I Was Deemed a Worthless Saint Without a Level-Up Blessing and Was Sent Off to Marry a Neighboring Country, but It Turns Out My Blessing Was Actually Level Cap Removal - Episode 49

The strategy devised by Alvent was to approach from the upwind side opposite to Treant’s direction of advance and attempt to collect the poisoned fruits centered around Nanette and Chelsea until Trent completed its turn.

When conducting a surprise attack, it is common to position oneself downwind to avoid being detected by the scent of the attackers. However, in the case of Poison Treants, being downwind means being exposed to more poison.

The poison tree originally wraps its branches and roots around prey weakened by its poison and uses it as nourishment.

Regarding the poison, Ferulina is supposed to cast a holy magic with poison resistance on all the knights in advance, but it is best not to inhale it as much as possible.

Additionally, since the treant’s movement speed is not very fast, attacking from behind has the advantage of buying a little more time until it can turn around.

That said, originally, a treant is a creature that you can’t even tell which way is front unless it moves. Naturally, since it also has branches growing from the back, you can’t let your guard down at all.

Due to the movement of the Poison Treant, a path of felled trees had formed in the forest.

As expected, they couldn’t approach on horseback, so they dismounted a little distance away and, while hiding, approached Treant on foot from behind.

For the massive treant, humans might be like dogs to cats, but it seems that it could sense the presence of more than twenty moving.

The Poison Treant, which had been moving while making a creaking sound as it knocked down trees and causing tremors, came to a stop just as it was within the range of arrows.

“I wanted to close the distance a bit more, but…!”

Alvent, clicking his tongue in annoyance, gives instructions to the members.

“Spread out and hold off the treant while supporting Nanette and Chelsea! The top priority is to collect the poison fruit! Magicians, don’t use fire magic until I give the signal! Use earth magic to hold it off or wind magic to drop the branches! But be careful not to damage the fruit itself while dropping the poison fruit!”

What Alvent is holding is not his beloved great sword, but a rugged axe.

In the forest patrol and subjugation, it is common to encounter fallen trees. Therefore, the knight’s brigade’s supplies include axes.

The Poison Treant reacts to the knights who all start running towards it at once.

Gyoooooo!

Whether it’s a warning sound or a roar, an unusual noise like branches and leaves rubbing together echoes.

At the same time, Poison Treant began to turn around, rustling the leaves and branches.

Before Poison Treant can turn around, the members of the group, led by Alvent, rush in.

Ferulina, who cast the spell, encompassed all the members of the group within its range, layering spells one after another for poison resistance, increased defense, and increased attack power.

Before Alvent could reach Poison treant, it was the magic of the sorcerers that struck the dense foliage directly.

The wind and blades of ice slash through the branches and leaves.

Toxic green leaves danced down like snow, and severed branches fell.

“Alright! Keep it up and knock those branches off!”

Robes, who is giving instructions near Ferulina at the back instead of Alvent who moved forward, raises his voice.

However, Poison Treant is not going down quietly either.

Rustle, rustle, rustle! The dense branches and leaves sway violently despite the absence of wind.

Just when I thought that, the branches and leaves stretched out like a writhing snake.

The branches and leaves, bending like a whip, knock the ice blade away.

Toxic green leaves scatter, but they don’t fall to the branches like before. The mages seem to be struggling to aim at the violently writhing branches.

It’s not just the branches that are writhing. The roots are also twisting and turning to intercept the Alvent.

The earth magic specialists are trying to solidify the ground to stop its movement, but it seems impossible with the size and mass of the Poison Torrent.

With a dull sound, the clump of soil that had solidified around the roots crumbled, and the earth was blown away.

Seeing the dirt lightly falling on the approaching knights, Robes raised his voice.

“Leave the roots to the leaders! Magicians, focus your attacks on the branches!”

At Robes’ command, the magic users focus on pruning the branches.

By that time, Alvent had already approached Poison Trent.

A root thicker than a person’s torso swings, scattering clumps of soil.

Ferulina gasped involuntarily, but Alvent, moving with an agility that seemed impossible for someone in armor, crouched low to evade the roots and then swung his axe at another root.

Is it the effect of increased attack power? The thick roots are sliced in two.

At the same time, a murky green mist erupted from the severed roots.

It must be the poisonous sap of the Poison Treant.

Whether it can be prevented by the poison resistance spell.

If it surpasses Ferulina’s magic, I must quickly cast an antidote spell, I thought as I chanted the incantation and watched Alvent’s movements. While cutting down another root, Alvent raised his voice to encourage the members.

“With the anti-poison magic, we can fully defend against the poison! There’s no need to fear the Poison Treant’s poison!”

The members of the group raised their voices in joy at Alvent’s words.

Ferulina also lets out a sigh of relief from the bottom of her heart.
But, we still can’t let our guard down.

Even if the threat of poison is gone, the thick branches and roots that lash out like whips can still cause injury just by grazing them. If they hit you directly, it would be no small matter.

The knights fighting in the treacherous terrain must be wary not only of the roots that attack them but also of the branches that strike from above.

The mages are concentrating their attacks on the branches, but it seems quite difficult to reduce their number.

Even if they manage to drop it by chance, the knights still have to avoid branches that might fall from above at any moment.

The Poison treant, shaking its branches and scattering its toxic green leaves like snow, looks from a distance as if a blizzard has come early to that spot.

The entire trent is likely infused with poisonous elements. A faint green mist hangs in the air, and anyone who steps into this space without poison resistance magic will quickly be afflicted by the poison.

Ferulina, fearing that neutralizing the poison too much might cause the effect to wear off, cast a spell and further layered the anti-poison magic over the entire knight order.

The Poison Treant was already halfway through its turn.

From the precise movements targeting the knights, it seems that unlike animals, they have no trouble attacking even when facing backward. Their perception is probably completely different from that of animals.

“The poisonous fruit is coming into view! It’s fine to drop it, but be careful not to slice the poisonous fruit itself!”

Through the gaps in the branches where many leaves have fallen, the poisonous fruit growing on the branches near the trunk begins to become visible.

The red fruit, which looks as if bl00d has been boiled and congealed, is probably bigger than a human head.

The morale of the members rises when they see the goal.

The skilled archers who had been waiting until now begin to shoot arrows at the poisonous fruits peeking through the branches.

Among them was Chelsea.

In contrast, the nimble Nanette, wearing leather armor, is waiting near the Poison Treant, just out of reach of its roots.

Even if you go through the trouble of dropping the fruit, if it falls and gets crushed or trampled by the roots, it becomes useless.

Therefore, the plan is to retrieve it while Alvent and the heavily armored knights draw the Poison Treant’s attention.

Although the poison fruit is much larger than ordinary fruit, the position where it grows is quite high because the poison trent itself is gigantic.

Moreover, since it’s located deep within the dense foliage near the trunk and the branches are moving vigorously, it seems quite difficult just to aim at it.

However, since I’m going out of my way to engage in close combat to obtain the poisonous fruit, I must get it at all costs.