility.
If those children are in danger, I want to jump off my feet and run away.
My precious person is in danger, but how can I rationally judge and act on it?
“I thought you’d say that.”
“…”
“Of course not. Yes…”
Hyeeun closed her eyes for a moment and thought.
She let out a deep sigh.
Even if she was honest with me, if my spouse said something like this, I would have beaten her.
“Okay. You wouldn’t even hear me dry it.”
“Hyeeun-ah…”
And in fact, for this part too.
There must have been a way to not tell me in the first place.
I might have been angry with you later, but that would certainly have stopped me.
“Thank you for your consideration.”
“It’s embarrassing to say that to me. It’s because someone who helped me asked for it.”
“…Huh?”
Suddenly the door opened, breaking the power that was protecting our horses from escaping.
Wait a minute, how this could break so easily…
“Asuka?”
“Did I come in too early?
“No. It’s the right timing. I was going to talk about what you asked for.”
“Yes, warrior, I persuaded you.”
“Persuade…?”
I wondered why Asuka came out here.
Apparently, he sees most of his enemies besides us.
It is said that they cooperated a lot with this investigation instead of us who were knocked down.
“Then, the conclusion the two of us came to was that we would eventually go to the elven dimension and save it.”
“But, Hye-eun, you would have been the opposite.”
“Anyway, that’s the case. I was thinking of not talking for a while. I just wanted to say there was no way.”
“…”
In the meantime, she says that Asuka asked for it.
Because the stupid thing I was about to do saved their world and saved themselves.
I believe that I can do it this time and come back safely.
“You’re not wrong, right? Eunhyuk, you’ve proven that miraculously so far.”
“So, did you really admit it?”
“I don’t know if one person said that. There’s another who worked a miracle.”
“…What?”
“They follow me.”
That I can go to the elven dimension.
This means that Asuka, who can move next to me, can also go.
…So you’re going to use it to follow me?
“The one who saved your life this time is none other than Asuka-san. He said he would risk his life to protect you.
“Asuka, are you really okay?”
“Because of the hero’s foolish heart, I was saved. Rather, I hope you will.”
Because Asuka’s smile as she smiles is so beautiful.
I couldn’t even answer something, and I had no choice but to stare blankly at it.
