“Gaaaaahhhhh!” Nathan gritted his teeth. “Do I have enough Ena yet?”
Nathan formed two contracts. He wondered if this was enough, but after swallowing a few hundred cores, he finally had enough Ena to upgrade and sign the two contracts simultaneously.
“Oi! Refine those cores first. If you continue like this, you’re going to die!” Anubis warned him.
“It doesn’t matter.” Nathan panted. Even though he was having a hard time breathing and his body was hot, he still grabbed Fenrir’s fur and tried to stand up. “We don’t have time. Bring me to the sky right now!”
“You’re not in a condition to do anything.” Fenrir wanted to stop him, but Nathan simply looked at him. His eyes were pleading with Fenrir not to stop him.
Fenrir gnashed his teeth. Looking at his summoner acting like this, he truly had no other choice but to follow his wish. It was clear that if they waited for a bit longer, the enemy would gradually gain the upper hand.
That was why Fenrir turned to Nidhogg. “Nidhogg.”
“Oi. Fenrir!” Anubis didn’t expect Fenrir to be this reckless.
“Shut up, Anubis! Look at his eyes. Look at your summoner right now!”
Anubis’ body shook.
His body was shaking. It took him everything just to stand up. However, his eyes were pleading with them to trust him.
Anubis bit his lips. He summoned his bandages and carried Nathan to Nidhogg’s back.
Nidhogg had a solemn face, finally understanding what kind of summoner Nathan was.
Nidhogg took off to the sky, heading straight toward Silvania.
There were two contracts he made earlier. The first contract was his way to dispel the barrier.
Now that his soul contract had been upgraded once more, Nathan could make a contract with the barrier.
[This contract will be activated the moment Nathan Reckmoon shouts, “Dispel.” Party B, the barrier, will remove its links, deactivate its conditions, and stop the supply of Ena for one second in the spot designated by Nathan Reckmoon in exchange for 150 Ena.]
This was the reason why Nathan wanted to learn about the barrier. He didn’t have to understand the principle. As long as he knew the things that made the barrier, it might work out.
When they were about to arrive, Nidhogg immediately slowed down as his back faced upward, allowing Nathan to cover the last distance with a single jump.
Nathan could see Silvania behind the barrier. He simply said, “Dryad. Get ready!”
The dryad didn’t know what was going on, but Nathan’s hand had finally touched the barrier as he said, “Dispel!”
In that instant, all the links in that particular spot disappeared, the Ena had stopped flowing, and no other conditions put into the barrier were activated.
If he was the only one doing it, he might not succeed. But because Silvania was there, the contract was activated.
Silvania didn’t just decipher the barrier. She also determined the size of the tunnel.
A small hole as thick as an arm suddenly appeared in the barrier.
The dryad didn’t expect that Nathan was indeed able to deactivate the barrier, and she didn’t waste that chance.
A vine leaped into the tunnel and entered the island before the tunnel was closed.
Nathan could see Silvania’s shocked face. It was indeed rewarding to see the cold face of an otherworldly beauty turn into shock.
With a smile on his face, Nathan closed his eyes and started falling.
Before Nidhogg caught him, the vine dove to the ground before numerous vines emerged from the ground. All of them swirled around, forming a huge tower that caught Nathan as gently as possible.
The dryad appeared in her true form, asking, “Young Master. Are you alright?”
Just hearing the way she called him showed that she had acknowledged him. There might be a lot of questions, like how Nathan created that hole.
But that wasn’t important right now.
The dryad could see Nathan’s condition. She wanted to help him, but Nathan simply raised his hand as Nidhogg landed next to them.
With a hoarse voice, Nathan said, “You have your job. I, too, have my task. There’s no need to worry about me.”
“But you—” Nathan stopped her and pointed down, specifically at the other students. “Look at that. More and more aliens are coming. If you don’t help them right now, someone might die. Don’t let them die.”
The dryad took a look at the situation before turning back, only to find Nathan already making his way to Nidhogg’s back. Without even waiting for her, Nathan had flown away.
Vivian couldn’t help but bit her lips as she could only helplessly watch him from the outside. Silvania and other familiars saw Nathan in a new light.
Meanwhile, the dryad bit her lips before her body turned back into vines.
…
“Stop them!”
“Hey. They’re about to break through over there!”
The students started getting overwhelmed. They had killed a lot of aliens, but the number was too much.
But before the aliens overran them, vines emerged from the ground and started wrapping around two hundred aliens, stopping their advance.
After that, trees started to shake as if a powerful wind hit them. When those leaves fell down, they fell like sharp blades, cutting all the aliens that had been captured.
“This is…” The students were surprised since none of them was capable of such a massive feat.
The dryad showed herself to them and said, “Students. Use this chance to regroup and handle the aliens coming from that part. Some of you are to head to Rudeus and August. They need help to take down the ogre.”
“O-oh?!” The students were stunned for a second but soon cheered. They became energetic again and followed the dryad’s instructions.
Meanwhile, the dryad’s real body appeared from the manifestation of the world tree as her voice rang from within. “O’ Eternal Tree, I call upon thee to bestow thy power, to grant thy strength and wisdom for the pitiful earth.”
“!!!” Dikkleus was startled because she wasn’t supposed to be here. “You—”
“Save your yapping! I’m pissed off right now!” The dryad clasped her hands. “Come forth, Garden of the Beginning!”