The dust formed by the mushroom cloud did not slowly dissipate until a long time later.
Where the huge fireball fell, the crawling monster had disappeared, leaving only a large pit about ten meters in diameter with a charred black interior and slowly rising smoke.
When the monster composed of corpses was evaporated to the point where no residue was left, Mother Tree of Flesh seemed to die along with it, leaving only a huge empty shell.
Even if the witcher and sorceress approached it, it would not react at all.
Neither of them could feel its breath.
Lynn can clearly feel that it has not turned into a tree again, but has really died.
The two then began to rescue the others and free them from the storage bags hanging in mid-air.
Tyrion, who was locked in the storage bag, had his eyes closed, but when he merged with the storage bag wrapped around branches, he had a very strange feeling.
Although I couldn't move or open my eyes.
But he could sense what was happening outside.
This feeling was both wonderful and terrifying at the same time.
Because he knew that this strange tree hanging him and others like bacon was definitely not just for looks.
Originally he was already desperate.
Until the appearance of the witcher and the sorceress brought hope again.
Therefore, when he was liberated from the storage bag by Lynn, Tyrion did not get up immediately, but directly hugged Lynn's thigh.
Not even to death.
His throat was choked and he couldn't say a word. He could only make excited noises like a wild animal.
Lynn and Triss looked at each other.
It's really a bit helpless.
It took him some time to comfort the short businessman, who was crying like a two-hundred-year-old child, and finally calmed him down.
Let Tyrion stand aside while Lynn and Triss continue to save people.
Every time they save a person, they either express their inner joy with actions like Tyrion, or they keep saying words of thanks.
The last person to be rescued was Ser Royce, who thought he had noble blood and a prominent family background.
Our Lord Sir's face is so ugly that even a demon hunter who had taken several bottles of high-level magic potion in one go didn't look as bad as him standing next to him.
Ser Royce looked so beautiful in her previous dress, but now she looks so embarrassed.
The black cloak draped over his shoulders was in tatters, with more holes than Novigrad beggar's clothes, and the originally shiny armor had also become torn to pieces.
But no one laughed at him.
This is not only because the other people rescued from the storage bag are also similar to him.
It's also because Ser Royce now finally understands some truth.
There is no longer the same air of condescension that always looked down on others.
Everyone who should be saved must have been saved, and everyone walked outside.
But the group had not gone very far when Lynn, who was leading the way, suddenly turned around.
In the eyes of everyone with surprise and confusion, they returned to the dead Mother Tree of Flesh.
He used his master-level silver sword to dig open the roots of the trunk of the giant tree.
Finally, a young woman was lifted out of it.
The woman rescued by the witcher was not a human woman.
This can be seen from her pair of long pointed ears.
But he's not an elf or a half-elf either.
Because no elf or half-elf has green skin.
Not to mention, this woman used leaves as clothing to cover her body.
The demon hunter found no wounds on her body and saw that she was just unconscious, so he put her on his shoulders and left with the others.
Come out from the depths of the forest.
Everyone finally stopped and rested for a while.
Triss drew a magic circle on the ground, and placed various spell-casting materials in every corner of the magic circle.
Since the portal opened this time needs to transport multiple people, light magic power is not enough and must be used together with casting materials.
The disappearance case that was entrusted to the witcher and sorceress to investigate has now come to light.
The main culprit that caused all the Kerack merchants and the troops sent by the king to disappear was the Mother Tree of Flesh plant that had lived for an unknown length of time.
According to Triss, the Mother Tree of Flesh strain is actually still in its infancy.
That's why it gives people a "weak" feeling.
But when Ser Royce, Tyrion and others heard this, their faces turned pale.
I don't know where this weak statement comes from.
You must know that these people have been captured by the Mother Tree of Flesh without even noticing it.
If it were not for the witchers and sorceresses, a very tragic end would definitely be waiting for them.
Ser Royce even pessimistically believed that even if all of Kingdom of Kerack's standing army, a total of 1,500 fully armed soldiers, would be unable to defeat the monster.
What's more, Kingdom of Kerack cannot withstand the painful price of losing all its standing troops.
But as a result, the plan to open a trade route was aborted.
This forest is too ancient.
Even if one Mother Tree of Flesh is killed, no one can be sure that there is only that one monster in the forest.
Let's just go by sea.
The worst is to make less money, but it's better than losing your life.
As for King Belohun...
His Majesty the King will certainly not be happy.
But what can be done.
Kingdom of Kerack is just a small kingdom with an area roughly equivalent to the province of Temeria.
It is comparable to Kingdom of Verden which borders on the south, but not as good as Kingdom of Cidaris which borders on the north.
There are so many things that make King Belohun unhappy.
Anyway, there are too many lice and it doesn't itch.
Marillion, with a pale face, waved goodbye to the demon hunter and sorceress.
He said that he would repay the demon hunter for saving his life with a song that would spread throughout the continent.
Lynn has no comment.
The men of Ser Royce and Tyrion followed the bard and passed through the portal leading to City of Kerack one after another.
The two of them walked last.
Before entering the portal, both of them glanced at the green-skinned woman who was rescued by Lynn but was still unconscious.
Both of them are from Kerack, and Kingdom of Kerack has had many conflicts with the tree spirits living in the southern forest of Brokilon all year round.
Of course they could recognize that this green-skinned woman was also a dryad.
Although both of them knew that if they handed over a tree spirit, especially a living tree spirit, to King Belohun, they would definitely receive a heavy reward.
But the two of them said nothing.
They just expressed their gratitude to the witcher again.
Then he walked into the portal.