The Druid Who Devoured the Great Nature

Bianca, and then Mirei. And even Buggy Vile, who was sharpening his knives to get me, though it was a slightly different case. Was the character Allen fated to get entangled with crazy people? As someone who had struggled to live with sincerity as my weapon, I could only feel wronged.

“If you receive the procedure quietly, I’ll make it painless. You, yes, I think it’s okay to make you into a doll as you are, without touching you separately.”

She spoke as if she were evaluating an object. A hollow laugh escaped me.

“Should I thank you for looking at me favorably?”

“I’ll carry you around every day and cherish you.”

“That’s not a very tempting condition.”

“Everyone hates it at first. But after becoming a doll, no one has expressed any complaints. You’ll be the same.”

Was she calling that persuasion?

“Dolls can’t talk.”

“They do. They answer when I ask them.”

“Because you’re controlling them.”

“Don’t slander me.”

It was a childish exchange. And Mirei’s age was actually young. The problem was that she was playing with such a great ability, enough for the Mad House to recruit her as a member, with such a childish mindset.

“Do you hate it that much?”

“What if I do?”

“That’s a shame.”

The corners of Mirei’s eyes drooped slightly. She hadn’t said that to mock or belittle me. She had genuinely proposed it, thinking that she was accommodating me as much as possible.

It was a typical example of a self-centered way of thinking that judged the world based on oneself. Making a person into a doll was a literal meaning. Whether it was a living person or a dead corpse, if they received a ‘procedure’ from her, they would be transformed into a doll controlled by her.

It was practically the same as dying. In the end, to interpret it, it meant that she would kill me and make me into a toy. The fact that she was genuinely recommending this with a good heart showed that her madness was at a level befitting the organization called the Mad House.

“Then I’ll just do as I please.”

Since she had been rejected, there was no option to give up. They were outlaws because they acted as they pleased.

“First, after I make you guys into dolls.”

It wasn’t a particularly motivated tone, like when she had asked me. But the family heads had no choice. The suppression of the family heads was the mission she had received, so no matter how much she was fixated on me, they were the priority.

“Arrest them.”

The king’s lips moved. It was Mirei’s command, borrowing his mouth. But the knights drew their swords and entered the hall one by one.

The gazes peeking through the gaps in their helmets were all blurry. It seemed that they too had become dolls.

“Ugh.”

The family heads all let out a groan. The Royal Knights. They were an elite knight order that was considered the top priority even when compared to the knight orders of each family.

In comparison, the family heads had just grabbed knives or forks as a temporary measure, so there was no way they could stand against the formally armed knights. If they called in their escort troops, they could match the numbers, but if they could have intervened, they would have done so early on.

The commotion caused by the three fallen families, would Mirei, who had brought her troops to capture the seven family heads, have left them alone? And this was the public district, the king’s land.

Even without the Royal Knights, they could continuously replenish their troops. They had been caught in a trap of their own making, coming in without weapons, captivated by the stereotype that ‘the public district is safe’.

No matter how skilled each family head was as a knight, their chances of winning in a head-on battle in the enemy’s home base without proper armament were slim.

“Let’s just share our opinions for now.”

The knights who were slowly starting to block the hall. I asked the family heads.

“Does anyone have a countermeasure for how to respond?”

“……”

In the midst of the chaotic exchange of gazes, it was the head of the Lumiere family who took the lead.

“……The best thing would be to defeat the scourge of the Mad House, even if it means taking a sacrifice.”

“You’re looking at the situation too optimistically. That’s a method you can try when you can trust each other and fight.”

Even if a common enemy had suddenly appeared, it was impossible to form a joint front. They say that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, but the trust between each family had fundamentally collapsed.

In particular, a certain family had even started a war with the royal family as their backer. It was difficult to readily trust them and turn their backs on them even after reaching this point. Hadn’t I just killed the head of the Frederic family in this very place?

“Even so, it’s uncertain whether we can win. The more our numbers decrease, the more their power is strengthened.”

As far as I knew, the process of the doll-making procedure was not that complicated. If it was carried out as simply as possible, the sacrificed family head could be made into a doll and put into battle while their feet were tied for a moment.

The personal combat power of the Coordinator, Mirei, was at the bottom of the Mad House, just like Bianca. But her power, with as many dolls as she wanted, had to be calculated differently.

Now that she had made the royal family and three family heads into dolls, she was comparable to her prime in the game.

“She’s an enemy you shouldn’t even try to fight when you’re at a disadvantage.”

Under certain conditions, it was not an exaggeration to call her the most difficult opponent. If there was a standard strategy, it would be a surprise attack by a small elite strike force.

Although the family heads were an elite force, they had no proper weapons, and now it was a relief if no one else betrayed them.

“Then, contractor, do you have a way?”

“This is already enemy territory. So if we just get out of the public district, there’s nothing we can’t handle.”

If the family heads returned to their own families and mobilized their forces, then it would be worth a try. No matter how much of a Mad House it was, a single member could not fight and win against a city.

Even Mirei, who could continuously increase her minions by making them into dolls, was the same. That’s why she had taken control of the royal family to induce a civil war and had revealed her true colors, considering this meeting where all the family heads had gathered as a golden opportunity.

“How about we don’t think about fighting and winning, but just run away? Let’s split up in the direction of our respective territories and run. In the process, someone might get caught and die, but that’s their luck. This is the best we can do.”

“In this situation where we’re surrounded without a single gap, is that even a plausible story? Even if you can, we…”

“I’ll make a gap for you to escape.”

It was meaningless for me to leave this place alone. Mirei had already marked me as her next target. If all the family heads were captured in this place, it would be impossible to even escape from this city.

“The means may be a bit extreme, but I believe there won’t be any morons who can’t handle it and get into trouble.”

I raised the divinity of the World Tree to the fullest. The expanded senses connected with the earth that supported the hotel in the central square.

Let’s think about how to get out when you’re confined indoors. Asking for help from the outside, finding an escape route… When I applied it to my current situation, most of the methods were useless.

So what could I do? I had no choice but to use a somewhat extreme method.

“……!”

“This is crazy…!”

A vibration that spread from the tips of my toes. It wasn’t just people or furniture shaking, but the building was shaking. At that unusual prelude, the family heads realized what I was about to do.

“I can’t control it, so take care of your own bodies.”

An earthquake caused in a localized area through the divinity of the World Tree. If I used the swaying earth at the same time, this was also possible.

The collapse of the building. In an instant, the broken and pouring debris covered the convention hall and the surrounding area.

***

The meeting of the seven family heads, which had gathered to agree to stop the war, was stained with blood. The three fallen families had caused a commotion to avenge their enemies, and the knights who had hidden their affiliation and had infiltrated had fought with them.

The king’s knights, who could not overlook this, seemed to be finally suppressing them, but their expectations were dashed. The king’s knights swung their swords at all the knights in the central square, regardless of their family.

Even if they didn’t know the detailed circumstances, the ordinary residents of the public district had realized by then that this meeting would not end peacefully.

The finishing touch was the collapse of the hotel built in the center of the central square. The historical place where the royal family and the ten families had agreed on the current ruling system of Brahms.

That monument was shattered into pieces. The building, which had been fine, had suddenly collapsed, and countless people had been injured, buried under the debris.

“Etwetwet.”

Mirei stood up, spitting out the debris from the thickly piled building debris. The king, who had become a doll, had personally blocked the debris that had fallen on her, so she did not have a single scratch on her skin.

She brushed off the debris from her clothes and muttered.

“I didn’t know you’d come out like this.”

I wonder how he did it, since he probably hadn’t installed a bomb in advance. Except for the fact that I didn’t know how he did it, it was certainly an effective move.

I had missed my targets without even having a chance to do anything. The dolls connected to her senses were informing her in real time that the family heads were escaping.

“I thought I could finish it quickly without dragging it out any longer. You’re making it troublesome.”

It was a shame that she had failed to capture all seven family heads at once. But it wasn’t over yet.

“Chase them.”

Not many dolls had been broken in the collapse of the building. The knights of the Royal Knights scattered according to Mirei’s command. Now that she had the royal family in her hands, the entire public district was in the palm of her hand.

The dolls scattered here and there in the public district would interfere with their escape, and the pursuit team composed of the Royal Knights would capture them. She would be able to capture at least half of them.

As for the remaining three. It would be a bit of a hassle, but it wasn’t a number that would be a problem for her alone.

“Before I leave, if I make that contractor into a doll, yes, that’s the end.”

It was the best result, perfectly carrying out the boss’s orders and even adding to her personal collection. Her mind was already elsewhere.

What should I play with when I make him into a doll? It would be nice to just hold him on the first day.

Washing together, changing into matching clothes, and just setting him up in the house as a decoration would be a sight to see. Since he was a skilled person who had defeated a family head alone, he was not just good to look at, but was also qualified to be used as her actual combat power.

Since she had a friendship with Bianca, who had waited until she left, she would be happy if she lent him to her sometimes. It was when Mirei was drawing a rosy future.

The king swatted away the bullet that had flown to her temple.

“Tsk, I guess it’s hard to hope for a fluke.”

“……?”

Mirei, who had turned her head, blinked her eyes.

“You didn’t run away?”

Had he been hiding his presence all this time? Allen, who had suddenly appeared, was aiming his gun at her.

“Ah, I get it. You wanted to receive the procedure without any pain. Were you embarrassed to say it in front of others?”

“If that were the case, I wouldn’t have shot a bullet at your temple.”

“I guess so.”

Mirei tilted her head and asked.

“Then why did you stay?”

The six family heads had all escaped. They were already quite far away to come back, and it was a desperate speed for such an operation. So the decision to stay in this place was Allen’s alone.

“The six family heads are bait.”

It wasn’t a story that needed to be hidden. Allen said.

“They’re bait to reduce the number of dolls protecting you as much as possible.”

The six lords were an uncompromising target for Mirei. She had to divide her forces and chase them to save the opportunity.

“I don’t trust them.”

The head of the Lumiere family was somewhat trustworthy, but the rest were not. In the first place, Allen did not overcome crises by relying on others. He always solved problems and overcame adversity with his own capabilities.

This time was no different.

“If it’s an enemy that will become a future problem, I’ll just deal with it with my own hands in this place.”

A series of battles that took place not long after facing the head of the Frederic family. Although his body was not in perfect condition, if he was going to make a decisive move, it was now or never.

“I see.”

Even at the words that were aimed at her own life, Mirei was still composed.

“Do you think that’s possible?”

It was a pure curiosity.

“I still have many dolls.”

As Mirei held her skirt and shook it, dolls fell from the gaps in the clothes hidden by the frills. The dolls transformed into knights and instantly blocked her front.

The dolls, excluding the troops organized for the pursuit of the family heads, had also gathered in the central square.

“You have no chance of winning. Just give up quietly.”

“……”

Allen looked at the dolls that were starting to surround him.

“I expected it, but there are a lot.”

There was no impatience or fear in his gaze.

“But this is manageable.”

He sneered at the complacent Mirei with a crooked smile.

“I wouldn’t have made a decisive move if it was a fight with no chance of winning.”

A brilliant halo of light rose from Allen’s entire body.

“Domain Declaration.”

(End of Chapter)