267-The Value of Freedom (7)
Episode 267-The Value of Freedom (7)
“If we gather our troops and advance slowly, they will support us from the sky with airships?”
“I sent you a message like that.”
“Ha. “In the end, if they sweep it away, isn’t it just a matter of leaving it behind?”
Preparations for war are steadily progressing. Heinz, who had gathered his troops, laughed when the Empire said that it would even provide airship support.
Because the intention was obvious. It is to achieve a certain result, but also to weaken Heinz’s position by taking the major and prepare for the future after the war.
‘There is only one way. I have no choice but to win the war somehow and negotiate with the elves once again.’
Heinz had a secret plan for himself. If things continue like this anyway, it is certain that he will win or his position will be shattered. The only thing left to him was to win the war and negotiate with the elves.
“We are advancing slowly. “I guess I should benefit from that outstanding airship.”
He dispatched his ready army. The number of troops raised based on the support provided by the empire exceeds 100,000.
Even when he launched a coup, he had never mobilized an army of this scale. In any case, for his plan to succeed, he must win the battle, so he did his best.
“They say there is help from airships, but they are only two ships. Since it’s impossible to burn down the entire large forest, isn’t there a need for another method? The great forest is the front yard of the elves, and they are the ones who moved 10,000 knights to capture the capital of a neighboring country.”
“I have something in mind, so don’t make noise.”
He grinned at the words of the high priest who followed him to provide supply support.
As they said, they actually already had experience fighting against the elves of the Great Forest. They were confident that no one knew as much about elves as they did.
‘The core is the magic corps.’
He was convinced that magic was needed to keep the elves, who had become ridiculously wealthy thanks to the support of Eden, in check.
This is because we already knew that the elves, who are all knights who know how to manipulate mana, find it easy to learn martial arts using their bodies, but have a hard time learning magic, which is a completely different concept.
In fact, the number of elves learning magic is increasing, but it is still only basic magic such as simple attack magic or communication magic using tools.
“Are you sure? “There is a magic that can easily kill elves.”
“You can trust it. “To begin with, the elves of the Great Forest are our enemies.”
Heinz looked to the side. Several people wearing black robes stood there and smiled and answered his questions.
“The order of the world has already been handed over to the empire according to the will of the sword saint Orca. Actively cooperate with them and take down the elves who are hostile to the organization. “The results of the meeting came from the higher-ups.”
Regner, a human wizard from the North. Smirking, he stroked his neatly trimmed beard and informed his colleagues about the instructions from his superiors. It was the very moment when the empire was provoking Heinz’s Kingdom of Delos to crush those who openly rebelled against it.
“There is quite a bit to repay. Especially to that elf queen named Serenian.”
They were also the ones who were greatly harmed by the elves of the Great Forest. Golem research, which had been going smoothly in collaboration with the vampire forces, was completely lost in the war with the elves. Her biological experiments using heterogeneous species and humans were also destroyed by her.
Serenian had no particular intention, but those who tried to block her path were thoroughly punished and suffered a lot of damage.
“For the sake of Nox’s great goal, the alliance with the elves of the Great Forest, and by extension, the place called Eden, must be destroyed.”
Anyway, the organization that was on the side with Eden chose the Empire when weighing the Empire and the Alliance. That was also the reason why so many magicians supported Heinz.
Capture the Great Forest for their own business.
“So, exactly what magic do you plan to use to seal the elves?”
“The power of magic is infinite. Even at this very moment, the magic of each race and school that has had active exchanges since the Great War is developing.”
With this purpose, Regner became a kind of mercenary and came to Heinz with a large number of subordinates, confident that they could easily deal with the elves with their magic.
“We will be able to neutralize them with magic tailored to the elves’ tactics.”
Regner laughed and explained the plan they had planned to Heinz and was eventually hired by him.
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“The airship…”
“Let’s go back. “It seems like that flying ship called an airship is planning to attack us first.”
When Heinz’s army, formed in this way, slowly approaches.
Of course, the elves were also watching the whole situation. Scouts riding fairy ants went out to the outside of the forest and used telescopes to monitor enemies.
“The arrow will never reach you. “Can we really compete with him?”
“I’ve never seen the Queen do anything foolish until now.”
However, the first thing they saw was not Heinz’s troops approaching from the east, but the airship fleet flying in from the northeast.
The fleet, consisting of two huge sailing ships and several smaller ships, was approaching the forest at high speed, using the sky as the sea.
“They are clearly targeting the World Tree in Deneb. “Because they don’t care about the destruction of the elves.”
After hearing the news, Serenian realized their intentions. The most important thing when dealing with elves is to attack the World Tree. Even if the World Tree is burned down, the elves’ will to fight will be completely broken.
The Empire has already used airships to completely drive out the desert clan, so there is no way they will not use them again. This time, we even mobilized multiple ships to escort each other to prevent any accidents.
“The cannons are all in place and well hidden, but there are only four. “Reloading takes a long time and there is no guarantee that it will hit, so I think we need another method.”
Garon, a dwarf craftsman who came to Deneb with Serenian, said that although he had installed all the cannons, this alone would not be enough.
When Serenian heard that, he pondered with a serious face, and then he boarded the train heading to Eden.
“A fleet. “It certainly might be difficult with the resources we have right now.”
Seunghyeon, who met Serenian, sighed softly upon hearing the news. Even if he airlifts the metal pieces corresponding to the gun barrels, it is up to the residents to convert them into cannons.
No matter how hard we tried, there were limits, and with time running out, we were unable to produce enough cannons yet.
“I dare to ask God for help. It may have nothing to do with Eden, but they are blasphemous people who dare to deny Him and denounce Him as an evil spirit. “We want to bring them to justice.”
Serenian had no choice but to openly ask for help. Even if she said no, she had to put aside her pride and hold on to the crotch of her pants, which is what a leader like her should do.
“Don’t feel too burdened. Please take this.”
Seunghyeon smiled bitterly at her and handed her something. Serenian accepted something familiar.
It was a palm-sized controller. Although the controller was scaled down like this, the object to be controlled by the controller was not scaled down.
‘I’m a little cautious, but I can’t help it because I’m in a hurry. If using cannons is limited to defense, I guess I’ll have to find another way to control the sky.’
He left the herb pot after handing only the controller to Serenian and picked up something. A lump of plastic that had just been unwrapped fell into his hand.
An ultra-small drone smaller than a person’s palm. Its only function is to fly around using a small propeller. However, even if it is only the size of the palm of your hand, it is enormous, bigger than a house to the residents in the flower pot.
He put it in the flower pot as is.
“I can’t believe it! “The divine beast has appeared again!”
Residents panicked at the appearance of something new and huge after Battle Bots and Drones.
Serenian, who hurriedly returned, realized that this huge aircraft was a special battleship given by God for them, and carefully launched the drone into the sky using the controller in his hand.
“Oh, queen, this can’t be right.”
“We need to modify this so that it can carry troops and fight the Empire’s airships. “Hurry up.”
To those who gathered in confusion, she instructed them to convert the drone into a ship that could travel and fight.