Town Lord Trunba had a serious face right about now.

He was unable to contact mages. Both Anna and collin teams are missing.

And those monks were acting suspiciously.

“Report me, the latest situation” Lord said.

“The confirmed leaks appeared at ten different places.”

“The leaks not affect surrounding, the ghosts are confirmed to be seen at every leaked site”

Informative operations(IO) head master reported dutifully to the town lord.

These secret agents were experts at fighting and gathering information.

They were one of three pillars who supported the townlord.

The head could be changed but these guys were the real locals who hold real power in town.

“All the confirmed leaked sites are now occupied by monks, sword practitioners and mages.”

“Situations are under control” IO headmaster reported.

“Send the Report to the capital. I'm worried this incident might be out of control anytime soon.” The Lord said.

Inside the dim room, six people were sitting around a circular table.

Three of them wear white robes with a single red stripe on the collar.

The other three wear dark green robes which cannot hide their wood like skin..

“Elder tree, What have you done? This is not our deal!” The Father said upsettingly.

“We did what we planned.” “It went wrong” “We don’t know why” Elder tree responded.

“The town runes are still working. And the ghosts gates appeared everywhere”

The Father contemplating for a while, then said

“You guys suppose to be their guide to the spirit world”

“But now we need a new plan. this town still need salvation from us”

“Elder tree please lay low from now on”

“Now we have a chance to converse more followers using the previous tactics”

“We end the meeting here”

The red trim white robes Fathers collapsed to the ground.

Their robes were dissolved to show naked men and a woman.

The dark green robes merged to the ground, moving freely but slowly underground.

They emerged outside in the forests.

“Ouy, ouy, you plants really can scheme?”

A Gray robe woman was waiting for them.

Elder trees tried to merge with the forests but they met with transparent glass prison.

The glass prison slowly compressed, crushing elder trees into Octahedron (six-sided dice).

The forests weiling angrily, the whole forests trembling then die down like nothing happened.

“You guys crossed the line. this is the prices you have to pay”

Human faces emerged from thee’s bark. almost a hundred faces stare at Anna expressionless.

“Indeed”

“The runes and the attack on your town was not our intention”

“Those creatures' remains are our fertilizers.”

“We still guide salvatable people to the right path as you saw.”

“We pay enough already. leave now or else!!”

resonated sounds echoed from hundreds of mouths.

Angry. Fiery burning inside Anna.

I can’t stay here too long. The town will be in trouble soon.

The forest was not the root cause then it's that plane again?

Collin seems to contact me but I can’t reply to him. I need to go check it out.

“Threaten me? you plants need some short sticks!!”

Scorching flame tornado swirled from Anna's body. Burn everything in its path.

Flame Tornado went circling around the town destroying all of the forest runes.

Anna went flying to the town without checking the result.

After Anna left, The forest fire was still burning angrily as the flame of fury.

The forests lose vitality for needless words.

“One, Two, Three, oh new friends, do you want to join us”

“playing hide and seek game. you hide ,I seek. go, go I will start counting now”

A giant toddler spoke to mages while covering its face with its tiny hands.

It constantly peeked through its fingers to observe mage’s actions.

The surroundings were the same as the outside world except that giant toddler.

the edge of the space constantly erased and created.

Blue hair, white robe, crimson eyes Meiji stared dead in her eyes to the toddler.

She didn’t have any intention to entertain it.

Wind blades were sent flying to that abomination. It got cut into multiple pieces.

The meat was raining down from the sky.

“easy-peasy”

Zost conjured a water barrier circling a perfect sphere surrounding himself this time.

His sharp sense felt the tension was not reduced at all.

He tried to warn his colleague but not it's not necessary.

While blood puddles slowly gathered to congeal into toddler shape,

Meiji already conjured her wind blades.