180 – Colossal Power (10)
Chapter 180 – Colossal Power (10)
“Welcome. I was waiting.”
The Great Mountains, the territory of the dwarves, but it’s too far away, so it’s neglected right now. A group of secretly gathered troops appeared in front of the few dwarves who were waiting.
Even though they had won the battle, they were the elves of Eden who were clearly tired and exhausted.
“Has anything else happened nearby?”
“It was as usual. After our district disappeared from here, the Dwarven Kingdom lost the power to manage this place.”
The leader of the Dwarf Task Force, Rat, managed and supervised the area as per his mission, and reported that nothing special had happened.
This is a very important place. Because the passage to Eden is open. It is clear that the more Eden’s forces are revealed and active, the more suspicious their enemies will be, and the more they try to find out about Eden, the more likely it is that their location will be exposed.
“This is the realm of the dwarves, but did you all team up with the dwarves?!”
“Although they allied with the dwarves, they do not belong to the dwarven kingdom of the Great Mountains.”
On the way back to Eden through the passage in a calm and orderly way, Kara and the Snowflake clan were horrified to see the dwarves.
It was because of the hostility towards the dwarf army that had invaded with the human army. Serenian, who had predicted this situation in advance, explained that they belonged to Eden and were betrayed by the Dwarf kingdom.
“I can’t believe it. Is the Dwarf King so corrupt that he even throws his people away?”
“Corruption…could be.”
Serenian laughed bitterly at Kara’s reaction of being confused and finally told her about Ersilla and Great Forest. It wasn’t detailed enough to make you understand everything, but the meaning itself was conveyed.
Kara sighed as she realized what choices Ersilla and Mera had made each other.
“Even if it is not the devil’s own intention, the aftermath turns the world upside down. It may sound embarrassing to hear that you quarreled with Ersilla, but I think it was right to try to do something. Because we didn’t do that, so it ended up like this.”
“I fully understand.”
The choice was made directly by the inhabitants of the victorious continent, but the culprit was the invasion of the demon king. Knowing that this was an undeniable reality, in despair, she quietly followed Serenian. In the midst of her already failed, she was given another chance.
‘Because I shouldn’t choose any means or methods to fulfill my duty even now.’
It would have been difficult for Daesurim to overcome a great ordeal safely if it had not been for the existence of Eden. She admits they’ve been too complacent up until now, and she’s ready to do whatever it takes to get back on track.
“Right here. Our other home. God watches over His garden.”
However, I forgot that feeling as soon as I stepped out of the burrow infested with fairy ants and stepped into the world in the flowerpot for the first time.
‘I can’t believe it.’
It was that shocking. The appearance of the land where the power of the young World Tree was growing in full swing was a new world, clearly different from the northern part where they lived.
“Yes, but it is too warm here. The northern world tree cannot take root.”
“God has already heard your story and blessed you.”
A time when Eden’s elves went to the battlefield to unpack and return to their respective homes. The remaining snowflake family of about a hundred people looked at each other in bewilderment.
The place the forest clan created was obviously a very different place from the land they lived on.
Serenian, noticing their feelings, told Pia that the land had already been prepared.
“This way.”
Serenian guided them to the area where the new pots were connected. The place where the new portal is connected is none other than the flower pot in the river area where the city was created.
Surprised just by the fact that the terrain changes after going through the portal, Kara froze when she saw the city created by the elves fighting the parasitic bees the moment she entered the potted plant in the large river area where thousands of people live.
I knew that the population of the Forest Clan was much larger than the Snowflake Clan, but this city itself was a shock to them, who only had a few villages without a central city like Deneb.
“You guys really built this city?”
“I had no choice but to make it.”
“What about those ingredients? What about that huge tower?”
Kara looked at the tower made by Choi Seon-woo and muttered blankly. During the Great War, she traveled the continent and saw and experienced quite a lot, but she rarely saw a structure that tall.
“It is true that we built the city, but the necessary resources and that lighthouse were a gift from heaven.”
“The sky…”
“The one who decided to help you.”
Serenian had a hunch that things would go well after seeing the reaction of the snowflake clan. Even if they do not show the miracle of the sky, they are overwhelmed by what they have been making, and they will not doubt it anymore.
The newly connected portal is at the top of the pots in the river area, so they moved a little further along the flowing river. This place, which was once dark soil, has long since become a dense forest with the power of the World Tree.
“Right here. As I said, let’s go alone for now. I don’t know what.”
And the portal that was there. Serenian guided them into it. But right now, I had to unpack my luggage around the portal. Since the new area has been opened, it is certain that new dungeons and monsters have appeared.
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“Kuh, the wind.”
“Aren’t you too cold?”
I only took one step. But in that one step, the world changed. The warm, drowsy air went somewhere, and a biting chill blew in.
The soft ground was also hardened by frost. The clan members of the forest, who usually wore light clothing enough to expose their limbs, were strong with mana while wearing armor, and were so cold that they shivered.
“This place is…”
However, Kara and the snow family looked around the desolate frozen land as if the cold was nothing. There’s nothing.
Unless the World Tree is planted, this is just a frozen land covered with snow.
“Queen, are there enemies in such a cold place?”
“Because demonic beasts are not ordinary beasts, there might be. You should investigate.”
Similarly, Serenian, who was stiff from the cold, decided to scout the surroundings first. There must be magic beasts, so it was to know at least their identity.
“We’ll look around, so light a fire and stay around it. If the body freezes in the cold, it cannot move as usual.”
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“But you still don’t know about demons.”
“Enough to avoid the body.”
Someone stopped Serenian from moving directly. Like the others, he was a young male elf with silver hair and blue eyes.
“He is an excellent fighter, you can trust him.”
“Then take care of yourself.”
Since Kara vouched for him, Serenian didn’t have to force himself out. If demon beasts appear here anyway, the Snowflake clan, who wants to live here, will have to fight as the main one.
In the end, some of the snowflake clans voluntarily formed a scouting party and left.
“Ryoon, do you see something? Really anything.”
“No. There’s nothing. Even that common weed.”
Climbing to the top of the hilly terrain, he looked around and shook his head. When Seunghyeon made flowerpots, he could not make them on a perfectly flat surface, so there are countless small hills and valleys naturally formed. Some of them are covered with artificial snow sprinkled by Seunghyun.
But they’re not in the real world, they’re just keeping potted plants cold in the fridge.
Weeds that must have left seeds in the potting soil, even mycelium like mushroom spores, are not seeds that live in high mountains, so there is no way they can withstand this cold.
‘Of course, if the world tree exerts its power, the environment will change, but it won’t be easy.’
Serenian said he had to overcome the ordeal and create a place for himself. For them, who had to find a safe land from the enemies who were targeting them, they felt good about it, but it is true that they have to take care of the world tree from the seed.
“It doesn’t look like anything. Just go back.”
I walked around quite a bit and looked everywhere, but I didn’t see any portals, dungeons, or enemies. In the end, Ryoon decided to return and turned around.
“Ughhhhh!”
“What is it? Where are you!”
It was then that I heard someone screaming. Frightened, he hurried away with a bow supported by the forest clan, and one of his comrades fell into a large, conical crater made of snow.
“I stumbled. sh*t.”
“Just come up.”
‘Was there a pit like this in this place?’
It was then that a question crossed his mind as he watched his comrade grumble and climb up the slope with the others who had gathered.
Obviously this is the place he passed by, but there was no such large hole until just before.
“Huh?!”
“There is something!”
And at that moment, the middle of the pit exploded. Bursting snow and frozen dirt cascaded through the air and fell like bullets from a catapult toward them at the edge.