My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 12

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 12

Episode 12. Tower of Recording (Complete)

Scrrratch.

After landing while scraping against the cliff, I immediately headed toward the World Tree that Cheo-ri had pointed out.

“Kyuu.”

“Why aren’t you running?”

“Kyuu.”

“Do you know how long it’ll take if we run?”

I’m confident in my stamina, but that doesn’t mean my stamina is infinite.

Who knows how long it would take to reach the World Tree if we ran.

‘Not being able to sleep is a bit concerning though…’

I tried to sleep all night long, but sleep wouldn’t come.

That part is a little worrying, but.

‘It should be fine.’

Even now, sleep still wouldn’t come.

It probably doesn’t matter much.

As I was walking toward the forest like that.

“Kuooooo!”

Thud!

A giant bear roaring while shaking the ground.

I stared up at the creature with rocks protruding from its back.

‘Earth Bear.’

The same creature that appeared on the 1st floor.

The same creature that was defeated by the Bloody Mantis on the 2nd floor.

That creature was now swinging its front paw toward me.

“Kyuuuuuk!”

Cheo-ri screamed in terror and wrapped its tail around my neck.

The creature squeezed its eyes shut and began trembling, as if it thought it was going to die.

It seems to think this is dangerous.

“What are you worried about?”

An Earth Bear is nothing more than.

“One hit.”

Thwack!

My right hand swung lightly.

It was very light.

So light it seemed like no strength was put into it at all.

But that light punch.

“Guk…”

Created a huge hole in the Earth Bear’s abdomen with just one hit.

I stared at the Earth Bear as it collapsed to the ground, spraying blood.

“I guess it’s because the synchronization rate went up to 1.5%.”

When I first encountered an Earth Bear, it wasn’t this powerful.

But now that the synchronization rate has reached 1.5%.

The Earth Bear died with a hole punched through its abdomen from just a light punch.

“Kyu, kyuuk…”

The creature stared at the Earth Bear’s corpse in apparent shock.

Cheo-ri blinked several times and looked back and forth between me and the dead Earth Bear.

“I told you I’d protect you.”

“…Kyuu.”

“I’m someone who keeps my word once I give it.”

Nuzzle.

The creature suddenly started rubbing its head against my cheek.

It seems it didn’t believe me before.

As long as it believes me now, it doesn’t matter.

I chuckled and lightly wiped the blood on my right hand on the ground.

“So we just keep going straight this way, right?”

“Kyuu.”

I nodded and stepped in the direction Cheo-ri pointed.

The surroundings were still nothing but trees.

* * *

After dealing with Earth Bears that appeared here and there for about 4 hours.

I stopped for a moment and sat by a stream I happened to find, lightly quenching my thirst.

“Refreshing.”

How long has it been since I last drank water?

It’s definitely been so long that I can’t even remember when I last quenched my thirst.

“How strange.”

From the moment I entered the tower, I haven’t felt sleepy or hungry.

The same went for thirst.

I didn’t particularly feel thirsty, so I had completely forgotten about drinking water.

After sufficiently quenching my thirst, I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and glanced to the side.

There, Cheo-ri was lapping up water with its long tongue.

“Does it taste good?”

“Kyuu.”

“Aren’t you hungry?”

“Kyuuk…”

A little hungry, huh.

I thought so.

I put my hand into my pocket with an indifferent expression.

Then I pulled out a handful of amethyst-like gems I had found in the cave yesterday.

“Here, eat up.”

After being surprised and widening its eyes at the gems piled on the ground for just a moment.

As if possessed by a glutton, the creature began gulping down the gems.

Watching the creature eat the gems so deliciously, I quietly turned my gaze away.

“That must be the World Tree.”

At the edge of my vision.

A single massive tree barely visible through the thick fog.

The tree so huge it seemed to reach the clouds was faint, but its presence was clear.

That’s how I could tell.

That place was the World Tree, the destination of this floor.

Perhaps because the destination was visible even if far away.

I wasn’t as mentally fatigued as I thought I’d be.

I picked up Cheo-ri, who was now lying down with a bulging belly, and placed it on my shoulder.

“Let’s go if you’re done resting.”

There’s no time to waste doing this.

I need to hurry up and complete the conditions.

With Cheo-ri on my shoulder, I headed toward where the World Tree was located.

* * *

Tap.

Someone landing lightly on the gravel.

A woman who swept her light green hair behind her pointed ears examined the gem fragments remaining on the ground.

“This is a magic explosion stone…”

A dangerous gem that causes a powerful explosion when mana is injected into it.

Someone carrying such a gem was now heading toward Mother.

“I don’t know who it is, but they’ve made a serious mistake.”

Crack.

The woman who gripped the fragments of the magic explosion stone in her hand injected mana into the gem.

Then the magic explosion stone in the woman’s grasp began to glow, and soon exploded.

Smoke rising from her hand.

Beyond it, a woman with sparkling deep green eyes wide open took a step forward, following the traces remaining on the ground.

“Don’t think you can escape from the Forest Guardians.”

She lightly kicked off the ground, following the traces left on the floor.

It was a light leap, but absolutely not light.

She shot toward the direction where the traces led at tremendous speed.

And then, she discovered him.

A black-haired man not far from Mother.

And then, she acted.

“Stop, human!”

She decided to attack that man.

* * *

Thud, crash!

Something struck down into the ground.

Eyes wide open, I quickly stepped back and clenched my fist.

[Black Dragon]

I thought my heart would drop.

The closer I got to the World Tree, the fewer monsters I could see, so I had canceled Black Dragon and was just walking, but suddenly an attack came from the sky.

I tried my best to hide my panic as I watched the figure walking out from beyond the smoke.

“What’s your reason for heading toward Mother carrying a magic explosion stone?”

“What?”

Magic explosion stone?

What’s that supposed to be.

No, more than that.

“…Did you just speak human language?”

“Huh? What nonsense are you spouting, human.”

Step, step.

A figure appearing through the smoke.

I gaped as I looked at her.

Deep green hair reaching down to her waist.

Eyes as deep green as leaves.

Pointed ears like a fairy and a face as beautiful as a doll.

And…

“…Muscles?”

Muscles filling her entire body.

What is this.

Seriously, what the hell is this.

This is very confusing.

Suddenly a woman who looked like she should be entering a bodybuilding competition dropped from the sky.

She spat on the ground and walked toward me step by step.

“Get lost right now. If you don’t want to die.”

I don’t know what language she’s speaking.

I don’t know, but I understand it.

It’s confusing.

Still, what I had to say was already decided.

“…That’s going to be difficult.”

“Huh?”

“I have business with the World Tree.”

That’s right.

I have business there.

I have to go.

‘If I want to live.’

Did my answer displease her?

The woman gritted her teeth and clenched her fist tightly.

“…Humans have always been greedy. They’re creatures who live by harming innocent plants.”

Crack, crackle.

A lush green aura rising from her right hand instantly covered her entire body.

Slowly raising her head, she lowered her stance with eyes full of hostility.

“This is why I became a guardian. To stop creatures like you.”

“…”

“Come at me. If you want to reach Mother, you’ll have to get past me. The Forest Guardian, Elpinire!”

Fight?

For real?

I swallowed dry saliva as I looked at the woman before me.

The woman who called herself ‘Elpinire.’

The moment she clenched her fist, I felt like the surrounding space was distorting.

No, it wasn’t just a feeling.

The surrounding space really was distorting.

Look at that.

Even now, the rising green aura is reaching the sky.

‘You really want me to fight her?’

She doesn’t look happy?

I let out a hollow laugh and glanced up at my shoulder.

There was Cheo-ri covering his eyes with his tail, trembling all over.

I closed my eyes tightly and thought briefly.

And then, I made my decision.

“I surrender.”

I don’t want to fight.

I lightly raised both hands above my head.

At my reaction, Elpinire seemed flustered and hesitated.

“What?”

“I said I surrender. You told me not to approach, right?”

“…That’s true, but.”

“And it seems like there’s some misunderstanding.”

I put my hand in my pocket.

Then I took out a purple gem and lightly tapped Cheo-ri on my shoulder.

“Cheo-ri. Eat this.”

“…Squeak?”

He moved his tail away, spotted the gem, and immediately stuffed it in his mouth.

As the gem went down his throat, the little guy’s eyes sparkled and he dove into my pocket.

Soon, watching the creature deliciously devouring gems inside my pocket, Elpinire stepped back in confusion.

“Wh-what is that snake?”

“You don’t know either?”

What the hell is Cheo-ri doing anyway.

I instantly pulled out from my pocket the creature that had devoured all the gems.

No, borrowing that woman’s words, Cheo-ri who had completely eaten all the ‘magic explosion stones’ from my pocket.

“This thing called magic explosion stones. I don’t know what kind of gems they are, but I just brought them as food for this guy.”

“H-how can I believe that? Even I, a Forest Guardian, have never heard of a snake that eats gems as food!”

“I showed you directly because I thought you wouldn’t believe it. But what can I do if you still don’t believe it?”

“….”

Elpinire shut her mouth tight.

I placed Cheo-ri back on my shoulder and quietly clenched my fist while looking at her.

“You’re an elf, right?”

“…Yes.”

Elf.

A being that always came up like a conspiracy theory on the internet.

Since orcs existed, why wouldn’t elves exist? Arguments always broke out whenever this topic came up in hunter-related communities.

But since they had never been witnessed even once, they were concluded to be ‘non-existent’.

A being so shrouded in mystery was now right before my eyes.

‘Of course, I was flustered because she looked different from what I expected….’

Anyway, that woman is an elf.

And the elf is calling the World Tree ‘Mother’.

Wasn’t the answer already clear from just this?

“I have no intention of threatening the World Tree. I just want to see the World Tree up close.”

“….”

She quietly kept her mouth shut.

Then she stared at me intently and clicked her tongue softly.

“The Clan Leader doesn’t lock the door, so guys like this keep coming.”

Elpinire, who muttered quietly, nodded her head toward me with a displeased face.

“Follow me. I’ll guide you to Mother. But if you do anything foolish even slightly….”

“I’ll die, right?”

“You understand well.”

Geez, how menacing.

I shrugged my shoulders and followed her through the forest.

“You, what’s your name?”

“Han Mi-reo.”

“I see. I’m Elpinire. Don’t you dare address me carelessly.”

“….”

What’s with this crazy elf.

I looked at Elpinire with the eyes of someone looking at a lunatic.

Even though she must have fully felt my gaze, she didn’t care and just continued moving forward.

* * *

As we moved forward, she didn’t say a single word.

Thanks to that, I also kept my mouth shut and walked following behind her.

After walking like that for 30 minutes.

I finally stopped walking and stood before a massive tree whose top couldn’t be seen even when I tilted my head back.

“This is the elves’ Mother, the World Tree.”

“This is the World Tree….”

It’s really huge.

Is this why it’s called the World Tree?

“I need to inform the Clan Leader that a stranger has come, so don’t move even a single step from here.”

Thud!

As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared with a light leap.

Suddenly left alone, I lowered Cheo-ri from my shoulder to the ground.

“You know the way from here, right?”

“Squeak?”

“I’m going back now.”

Because I’ve achieved my purpose.

I added quietly and glanced to the side.

[Find the World Tree]

[Achieved]

[Success]

The system was telling me it was successful.

At this rate, I’ll be transported again.

If I stayed attached, this guy would likely fall into another unknown place.

That’s why I put him down from my body.

‘I wonder what the next floor will be….’

I hope I meet beings I can communicate with like on this floor.

I thought that while waiting for the System Message saying I would move to the next floor.

But the message that appeared this time was completely different from what I expected.

[From the next floor onward, you cannot exit the tower.]

[Would you like to ascend to the next floor?]

[Yes / No]

[※If you select No, you will immediately return to where you originally were. After that, if you return to the tower again, you will immediately start from the 5th Floor.]

From the next floor onward, I can’t exit the tower….

It’s regrettable, but it can’t be helped.

“No.”

I’ve been inside the tower for too long.

So long that I don’t even know how much time has passed outside.

It would be good to go out at least once.

Hyung might have replied too.

As I muttered briefly, bright light began flowing out from beneath my feet.

With the floating sensation of rising up, I gently closed my eyes.

“Phew….”

I opened my eyes.

I had arrived at my beloved home.

With the sudden fatigue that rushed over me as soon as I exited the tower, I collapsed onto the floor….

“Squeak!”

“…?”

What’s this sense of déjà vu.

I quietly slipped my hand under my buttocks.

And then.

“Why did you come again?”

“…Squeak?”

I found Cheo-ri flattened underneath.

I went through the trouble of leaving you behind, so why did you follow me out?

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