The situation had changed the moment the dryad entered the island.
She was standing on top of the tree while raising her hands up.
Numerous vines emerged from the ground and started to grow with no limit.
The aliens were confused because their feet were tied by the vines. Once fallen to the ground, more vines emerged from the soil and wrapped their entire bodies.
However, the main targets of these vines were the students, specifically the ones who had turned into aliens.
She captured and sealed four students who had turned into aliens and isolated them inside a sphere made of vines so that no one needed to fight them.
Still, that was only what happened to the aliens coming toward the student. For the one she focused on, the scale of the vines changed.
The vines swirled around the island and started to join each other as they created a huge tower.
"Tsk!" Dikkleus gritted his teeth. He tried to fly away, but the branches and roots had blocked his escape path. The aliens wouldn't gain the upper hand against the students. And his ogre might die at this rate.
He could only hope that the queen was able to defeat Selena and Nathan. With Nathan as his hostage, the dryad would surely stop.
"Still, how is she able to summon all these vines?" Dikkleus turned around, finding the entire island getting covered with vines. Yes, whether it was the north or even the west side of the island, whether they were normal land or scorched soil, the vines could break through the surface and became the dryad's strength.
She gathered all those vines at the center of the island, creating a tower that isolated Dikkleus inside.
Dikkleus waved his hand down, forming a barrier to block the tower's growth.
However, the vines simply moved around the barrier.
When the barrier disappeared, it straightened itself.
Dikkleus tried to cut the vines with a sharp edge on the barrier, but with so many vines gathering at once, they were simply unbreakable.
Out of desperation, he summoned a barrier to snap the vines, but as expected, the vines remained fine. They were able to recover and form the complete tower.
"It's useless." The dryad looked down on him from the top of the tree as the vine tower devoured him.
After that, the branches and roots came, acting as the skeleton of the cage itself.
Dikkleus clenched his hands into fists. "No. This is not over! You can't break this barrier of mine no matter how hard you try."
The dryad made an 'X' hand sign with two index fingers and the vines soon changed its shape. Instead of a cage, the vines looked like a huge rope. They moved independently until they made a knot.
Then, with a clap of her hands, the knot was fastened.
His barrier shook, startling Dikkleus. He could finally see what was going on. "This is… No, you can't break my barrier! Even if you are the vice principal's familiar, you're not qualified."
"You talk too much." The dryad snorted and made another hand sign with her two index fingers.
The knot was fastened once again. This time, the barrier wasn't the only one that shook, but the Ena was also vibrating.
"!!!" Dikkleus' heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly joined his hands together and poured even more Ena. If the dryad managed to crack his barrier, the situation would become much more troublesome.
However, a change suddenly occurred on the island.
A series of screeching sounds filled the entire island as the aliens abruptly stopped.
"Huh?" The dryad and Dikkleus looked down. The students were shocked that the aliens abruptly turned their heads to the island. Some of them even went down because the students and the vines struck them.
But the aliens didn't care. As soon as they perceived it, they started running to the center of the island.
"Where are they going?"
The students were confused. Only two people on the island knew what this action meant.
"The young master almost succeed…" The dryad muttered.
"NO!" Dikkleus roared and poured even more energy to expand the barrier, trying to snap the cage.
The students chased after the aliens, killing them with almost no resistance.
At the same time, the dryad was also strengthening the cage while focusing the rest of her energy on stopping the aliens.
The only thing she needed to do was to tie their feet together. After that, the students could sweep in.
And it didn't even last long. In just a minute, the aliens suddenly stopped moving as though they realized something.
"!!!" The aliens didn't know what to do. Their instinct was telling them to act like usual, which meant only the aliens that were around the students would attack. Those who were outside the range would stop in their tracks and remain static.
"What?" Dikkleus' body trembled. The fact that the alien returned to normal meant the queen had been killed. His 'wife' had died. "No, no, no!"
Dikkleus roared and poured every bit of his Ena to expand. The branches and roots began to crack before ultimately snapping.
The barrier expanded continuously before the vines fastened once again. This time, the vines not only stopped the expansion, but also left numerous cracks.
Dikkleus snapped, realizing his mistake.
"You finally show a sign of weakness. Expanding it without providing enough support makes the barrier brittle." The dryad smiled.
"Da—" Dikkleus opened his mouth before noticing a small vine broke through a small hole and grabbed Dikkleus' arms. It then shrank and pulled Dikkleus' arms to the back with so much force that it dislocated his shoulders.
"Arg—!" Dikkleus wanted to scream out of pain, but another vein came, closing his mouth.
More and more vines entered the barrier and wrapped around his entire body. In fact, it even entered his nose, mouth, and ears, knocking him out. As a result, the barrier around him disappeared, leaving only the large barrier that isolated the island.
However, the threat had been taken care of. The ogre had also disappeared.
With a cold tone, the dryad muttered, "The target has been captured."