174 – Colossal Power (4)
Chapter 174 – Colossal Power (4)
“Are you sure you’re not here? There are so many things.”
[No. I don’t feel anything at all. Even mana…]
“This is bullsh*t.”
The largest general store in the neighborhood. I didn’t go home after work and came here. This is the place where I bought the neodymium that contained the spirit, but the wind spirit said that I couldn’t feel anything even in this four-story building.
I let out a sigh when I noticed the people around me, fearing that I would become a madman talking to myself. Well, even if I came across the spirit of the magnet by chance, I didn’t expect to find it easily after that.
[This is a world I cannot explain. Where everything is out of my common sense. Rather than dwelling on the past, it would be best to look for more.]
“Because you don’t look so relaxed.”
[Is it because you’re worried about the elves?]
As I laughed bitterly, the wind spirit hit the mark. As the saying goes, many of the elves in the pots, including Serenian, have now escaped. It was also for war.
It is natural to be worried. Unlike the potted plant, where I can intervene even indirectly, I cannot help no matter what happens there.
[Believe them. The elves you cared for have grown into completely different beings to the extent that Ersilla can bet that if Ersilla had known you even a little earlier, the outcome would have been different]
“Thank you for your words.”
I don’t think I’m saying this for my own sake. According to what I’ve learned, spirits don’t lie or pretend. That’s why the wind spirit’s words were comforting to me.
‘I can’t help it. Even for later.’
After hearing all of their circumstances, I also did not want them to become aquarium fish.
Various events happening in the other world, wars, plunder, invasions, etc. As much as Serenian spreads his influence outside the world, it will continue to happen in the future, but there is no such thing as eternity. It will end someday
The main purpose was to fight the monsters in the dungeon that appear every time you increase the number of pots. Above all, if this job goes well, new residents might come.
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“Over there. That is the city called Lehman.”
“We are already busy moving. The news spread.”
The point at which Seunghyeon was looking for a spirit in a general store. The soldiers of Eden, who finally reached the goal point, could see the city boasting high walls in front of them.
They drove through the deserted forests and mountains, but they couldn’t stop the news from spreading, and the city was already preparing for defense.
“Keep in mind. Our purpose is revenge and rescue, not plunder and slaughter.”
Serenian muttered as he stared blankly at it. Already she told everyone not to kill the unarmed.
If you can’t kill everyone you encounter and everyone in the city, mindless slaughter will only poison you.
Rather, it was a calculation that focusing on the cause of revenge and rescue would be beneficial.
“Apart from that, they may come to negotiate. How would you respond?”
At that time, while talking with the elves of the Great Forest, who had been taught by humans, Garmin, who learned about the ways of humans, opened his mouth with a sneaky look.
Of course, the people of the city would want to know the identities of the elves, including Serenian. Because they need to know why they are being attacked. And if you know the purpose, maybe you can try to negotiate.
“Time, the troops dispatched from the nearby fort need time to arrive.”
“I will go. I will find out where the hell they are from and what they want.”
Indeed, as Garmin predicted, the city’s mayor, Locke, dispatched his men who confidently set out to buy him some time.
“Look over there. In fact, humans are sending messengers.”
The messenger sent by Locke was coming towards the elves who were slowly approaching on horseback with a small army.
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Serenian ordered them not to attack for now. Similarly, they, who had no intention of fighting, slowed down a few hundred meters and approached slowly.
‘I can’t believe it. What kind of race are you?’
However, the eyes of those dispatched shook violently. The story of the Great Forest Elves fighting on monster ants hadn’t reached this northern region yet.
Furthermore, since the elves wear helmets to cover their ears, the elves of Eden that they can see are monstrous forces riding monsters from the uninhabited northern forest.
“Well, where are you from? This is our territory. It is not a place where troops from other places can enter.”
Finally stopping his speech, he raised his wooden loudspeaker and shouted with all his might.
It’s a bit far to have a conversation. It was because he got scared when he saw the flags with patterns he had never seen before and stopped more than 200 meters away.
“Commander. I will have to kill them.”
“…Yes?”
“If the purpose of our allies is known, they may take the snowflake clan hostage. Our purpose in the first place was to take revenge on the enemies who attacked the same species of elves. No negotiation required. If time drags on, we are at a disadvantage behind enemy lines.”
However, Serenian’s eyes were cold as he looked at him. Having finished her reckoning, she declared, without batting an eye, that she would slay her dispatched messengers.
“The distance is too far. Shall I lure you in and deal with it?”
“No. Prepare the ballista.”
It is impossible to kill the arrows of the elves and the arrows of Serenian, who seem to be knights, from such a long distance.
So she prepared a ballista developed by the dwarves in order to catch it at once without even a hint of variable. Like the last time, it was uncomfortable to mount it on the ground and not shoot it.
The speed and endurance of fairy ants are slow, but they were carried on the backs of the particularly large soldier ants, so they could now be shot without disassembling or assembling while on the move.
“Shoot.”
She blew the power of crackling lightning into the ballista’s arrow that she made from a chimney pin.
And even at this moment, the enemies didn’t even notice. The pin, which is smaller in size than the existing ballista and shoots by pulling a thick rubber band thicker than an arm, which is not elastic of wood, can hit the target even if it is shot almost straight from this distance.
‘The dwarves are obviously up to something. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain.’
Lock, who had no idea what Serenian was thinking, watched the men he sent as messengers from the top of the castle wall.
I was thinking of knowing the reason and responding to it. It was his idea that quite a few things could be solved with money, so now he was thinking about how much to give to his enemies to pass the time.
“Huh?”
“Oh no! They killed them!”
But at that moment. Something crackled and glittered, and the riders on the horses were hit with something along with the horses, tearing them alive, spewing shattered bodies and bloody fountains in all directions.
Locke couldn’t believe his eyes. Indeed, in the blink of an eye, all the dispatched troops were horribly torn to death.
Spraying crackling thunderbolts, the chimney pins dug more than half into the soft ground and were barely visible.
“That, that…”
“This is a declaration of war, Mayor. We must fight.”
The actions of the elves did not end there. He cut off the head of the lion, who had turned into a smashed corpse in an instant, and lifted it up to the window. Everyone on the scene could tell what the intention was.
“Everyone go to your seats!”
“They are coming. It’s a siege!!”
As the city’s defenders hurriedly moved in a frightened state, Eden’s forces also advanced in unison.
A siege battle where defense and strategy collide across the castle. Mayor Locke, who had been in the position of attacking others until the moment before, his mustache trembled when he unexpectedly took the position of the defender.
‘Calm down. Their numbers can be sufficiently blocked by us wearing castles. Besides, they look like cavalry…’
He took refuge in a safe place and forcibly took hold of his heart.
Even though they ride grotesque monsters, he sees Eden’s elves as all cavalry. The number of troops required for the siege seemed to be insufficient, and there were no siege weapons such as trolleys or ladders.
“But what kind of confidence is that?!”
However, the Elves of Eden, including Serenian, started charging towards the wall, increasing the speed of the fairy ants on board. It’s like banging your head against a wall.