173 – Colossal Power (3)
Chapter 173 – Colossal Power (3)
“Are you sure you want to follow me? Naria-sama doesn’t have to go.”
“I couldn’t let him go because I was worried about him going. And honestly, it’s a bit shocking.”
“…Don’t pay too much attention to that part. It’s not our fault.”
Just before the elves of Eden go to war in the name of saving their people. Liam clicked his tongue when he heard Naria’s determination to go after them.
I could pass the word that I was worried about Ren, whom I received as her apprentice, but it was because she was shocked when she said that the dwarves had moved their army and started attacking her.
Originally, dwarves were the ones who lived in the Great Mountains, arguing among themselves. They were rarely invaded by outsiders, and they did not dare to go to the continent like the elves of the great forest.
It was the great war that changed the habits of the dwarves. But that doesn’t apply to those who rejected the dwarf kingdom and moved to Eden, so Liam didn’t want her to feel guilty or hurt.
‘Can I win?’
Of course, apart from that, I was also surprised to see Eden’s forces that raised their strength without hesitation. She hadn’t seen them fight in person yet, and she couldn’t make a hasty decision because they were quite different from the elves’ army she knew, but Naria instinctively compared Eden’s army with the dwarf army.
The main force of the dwarves is heavy infantry that moves tightly together. But the elves of Eden were all cavalrymen riding giant ants they called fairy ants.
“Humans are strong too. It’s a city on the periphery, but I have to siege it, but can I win?”
“I can win. I already have the experience of fighting the human army and winning.”
“Why did you say you would come out if you were going to be so nervous? You are not ready yet.”
Naria, unable to ride her fairy ant, boarded with Ren, who was similar in size to her. She has a lot of combat experience, but when she saw that Ren, her first participant in a war like this, was nervous, she sighed and patted her on the shoulder.
“If you have this kind of power and stay still, it will be a nuisance…”
“I will have to see how great the power of that spirit is.”
Laughing bitterly at her Ren’s answer, Naria corrected her posture. The fairy ants, moving one by one, began to bite their tails and head for the passage leading to the great mountain range, the territory of the dwarves.
“I will go while considering my stamina. The dwarves have already known the road, but it is an unknown world anyway. You never know what might happen on the way.”
“I will.”
Gamin, who was in command this time as well, became a complete general and skillfully commanded his troops. Serenian also marched beside him, finally passing through the rift and stepping into a world completely different from Eden.
***
“Any news? Your face is hardened.”
“There is always news. There is no hopeful news.”
A tidy yet booty office with a high-quality carpet. He clicked his tongue and tossed the paper he was holding. Another man who came looking for him only smiled when he saw him.
“I brought some news for you, Locke.”
The man who called him Locke took something out of his pocket and handed it to him. Receiving it, Locke’s eyes twitched.
“What is this?”
“It will help our business. Can’t you see?”
“I don’t know. But it’s the great grove.”
Locke read the contents of the paper with his eyes and smiled.
“Are you saying this knowing how far away this place is from there?”
“Of course, it is too far for us to go out on our own. But what if there are people who want to attack it anyway?”
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The man shook his head at Locke’s words. Along with the saying that you don’t have to step out yourself, just put a spoon on it and you can get what you want.
“The kingdom of Delos, where a rebellion broke out and the mercenary king Heinz was established as the new king, and the country was a mess with vagrants flowing in from all directions, but in return, the kingdom of Kamihi, who commanded the thieves like their own soldiers, It’s targeting the living elves. We just need to give them a little help and get what we get.”
“Isn’t the Great Forest’s world tree too strong?”
“That too…Something very good has happened recently. Even though we attacked the elves who lived in the snowy mountains, there is no less enemy than this as long as we failed to achieve our goal.”
She looked at Locke with his arms folded as if he was worried, and the man smiled and informed him of the news. It is said that the Great Forest’s World Tree has been completely burned to death, and that a new World Tree is growing in its place.
There was no better condition for the elves, who were aiming for the world tree that the elves were trying to protect.
“That makes sense.”
Locke heard all the information and smiled faintly. After all, all they wanted was a little help and a spoon, so this could have been better than going out on their own.
“Welcome, Mayor.”
“There must be no problem, right?”
“Yes. Till now.”
Lock, who sent a friend with good news, quietly found a secret space. Originally built underground as a warehouse when the Free City was born, this large facility was now used to confine and store things other than goods.
He sat down and heard the head of the guard who was guarding the entrance saying that there was no problem. He nodded and went down the deep stairs to enter the facility.
“It’s cool because it’s underground, but it’s stuffy and it’s not a place to stay for very long. Haven’t you changed your mind yet?”
“Shut up, son of a b*tch.”
The place he went to was a kind of prison converted from a room used as a storage room. When he appeared in front of the bar with a smile on his face, the silver-haired woman inside showed her teeth and growled.
“It was a hero who made a name for himself, but he is tied up, so it’s terrible. How about admitting it now? You guys are defeated The world has changed, but I haven’t been able to keep up with it, so it’s a natural result.”
“Is the world changing? It must have been wickedly corrupted.”
“No, it is just moving to a new level.”
Locke looked at her and grinned at her. She literally waged a war and was barely captured. She was tightly bound by the chains that sealed her mana, and now she is just a weak woman with no powers.
“I’ll give you one last chance. Give me the world tree If you don’t, I’ll sell out the villagers you brought here one by one, and eventually you too.”
“It seems like a group of bugs that catch and sell even their own people. I don’t know why a guy like you is obsessed with the World Tree, but would he give in to something like that?”
“It’s still the same. Then it doesn’t really matter. ‘Cause now I don’t need you Kara, the elven hero, just sell yourselves somewhere like this and die.”
Locke threatened her, but she remained stubborn.
While secretly cursing at her like that, he smiled leisurely, and in order to make her despair, he told her the story of the Great Forest she had heard of today.
“You bastard…!”
Naturally, she gnashed her teeth in anger, but Locke left her and turned her away. With no other means of supplying the World Tree, she was now just a beautiful and rough slave.
“Hmm?”
“Poetry, Mayor!!”
But right after he got out of the camp and came out.
The butler ran up to him with a pale face. Even if you pretend, something unusual has happened.
“What the hell is going on?”
“Go, attack. An attack is coming. Right in front of you!”
“What is that…”
The middle-aged butler was unable to speak properly due to catching his breath, but he succeeded in conveying important news.
It was news that there were enemies charging towards the city of Liman.
“Who dares to attack us around here!?”
He couldn’t understand and his voice trembled. It is a free city where he, as the mayor, rules with the powerful people of the city, but he belongs to the nearby human kingdom in terms of power, and has friendly relations with the dwarves, another nearby force.
The Snow Mountain Clan and some forces that were hostile to them have all recently subdued, so it is normal that there should be no one left to attack them.
“Did the dwarves betray us?!”
“I don’t think so. If you listen to their words, they said they were enemies they had never seen before.”
“A new enemy?”
He was genuinely perplexed. He was wearing black armor and he was riding a monster, but he couldn’t picture it in his head.
‘You’ll understand when you see it yourself. Damn.’
In the end, he urgently issued an emergency order and decided to climb the wall himself and see the enemies approaching here.
The army of Eden, who had traveled through the forest road, which was actually rough but not very human, in a short time, ran in a straight line, ignoring the small villages and guard posts along the way, and was already approaching the vicinity of the city.