“Guruo, voruaaaah!!” (Everyone, let’s go!!)

“Voruaaaan!” (Charge!)

“UWOOOOOOOOON!”

The weapons of the dog men who charged towards the blood-sucking tree with a roar emitted a pale phosphorescence which drew a trail of light in the forest which had been darkened by the thick fog.

This light was due to the spell cast on their weapons with Lancer’s holy attribute magic, “Holy Weapon”, which is a holy light that burns the souls of the undead, vampires, and demons.

While it may sound amazing, it is an elementary holy attribute spell that can be used by any full-fledged member of the clergy who is recognized by the Church.

In this case, the choice of spell was correct for the situation as this species of blood-sucking monster contains impure magic within it. As soon as it came into contact with the holy light which it was weak against, it seemed to be frightened and the vines approaching the Kobolds backed away.

“Garuouh.” (Outta my way!)

During that time, one of the Kobolds who was blessed with a huge physique and inherited Ax’s old Battle Axe, swung the weapon down and cut up the vast bundle of vines blocking their way.

Without stopping his momentum, he used his body as a centrifugal force to spin like a top while wielding his Battle Axe and cut off the thick, thorny vines which pursued him until he reached the Blood Trent’s trunk and attacked it.

“OOoo OOoOoO…”

“Woruvaah, wauaoruaaan!!” (You tree monster, don’t you underestimate us lumberjacks!)

After spitting out a line that didn’t suit the current battle with much gusto, he swung a heavy slash attack at the base of the tree!

While his mentor, the huge, blue Kobold who trained him in the way of the lumberjack, was away, Smith and the other floppy-eared Kobolds encouraged him to chop trees as a way of training.

But while the blow he dealt to the body of the Blood Trent only slowed down its movement for a bit, its bland reaction towards the attack proved that it did not feel any pain at all.

“Gauh, guorufaou.” (Tsk, this thing is so creepy.)

Immediately letting go of the Battle Axe while cursing out the tree, the Kobold with the huge physique stepped back and dodged the thorny vines which descended from the treetops.

Learning from the human male who had hesitated to let go of his Longsword which was stuck to the tree and ended up getting caught by the vines and dangling upside-down from the tree, the move he pulled off still seemed to be a success even though the tree launched a surprise attack from above instead of below.

Meanwhile, the Kobold who was from the same litter batch as him attacked at the same time with his light Spear but did not challenge the tree to fight close combat and instead stepped back a fair distance away, tipped back his shoulder, and threw his Javelin with all his might as he turned his body forward in a semicircular motion.

The Javelin cut through the air as it flew in a straight line and lodged itself into the tree’s trunk. But even though it didn’t seem to have an effect, it pours out the holy light cast into it, blocking the flow of dark-attribute magic circulating inside the body of the Blood Trent.

“oOOU UuUuU.”

For the first time, they felt impatience from the voice of the tree monster who supposedly doesn’t feel pain, but… Immediately after, it directed its ire towards the Kobold who had just thrown his weapon and out popped sharp tree roots from beneath him!

“Guh!? Woaaah, guuh.” (Wha!?  Woaaah, guuh.)

The roots of the tree pierced the side of the young Kobold who quickly moved his upper body to the side in an attempt to evade, but the vines wrapped itselves around him and he fell to the ground while enduring the pain.

“Auu~”

After a while, the lone Kobold who was captured had a disgruntled look on his face as he moodily wagged his tail. Ordinarily, he would have no leeway to act like that in such a situation, but…

Since he had fulfilled his role to act as a decoy, he probably felt that the rest was up to his companions.

And speaking of the two other Kobolds who jumped in to attack at the same time as them…

“Kuu, voruauuh.” (It’s annoying, isn’t it?)

Lancer used her slashing spear to cut away at the thorns and vines coming her way and ran swiftly like the wind as she approached the Blood Trent from the right, while Blazer, who matched her speed, attacked at the same time from the left to form a pincer attack.

“Gauru kuaoruu, guruaaaah.” (For the safety of the pack, I’ll bring you down!)

The reason why the cautious Kobold decided to take out the blood-sucking tree despite the risks involved, was because of the remains of the Goblins scattered around it.

If they had ignored the Goblins’ sacrifice and left the tree alone, there was a high chance that their fellow pack members, whose lifestyles and habitats overlapped with theirs, would also be affected. In other words, it was necessary to remove this threat from the pack territory, but…

Since the dog people were conveniently within its reach, the Blood Trent launched numerous vines to capture the tall and lean Kobold and use him for nourishment.

In response, Blazer raised his left arm towards the vines approaching him and unleashed hellfire from his claws after judging that the risk of fire spreading within the fog was low.

“Gaoah.” (Shaaah!)

Immediately after burning the vines with his Flaming Claws, he used the black sword in his right hand to make semi-circular slashes on the ground to cut up the vines which had snuck up beneath the fallen leaves.

“OOo OOou…”

“Gauh, gurukuaa woruau!” (Hah, I’ve seen that trick earlier!)

After ruining the surprise attack which captured the villagers from Viel village in one fell sweep, a huge shadow suddenly loomed over his head as he approached the Blood Trent.

“Gauh.” (Tsk.)

He instinctively prioritized evasion rather than confirming what it was and endured the burden on his legs as he made a huge side step to evade, and the tree made a violently loud sound as it slammed its left palm into the ground.