Ents, the fictional, sentient tree-like creatures of the Middle-earth universe.

“Depicted as the ancient beings– guides of the forest, they are one of the most famous mythical creatures.”

Slow-moving and conscious by nature, they possess a deep connection to nature. In many of the stories, they are guardians of the forests and possess wisdom that comes from centuries of life.

“But the Ents of <NO> are divided into three main categories, much like many dungeon creatures that we would see.”

From their perch high in the canopy, Alex and Elio gazed down upon the monstrous creature that had nestled in the depths of this unique dungeon.

Its lumpy, twisted limbs resembled the roots of a banyan tree, and its skin was a sickly green, covered in moss and lichen.

It had four glowing eyes of an unnatural red, and its teeth were sharp, jagged, like the claws of a wild animal.

“This one falls into the first category: the ugly boogies.”

Elio’s heart pounded in his chest as he took in the creature’s hideous form.

It was so hideous that it was unnaturally beautiful.

“They are ugly, and as much as they look unique from the other kind of creatures in a dungeon, they are strong.”

He had never seen anything like it before, and he couldn’t help but feel a sense of excitement wash over him.

This was the perfect kind of model that any wildlife photographer would want to come across.

There were not many chances for one to witness a creature as hideous and freaky as this one in its most natural habitat.

“This one’s a child, an ungrown Ent that wouldn’t mature into an adult Ent, the main kind of high ranking creatures that even the rankers fear.”

She knew how he wanted to leave this one and just watch it.

If it were up to him, he would just leave all the hunting and stuff to the side and just watch this creature, this otherworldly creature doing its normal things.

“A True Ent is not something even rankers can kill since they aren’t meant to be killed in this world– they are the same as dragons anyway so killing one is a faraway wish.

And unlike those dumb lizards, they have heads and know how to converse with someone.”

Elio knew she was here to kill this amazing bastard and he knew there was nothing he would be able to do to stop her this time, and yet he seemed to be fascinated by the creature.

He stared at it intently, his eyes wide with wonder. It really was horribly ugly.

It was breathtaking just looking at it.

“Gumoooooo.”

The creature let out a low growl, and Alexandra and Elio exchanged an excited glance.

One wanted to kill this ugly creature while the other wanted to study it, see all the aspects of it and if possible even go ahead and try taming it.

He had never wanted to consciously, but he really was interested in this ugly af creature. He couldn’t help wanting to check every inch of it, take samples, and perform a few fun experiments on it.

“Will you stop me?” The two of them had left Az and Miu in Sera’s care since they were going to take care of this one by themselves.

They were (Level-60) now so they also wanted to test out just how much stronger they had become by fighting against this (Level-81) elite.

“Is it true that there are ten times freakier things out there?” He was mesmerized by the ugliness of that creature. It was so disgusting that he even had to question those ugly things he had seen in some of his client’s videos.

“There are. The babies in this dungeon are pretty much nothing compared to the big daddies out there, hehe.

And, I know this ugly piece of work that you’ll find many times more photogenic than this one. He’s ironically a good family guy as well.”

She was obviously talking about some kind of a demonic being or something like that if she was praising them so highly.

“I will be in the back.”

He did not like it that they were killing creatures in this dungeon, but… apparently these creatures were born from the spirits of the forest animals that fell into this dungeon.

“I’m going to do all the work anyway, haha.”

He did not like killing them, he did not want to kill this amazing piece of ugliness either. But he didn’t want to ruin the fun for her.

“Alright then~!”

“Where should we start?”

There were more creatures like this one in the dungeon and they weren’t going to kill all of them.

It has been late since they entered the dungeon anyway so they were going to finish a few of them, check out the actual Elm Guardian, and then get out of there through the teleportation point.

“What do you mean where?”

-Swish.

She used {Blink} and vanished from the place.

[{ “It begins now!” }]

It was a big creature. Much stronger than the two of them combined.

It had strong magic resistance, it was hard with its strong tree-traits, and it was going to be difficult to use the same kind of tactics against this one that they had used against the other mobs.

This one was not a mob, it was an area guardian that commanded those mobs.

It was much more intelligent so it was going to be difficult to deal with anyway, but with its whip-like limbs that it had in hundreds, Elio had no idea how she was going to deal with this one by herself.

[{ “Wind boost!” }]

[{ “Yes, ma’am!” }]

She had jumped down from the tree top and using {Blink} she reached the ground area and fell into the detection range of the creature.

Ents were creatures close to nature, so they had the power to control all natural elements around them.

It was said that some of them could command spirits as well, but this one was obviously not one of them.

-Ooooooooooooooooooong!

It was one of the weaker ones, so it was going to be much easier to deal with this one for them… perhaps.

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