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Volume 3 Chapter 50

Climbing the World Tree

We’ve reached the sixth level of the World Tree Dungeon.

No demons had attacked us here like they did with the floors up to the fifth one, and with Sylph’s support, we haven’t lost any rare items. Things are going well.

After exploring in the dungeon for a while, we arrived at the center of the sixth floor.

There was a huge white stone monument there.

A sleek golem stood to protect the monument. It was an earthy golem, but it had green ore embedded in its white body.

It’s an arc golem, a higher species of golem. Arc Golems are said to be so strong that ordinary adventurers can’t stand up to it, and that it would take a group of multiple A-ranked adventurers to see if they can win.

But if you don’t defeat this golem, you won’t be able to get out on the World Tree, the home of the Sylphs.

──Or at least, that should have been the case.

[Good night! Thank you for everything.]

The sylph called out to the Ark Golem.

The Ark Golem opened the front of the stone monument and saluted to the sylph.

[Come on!’

Ah, so we don’t have to fight, after all.

We walked past the saluting arc-golem and moved to the side of the monument and put our hands on the monument as the sylphs urged us to do so.

[Have you guys touched the monument? Then let’s go!]

The stone monument began to glow.

I focused on it because of the glare.

I feel a sensation of my body being pulled somewhere.

A few seconds later and the sensation subsides. I open my eyes, and I see that I’m standing on top of a huge tree branch. Even thicker branches were growing above the one we’re on, as if they were folded on top of each other.

The sun was gently shining through the branches, even brighter than the dungeon we were in earlier.

Transmigration is a skill unique to heroes from other worlds, but I heard that even dungeons managed by high ranking spirits such as sylphs can move like transmigration to connect specific locations.

I look around.

It’s impressive how incredibly stable the tree branch I’m standing on is. I could even see the tip of the branch in the distance. The tips of the branches are indeed thin, but they look like they can walk upwards with about a kilometer to spare. Once again I was surprised at the size of the world tree.

[Come on guys, this way.]

Sylph called me to walk towards the trunk of the World Tree. At the trunk, there was what looked like a wooden elevator.

It was a wooden box that could hold about ten people, with ivy attached to it. The vines seemed to be connected to the top of the world tree.

Immediately, I was reminded about the elevators of my original world.

[Eh, are we going to ride this?]

[I made it to give you a ride when someone comes over. I’ll take you all up there with this one! You’ll have a great view from the top, so look forward to it.]

When someone comes in?

So, I guess that means no one has ever ridden it yet, right?

I feel a little nervous all of a sudden.

[Okay, I’m in.]

[Hold on, what the?]

Sylph pushed me back and we were pushed into the elevator.

Wait seriously, is this going to go all the way up?

Wouldn’t Tina’s flying magic be better for transportation?

The sylphs didn’t get into the box for some reason.

I don’t see how it’s necessary to use an elevator in the first place, since the sylphs are always flying.

[Well, here we go!]

The sylphs formed a magic circle under the box we were in.

Oh no, could it be…

Were the ivies attached to the top of the wooden box just decoration?

I know that my prediction was correct in the worst way possible.

Wind blew out of the sylph’s magic circle with great force, pushing the box we were on up at a ridiculous speed.

[Wow!]

The box climbed upward at high speed.

We couldn’t withstand the acceleration and were pushed to the floor of the box.

And just like that, the world around us lit up.

We stepped through the branches and out onto the World Tree.

Phew, the acceleration was gone.

The box we were on had fallen apart as we passed through the last of the dense foliage.

The eleven of us were thrown into the air.

[It’s … beautiful.]

I couldn’t help but let the words escape my mouth as I looked down at the city of Alheim and the surrounding landscape from further up the giant world tree.

Is this what Sylph wanted to show me?

And that’s where the falling began.

[Tina! Everyone!]

I shouted to Tina, who was about to fly to me. Tina heard me and turned around.

That’s when I saw it.

The dragonified Ryushin was sprouting wings from his back and was flying with Luca in his arms.

Mai and Mei had just turned into spirit bodies and retrieved Yoko and Rifa.

Luke used flight magic and was flying with Luna in his arms.

What? Everyone can fly except me!

Tina already went to save Merdi, and I’m falling down.

What the hell?

No one is coming to help me.

Maybe they think I can fly too?

No, I can’t fly!

Tina, who finally realizes this, comes flying over in a hurry.

But before Tina can save me, I’m wrapped in the wind and my fall has stopped.

[Sorry, I didn’t use the right amount of force. Teehee.]

Sylph is flying beside me.

[Teehee, my ass!]

[I apologize, but I had thought that everyone could fly.]

[Yeah, that’s the first time I knew that.]

[So Haruto can’t fly, can he?]

I felt slightly down when Sylph told me that.

No, isn’t it normal to not be able to fly?

And that’s how I decided to use this experience as an opportunity to learn how to use flying magic.