Chapter 159 – Fragmentation (9)
Chapter 159 – Fragmentation (9)
“I found it. A sacrifice used to open the gateway to the demon realm.”
“Ha, how could it be. Am I finally crazy and dreaming?”
The one who found it and the one who found it were shocked and astonished to see each other.
The same goes for Serenian, who hurriedly ran a step late. The place is none other than the aisle where the slugs broke and crawled out.
The only thing left there was an orc trapped in a cage made like a prison. A typical pureblood orc with a stocky, muscular body, bluish-grey skin, and red eyes.
He was breathing hard, but when he saw the elves who found him, he opened his eyes wide and couldn’t hide his surprise.
“Queen. It’s not just orcs. Look at this.”
However, Serenian couldn’t talk to him right away. As her orc shivered from her shock, one of her elves slowly approached her, holding something on her.
“It’s an egg.”
“It was the only thing left intact among the broken eggs and the corpses of the larvae.”
The elves were surprised to see that it was the size of a gimbal that they would have to hold in their arms. The egg, which was either pure white or slightly yellow, was clearly the egg of the giant slug they had seen.
It was clear that hatching was not far away. It was because I could clearly feel the life wriggling inside the egg.
“I don’t know where in the world they got it, but it’s clear that demonic parasitic bees raised it and captured it to use as a host.”
“But haven’t you seen it? When it wakes up and grows up, it will become an incredibly gigantic monster. It would be better to destroy it as it is now.”
There is a difference of opinion among the elves. I don’t like taking innocent lives, but they also had their circumstances.
It was impossible to raise a gigantic monster whose true identity was not fully known within the narrow land of Eden.
“How about sending it to the Great Forest? Before they grow any further, now when they can pass through the cracks.”
It was then that Urea, who had been listening silently, stepped out. Urea is a being with the ability to communicate with animals.
Urea, who has a special relationship with her fairy ants, saw a similar angle this time as well.
“Fairy ants have already been blessed by the World Tree of Eden, so they cannot leave this land and settle down, but this one is different. If she was born there, adapts, and builds up intimacy, she can become a strong force.”
“Then I will.”
There was no reason for Serenian to reject Urea’s proposal. If you are not parasitized by a parasitic bee, you may be able to communicate, and since there is only one bee, it does not seem that there will be a huge problem in the great forest ecosystem.
Above all, the elves saw the majesty of the colossal monster right beforehand. It was not even an adult, but at most a slug, but it overwhelmed everyone with its size alone.
“Queen, we have finished exploring all areas.”
“The labyrinth is quiet now. All the parasitic bees have fled to the demon realm.”
“It looks like you have collected all the labyrinth cores.”
In the meantime, the elves have finished cleaning up the occupied dungeon to some extent. When a small number of people went up to the ground carrying an unknown egg.
Serenian, who was left behind, was able to stand in front of this unknown orc who finally came to his senses with his officers and listen to his story.
“Honestly, I still can’t believe it. How many elves are there? It’s also blonde and green. A clan from the forest that I’ve only heard about!”
“Do you know about us?”
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“I think there were others, but Ersilla, the cruel wind sorcerer, was especially famous among us back then.”
The elves were overly nervous, but the orc, who revealed his name as Kato, reacted with wonder when he saw the elves.
In the meantime, Serenian’s brow flinched at Ersilla’s name that came out naturally.
“Have you ever fought… With her?”
“I didn’t fight. I just got tired of hearing the hateful curses after her fools were lopsided by her.”
“Who are you and why are you here?”
Serenian, who roughly grasped the situation, took a peek at Pia and brought it to the point.
Pia was openly glaring at Ersilla, fearing that her name would come out of him. It was stretched out and withered.
“I didn’t know that I would highly value elves who are incompetent. At least the elves… Won’t fight or divide among their kind.”
He smiled self-deprecatingly at Serenian’s question and opened his mouth. Serenian’s eyes shook slightly as his attitude was already that of a desperate being.
“After the death of the demon king, the orc army, one of the main pillars of the demon king army, retreated to the demon realm by Ludgar, the commander of the corps and chieftain of the orcs. But the real disaster for us happened after that. As the ‘demon king’s dominance’ disappeared, the devil world also lost its order and became a piece of sh*t.”
“…Split.”
He told the story smoothly without questioning. Serenian, who was actually listening to the story, flinched when he heard the word division.
Because it was right before the elves, who had been divided, became one.
“The demon king’s dominance is strong. It has the power to subjugate all the inhabitants of the demon realm to itself. Would such a great invasion have been possible without such power? Now that it’s gone, it’s natural for confusion to come. And in the meantime, I was just a chieftain. I couldn’t defend anything between my own people who were fighting on sides.”
He said he had been defeated and lost all his comrades in the orc clan strife. One of the biggest reasons for the defeat was the bizarre monsters, parasitic bees that were attracted by the opponent.
It turned out that all the orcs the elves had seen so far were losers of infighting who were thrown as food for parasitic bees.
Because of this, he laughed happily when he heard from Serenian that the Witchbeast Parasitic Bees couldn’t stand it and fled to the Demon Realm. He said that the enemies who tried to deal with the monsters without knowing the subject would be defeated by the rampaging parasitic bees, and that there would be no need for revenge.
“However, it is an absolute fact that the demon realm is in chaos. His warlord, Ludgar, is also increasing his power and is alive and well… Even I can’t imagine how much more rampant they will be when there is no Demon King to hold the reins anymore. I don’t know how he found out, but since he learned how to open the gates that the demon king used to open, he could try to invade the continent again or focus on civil war. Of course, it’s none of my business now.”
“Is there no desire to live?”
“A mysterious elf. Do you want to save the orcs?”
Serenian noticed that he had already prepared for death, and he implicitly asked if he wanted to live, but he only snorted.
Of course, Serenian said it out of the thought that he might be able to use him, but it was definitely a shocking remark.
“There is no immutability in the world. Even if it is a relationship between us. Because no one knows what will happen in the world.”
“You talk like an old man like an elf. Are you really old?”
Serenian, who grew up after coming to Eden and wanted to break through the existing limits in many ways, spoke of such a belief, but Orc and Kato only ate and did not change their minds.
“Now, kill me to close the gate. Right now, the monster bees have come and destroyed it, but I don’t know when they will come here again.”
“If that is your true wish, I will.”
Serenian looked at the gate that was still shaking with strange eyes, but finally decided to kill him as he wished.
The work itself was completed quickly. She had no particular desire to humiliate her opponent, so she killed him in a single blow, and an agreement was reached with the other elves that her body be buried in the ground in response to the information she had articulated.
“Look over there. The gates are closed.”
“I think we need to find out how the dimensional gateway, which was originally only the demon king, spread. Maybe it will open like this in other areas.”
At the same time, the gateway began to close. When the elves saw it, they poured out words of concern, and Serenian was also unable to shake off the ominous feeling.
“Since the Pandemonium itself is also in a state of confusion, I guess it is not the overall movement of the Pandemonium. It makes sense.”
And as soon as she came up to the ground, she tried to contact Seunghyeon.
After receiving her contact and getting information about the Orcs and the Pandemonium, he touched his forehead. She got the information she wanted, but she couldn’t get the information about what the culprit was and how to stop it.
“Is there something wrong with you? Did the gateway to the demon realm open somewhere else?”
“No. Not really.”
Serenian was worried, but Seunghyeon was vague. Earth affairs are not something she can get involved with anyway.
I don’t know if I went all the way inside the Pandemonium to gather information, but it was so dangerous and ridiculous that I didn’t even think about the possibility.
“Once all the lands inside the existing Eden have been purified. There are no more dungeons, so unless a new area opens, we can finally enjoy peace.”
“I had to pay attention to the Great Forest, but it’s fortunate.”
Seunghyeon turned the topic in a different direction from the connection to the demon world, which had already been closed. Serenian also had to deal with the work of the great forest, so the Pandemonium story was quickly forgotten.