Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 201: Stone Guard
Since An only had one silver wing, she seemed to have found a strange sense of balance when she used that arm to pull Merci to fly.

After An left, the Bathing Goddess and Merci discovered that even though the space where An and her mother once lived had collapsed, the huge castle that served as the entrance was still standing.

Literally leaving no trace.

An's mother, who seems unreliable in all aspects, does a good job of keeping secrets.

"As expected, our powers are similar. I seem to be able to guess where the power of the 'Star Mark Emblem' comes from. However, I am not sure why those powers have become what they are now."

After finding a place to land, An calmly spoke to Merci, who was able to contain the power from her mother.

However, Merci and the Bathing Goddess, whose minds were still very confused, obviously did not have the leisure to ask An about his discovery.

“Hey, hey, hey, this is the place you and your mom lived in, it’s full of memories. Is it really okay to just destroy it? No, no. Compared to you, if Xiao Li knew that a place with so much information hidden in it was just gone like that, she would definitely go crazy!”

"I'm so, so sorry. I burned the house down again."

The three of them seemed to be unable to communicate with each other and each spoke their own language.

But soon, their attention was focused on one point.

Although they had reached the edge of the floating island, the three of them did not see the figure of Filigree who was supposed to be waiting there.

Moreover, from below the floating island, waves of loud noises could be heard from afar.

Looking ahead, they could see two stone giants making a scene below, as well as a monster that was completely white.

But none of this mattered. They were more focused on the figure of Ritas, who seemed to be pierced by a white spear and hung in the air.

"Is it okay not to wait there for them?"

After An and others boarded the floating island, Filigree temporarily returned to where Engri and Ritas were.

"Hahaha, I don't know when they will come out. It's too boring to keep waiting there. However, as a guide, I'm somewhat unqualified."

In response to Ritas' question, Filigree laughed dryly twice and answered.

In fact, he was on his way to the floating island and saw that the atmosphere between Ritas and Engri didn't seem to be very good, and Engri looked very excited, so he ran over out of concern.

But he didn't expect that by the time he arrived, the "conflict" between the two had been basically resolved. Although, Engel looked a little more withdrawn. But at least, there was no sign of a fight between them.

"Well, since you, the guide, have come to my place, please introduce this space to me."

Ritas said so, and Filigree looked a little embarrassed.

"Although I also want to meet Professor Ritas's request, I am only a 'gatekeeper' after all, and what I know is very limited. In addition, I don't have the skills to truly serve as a guide, so I don't know where to start."

"What is the meaning of the existence of the 'World Tree'?"

"That's a really general question. If I were just guessing, I think this is a 'sanctuary'."

Filigree made a gesture as if scratching his head and answered like this,

"Every sky island that can be seen, as well as other places that can be seen and invisible to the naked eye, seem to be special protection facilities."

"Shelter Protection Facility"

Ritas habitually repeats the key words in the other person's words to think.

But now he gets a headache whenever he thinks about it.

"Are you protecting the residents of the 'Old World'?"

"I don't know about that. But I think even if that's true, the residents here wouldn't call themselves 'Old World residents'."

"That's true."

Ritas agreed.

Although "Old World" and "New World" are two relative terms, the "Old World" somehow feels inferior to the "New World". Therefore, even if there are people who claim to be residents of the New World and look down on the Old World, the opposite phenomenon will not occur.

Moreover, just from the content on the obelisk, one can see that the people of the old world still have considerable pride.

After thinking for a while, Ritas changed the question.
"Are there any fruits similar to the 'fruit of life', such as the 'fruit of wisdom' and the 'fruit of desire', in this space?"

Ritas, who remembered some of the information in the "Card Drawing Module" in the hands of Black Sister Mary, asked about these things that impressed him.

"At least there are no suspicious things in the places we can step on."

Filigree continued shaking his head.

The two "Gatekeepers of the World Tree" were limited to the main body of the "World Tree" and the maze-like area outside. They could not even set foot in the "ancient capital" mentioned by the Bathing Goddess.

"Besides, even if there were any, they have probably been picked by someone long ago. I wonder if the professor can sense that the current condition of the World Tree is very bad."

Filigree looked around the world tree space and said slowly,
"In fact, we can see the clues from the fact that the World Tree chose us as the gatekeepers. It's not that we are qualified, but rather that the World Tree has no choice. Although I can't guarantee it 100%, because this space is much wider than it looks, but it is very likely that there are no souls here except us. I don't know if it has encountered some disaster or it has been abandoned. In short, the current 'World Tree' is basically just an empty shell."

“I can see that.”

Ritas agreed again.

In addition to the visible sense of desolation, what happened in the past two days also made Ritas convinced of this.

Apart from anything else, it is too easy to invade this "World Tree".

Even if some special items were needed to connect to this space, the fact that three groups of people appeared in the outer maze at the same time was enough to explain a lot of problems. Moreover, those traps that seemed to be used to resist invasion had limited lethality.

However, the World Tree itself did not seem to have been damaged by war. And where could they relocate to?
Ritas thought about it and even used what he thought was the most inefficient method, which was to use all the words he could think of at the moment to "collide" with the current situation of the World Tree one by one.

And when the word he used to "collision" came to "Morning Star", he felt as if he had grasped something.

If the "Morning Star" is actually the channel that connects their world to the so-called "real sky", then when the "Morning Star" was opened about eleven years ago, would it be that the power of the "Star Mark Emblem" did not just flow into their world unilaterally?

The reason why the World Tree Shelter is completely empty is that the residents of the old world who gathered here left here through the "Morning Star" eleven years ago.

Furthermore, such speculation can also explain the purpose of the arrival of the "Morning Star". It was only to take the old world residents of the shelter away. The power of the attached star patterns was just an accident.
Just as Ritas was constantly refining his guess, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen and a huge pulling force. "Professor!?"

Looking at Ritas whose entire body was lifted into the air in a strange posture and flew several meters away, Filigree showed a look of astonishment.

At the same time, the three people present heard an uncomfortable sound as if fingernails were scratching a blackboard.

With the sound, a finger so slender that the outline of the bones could be clearly seen forcibly dug a gap in the space, then squeezed both hands into the gap and forcefully pulled it open.

Suddenly, a head twisted 0010 degrees and stretched into the interior of the "World Tree" through the gap. Between the snow-white hair of the head, a long red tongue with the number "" engraved on it appeared.

"This time, you can't escape anywhere—"

The voices rang out along with a strange laugh.

Sinner number 0010 "Two-Way" strikes again.

"It's really enviable to have such a beautiful vacation in such a beautiful place, Professor Elson. Why don't you take me with you?"

In an instant, "Two-Way" had passed through the gap in space and appeared in front of everyone. With a voice frequently mixed with bass and humming laughter, she looked at Ritas, who was constantly rolling on the ground under her pull, with amusement.

It was at this time that a bunch of white silk threads gradually appeared on Ritas's abdomen.

“These lines have always been so.”

"That's right, Professor Elson. The previous pursuits were just a show. I could have locked onto your location a long time ago. But..."

"Two-Way" said, pointing his finger at his temple. The sharp nails caused a slight ooze of blood there.

"But your 'wisdom' tells me that a true hunter should wait for the prey to lead me into its lair. Hehe, you've been a great help, Professor Elson. You helped me and I finally found this place—"

The laughing posture is a "two-way" posture of snickering while shrugging shoulders continuously, and it looks around the world tree space, revealing a greedy color.

"You are still too impatient. Since you can read my memory, you should wait for me to solve all the puzzles before taking over all the achievements."

"Memories? No, no, no, no, no matter what, I can't 'absorb' things like that. Besides, isn't it more interesting to explore the real treasures yourself?"

"Two-way" seemed to have everything under control, speaking with great freedom.

The next moment, she suddenly realized that Ritas, who had been crawling on the ground like a dying old dog, actually sat up.

"I see. I thought you could absorb my memories and thoughts as well. It seems that I made a wrong judgment. But it's harmless."

Seeing that Ritas' voice was no longer intermittent, Bidirectional tilted his head to the other side.
"I don't know what's going on, but I really don't like your arrogant attitude."

While he was saying "two-way", Ritas felt a strong external force in his abdomen again.

Ritas was thrown high into the air and was quickly pulled towards the direction of "Two-Way". There, "Two-Way" had already woven a huge and sharp spike with white silk thread, waiting for Ritas.

I don’t know if it was intentional ignorance or out of provocation, but “Two-Way” always acted like Ritas was the only one at the scene.

And at the moment when Ritas was actually attacked, as the ground shook violently, a huge arm stretched out from the ground and grabbed Ritas who was about to be pierced by the spikes.

"Although the full picture is still unclear, it should be okay to regard her as an intruder, right? Engli."

"Ah."

The shaking of the ground did not stop after Ritas was protected.

Soon, two stone giants as huge as small mountains cast huge shadows on the "Two-Way".

The two "Gatekeepers of the World Tree", standing on the left and right shoulders of their respective stone giants, pointed their fingers at their opponents and gave orders to the stone guards they controlled to expel the foreign enemies.

"It seems that no matter what happened before, when the professor was in danger, you, Engel, were still willing to lend a helping hand."

"It's just work. Also, don't talk privately when you're against the enemy. Your habits are really bad."

In the World Tree space, two huge stone guards, waving their hard and heavy fists, began to attack the invaders in the most primitive way.

"It seems like we have nothing else to do besides private conversation, right?"

"."

The Stone Guards are the necessities for their work given to Filigree and Engri when they became the "Gatekeepers of the World Tree" by a being suspected to be the will of the World Tree.

The control method of the stone guards is very simple. As long as they come into contact with them, the guards will follow their will. However, they can only use the stone guards when foreign enemies come.

Engli, in fact, knew very well what Filigree said.

But even though he knew clearly that he was actually the pendant guarding the boulder, and looking at his translucent body that was unable to do anything else, Engri still felt very depressed.

"What? What is this? It looks like fun. Can you let me have it too?"

In the attack of the stone guards, "Two-Way" was able to dodge them easily at first. However, the two stone guards, which looked bulky, were actually quite fast in attack.

Therefore, "Two-Way", who was forced into a situation with no way to escape, quickly used white silk threads to weave a mesh shield to block the heavy punch from a guard.

Feeling the surging power contained in the Stone Guard, "Two-Way" was in high spirits. The Stone Guard, which was not delayed by a single obstruction, continued to launch the next round of offensive.

Although Filigree was a student of the Ers High School before he became a gatekeeper, he was still not used to such things that required him to fight for his life. Therefore, after the giant stone guard he controlled forced "Two-Way" into a situation where he could not resist, he showed obvious hesitation in his actions.

But Engel doesn't worry about anything.

boom!
A powerful punch that shook the earth hit "Two-Way" who had woven three silk screen shields but had no time to weave a fourth one.

"This"

Filigree couldn't help but look reluctant.

However, the next moment he realized that the bloody scene he had expected did not appear.

I saw that the "two-way" that had been beaten into a "pool" had turned into a patch of white silk threads. Moreover, these silk threads began to increase and spread all over the mountains and plains.

(End of this chapter)