Chapter 125 – Over Technology (5)
Chapter 125 – Over Technology (5)
“At first, I fought and struggled just for revenge and redemption. But now that I’m starting to see beyond that, I’m starting to see completely different problems.”
Serenian gave me a small sigh, mentioning the problems the elves are facing right now.
The problem of the changed reality. This is such a big problem that many people in the two worlds are entangled for various reasons, so it was impossible for me to completely solve it.
Even if I could buy large flower pots one after another and build an elf-style apartment there to accommodate the residents in units of 10,000 or 100,000, that would not be a way to solve the fundamental problem.
Leaving aside the residential environment preferred by the elves, the problems that Serenian is talking about will still remain unless you accept ‘everyone’ who exists in the other world that way.
Even Eden was no longer a world only for elves.
“I cannot give you a direct answer. Just think like this. Maybe it’s not a big deal. It’s a world of upheaval. It may be a necessary change.”
From my point of view, it seemed like it was time to reconsider the concept of Eden, which I had vaguely thought about until now.
Is Eden the land or the heart? Now is the time to make it clear. The problem was that I couldn’t give an answer to that. Eden to me is just potted plants.
It was impossible for me to even guess what kind of place their hometown, which included half of the residents, including Serenian, belonged to.
“I don’t understand. Earth and heart.”
“If Eden you think is earth, then those who do not live here must belong elsewhere. It will be easy to manage. Just do it like you’ve been doing before. But if Eden is the heart, all who believe in it become comrades with the same belonging. Even if you live elsewhere. In this case, it would be convenient to expand the power. It should be enough to become one with the Great Forest. Because you just have to believe it. It will be difficult to manage.”
I gave Serenian a rough explanation. Frankly, for me, I wanted them to choose the land. I am more comfortable if Eden breaks out of the great grove and stands on its own as an independent nation or city. You just have to focus on them.
On the contrary, if Eden becomes my heart and my faith, I will have to take care of the inhabitants of another world whom I cannot even see.
“I will think about it.”
Serenian returned with a serious face on this matter.
Perhaps the other elves were busily moving, and he seemed to have been thinking about that the whole time, even while he was busy doing other things.
And as if she had finally come to her conclusion while holding close-night meetings with her colleagues, she summoned the heads of the villages who applied for relocation to her place.
“We are the family of the sky, the brothers and children of the forest clan. Another elf living here in Eden. Those who fulfill their duties here will receive the protection of heaven.”
“You really made me memorize it?”
“I thought about it a lot. But I couldn’t betray him.”
Immediately after finishing all the work. Serenian informed me of the results of my troubles.
In the end they chose the land. The reason is to repay the favors received so far. It was said that if they focused on the great forest, they would do bad things to the sky god who helped them.
“As you said, everyone agreed that it might not be a big deal. Even if we are a new clan separated from the great forest, what does that matter? Our roots are in the great forest, and we are brothers and kinsmen who share blood with those who remain there. Their pain is our pain. Their enemies are our enemies.”
“To be honest, it is a pun. A bit of an important pun.”
“It might have been harder to convince people to move. Leon said that even now, the elves who did not have a direct grudge with the Central Council seem to have adapted to their rule and do not want to migrate. However, once we become allies, the bond seems to become even stronger.”
While on the radio, she leaned against the railing on the roof of her own house with a relieved look on her face.
She never told me, but maybe she was vaguely aware of the problem, and she was worried.
Now that this has happened, the Elves of Eden, including Serenian, are highly likely to live as a separate group from the Great Forest after eradicating the hostile forces of the Central Conference led by Ersilla.
“Then I need help.”
I lowered the walkie-talkie and smiled faintly.
‘In the end, what is most needed is the growth of the World Tree.’
We have secured a large number of new residents who are willing to move, but the reason we are unable to bring them into the pot is the lack of space. In order to expand the space, a new pot is needed, and for a new pot, the growth of the world tree is needed.
The material for that growth is the dungeon core. Unlike the dungeon cores I know, it is a dungeon core made of pure mana and can only be obtained in the world of potted plants.
‘Is this enough?’
For that dungeon core, the dwarves had to struggle, and for them, I put something called gunpowder.
In fact, right now the Dwarves were experimenting with various objects and tactics using gunpowder, the power they had newly acquired from flowerpots in the mountainous terrain.
“—!”
“–!”
I could see the tools they made. A type of weapon in which gunpowder and bullets are put into a thick cylindrical column made of iron, and the gunpowder is set on fire to send the bullets flying with the explosive power. Among the gunpowder I delivered to them through Serenian, the easiest cannon to make appeared.
The cannon they fired as a test shot a shock wave, sending the bullets flying far away, shaking the impact point with a huge impact.
From the outside of the pot, it’s just a trivial thing like a few grains of sand falling. However, the Dwarves who looked at it with a magnifying glass were terrified by its power and jumped up and down.
‘It’ll be helpful enough.’
Even on the modern Earth, firearms are essential for dealing with monsters. When defending the gate, the military unit is always mobilized, and when entering the dungeon, the hunters are also armed with firearms.
Because there is no weapon as effective as this against enemies that firearms can work with.
Perhaps the world inside the pot is the same.
‘The gun has already been made.’
It wasn’t just the cannon that informed the dwarves. The concept of the gun was also taught, and they are already testing the gun by somehow making the basic parts.
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If you get the chance to scale again, you can give them a book about firearms and their history. If you refer to it, they, who are a completely different species from humans living in a completely different environment from the earth, will probably use it well in their own way.
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“What do you think?”
“I don’t know. Are you still bewildered? But one thing is for sure, it will be of great help to us now.”
Seunghyun’s prediction was not wrong. The Dwarves, who had gone through various tests using gunpowder themselves, recognized its potential.
A hero who has mastered mana is not a group of warriors trained in group tactics, but a powerful force that can fill the strength they lack.
“I want to investigate more and test more, but we are in a hurry. But I assure you, even this much would be lethal to those monstrous spiders. Let’s go brothers Without the help of the elves, let’s prove the protection of the sky with our own strength.”
Aaron declared that he would wage a war against the beast spiders by mobilizing basic gunpowder weapons and gunpowder bombs.
It was also the moment when a new weapon appeared that could break the counterweight in the competition over mountains and mines.
“Let’s start with bombs.”
The Dwarves armed themselves and stormed out of the fortress, and placed bombs with stretched wicks openly in the path where spiders frequently appeared.
The plan was to lure the indiscriminately charging spiders and explode the gunpowder. In fact, it was the surest method compared to cannons and guns, which still had an unstable aspect.
“They are coming!”
Soon, the death squad sent in to lure the spiders ran desperately and shouted.
It’s been a bit quiet lately, and as if they dared to attack first, angry monster spiders crawled all over the walls and ceilings, making a terrifying noise and pursuing them closely.
“Fire!?”
“Already attached!”
The Dwarves, armed with heavy armor, had already set fire to the wick at the right timing.
And right after the death squad escaped from the area where the bomb was planted. The spiders that followed them ran at the Dwarves who were in formation, not paying attention to the bombs.
“Hold on! It will explode soon!”
Aaron waited for the bomb to explode, holding his shield and sword with his comrades. As if the dwarves were trying to take advantage of the fact that they came out of the fortress, the monster spiders even mobilized a large number of variants.
“Cheuk.”
It was at that time that a strong explosion and heat erupted and swept the area.
The shockwave was so strong that Aaron staggered as he raised his shield and knocked his butt off.