Chapter 337.1. Pull Out Weeds Properly From The Roots

The eerie vines attacked all at once, not reaching the speed of sound but still fast.
However, Yamiyo and the others had leveled up. Mii-chan confident that she could easily dodge at this speed, focused on the vines approaching her.
“Tei!”
With the tip of her spear-like weapon, she swatted away the vines coming at her from the side and skillfully dodged those attacking from behind. Waving her hands as if scooping, she redirected the vines attacking into a different trajectory.
Though their numbers were many, Mii-chan and her friends didn’t consider them formidable foes. However, she could hear screams from the others.
“Ah, my movements are sluggish.”
“It feels like I’m carrying weights.”
“Ouch, that hurts.”
“Whoa, my defense magic isn’t activating!”
“What’s happening?”
The movements of Yamiyo and the others were slow as if they were on a planet with different gravity. Only Nimue and Sei-chan could move normally.
While their magic armor activated a protective barrier, preventing damage, the vines continued to hit them. It seemed like they would eventually be overwhelmed.
“What’s going on? It feels like a curse…”
Sena muttered with a distorted expression. Indeed, it looked like the effects of a curse. But it was clear that it wasn’t a curse from the System-san’s analysis.
“Everyone is acting strange.”
“It seems we need to protect them.”
Nimue and Sei-chan were unaffected, but the others were acting oddly. Mii-chan was more surprised by that. But someone else is more surprised than her.
“Why can you guys move normally? No, why can anyone move? Even though it’s slow?”
Taira Masakado was astonished. The meaning of his words hinted that we shouldn’t have been able to move at all. 
The previous heroes that fight him get completely immobilized. Mii-chan and her friends could move freely. What was the difference? It wasn’t a debuff; System-san would have notified her if it were.
Nimue and Sei-chan were unaffected, while others moved slowly. And Mii-chan was 100% unaffected. 
The difference was clear. Nimue is my familiar, and Sei-chan’s body has already become the Platinum Thread.
In other words, the 2 were in Mii-chan’s world. This world’s fate no longer bound them. 
Sei-chan had a mysterious skill. She always came to her for a hug, so we had the most contact. She’s perhaps occupying the position of Mii-chan’s apostle-hero.
This world’s fate still bound the others others. The Golden Threads in their body hindered their movements. 
Taira Masakado was giving an absolute command to the Golden Threads: “Don’t move.”. It became the absolute fate that bound everyone.
Originally, they’d completely get immobilized by a golden restraint. 
However, Yamiyo and the others, who had changed over half of their composition to Platinum Threads, only experienced a slowing of their movements.
What a cheat. If Yamiyo and the others only had the Golden Threads, no matter how strong they were, they would have been unable to move, defeated.
Ah, I see. Taira Masakado’s claim of controlling the power of the origin is correct. That’s an incredible cheat skill.
“Kuh, then how about this!”
[Turn Undead]
With a pained expression, Sena aimed for a reversal and released holy light. Until a moment ago, this could strip away the dark aura from the vines…
“What! It has no effect!”
Even illuminated by the light, she still couldn’t remove the dark aura from the vines, astonishing Sena.
“You fools! Those outside accumulated hatred towards the living, creating a dark aura. The dark aura in this room was created by the mix of my will and the power of the origin! Do you think such an attack would work?”
Taira Masakado now is our enemy, smirked. The hero living eternally without salvation seemed to have a twisted personality.
“Young ones, live with me for eternity!”
[Dark Ivy]
Whether serious or not, Taira Masakado infused mana into the vines spread throughout the room. The dark vines, already fast, increased in hardness and sharpness, attempting to pierce through Mi-chan and her friends in the blink of an eye.
Countless dark vines approached from all directions like a torrential rain.
“We won’t allow it!”
[Absolute Ice Wall]
Nimue, with flowing blue hair, flew into the air and snapped her fingers. Instantly, she created a dome-shaped, extremely low-temperature ice, blocking the dark vines.
However, cracks appeared in the ice from the pierced areas, crumbling away.
“Kuh, that’s why I hate plants.”
Although the ice wall should be an absolute defense, it seemed incompatible with plants, as the ice was getting absorbed.
“…Infuse lightning into the ice.”
[Thunderous Roar]
When Sei-chan touched the ice wall, she generated lightning. The lightning crawled on the ice, burning the pierced dark vines.
However, due to the impact, the ice wall shattered, and everyone landed on the ground.
“We surrender!”
[Darkness Sword 2nd Style, Shadow Slash]
“Toyaa! Take this!”
[Yokai Fox Assault Fang]
Yamiyo leaned forward, smoothly closing the distance to Taira Masakado, attempting to slash him with the condensed darkness.
Tamamo, aligning with Yamiyo’s attack, transformed into a massive nine-tailed fox, trying to bite Taira Masakado with bared fangs.
“Do you think you can harm me with such lackluster attacks!”