The Devil Who Grants Wishes

I still remember the nightmare of the Great Forest that day.

The fresh smell of grass had changed to the stench of rotten trees, and the forest filled with a sweet scent was filled with deadly poison instead of the scent.

The trees that stood strong and dignified became the undead trent, the beautiful flowers became the ugly bones that you could only see in a nightmare, and the animals living in harmony were eroded by the magic and turned into a beast.

Fortunately, the seal was successfully sealed, preventing the entire Great Forest from changing horribly… but you never know when that seal will be broken.

Kugu Palace

“Again… the barrier…”

So, once a month, there is always a problem.

No matter how much the barrier is re-established, no matter how strong it is, no matter how much mana is injected, the magicians and beasts beyond that barrier are always trying to break the barrier, regardless.

If you compare the first barrier with the current barrier, even though it has become several times stronger, you can see that this problem is still not fixed.

Also, I should have killed that demon.

I am so resentful of the senate who insisted that we watch it first, saying that it would be dangerous to start a fight prematurely.

“I’ll call the elder.”

“…okay.”

The other elves, who were watching the barrier by their side, spoke monotonously as if it was a daily routine.

This wave of barriers has now become very familiar, so unlike in the early days, no one is making a fuss now.

I just move my body like always, saying, ‘I have something else to do.’

And when you see it like that, on the other hand, it creates fear.

If that barrier is finally broken, what will everyone do?

Even 13 years ago, they were at a level that could have barely succeeded in sealing them, but now it is certain that they have become stronger than that?

We may have to leave our home and home, the Great Forest.

For an elf to leave the great forest and live, the filthy mana outside will taint his mind and body. Just imagining it is terrifying.

Ummm… leave.

‘…Is Lena doing well?’

Thinking that I could leave the Great Forest, I suddenly remember Lena, who left the forest not long ago to travel around the world.

I still don’t understand how you’re thinking about leaving the Great Forest after everyone, including me, has stopped you.

If Lena comes back, I’ll be fine, even if it stinks a bit, but the other elves… maybe they’ll keep their distance?

You may have to be alone for a few decades to let the outside smell go away.

‘By the way… isn’t there a legend related to it?’

A long time ago, the elder’s elder’s elder’s Elder There is a legend that, older than when the elder was alive, an elf who went out of the great forest prematurely was rejected by his people and never returned to the forest again.

Of course, this is a fictional story.

It may be a legend that the old people were created to prevent the young elves from going out prematurely, but the fact that such a legend exists shows very well the elves’ view of leaving the Great Forest.

Anyway, I hope Lena will stop wandering and come back soon.

………….

hey hey

‘This time it’s going to be a little longer.’

The elders and wizards who rushed from the village were repairing the barrier, and it had already been nearly three hours.

I remember that some time ago, 10 years ago, the repair was done in one hour… The repair time has tripled in just 10 years.

Then, will the maintenance hours be 9 hours after 10 years, 27 hours after 20 years, and 81 hours after 30 years?

Ugh… it’s increasing so fast. I’ll have to take action soon, but it’s a big deal.

[…we know enough, so don’t worry too much. Be sure to deal with those beasts and protect this great forest where our ancestors are buried.]

‘…it’s a lie too.’

The elder still doesn’t seem to be able to come up with a way to solve this problem. I’m just repeating the words not to worry.

Of course, you could have really thought of a workaround, but that’s very unlikely.

If there really was a solution, it would be to greatly strengthen the barrier so that the beasts wouldn’t even dare to break the barrier, or to go inside the barrier and defeat the sealed beasts.

‘Isn’t it better to go out of the great forest and call for support? ‘

If it is a problem that cannot be solved by us alone, it may be better to call in an outside person and find a solution.

No, that would be the only way to be precise.

If it was a problem that only the elves of the Great Forest could solve, it would have been solved 13 years ago when the beasts were at their weakest.

Yes, outsiders are a bit stinky, but it would be better to call outside support.

After the repair of this barrier is finished, I will persuade the elders and members of the elders-

Awkward!

“Ugh!?”

At that moment, a sound is suddenly heard, as if the skins and tendons of animals were being ripped apart alive.

Just hearing it is so creepy that I can’t even remember what I was thinking about until now, and the sound is so loud that I can only hear the tinnitus ringing in my ears.

“What is this…!”

“no!!”

“Come on, stop it! It’s not too late yet!!”

“Hurry up and get more support!!”

‘Ugh… my ears hurt.’

Before I could even find out what was going on, the loud screams of the senators disturb my eardrums. The sound of yelling from various elves everywhere is disturbing and makes my heart pound.

But… it wasn’t hard to know what had happened though.

Even if the ears are slightly savored, the eyes are still doing their job of seeing.

“What… that…”

I frowned and lifted my head to see a large hole in the barrier.

The hole, which looks like an eyeball covered by the eyelids, is emitting countless magical energy and at the same time sucking in countless mana from the great forest.

The density is so high that the magic and mana, which normally would not be visible without the use of magic poetry, could be seen very clearly with the naked eye.

The black and red powder protruding from the hole spreads through the entire forest in an instant, and the blue powder protruding from the giant trees is being sucked into the hole without end.

He’ll still be fine.

The only thing that comes out is Magi, so if you turn it on well,

“Keeaa Kie”

“Hey…”

However, the hopes I had for a while are shattered in an instant.

A huge, ugly-looking centipede head protruded from the hole in the barrier. Only the centipede’s head with nothing below its neck.

At first glance, it looks like a simple centipede’s head, but if you look closely, it’s not at all.

The head is made up of countless demons and corpse fragments of monsters, and where the eyes should be, an unfathomably deep void can be seen. From the centipede’s antennae, the mana sucked from the giant tree is being absorbed.

“Kei-“

“Ah, uh…”

eyes met

The eyes were nothing but empty spaces, but it was definitely true that their eyes met.

Otherwise, there is no way the centipede’s head is clearly facing me.

Hang on

The centipede’s head approaches me.

Just by moving, the space around the head is distorted, the lights are flickering, and the outline of the head is blurred. It is like looking at a hot sandy beach.

Uh, how… how should I do it?

“Aren!! Run away!!”

“Ah?! B, yes…!”

At that moment, the elder’s piercing shout awakens my mind.

Until recently, I couldn’t think normally and I couldn’t move properly, but after hearing those rumors, it becomes clear what I need to do.

You have to run away, right now.

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what is it here

Is it really a great forest?

‘Obviously the coordinates are the same… no matter how you look at it, it’s not a big forest, it’s some kind of dungeon.’

First of all, I went to the great forest and tried to find a place to build a house, but the scenery is completely different from what I remembered.

The sky is surrounded by a dome-shaped barrier that blocks mana and magic, and this barrier is full of high-purity mana and magic. Perhaps because of that, the space is filled with only dark red, and there are no other colors except for dark red.

Besides, every time I inhale and exhale, I, no, Faust’s body, feel a great sense of comfort. Every time you breathe, high-purity mana and magic will scan your whole body in an instant, raising your mood.

It’s a feeling I’ve never felt before in Faust’s body.

‘Uh… um…’

Not only that.

The high-purity Mana and Magi create demons and at the same time transform all objects in this dome into demons, and the created demons and demons are killing each other and engaging in a death match.

What’s even more disturbing is that the dead monsters and beasts again inhabit the corpses of mana and magic, and a new beast is born.

And from the magicians, demons, and beasts here… I can feel the energy similar to mine.

…What’s this.

I hope this is because of me-

Awkward!

‘What else is that?’

At that moment, the barrier that filled the sky was suddenly torn.

Obviously, up until recently, even though the barrier was a little shaky, it was well blocking the condensed mana and magic.

It was torn all of a sudden without any warning signs.

…Is this because I suddenly appeared? Because the barrier that suppresses my magic can’t handle my magic?

“Keeaa Kie”

“…”

When the barrier was torn and there was a gap, the monsters and beasts that had been in a death match up until now were frozen for a moment, then stopped fighting and everyone ran towards that gap.

From the smallest beasts and monsters to the largest centipede-headed beast, literally all beings in this space are running out in one accord.

It’s like looking at soldiers who have been well-trained.

How come… I think I had a lot of accidents…?