Just as I was crossing the sea, a school of sea dragons suddenly appeared. They passed me by, instead attacking Fiorfata behind me.
Were they helping me…?
The sight rooted me to the spot for a moment. The last sea dragon to appear, also the largest of them by quite a bit, gave a glance backward. Its enormous tail flicked water at me.
The flying droplets hit my cheek, jolting me out of my surprise.
“…got it.”
I gave a small nod to it. I turned around, continuing on my way to the island country.
The sea dragons must have realized that Fiorfata was an enemy of this world. Perhaps they had heard the World Tree’s will, and just as they had been attacking human countries to liberate the Saplings, so too were they now understanding what I was trying to do.
I had looked into the eyes of that final sea dragon.
Pillars of water rose behind me with each of Fiorfata’s magical explosions, scattering sea dragon corpses through the sky.
The sea dragons were about four to five thousand combat power. Their opponent was more than a hundred times more powerful than them. But still they fearlessly challenged the Demon Lord, sacrificing themselves for the sake of Yggdrasia.
“I swear I won’t waste this time you’ve bought me!”
I stopped dodging, now focusing on pure speed. I used everything I had, turning even the lift created from flying close to the water surface to my purpose. The island of Roxante appeared in my view faster than I expected.
Roxante was a port town. There weren’t many people living there, only a few tens of thousands at most.
As the harbor came into view, thousands of dark pixies buzzed up the sky like a cloud of locusts and attacked me.
“Out of my way!”
I turned my whole body into mist and passed them by, leaving behind a iced-over horde of dark pixies. I continued onward into the castle being attacked by the creatures and froze only the dark pixies currently engaging in combat with the soldiers.
“T-the Dark Lady?!”
The surviving soldiers shouted upon seeing me. I was already back to my human form.
“Take the townspeople into the forest, now!”
“W-what are you—”
“You’re all the same, monsters! Do you think me a fool?! I won’t give away my country!”
A middle-aged man wearing garish clothes appeared from behind the soldiers to interrupt us, approaching me with his sword out.
“I don’t have time to explain.”
As I swung at him, a single-edged straight sword appeared in my hand to decapitate the man.
This was… the black scabbard sword? I thought I couldn’t bring stuff back from Earth. Looked like it followed me by being my kin.
“Governor!” “DAMN YOU!!!”
The soldiers readied their spears, the humans’ hostility instantly surging. I calmed them down with a few more decapitations.
“If you want to live, then take your people to escape!!”
I released my presence in intimidation. The soldiers scrambled to run away from me, their eyes filled with terror.
There was nothing more I could do for the people here.
I scanned the place for presences and found the Sapling. I headed directly there, going through any walls blocking my path, then froze and shattered the Sapling.