192 – Ruler of the Great Forest (2)
Chapter 192 – Ruler of the Great Forest (2)
“There is no end to going and going. Now I want to get out of this green hell.”
“It took a while, but I didn’t walk too much. Calm down.”
In the eastern part of the great forest, in the middle of the forest, there was a group of soldiers who were in charge of the outer guard of the main body of the kingdom army.
One of the soldiers grumbled and complained to his comrades. His colleague clicked his tongue and said to come to his senses, but in fact, that colleague was not in a good condition either.
‘When will you arrive? Where are the elves? I’d rather have a battle.’
Kamihi Kingdom was a kingdom with vast plains, and even if it was a forest, there were few forests as thick as the Great Forest.
People who were born and raised there were also more familiar with the plain than the forest. For them, the unfamiliar environment of a dense forest, where enemies might come out, caused mental stress.
The problem is that Commander-in-Chief Rubens is advancing so slowly and calmly in formation that the distance they have traveled is not actually that great compared to the time they have spent here.
In addition, the Great Forest itself is a natural fortress with countless trees and valleys blocking the road. Their progress seldom accelerated, thanks to the efforts to widen the road perfectly and secure the safety of the surroundings and advance. It was to the extent that the elves did not have to use the strategy to drag the time they had prepared.
And that time became the timing for tens of thousands of elves to gather from all directions with heavy armament.
“I can fall under their detection magic, so I guess I’ll have to scout here.”
“Why did the commander-in-chief not want to attack from all sides after encircling it?”
“It must be because those puppets they use are annoying. There is nothing wrong with minimizing damage.”
A place quite far from the advancing kingdom army. Leon and Bean, who climbed the tallest tree, observed the Kingdom army advancing from afar and the road they were destroying and trampling, and clicked their tongues.
The binoculars hanging around my neck helped. These binoculars, which are lighter and boast greater magnification than conventional telescopes made of crystals, are none other than one of the new items that the sky has given to help them go to war.
Leon finished his observations and carefully put these binoculars, which are capable of night vision.
The various information captured by the reconnaissance party, including him, was put together and became the standard for determining how the elves would respond to their enemies.
“I will use the gunpowder of the dwarves to defeat the golems.”
In fact, taking advantage of his experience so far, Garmin, who was in charge of the commander-in-chief, made a decision to bring out a secret weapon to attack the golems with strong durability and strength.
“For those puppets that are made of stone and iron and have strong durability, but at the same time have strong resistance to mana, strong physical force is the answer.”
“I tried to use gunpowder as much as possible, but I can’t help it.”
After hearing Garmin’s words, Serenian nodded as if he couldn’t help it.
Eden’s dwarves have already proven that their weapons have sufficient power in a series of fights against demon beasts. However, Serenian brought a lot of cannons and gunpowder that the Dwarves learned to use from Eden, but left their use as a last resort.
One reason is that he didn’t want to reveal them already. As Seung-hyeon warned earlier, he was aware of its power and effectiveness, so he was wary of this secret weapon in case it spread to the world.
Of course, the gunpowder and cannons they use are items that have skipped countless previous steps, so even if leaked, it won’t be easy to reproduce.
“They meticulously advance step by step, running detection magic day and night. There’s decent terrain right in front of you, but if you get close to within range of the cannon, you’ll get a detection spell.”
“Then it just confuses me. After all, they don’t know about the existence of cannons.”
The plan was quickly set up. Let’s openly ambush the cannons and blind them in some other way. The plan was to incapacitate the golems in the front row by spraying fire from the cannon, and then the troops waiting outside the range of detection magic would rush in and wipe out the enemies.
“Hmm!? Enemies caught by detection magic!”
Once decided on an operation, it was carried out quickly. Some elves, who had started waiting in advance for the wide basin terrain that the kingdom army had to pass through, faced them in less than a day.
“About 2,000 people showed up. Still a lot I heard that the elven hero, Ersilla, worked with the kingdom of Delos to raise an elven army.”
“So, what about those who didn’t show up?”
“Looks like about 500.”
“Ha.”
Detection magic, which can detect objects with mana, is quite fraudulent in this respect, so it was essential magic.
While Rubens was counting the number of elves blocking the main army’s advance, Narg asked the mage the number of elves who had ambushed him and sneered at the number of five hundred.
“It’s good not to be too careless. It’s broken now, but since they interacted with the Kingdom of Delos, there’s no way they don’t know the detection magic range.”
“Then what does it matter? If I was really confident, I would have gone ahead with the raid instead of making such an open statement.”
“Keuheum, is that so?”
Rubens maintained his prudence due to his characteristic personality, but was quickly shaken by his snoring. He was convinced that the reason the elves came forward like this was because they couldn’t find any gaps in their iron-clad troop control.
“Intruders from outside! This is our territory. The fact that they do not back down even after being warned several times and press in, I can only think that their intentions are evil!”
“I must have been cornered. I see you talking too long.”
The representative of the elves rode a fairy ant forward and shouted at them with a loudspeaker.
Of course it was protesting, but Rubens laughed when he saw it. To warn the elves with words instead of immediately punishing them was to say that they lacked confidence.
“I am Rubens Bertman, Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom Army. He will open the road to Deneb, the city where the World Tree is located, and there will be no unnecessary sacrifices.”
“Do you say such a thing even though you know what it means to us to pass over the world tree?”
“Of course not. If you want to block it, try blocking it with that great arrow. Of course, if that happens, when the World Tree falls into our hands some time later, he will be treated differently than when he surrendered gracefully.”
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Rubens, whose confidence rose rapidly, looked down on the elves and provoked them. Moreover, when he, the commander-in-chief, goes out so openly and strongly, the soldiers under him have no choice but to cheer up and recharge their morale.
“Since you ignored the last warning, what are you going to do? We, too, show no mercy to our enemies.”
“They are messing around with all they have is that weird monster ant.”
The conversation that was barely concluded was broken up anyway because neither of them had any intention of being considerate of each other.
Rubens sneered at the elves who conveyed their will to resist, and summoned the wizard by his side.
“You’d better send the golems to trample them down. When they are unable to overcome the golem and disperse in a panic, our cavalry and main forces will rush in and push them away as well as those who ambushed behind them.”
“I was waiting for that command.”
He ordered the wizard to send the golems first to push back the elves’ formation, and the wizard naturally accepted the offer as he wanted to obtain more data on the golems.
“Pilots, hurry up and move the golems. Charge forward!”
Soon, the golems that had been standing still and waiting began to operate in unison. And the eyes of the elves who saw it changed significantly. At least, it was not at all the trembling eyes that Rubens had predicted.
“Their puppets are moving. As expected, it seems that the detection magic has already recognized our identities and is trying to push forward thinking that our numbers are small.”
“To be honest, it is difficult. It’s a moving piece of metal. But not anymore. Everyone ready to fire.”
The ridge around the basin. Elves hiding among the thick trees drew fire all at once.
Then the metal pillars, already containing huge cannonballs inside, aimed their muzzles at the approaching kingdom army with a roaring trumpet sound. A brand clearly engraved on the metal pillars is like a crest engraved on the flag they are holding.
“As expected, you don’t know anything.”
The 500 elves that the kingdom army has already searched for with detection magic are actually not direct combat troops. Gunners who all learned how to use cannons from the dwarves.
Of course, even though they were slightly inferior to the dwarves, there was enough stock to cover them.
“It is within range.”
“Shoot!!”
The moment the golems run, shaking the ground, rush towards the elven army in charge of attracting attention.
The Elves confirmed that they were within range and fired their cannons at once.
‘It has begun.’
Huge shockwaves, heat, and shells flying through the air.
An unprecedented war in the history of the elves, a war that will remain in the history of the continent has begun.