Chapter 71 – Authenticity (1)
Chapter 71 – Authenticity (1)
“There is no reason to hesitate. Let’s move right away.”
A dark forest. Of course, such a great forest full of thick and gigantic trees that the elves of the Great Forest clan, whose hometown is here, are accustomed to.
But now there are people who have never been seen before in large numbers.
They weren’t the humans who had recently started visiting the Great Forest as if it were their own. They were elves too, but they were a little different.
Heavily armed with metal armor that normal elves don’t like, they numbered in the tens. What’s even more exotic than their outfit is the giant ant they ride on.
The ants, bigger than a fair amount of horses, are monsters clad in thick black carapaces tinged with a subtle bluish tinge. However, the ants moved as one body with the elves they rode.
Befitting the Guardians chosen by the World Tree, the more time they spend interacting with the elves, the more their breathing increases.
“Do you really attack without asking?”
“Leon and other crew members have already given us information. Traitors, as well as humans, after losing the investigation team and vaguely discovering our true identity, they said that they were monitoring and urging our people more strictly. We must kill them… And save our oppressed people.”
Garmin, a seasoned warrior who served as commander-in-chief, spoke in a trembling voice.
The reason why they decided not to send a small task force and eventually use force, including fairy ants, is because of the current situation in the Great Forest.
According to the information found by the special operations team, humans cooperating with Deneb’s central council, who recognized that there are reactionary elements inside the Great Forest, dispatched troops to each village as well as important bases to prevent their actions to monitor the elves. Said he was doing
The Elves of Eden, including Serenian, were naturally enraged that they dared to watch over and take hostages of their own people.
However, it was impossible to break through the surveillance network and approach the elves by sending a few special operations teams as before, so they mobilized troops altogether.
“If everyone understands, move. Be determined. I also suffered from the terrible monster bugs that swarmed underground, but anyway, humans and traitors are a different kind of enemy than demon beasts.”
After he put on his helmet and spoke to his comrades around him, he raised the reins in his hand.
“Let’s go.”
Shortly, the fairy ant on which he rode started to run through the rough forest road without the slightest discomfort using its six legs, and dozens of ant riders silently followed him and moved.
The bodies of fairy ants are light compared to their size. Even though he moved his six legs busily, there was no sound.
‘I must not be shaken.’
On a forest road, this speed is incomparable to that of any horse.
Atop the fairy ant, Garmin gritted his teeth. He took on the role of leader, but in fact he too has been fighting demon beasts in dungeons, but this is the first time he has ever had a battle or war of this kind.
But he had to whip himself even more. The reason why he had no choice but to leave as if he was kicked out of his hometown was because he was weak.
“Over there. The second valley town west of the Great Grove.”
The result of moving non-stop on the forest road for such a long time. They arrived near the town they had marked on the map in advance.
Befitting the previously displayed information, a few humans and a few elves dispatched from the central meeting were monitoring the villagers working in the fields.
“Is there any reason to hesitate? Take a little breather, and attack right away.”
The elves of Eden raised their fighting spirit. It was time to finally express the anger and strength that had been honed.
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“I am really bored to death.”
“Don’t say that. Don’t you know that Robin’s Joe was attacked by worms and annihilated? An entire village has disappeared. If you think the captain is f*cking with that…”
“I honestly still don’t understand that.”
A peaceful village. However, they made the villagers notice and threatened the peace, yawning and sitting in their chairs and guarding their seats.
All of them were humans of a different race, with black hair and normal ears, which was awkward in this great forest.
“It is true that the band of bandits rampaging these days have grown bigger and bolder by absorbing the guys who wandered around right after the war. But anyway, they’re thieves. Crossing the Great Forest, where allies stand guard, as a group, attacking and kidnapping elves? A whole village with enough 100 people?”
Among the people in the conversation, the shorter one poured out his words and shook his head with a smirk. He had great confidence in his words.
“Absolutely impossible. I can’t go unnoticed.”
“So you mean, the lost elves are still in this great forest?”
“Isn’t that why we were sent here in the first place? Because of the enemies who are ‘in’ this Great Grove?”
The enemies invading from the outside were honestly the variables themselves. The reason they were originally stationed in Deneb, the center, and then scattered to various points was because the entire investigation team sent to investigate the elf village disappearance lost contact.
The upper management judged the action as an internal enemy.
“Those who don’t even know grace…”
He frowned at the thought of those imaginary enemies. From their point of view, the rebellious elves were, frankly, a nuisance.
At the time of the Great War, those who sent only a few heroes and didn’t even show their noses, now refused to do so even though they offered to protect them from other enemies targeting them.
“You talk nonsense. It just takes time. Aren’t there more people who obey?”
Then someone approached them. Unlike the villagers, they were dressed similarly to them, but the one approaching was an elf with pointy ears.
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Although other elves called him a traitor, he was an elf belonging to the mighty Central Council.
“The arm bends inward. To be honest, we still think it’s not enough.”
He chuckled at the elf’s words. He always got angry when he made comments that disparaged all the elves, even though he was called a traitor.
“Now I am just farming like a rural village, but when will I get proper power…”
However, the moment he stood up and opened his mouth again.
“Attack!”
“The enemy. Everyone get your weapons!”
Something sparkled and flew straight across the sky, piercing his neck in one fell swoop. Those who saw the steel arrowhead that shattered the cervical vertebrae and pierced the uvula, naturally exclaimed in fright.
“Where are you! These dog-like thieves!”
As the villagers screamed and evacuated to the village, they looked around with weapons drawn and shields.
Until this moment, they subconsciously regarded these mysterious foes as a group of bandits who had recently become polarized.
“… Huh?”
However, it was not just a group of thieves who appeared all at once and rushed towards them from the thick forest surrounding the village and fields created by clearing the forest.
Those who had combat experience with the Pandemonium Corps during the Great War were breathless without realizing it.
“That, that…”
Those clad in jet-black armor that did not reflect the sun’s rays were riding on top of a huge monster and running all at once.
The monster is a gigantic ant that crawls at high speed with its gigantic jaws crackling.
However, I couldn’t stand idly by at that bizarre sight of giant ants running like horsemen forever. It was because the riders on top of the ants fired arrows all at once, displaying their archery skills unique to the elves.
“Keah..”
“Blood, blood! There is also behind Hey, next to it too!”
Bewildered by the unexpected siege, they were not able to respond properly and were swayed around.
It’s not just humans, the elves dispatched from the center as well as the villagers who don’t know anything are the same.
“Wipe them out!”
In the end, the ant riders who came from all sides rushed at them, who failed to prepare for defense, and swept them all at once.
“Wait! Don’t be surprised We are kin!”
Gamin hurriedly shouted at the villagers when he saw that one hesitating enemy had been pierced by the spear he had thrown.
They were surprised to see Eden’s soldiers surrounding the entire village, so they took up weapons and prepared for a fight.
But when Garmin took off his helmet and revealed his true identity, they all went wild.
“I have come to save you from the traitors who have corrupted and oppressed the people, and from the humans who have joined hands with them.”
“That can’t be. Wherever you look, you…”
“I need some room to explain, Chief. But please bear with me as I don’t have to wait long. We do not harm our own people.”
An old man who appeared to be the chieftain approached and spoke in a trembling voice, but he could not convince them right now. Because the battle was still in full swing.
But, as he said, it didn’t take long. In the first place, the number of enemies was only 15, and this side was several times that number.
The elves of Eden subdued all enemies and did not allow a single escape.