179 – Colossal Power (9)
Chapter 179 – Colossal Power (9)
“You think this makes sense? To be honest, I still can’t believe it. Rather, it is more credible to say that they got it wrong.”
“Elves riding giant ants. If you look at it wrong, you can’t see this wrong.”
“I don’t understand.”
He chuckled. As soon as morning came, one news came from a place quite far from here. The news was so shocking that it jumped the streets and reached here so quickly.
A unit presumed to be none other than Eden’s elves destroyed a city in the northern region overnight.
Heinz couldn’t believe it when he heard the news. He knew about the elves of Eden.
“Mera, you know that too. Between the Great Forest and the Northern Kingdom, there are several powers, and even the Orca Empire. No matter how bizarre they use magic tricks, it’s impossible for close to 1,000 troops to cross the continent unnoticed.”
“You are right. But think carefully. They’ve been messing with our plans ever since.”
Mera, who was by his side, agreed, but also reminded him of how the elves of Eden had grown up until now.
It is frustrating for them. It is because all the designs that have been carefully planned have been destroyed by them. Even Merah, who was born as an elf, couldn’t figure out what the source of that power was, so her frustration increased.
“Is spying inside the Great Forest still difficult? When will the elves lose their strength?”
“That, that is…”
Looking around, Heinz asked his former colleague, now a middle-aged wizard who is in charge of the operation as a chancellor.
I tried to isolate the Great Forest and attack when its power fell like before they supported it, but for some reason the Elves in the Great Forest were still weak.
“Certainly, according to our calculations, it is normal for supplies to run out. However, spying is not easy. The elves, who used to live scattered in each village, are united in important bases, and rangers in small groups are roaming around, making it impossible to infiltrate.”
“Could this be their work?”
Hearing the report, he let out a small sigh. No matter how much you think about it, the ability that the now isolated Great Forest shows far exceeds the ability of the elves.
The time has come to recognize Eden, who was thought to be a mere elven faction, as a true adversary.
“Don’t you know now? Can’t give it time Since we are already at odds with them, if time drags on, the Great Forest will only become an obstacle to your plans, not a resource storehouse.”
Mera, realizing that, warned Heinz. If this doesn’t work, there is only one way left, the only thing left is to take over the Great Forest by risking a head-on collision.
It was a condition that must be met for his plan to succeed in devouring the Great Forest and drawing a bigger picture with the power that comes from it.
“I’ll try to contact Kamihi. In a situation where the power of Daesoorim is unexpected, there is no need to take risks, so why don’t you put aside the useless war of nerves and join hands?”
In the end, the plan that Heinz came up with was to join hands with those who are facing the border in the northeast of the Great Forest and attack the Great Forest from both the east and west sides.
The downside is that you have to share the spoils in case of victory, but he decided that this might be more efficient.
***
“What is that? Refrigerator?”
A large parcel received at the entrance of the villa. It is not an ice cream refrigerator that I first thought of as a refrigerator that I bought with almost 700,000 won, but a 5-sided showcase refrigerator with 5 sides made of glass up to the ceiling. Thanks to that, the size was smaller, but I rather liked it. Because it was the perfect size for the pot.
But the moment I was about to go in with this, I ran into the owner of the house.
“It’s useful.”
“Showcase Refrigerator? Why do you need this at home?”
He smiled as he read the words on the outside of the box. He laughed and evaded it for a moment, but he didn’t say anything either. Because it was never a necessary item for a home.
Fortunately, he didn’t ask any further about this refrigerator.
“It’s not strange. Under.”
I came home with the refrigerator, unwrapped it, and took it to the veranda instead of the kitchen, laughing bitterly. Does anyone really have a refrigerator like this on the veranda? Even putting it inside was not food, but flower pots.
Of course, the refrigerator worked normally even with pots full of soil in it, and the temperature dropped to the point where thin ice formed on the surface of the moist soil.
This is all the elves wanted from me. Now it is their job to turn that pot into their own home.
‘Hasn’t it arrived yet?’
I checked other pots after installation, but they are still empty. Only the pots with the dwarves were crowded as usual.
It’s because Serenian hasn’t returned yet. Maybe today or tomorrow she will be back here.
[To think that a world was created in this way. It’s amazing.]
“Isn’t that a strange voice?”
[I just thought of both points of view]
It was then that the silent wind spirit opened its mouth. It sounds strange, but in fact, the wind spirit has always been like this.
Even when I first showed the world I live in, I just said it was amazing and interesting, but I didn’t show much interest or surprise, insisting on a strange logic that I didn’t get excited because it’s natural in this world. Listening to it quietly, it seemed that the act of ‘imagining’ itself, which creates something unknown, was awkward.
I was also amazed at how completely different from humans, who can unleash their 50,000 imaginations with just one trivial occasion.
“Kara, the hero of the Snow Clan who was dealing with the Ice Spirit, said that the Ice Spirit sacrificed herself to save the seed of the World Tree. It’s the same spirit. Any way to help?”
[We don’t feel a sense of kinship. The way other spirits contract and think is also different from mine. I am one race as myself, and being bound within the category of spirit does not mean that I am the same kind]
“It’s hard.”
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The topic was changed, and while the wind spirit opened its mouth, Pia told him about the ice spirit, but the wind spirit remained calm.
[If the origin of the ice spirit is the world tree in the north, it must have been helpful in saving lives since they share the same power fundamentally. But that’s it. It seems to me that it would be difficult to sprout the world tree with the power of the elves in the present age.]
“Even if they plant the seeds of the World Tree in this land, they won’t sprout?”
[It will take hundreds of years]
The words that followed were also not very hopeful. It gave me various knowledge that I didn’t know, even the elves didn’t know, but it didn’t just tell me what was good to hear.
“Is there any other way?”
[I need more power, but I wonder if there will be such a coldness that will give strength to the World Tree. Unless a ‘new’ ice spirit appears]
“So look for that new spirit.”
I went out on the veranda with a clenched tongue. In order to find the source of the spirit that the wind spirit can detect, I went about my daily life and looked and recognized it, but it is still futile.
‘Ice.’
The wind spirit definitely mentioned a new ice spirit. If you expand your thoughts through it, you may get a sense. But ice is all too common. What if there is something colder than ice?
The lightning spirit came out through the battery, and the magnetic field spirit came out through the neodymium, but it seemed like nothing was impossible.
“Feel it well. What’s not here?”
With an impromptu idea, I went to an ice cream shop near my house. What I’ve been aiming for is dry ice, the coldest substance that can be encountered in everyday life. There are plenty of possibilities, so all that’s left is to find the dry ice where the source of the spirit resides. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have it. You can even find liquid nitrogen.
Still, I thought that there would be a higher probability of sniping like this, rather than blindly wandering around a general store.
[Something faintly detected]
And in practice, this method worked. The wind spirit who ordered me to walk around the store pretending to pick out ice cream and look around succeeded in detecting something. I didn’t even expect this to happen, so it was about to harden for a while.
“It will take a while to arrive. Could you put in a lot?”
“Yes, I understand.”
[No. I haven’t moved yet]
Immediately, I ordered ice cream and demanded a large load of dry ice. Until the dry ice imbued with spirits is in my hands.
“I’m sorry, but can you put it in another type of dry ice?”
“…Yes?”
The problem is that the process is entirely in the hands of part-timers. I’ve had to replace it several times as an unwilling customer who scrutinizes the dry ice.