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日本語 · N2

朽ちた巨人と最後の樹精

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Centuries after civilization collapsed in the Great Magewar, an ancient golem continued to wander the desolate plains of rubble.
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That colossus, covered in moss and weathering across its entire body, was nothing other than a combat weapon once manufactured to guard the capital.
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Advancing by relying on its faintly remaining power source, it discovered a tiny sapling miraculously budding at the bottom of the ruins.
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Dwelling within that sapling was the soul of an infant dryad inheriting the bloodline of the "World Tree", a species presumed extinct from the surface.
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On this harsh land where barren ash rained down, sustaining that fragile life without a guardian was an impossibility.
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Silently, the giant unlatched its sturdy breastplate and respectfully transplanted the young sapling into the hollow space of its reactor core.
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While sharing the scant magical fluid remaining inside with the tree, it shielded the tiny life from the outside world's acid rain and toxic winds.
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Even when ambushed by mutated, savage mechanical organisms along the journey, the colossus protected the sapling to the end, using its own armor as a shield.
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When it finally reached the promised land where pure water welled up, the giant's mana core was entirely reaching the end of its lifespan.
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Taking root from the motionless giant's chest, the young tree spread fresh green leaves and stretched toward the blue sky as if heralding the wilderness's rebirth.

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