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Chapter 84 Burning Camp
The heavy footsteps of the tree monsters mingled together, like the beating of war drums!

"Execute the tactics we just agreed on! Gak, let's go!"

Marcus roared and, together with Gak, took the lead in carrying the load.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two muffled thuds rang out as the two tree monsters at the forefront swung their branches and struck!
Marcus parried with his composite shield, cleaved the branch in two with a single strike, then retreated behind the shield again, continuing his steady advance.

Gak raised his left arm as a shield, which mitigated most of the force of the twig's strike.

Then he swung his broad axe in a wide arc, using the strength of his waist to throw himself out, and slammed it hard into the tree monster's trunk.

"Crack!"

With a flash of the broadsword, wood chips flew everywhere, the tree monster's bark was ripped off, and the blade pierced into its trunk.

Gray didn't have the same robust physique as Marcus and Gack; he could only rely on his relatively agile movements to dodge the lashing branches and then slash at the lower half of the tree monster with his sword.

The longsword precisely severed the tree monster's root joints that it used to walk.

This caused the tree monster to stumble, further slowing its already sluggish movement.

While the three were putting up a fight, the fire support from the rear arrived just in time.

Instead of charging up his Thunder Arrow, Vales opted for a rapid-fire suppression attack.

"Shhhhhhh!"

Arrows mixed with a small amount of battle aura were fired swiftly, and after hitting several monsters, they would produce a small explosion effect, which could effectively hinder their movement.

Zellir then unleashed the deadliest attack on the tree monsters—a fireball.

The first virgin magic he learned finally came into play; after a brief period of charging, the tip of the ash wood glowed with an orange-red light.

Instead of aiming at the trunks of the tree monsters, Zellir went straight for their most leafy canopies.

"boom!"

The fireball immediately ignited the leaves upon impact, and the flames greedily licked the branches, causing the fire to spread rapidly.

But that wasn't enough. Zelier raised the ash wood again, but this time he didn't unleash a fireball, but a cyclone!
With a flick of his wrist, Zelier unleashed a swirling current of energy that whistled towards the ignited tree monster.

"Whoosh—whoosh—"

Wind helps the fire.

The already raging flames spread even faster after being fueled by the wind, and suddenly shot upwards several meters.

The ignited branches and leaves, carried by the wind, spread to other tree monsters, and in an instant, the entire front line of the battlefield turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The burning tree monsters were noticeably more listless and showed signs of getting out of control. They no longer strictly obeyed the tree spirit's commands, but instead began to jump around in place, their branches wildly flapping in all directions, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies.

But all of this was in vain. The fire intensified, and the tree monster emitted crackling sounds as firewood burned through its body. Its massive form began to twist and deform in the flames.

Zellir seized the opportunity to unleash several more fireballs, scorching the tree monster's bark until it charred and turned black, finally collapsing to the ground with a loud "boom."

Zellir's combination of wind and fire threw the tree monster army into disarray, causing them to collapse with a roar.

For those tree monsters that weren't burned to death, Marcus Gakgray and his companions would promptly rush in and finish them off, cutting them in half at the waist.

Seeing the tree monsters he controlled suffer such heavy losses, the tree spirit was completely enraged.

"Roar!!!"

A furious roar echoed through the forest, and the tree spirit's massive network of roots immediately pierced into the soil beneath it, rapidly thickening. The tree spirit drew upon the earth's power, causing its entire form to transform.

Its trunk grew taller and more robust, its branches grew longer and longer, and the vines that hung down to the ground began to twist and extend, becoming tougher.

The tree spirit's branches and vines bared their fangs and began to sweep wildly in all directions!
"Watch out!" Gray exclaimed, immediately ducking and rolling over.

"Shh!"

The strike made a whooshing sound as the vines lashed the ground, carving a deep furrow.

More and more branches and vines swept in, attacking the team.

Zellir tried to charge up a fireball and throw it, but the treant's reaction speed was much faster than the tree monster's. The fireball was lashed out by the tree monster while it was still in mid-air, and it couldn't hit the main body at all.

They're quite clever!
Zellier narrowed his eyes slightly.

Since that's the case, the only option is to use Flame Breath to give the tree spirit a good thrashing at close range.

He made up his mind.

"Marcus, Gack! You two go up there and buy me some time!" Zellier shouted.

"no problem!"

Marcus and Gack immediately put their plan into action, raising their shields and slowly approaching the tree spirit.

This almost provocative act immediately provoked the tree spirit's wrath, and almost all the branches and vines attacked the two of them, with crisp "snap" sounds ringing out incessantly.

Marcus and Gack did not retreat an inch. While using their shields to block the blows, they also cut off the vines that were being swung at them.

Just as the pressure on the two was mounting, Zellir's magical support arrived just in time.

Stone Wall Technique!
Two thick earthen walls suddenly rose up in front of them, blocking a barrage of blows for Marcus and Gak!

Although the stone wall was covered in dust and debris, it still gave the two of them a precious chance to catch their breath.

Vales was also providing continuous support to Marcus and Gak from a distance. This time, he used Thunder Arrow, but his target was not the tree spirits, but the remaining tree monsters that were trying to attack Marcus and Gak from behind.

Each arrow, imbued with ferocious fighting spirit, could directly shatter a portion of the tree monster's trunk, greatly relieving the pressure on the front row and freeing them from worrying about their backs.

At this moment, the tree spirit's attention was completely drawn to Marcus and Gack, and under its control, more than a dozen branches and vines launched a frenzied attack, completely ignoring Zelier.

However, it was this very contempt that led to its downfall.

With the support of the ash wood base, Zelier's Flame Breath spell only took a little over five seconds to charge up!

The surrounding temperature began to rise sharply, and a heart-palpitating heat spread out, even distorting the air with the heat wave.

At the tip of the ash wood staff, a dazzling red light was gathering... and then bursting forth!

The tree spirit then realized something was wrong, but it was too late.

Flame Breath Technique!
"boom!!!"

A blazing fireball, as bright as a small sun, swept in!

The terrifying torrent of flames instantly engulfed the tree spirit's upper body. The rolling flames, mixed with magical impact, had a devastating effect on this plant-type monster.

The tree spirit's tough bark and its impenetrable trunk were being rapidly destroyed by the Flame Breath Technique.

(End of this chapter)