The GM Has Logged Into A Different World - Chapter 42

Isekai GM 42. The Day The Castle Falls

—The story goes back to when Tatsuma was still fighting Schwarz

While the two of them fought, I frantically held my grounds against the tree that held Fuiria.

It might sound weird considering I had [FlnvincibilityJ active, but the tree kept summoning wooden stakes from below my feet. It dealt no damage, but ever since that first attack, the tree kept trying to ragdoll me every time I landed on my feet.

I had been relying a lot on Wing in the recent fights, so maybe that explains why I couldn't dodge as skillfully on land. The tree had thrown me around like some beach ball for quite several times now.

(I should train after this... This will definitely not happen if I hadn't been relying too much on using magic in fights)

Even in this state, I managed to throw another High-Potion towards Fuiria. It was also broken by one of the tree’s vines, but some of the contents managed to splash Fuiria.

Of course, since this is a fantasy world, it will heal her without making her wet.

Even in this kind of serious situation, this kind of thing helped a bit. In addition to the wooden stakes from the tree roots, the vines also started attacking me.

Was it because I came too close to Fuiria?

Like it was not troublesome enough already.

I held my sword high to deter the attacking vines while jumping around to avoid the wooden stakes that were coming from the marble floor.

I slashed the approaching vines and cut them into two. The vines fell to the ground, but immediately, more vines continued to pursue me. If the other otherworlders were left fighting this thing, this would turn into a very difficult situation for them. Handling all the attacks from left, right, above, and below were just too annoying!

I kept dodging while checking Fuiria's health status. Suddenly, the whole castle shook. I could feel strength filling my body.

I glanced at my status screen and lo and behold, the previously darkened Magic column was now lit up.

(Adelle’s team did itl And nowl)

I could train later.

Now, I had to rely on using magic again.

I instantly activated fWingJ and flew towards Furia.

Numerous vines launched to my direction, but thanks to my Invincibility, this amount of vines wasn't enough to disturb me from channeling my spell.

The spell that I chose was FDispelJ . It was one of the spells that could dispel curses. Assuming that the curse was too severe, it would probably fail half of the time, but for now, I needed something that could be cast as fast as possible.

If I took my sweet time doing it, Iro might had his chance and held Fuiria hostage.

I gathered more mana in both of my hands and......!

Dispel!

The spell took about half of my total MP. Meanwhile, Fuiria was covered in bright lights due to its effect. I took another look at her with my [Appraisa!] .

Fuiria Dol Granfang

HP 70/100

MP 200

Yeah!

She was completely cured!

The tree probably couldn’t contain Fuiria anymore and spat her out of its trunk. I caught her with both of my arms. Sweet and soft scent tickled my nostrils. I quickly regained my composure and cast THealJ to recover her health. Her pale complexion gradually got better and the color of her face returned to normal. I shifted my attention to Tatsuma.

Seemed like he finished his fight.

Meanwhile, Iro looked at me in surprise.

Yep, he was definitely going to use Fuiria as a hostage.

I knew what this guy was thinking. He must have thought that Since Tatsuma was coming, they must be trying to rescue Fuiria. Iro was begging for his sorry and insignificant life on the ground. Suddenly, Tatsuma swung his spear and a loud thud was heard.

O-oi.........Did he die?

There were so many informations we could squeeze out from this guy.

We’ll be in so much trouble if he died.

Did you just...

We can still get some useful information from this cretin. I’ll kill him after that

Oh thank goodness.

After all, I couldn't read [Past Log Analysis! from a corpse.

In any case, I shouldn't keep carrying Fuiria in my arms any longer. I quickly handed her over to Tatsuma. I wish to let him do the rescue if possible, but it couldn't be helped.

Fortunately, Fuiria was unconscious.

Let's tell her that Tatsuma was the one that rescued her.

I could see Prince Leon and Haruka rushing from the distance.

Let's quickly go home. This victory is ours!

We finally settled things with the Empire.

We need to dig everything from Iro down to the roots.

Finally we could get some res— eh? What’s that shaking under my feet......I?

The whole castle was grumbling.

Cracks appeared on the ceilings and the walls while the trees were shaking about. The shaking got even stronger. Bigger cracks appeared on the walls and a part of the ceiling fell to the floor.

Ugh!! What the hell is going on here!?

Wa wa wa... I dunno but... can we just run about right nowl?

What the... Let’s get out of here!!

I quickly opened [System Message] to deliver my message throughout the castle.

[The castle is collapsing! We got to escape quickly!!]

After that, I quickly held both of my hands towards the others.

We’ll never make it on foot! Everyone hold onto me! We’ll escape from the sky!

Prince Leon held Haruka and Tatsuma held Fuiria. I grabbed their arms and quickly activated Wing. Having to hold the weight of 4 people would slow me down, but other than that, I shouldn't have any trouble flying around.

As I wondered how to drag Iro with us, I noticed that he was covered in deep dark red aura. He rose slowly and stared at us with his hollow eyes.

AAAAAaaaa......N— Stoooplll Mind......My soul iS VanisHiiing......!!

AAggaGagGaa......HeEEELIp MEEE!

Something was happening to him.

He held his head in agony and his scream sounded really painful.

Iro! Grab my hand!

AAAggAaaggagGa!!! Tadzu......mAll HeLp PrinCezS......! [Mind of Pavaria] iz......AgaAGaGaAAAAAaaA!!!

Tatsuma reached out his hand, but Iro wrung out the last of his consciousness and slapped his arm away.

Pavaria? Is this something related to the mastermind behind all of this?

(RAW: パヴァリアに気 = Pavaria ni ki)

The aura exploded into tentacles, wiggling their way to the gigantic tree and disappeared inside its trunk.

This scene looked really familiar.

In fact, it's the same thing that happened with Barry.

However this time, the intensity was totally different.

Despite having Invincibility, I felt shivers down my spine.

If we tried to attack now, we might be able to stop Iro from whatever he was doing, but this castle wouldn't be able to handle much longer under this much shaking.

As frustrating as it was, there was no way for us to attack right now.

With Prince Leon and Tatsuma grabbing each of my hands, I started flying into the sky while looking at the gigantic tree behind us.

The quaking reached as far as the whole capital, the whole city was rumbling. From the direction of the capital, the thorns flowed like ocean waves and they seemed heading towards the castle.

As we were flying from the sky, we heard a loud noise.

I glanced at the source of that loud noise and saw that Nemea had just broken through a wall. That crazy lion......Though I’d probably do the same if I were in their position.

Since the shaking had settled, we landed at the hall in front of the castle. Soon, the other group arrived into the hall. All of them were covered in dust, but none of them suffered any injury.

Masaki, what's with that earthquake? What is going on here?

I don’t know, but......There's this guy called Iro. He seemed to be the Empire’s prime minister. Perhaps we triggered some sort of thing when we beat him. I think it's the same thing that happened with Barry... How troublesome......

What happened next rendered me speechless.

I had to look up into the sky.

GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

What rose from the castle’s rubble was a gigantic monster, with a beast-like upper body and tree-like lower body. Thick tentacles spread all around its body. Countless amounts of thorny ivy and vines bundled together forming arms and claws. Meanwhile, the castle was already torn to pieces. What’s left of it were only rubbles all over the place.

Oi oi oill

He’s bigger than Barry!

This guy was at least twice as hard to beat!!

Everyone’s eyes were glued to the monster. The monster’s head turned to us. It opened its dark red eyes, glaring at us with jealousy, hatred, and anger.

GUAAAAAAAAAOOOOO!!!!

Its roar shook the atmosphere. It attacked us with tentacles that were probably as thick as tree trunks. They were too thick to tank and too many to avoid! I quickly casted a spell and gathered mana in both hands.

FIame Javelin!!

Giant burning spears appeared and destroyed the tentacles. I shot out at least 10 of them, but it wasn’t even nearly enough to stop them all!

--Donl Don! Don! BLAAAMII —

Looking at the side, Akiha was a rough-looking gun while Adelle was shooting spheres of concentrated mana. Nemea, Prince Leon, Hayato, and Tatsuma all knocked down the tentacles that managed to slip past between the barrage of spells and bullets.

The attack didn’t reach us. However, it left an unprecedented destruction on our surrounding. The gigantic holes in the stone pavements really showed the power behind the monster’s attack. Under the dust cloud, Haruka muttered something into Fuiria’s ears.

Forest Shield. Grasscutter's tuning fork

Was that a spell!? I didn’t know what kind of spell it was. Was it a magic from this world? Or was it from the game Farmer Island? But the casted magic surrounds us in green veil.

The latter one sounded more like a skill, but what was its effect?

Yep. This should slowly recover our strength and give some protection. By the way, I also added my skill to increase our attack to plants- Everyone is already strong, so I didn’t think we need this before, but this time it seems necessary

That was some lazy explanation right there. In any case, I should add more layer to the support buffs.

Quick bite! Protect Alll Magic Shell! Powered! Orchestra of Heroes! Magic Sword: Flame!

The fatigue hit me all at once right after I casted the buffs. But it should help since it increased attack speed, defense, magical defense, attack power, and added a fire enchant to our weapons. This always happened whenever I used too much mana at once. Adelle, who was quietly watching over me, put her hand on my back. Warmth spread all over me and my strength returned.

Adelle’s mana?

I felt the same warmth like I felt back in the field hospital.

Adelle, Thank you. It really helps

Don’t worry about it. After all, I learned it just for you

The strength felt warm on my back. Good grief.. She was really too good for me.

How thoughtful of her.

In any case, we should evacuate Haruka ASAP. After all, she came from a non-combat type MMO. Fighting would be hard for her.

The Room . Haruka, please take the princess and evacuate. Akiha, you also—

I'll fight. Please let me fight. I hate the Empire, but I don't hate its people. If I can help them... no... I want to help them.

Very well. Please support us from the back. I'll leave it to you.

Toger that!

No hesitation.

Good for her.

The dust cleared up. The monster glared at the fact that we were unharmed with hatred. Its mouth was overflowing with saliva......No, it's a plant, so probably tree saps. It displayed its wooden fang, dripping with saps.

GUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOo

oooOOIII

The monster came to us with a huge roar.

Our forces were 7 people.

......Ah no, 7 people +1 because Prince Leon's dragon came to our rescue.

I never expected to be summoned to another world and fight like this. Ah, but being summoned is already unexpected in and on itself.

If that’s the case, then I’ll completely overthrow the villain’s expectation.