Chapter 113 – One Heart (3)
Chapter 113 – One Heart (3)
“What…Isn’t this really crazy!?”
“I don’t understand. The battle, which may not have been easy, was won by a landslide, and the troops that could have lost more than half were preserved. Thanks to that, the battle that follows will be overwhelmingly advantageous. What’s strange?”
“Yeah, that’s true! If you blow up all the pastures and farmland like this, leaving not a single foundation left! How much money and time it will take to restore this in the future!”
The time when the dispatched expeditionary force finally launched a preemptive strike toward Eden.
In another battlefield, quite far from the great grove, the commander who led the army of the Kingdom of Delos, he couldn’t understand and shouted.
Erscilla, who had joined as a reinforcement, led the elven army and carried out a thorough scorched earth operation without leaving a single seed behind. As a result, he was able to easily deal with the rebels, who clearly outnumbered them.
The problem was that the land burned and blown away without a single seed or village left as a result of the operation was their land.
Basically, this land is not as rich as the Great Forest, and unlike the elves, humans with different populations cannot survive by hunting.
Now, restoring this place is up to those who won the civil war. For him, who was also a nobleman who had been promised part of the land by the current king, this reaction beyond anger and absurdity was a very natural reaction.
“Ke-heo-eok!”
“Don’t you dare stop talking. Age, strength, and status cannot be compared to the likes of you.”
But Ersilla laughed coldly upon hearing his words, and grabbed the man who was riding next to her by the collar.
“Commander!”
“What are you doing!”
Naturally, the humans around her pulled out their weapons in fright at the sight of her threatening their supreme commander.
Then the elves next to Ersilla also sighed, and as if she couldn’t help it, she raised her weapon and aimed at them.
“Ugh…”
The humans near the commander flinched under the force. The current elves were quite different from when they were first brought in. It is because they have been trained in proper fighting techniques and gained experience in combat, so they have grown much faster and become stronger with their unique mana affinity, which is a racial characteristic.
“Aren’t you desperate? In front of the goal of victory that must be taken in order to overcome a big crisis that is gradually approaching, there is time to think about self-interest. You really don’t know what’s more important.”
“That, what is that…”
“I dared you to allow the great forest. No matter how you messed up the place, I judged it to be a necessary sacrifice and expense. I am so desperate and urgent. Isn’t it the same for you guys who need to clear up the rebels and stabilize the country as soon as possible? Orca’s greed is getting bigger and bigger.”
In that urgent atmosphere, Erscilla glared at her commander without the slightest wavering and opened her mouth. Because she already had a rough idea of what the human army would do to the Great Forest.
On the condition that they never touch the elves, she allowed the operation of humans who would destroy the forest. As she always did, she made a sacrifice. That was her idea.
“If you’re not even that determined, it would be better to remove the thing hanging from your crotch.”
‘Such a crazy b*tch.’
She laughed and let go of her hand as she saw her commander, her face pale as she was pressed against her own flag.
As an aristocrat who had never been treated like this since his birth, he sighed inwardly but did not dare to open his mouth any more.
‘It was necessary.’
However, Ersilla’s eyebrows twitched as she watched him grumble and notice herself.
So far, the Great Forest’s World Tree has reached its limit in its ability to take care of the Great Forest. It is only then that it is just like a big tree, wasting all its energy to live and breathe. In order to display the true power of the elves, they had to be able to freely handle the power of the World Tree.
The necessary condition to solve it is, after all, the reduction of the Great Forest.
Unbeknownst to her, Ersilla had been inducing it until now. But in the end, the small slashes the Elves were attempting to pay their taxes weren’t enough. So you need something bigger and tougher.
For example, war.
‘It was something I had to do someday. For our future.’
She turned her head away with her hard face.
To the forest clan, it is neither economic nor survival activity, but the act of burning the forest is tantamount to immorality. Unable to get the elves to do it, Ersilla devised her own plot.
If things work out well, we can shrink the Great Forest and turn all of our resentment towards humans.
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“Oh, they shoot like crazy. Isn’t it boring?”
“It must be magic. If you think that wizards shoot in turns, you can probably shoot all day long.”
The elves of Eden, including Daesilim and Leon, clicked their tongues while hiding. It was because of some kind of magic that the flame bullets flying from afar were still falling into the forest at this moment.
“It doesn’t take much effort, but it doesn’t have much effect. It’s not about bombarding Eden, where you don’t even know where it is. It’s just, it’s clear they’re just belittling us and provoking us.”
To be honest, the effect of flame bullets is insignificant compared to the huge forest.
The moisture in the great grove was not so much that the fire spread, at most that one tree was scorched or some nearby grass was scorched.
Leon was convinced that the reason he continued to attempt this kind of bombardment was to provoke them from hiding.
“You idiots. Do you really think we’ll get caught doing that? I don’t think there’s going to be any public sentiment that’s going to be good for humans anyway, but it’s a trick to increase the hatred of other residents.”
Bin, who was with me, chimed in and laughed at the humans. I couldn’t help but laugh at the complacency of the humans who thought that the elves valued their hometown, the Great Forest, and would scorch it a little and attack them without covering their fronts.
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“…Could have been eaten. If it were us in the past.”
“Oh, that’s right. In the past, these humans would have jumped out right away with the thought that they dared.”
Bean smiled at Leon’s words and nodded his head. Obviously, if they had been in the past, they would have been angry and rushed at the fact that humans dared to harm the great forest.
Because I didn’t know that much back then.
But it was different now. They have already seen another world. As much as that, my knowledge was broadened, and I was able to develop the power to think in a different direction.
It wasn’t even a simple world. It was a paradise that destroyed common sense and customs and gave both trials and rewards. There was the warm mercy of the gods, but the harsh trials of the evil beasts were always together.
“Well, to some extent, they seemed to agree. After all, we’re going to run into them. Whatever they want.”
“It is completely different. We are going to win.”
A voice came from behind them. Hearing this, Leon looked back and saw that hundreds of troops had already arrived behind them.
Eden’s army is fully armed with equipment and weapons made by the dwarves day and night while they are busy. Garmin, who was in charge of the commander-in-chief, took off his helmet and guided the team members, including Leon and Bean, to the fairy ants.
“Arm and ride if you wish. It is a time of vengeance, and the hour of judgment has come.”
“Good. I’ve been waiting for this day. All together.”
Of course, they got ready to fight and got on the ants.
At the same time, hundreds of ants moved and started a silent march.
Their purpose is to build a garrison and attack the humans waiting there.
“You better raise the flag.”
Flags began to go up among hundreds of ants who were running over a rough terrain that was difficult for both horses and human legs to go.
It’s not a flag made hastily, it’s a proper flag made by embroidering it yourself. A crest was embedded in the flag.
“By the way, Commander-in-Chief. They probably know that we ride on fairy ants. Shouldn’t you have been prepared?”
“Yes.”
On the way, Leon mentioned to Garmin the incident where Pia and Serenian clashed the other day, and said that those who escaped at that time must have told Garmin about the fairy ants.
Unless the humans were quite stupid, they would have already made all the preparations.
However, Garmin just nodded his head as if he expected and prepared everything.
“Why is the queen not here? He had already departed to ruin their plans.”
“That, come to think of it.”
Leon realized that Serenian was absent and sighed.
She’s because of her personality and there’s no way she won’t participate in this operation. Indeed, she, who had set off first, had already arrived at her destination with her small group and was making preparations.