Ciel rises to her feet.
And at that moment.
'Eh------no way?'
The whole forest shook, and suddenly, one of the boy's legs ruptured.

If there was such a thing as a god's beast, then it would refer to something like that.
A dark mass. A silhouette like a whale stood up from the middle of the forest.
Were there so many birds in this forest of death? A flock of wild birds, big enough to cover the stars, fly up.
The black whale, made a sound like a scream.
Something was clinging at an alarming rate, starting from the legs of the giant beast.
It was a group of trees, literally running over the black skin of the whale.
The enormous beast, which had the size of a mountain, was covered entirely by trees in less than a minute, and halted, becoming a new part of the forest.
The beast that would stomp and crush the world was, however, defeated by the corrosion of the world it should crush.
No.
It was no match in the first place.

'Argh------that thing, doing quite well......!'
The boy presses down the ruptured right leg.
The forest continues to shake.
Perhaps it's the excitement of consuming such a giant lifeform, the trees suppress a strong desire to move around.
'Merm, that was------!?'
'No, this is bad------of course, it lives purely on instinct. Looks like it noticed that something capable of killing it has come near.
That Disemboweling Forest is about to kill every single living thing on it.'
'------------!'
From that, she understood the whole turn of events.
Holding the few black keys that are left, she stares into the depths of the forest. Inside, would be her target.
Not the target to destroy, but the target to protect.
'Merm, where's the core of Einnashe.'
'There, around 3 kilometers in distance.'
The boy speaking is missing a hand. Clearly not satisfied with just being attacked,
it seems that he has already sent another beast in the direction.
'I'm going. Will you be able to protect yourself alone, Merm?'
'It's okay. I'm not alone.'
'Of course, it was a stupid question.'
Ciel replied briefly, and ran off.
Severing countless assaulting branches, she headed to the core of the dark forest.

What happend after that, would be needless to say.
Since it would be what anyone would imagine.

talk. - Darkwood forest /05

***

They leave the forest.
The sun, which they haven't seen for a few days, glows a dazzling white.

'Ciel, you let him go. The Church had ordered his capture as an important reference.'
'But you let her go. The director sent out orders to dispose of her on sight, did she not?'
The two halted at the exit of the forest.
After staring at each other in the eye for a few seconds,
'Well, I'll let it pass this time.'
'Yeah, let's forget about it.'
And they walk.

talk. - ep /06