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Genius Warlock-Episode 538

538. princess and prince (2)

Trudging. Trudging. plod.

Oliver walked silently towards the center of Sleeping Forest..

There is only one reason. It was to meet the princess, the owner of this forest..

The owner of Sleeping Forest, which was made up of hundreds of thousands of people, and the person who pulled a ridiculous prank..

Oliver silently walked in a straight line like a man possessed just to meet her..

Sleeping Forest glowed with subtle rejection at that fact..

Even though I wasn't paying attention to the warlock's eyes, I could easily feel it because of the vast energy made up of hundreds of thousands of people..

Either way, Oliver didn't care one bit..

why? There was nothing special. Because Oliver had no reason to care about that..

As he continued walking through the forest, huge trees and rocks suddenly appeared and blocked Oliver..

Giant trees that seemed to have lived for thousands of years were larger and thicker than buildings, and rocks were larger than cliffs..

Similar to a castle wall made of nature.

It was a wonderful and majestic sight that cannot be seen in reality, but Oliver silently looked at the obstacle in front of him with insensitive eyes..

No matter how majestic it was, its essence was nothing more than a creature..

Oliver reached out and touched the endless trees and rocks..

Then, the magic that makes up the creature was analyzed and interpreted and decomposed into particles..

With the countless energies that make up the sleeping forest,.

Oliver didn't waste that energy and walked forward again holding it in his hand..

In a straight line without the slightest hesitation.

As Oliver walked forward again in silence, he came across a cliff with no end in sight..

Oliver created a path using the energy he had acquired earlier and reconstructed the terrain, moving in a straight line without any hesitation..

The forest was agitated, but Oliver didn't care one bit. As if it was so natural.

Next came a river, a lake, and a swamp, but like before, it didn't stop Oliver, let alone change his course..

No matter how rough or easier the path was, Oliver just went his own way..

In the process, Sleeping Forest sent out numerous creatures to try to stop Oliver, but Oliver only ordered shadows to eat the creatures or cut them down with a blood-red dagger..

Repeat this several times. The creatures could no longer approach Oliver and just backed away or watched from afar..

Although it was a creature that obeyed the magician, it was a result that reflected the characteristics of a creature that wanted to live at the same time..

Even special creatures made from humans were no exception..

So Oliver walked and walked in silence for a while and eventually stopped at one point..

On a barren field with nothing in it.

Sleeping Forest realized that it could not stop Oliver, but rather gave him an infinite journey..

In the open landscape that seemed to threaten panic, Oliver briefly recalled the conversation he had with Claude..

What did they say?

It is said that the Sleeping Forest moves to a different area at certain times, numerous creatures appear, and at the same time, a shape that seems to distort space and time appears..

It seems like it lasts a lot longer than it actually does, and the terrain changes all the time..

Claude said this was actually the most dangerous element..

Even more than the endless flow of creatures, the ever-changing terrain of the Sleeping Forest and its endless size are.

I had no choice but to be manipulated one-sidedly like ants in a cup..

Of course, he said it wasn't that bad normally, but things seemed different now..

I didn't know if it was the princess' will or the forest's will, but this sleeping forest was desperately rejecting Oliver..

“Should I burn it all down?······?”

Oliver muttered softly..

It was possible to use greed and magical power mixed together..

This forest, created through creation-line black magic, was nothing short of an oil depot for burning fire. All you had to do was set the spark..

But Oliver shook his head..

Although it is said to be based on creatures, it was impossible to guarantee what function this sleeping forest, made of hundreds of thousands of people, would perform..

Perhaps, if my life was threatened, I would be prepared to suffer fatal damage and respond accordingly..

Each person has a secret secret..

Above all, the biggest problem with this method was that Oliver could not see the princess' face directly..

That never happened..

Oliver had to see the princess's face with these two eyes. Who on earth played such a prank? See it with my own two eyes, see it with my own eyes······.

“······gulp.”

Oliver swallowed quietly. Perhaps because I kept walking, I started to feel hungry..

The reason I'm so hungry is because the shadow I just feasted on is just as hungry. The shadow asked to be allowed to feast on its surroundings..

This might not be a bad thing either. If you can't find it, one way is to eat the surroundings until you find it..

However, this was also rejected for the same reasons as above..

The creature might even eat the princess..

It shouldn't have been like that. Oliver had to see the princess's face with his own eyes..

Although the shadow was disappointed with Oliver's decision, he had no choice but to follow it, and Oliver thought about it over and over again..

How can he meet the princess in the forest that rejects him?.

Oliver checked the communication device attached to the inside of his shirt collar. Of course, I couldn't get help from Eve because I was stuck..

Even if the warlock focused his eyes, he could not see the entire area like a city due to the enormous energy and hellish energy that made up the Sleeping Forest..

If you go beyond a certain range, the enormous energy blocks your vision like a hazy fog, and the range of the sleeping forest is also unpredictable..

Search is virtually impossible. Then the only way left was to call the princess here..

If going doesn't work, you have to make it come..

The question was how to do it..

Oliver looked at the shadow..

By absorbing the emotions, vitality, and magical power of the human meat cook, he created the frame, and created his own temporary creature by imitating the Shadow-Creature of the Unbending Knees of the Red Man Warlock he met in the New World..

In the present, its power and characteristics have become even more extensive thanks to its predation on Pan and the creatures of Sleeping Beauty..

It's hard for even Oliver to guess the end..

I thought about manipulating the Sleeping Forest itself by planting a shadow on the ground like before, but Oliver shook his head..

Although Oliver's shadow has become stronger, it still cannot compare to the entire Sleeping Forest..

In order to bring the princess here, it was necessary to take control of the entire Sleeping Forest, but by embedding shadows into the ground and parasitizing them, it was possible to have a radius of several tens of meters at most. It wasn't enough.

It can be used in a limited way, but it is not currently on the scale that Oliver wants..

Meanwhile, Sleeping Forest expanded its space to its limit, surrounding Oliver with open and empty fields..

hmm······. I was annoyed.

How long has it been since I was this annoyed?.

Then Oliver suddenly thought back to how many times he had been annoyed..

‘Mattel... Bathory... Sheamus... human meat chef······.’

I recited to myself as I forced my head, which wasn't working properly, and among them, Bathory and the human meat chef were just as irritated during the mission as they were now..

Oliver remembered that time..

When Bathory said he was going to kill all of Oliver's precious people..

When the human meat chef judged Oliver arbitrarily.

Even thinking about it now, it was an extremely unpleasant moment..

Oliver cut off Bathory's arm using a crude knife made out of frustration..

Her body, which was regenerating through blood, did not recover, and Oliver cut off her limbs..

Panicked, Bathory struggled to control her blood, but Oliver mixed in a few drops of his own blood, denying her all her hard work, emotions, and entire life..

“······.”

The human flesh cook extracted Oliver's turbulent emotions and injected them into his body, awakening him into a complete dragon..

Eyes that are red and hot as if they are burning, a huge maw that looks like it can swallow everything, dark red scales that cover its entire body, huge wings that seem to cover the sky, and a body that looks bigger than a mountain and sleeker than the wind..

Just as a caterpillar turns into a butterfly in a cocoon, the human meat chef has transcended the human frame..

Now that I think about it, I wonder if he was aiming for it, but to no avail, Oliver used his blood as a medium to use black magic to subdue the dragon..

Covering the entire area with a disease that even the legendary dragon could not handle, and swinging a dagger covered in his own blood, he ovulated a dragon stronger than steel..

“······.”

It was a fact that I did not pay much attention to at the time. Maybe it was a fact he didn't want to care about.

Although he didn't know which of the two it was, Oliver faced that fact again at this moment..

His own blood that negated the efforts of monsters that lived for hundreds of years in an instant..

Extremely Unpleasant, But Useful Information.

Without hesitation, Oliver used the dagger in his hand and cut a small wound on his index finger..

Knock.

A drop of red blood flowed through the air from Oliver's wound and fell onto the vast land..

A drop of Oliver's blood seeping onto the field.

Compared to the vast size of the Sleeping Forest and the hundreds of thousands of people that make up it, it was almost non-existent, but strangely, the Sleeping Forest began to tremble..

Sleeping Forest, sensing an unusual energy, caused countless creatures to emerge from the ground..

To disturb Oliver. But despite their purpose, the Creatures did not dare approach Oliver..

Because Oliver put his finger over his mouth..

“Shh.”

Gesture to be quiet and not to disturb.

The creatures that came out to stop Oliver at that small movement couldn't even make a sound, let alone move..

Creature was overwhelmed by Oliver's light movements imbued with subtle emotions..

Other people's creatures. Even though it was beyond common sense to exert this much influence on the creature from Sleeping Beauty,,

Oliver didn't care, just stared at the ground where his blood had fallen for a while, then stretched out his hand and started interfering with Sleeping Forest through the blood..

Kugugugugung Palace!!!

The floor vibrated around the faint traces of blood, and the ground began to cave in and crack as if space was distorted..

Proof that Oliver's will is at work..

Oliver felt and understood this sensation and expanded its scope throughout Sleeping Forest..

As if the warlock's eyes had been expanded to their limit, everything was filled with darkness, and Oliver was able to look into the other side, not just the outside..

The hundreds of thousands of distorted people that make up the Sleeping Forest and the handful of hellish energy that made it possible..

I knew Sleeping Forest was vast, but the power behind it was even greater..

However, even if it is vast, it is not infinite..

Oliver took in the vast but finite forest at a glance..

Although his head was pounding from the sheer volume of information, Oliver was able to see countless people in the forest and countless others waiting outside. Lord of the Sleeping Forest.

The vast, precise, and difficult techniques that make up the forest were rooted in her, so she could tell just by looking at her..

As soon as Oliver discovered her, he focused all his attention on her, and the forest tried to interfere..

At that moment, Oliver projected his will through the blood he had sprayed earlier. I pushed away the will of the sleeping forest, grabbed the entire magic that formed the forest, and pulled it in..

With overwhelming, one-sided and unreasonable force.

The ground began to shake as if there had been an earthquake, and the creatures that filled the surrounding area were suddenly unable to maintain their shape and began to collapse..

Proof that Sleeping Beauty's will was broken by Oliver's will..

The crack, which had been distorted into a small dot shape, continued to tremble, and eventually, as if reaching its limit, the crack expanded and began to collapse the ground..

Kwagwagwagwagwa······!!

The scars on the earth created by the tremors that shook the earth's axis..

An old, unsightly little castle rose up from between the wounds, as if pus was being squeezed out..

The size and appearance cannot even be called a castle..

Anyway, Oliver walked to the castle gate, confident that the princess was here..

Because Oliver brought it out himself while thinking of the princess..

Just as Oliver was about to open the castle door and go inside, the statues of the solemn king and the benevolent queen, which seemed like castle decorations, came to life and blocked Oliver's path..

thud━!

thud━!

4When the huge stone statue, measuring 1 meter, fell, the ground shook and gave off an extraordinary pressure..

But Oliver didn't care at all and continued walking in a straight line as he had done before..

Just as the statue was about to block Oliver, a voice echoed throughout Sleeping Forest..

[are you okay. Please get out of the way.]

The voice of a young girl.

At that voice, Oliver paused for a moment, and the stone statues of the king and queen moved out of the way to make way for Oliver..

Oliver looked at the statues of the king and queen for a moment, then went on his way..

“······.”

Meeeee profit━

When the gate was opened, a vast amount of information began to come into Oliver's eyes..

***

A pitch-black space like the empty world of the World Tree.

There Oliver was watching a shadow puppet show..

A play that plays with shadows created by lighting an object..

There was a small but beautiful castle, and countless people were gathered in front of the castle, rejoicing..

“Long live the great princess! Long live the wise princess!!”

“hurray! hurray!”

“treasures of our kingdom!!”

“Kingdom Flower Princess!”

Through the small but beautiful castle, Oliver was able to infer that the kingdom was small but well-governed and that the people loved the kingdom..

The beauty of shadow puppetry is finding the hidden meaning through small hints..

Moreover, the shadow that unfolded in front of my eyes was not just a shadow, but a shadow created by emotions and memories, so I was able to feel it even more vividly..

Better than any play, radio drama, or movie..

Because it was based on facts and was implemented using memories and emotions at the time..

I've felt a similar sensation in the past. When you smoke pilgarette.

It was very similar to when I smoked Pilgerette made of beautiful light, which can be said to be a will or emotion that transcends death..

You can indirectly experience the life of the target based on their memories and emotions..

Is that why? Oliver decided to exercise his patience and watch the puppet show before his eyes a little longer..

Among the large crowd gathered in front of the castle, one man raised his hands to the sky and shouted enthusiastically..

I could only feel respect and love for the princess from him..

“Let's all shout louder! For the wise princess who saved us from countless disasters by seeing the future! For God's living mercy to us!!”

The people did not show the slightest resistance to his shouts that were arrogant even to God, but agreed and shouted for independence..

“Correct! Thanks to the princess, we were able to avoid a forest fire.!”

“Even infectious diseases!”

“War could have been avoided!”

“We were able to get over this famine too!!”

Everyone is sincere.

Apparently, the kingdom where the shadow puppet show was set had avoided countless disasters through the princess's foresight..

The power was truly amazing and resulted in countless people falling in love with the princess..

A kingdom united by affection, respect, and worship for the princess..

After a while, the puppet show's setting changed from outside the kingdom to inside. However, the atmosphere did not change at all..

Inside the small but moderately luxurious royal palace, the solemn king, the merciful queen, and capable subjects were all praising the princess..

I was busy admiring her amazing foresight and praising her beautiful heart for generously bestowing the blessings of that foresight..

King, queen, vassals, people. No one was jealous, he truly loved and loved the princess..

The princess also happily received that love and did not hesitate to give it in return..

A dream kingdom where laughter never ends. A golden age that seems to last forever.

At that time, the gloomy sound of a flute sounded quietly..