Chapter 80 – Authenticity (10)
Chapter 80 – Authenticity (10)
“Two glasses of iced tea, please. The biggest one.”
I ordered two drinks at a cafe, roughly random. Because the purpose is not a drink.
A clear plastic lid that comes with a large plastic container full of sloshing beverages. Except for the straw lid that is perforated at the top, everything is closed to keep the drink from spilling.
Two pieces are large enough to fit inside a pot. I was thinking of putting this over the pots with the elves.
Then you will be able to withstand the attacks of the moths. Even though they were monsters, those moths didn’t seem to have the ability to penetrate this plastic.
I don’t know how the chemicals will work on the small elves or monsters themselves, so if you exclude them all, the only way left is to block them physically like this.
‘I’m sure elves can drill holes for themselves to come in and out.’
When I got home, I removed only the lid and took it in front of the pot. Unlike their enemies, the elves who can handle metal imbued with the power of mana will be able to process this plastic sufficiently.
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“—.”
In the flowerpot, Serenian, who was on the newly opened plain, was talking to other elves. Maybe it’s like sharing what I said.
Those who seemed like they were going to do something right away were just looking at the sky as if they were waiting for something.
Without hesitation, I plugged the straw hole at the top with a piece of insect screen for mending, secured it firmly with transparent tape, and dropped one of the two lids into the pot. It doesn’t have to be overturned.
‘Success.’
Soon the lid settled on one side of the flower pot as I had intended.
From the perspective of the elves, something huge and transparent fell from the sky and covered the ground. Panicked, they hurriedly ran and rubbed their hands against the clear plastic walls.
“–!”
One of them was seen swinging her fist. The fist, imbued with the special power of mana, was obviously powerful enough to slightly crumple the thin plastic wall, but the difference in size was too great. That transparent wall that covered the ground didn’t even move.
“Heaven gave us another miracle. He brought down a huge, transparent barrier.”
“Is it strong? Use tools to create doors, air passages and more. It will be safe from attacks by common moths.”
Serenian, taking a step behind the elves who were clinging to each other and examining the plastic wall, radioed at me.
I was a little surprised by her performance, but she gave her hints on how to use the wall. Dig up the soil to fix the contact surface a little tighter, make entrances and pores, and so on.
‘I could make it better.’
As I said this, regretful things came to mind at the same time. It might have been a little more efficient if these facilities had been created before connecting them.
It would have been safer and more convenient if it had been made and installed like a cage using pieces of insect screen, rather than a makeshift plastic lid.
‘I’ll have to try that next time.’
I thought of the one chance I still had left. If the population grows or new land is needed, there will be one more opportunity to connect additionally.
“—? –.”
“—.”
After a giant dome-shaped plastic barrier was installed inside the planter. Elves started migrating in earnest. The newly joined elves will build a house there and live there.
Serenian instructed the elves with axes and knives to create a doorway in the plastic barrier and windows through which the wind could pass. In case of emergency, it was a structure that could be tightly closed to completely block the inside and outside.
[The power of the World Tree moves]
At the same time, she moved the power of the World Tree and breathed her life into the place where there was nothing but dirt. The vegetation that began to grow rapidly grew beyond the height of the elves, turning the dark potted plant into a place full of green like a lakeside or bonsai pot.
“…”
I stared blankly at the scene. Serenian and other elves would consider what I did for them a miracle.
But the real miracle to me was them. The miracles I show them are just small things that come from the difference in size.
The things they gave me, especially Serenian and the World Tree, seemed miraculous enough considering the size difference.
‘Do you also covet that miracle?’
And I wasn’t the only one who reacted to the power of the World Tree. As Serenian said, the life energy of the World Tree is high-quality nutrients that bring about instinctive greed.
Innumerable monster moths beyond the repulsed and silent portal jumped out to attack the elves at once.
“—!!”
Serenian and other elven soldiers hurriedly raised their weapons, and at the same time the elves who were preparing to migrate hurriedly fled into the transparent barrier.
Obviously, the elves who were preparing to migrate were not ready to fight. But as I expected, all the moths did was collide with their bodies or scrape the plastic walls with their forelimbs.
As if they were confused by the transparent and solid barrier they were seeing for the first time in their lives, the elves who finished arming themselves came out with their bows and shot them.
Surely, compared to the countless numbers in the dungeon, the numbers were meager, like scouts. The panicked moths were unable to counterattack properly and were hit by arrows, crashing to the ground without leaving a single one.
‘It might be better than I thought.’
I smiled at the faces of the other residents watching from inside the wall. They are relatively recent immigrants.
Since Serenian showed these people the miracle of the sky, they should be able to adapt as quickly as their predecessors did.
***
“Okay, looks like it’s over. No more bastards.”
“They really couldn’t break through the barrier.”
It was a sudden battle, but no one was hurt. Perhaps because of that, everyone was excited.
The transparent barrier that came down from the sky really prevented the invasion of monsters. He did not allow even the slightest crisis with a flawless and perfect defense.
“Everybody, calm down. The work is not over yet.”
It is true that he himself was excited, but Serenian, who suppressed it, calmed down his people and resumed work that had been interrupted by the sudden attack of the enemy.
It was to move materials and materials to build a house here and make farmland.
“Until now, those who had not seen the power of the sky god in person felt that it was hard to believe. No wonder. Because these are great miracles. But now that I have seen it for myself, who can deny this?”
“That is true. But what are you doing?”
“No matter how much I think about it, I think it would be wrong to simply convey all of this by word of mouth.”
At that time, Serenian questioned the sight of Tina, the elder next to her, moving her hand busily to do something.
Tina was writing something on a piece of yellow paper. For them, the yellow paper, about A4 size, was made by cutting the post-it notes that Seunghyun had cut into smaller pieces.
The elves of Eden did not have to spend a lot of time and labor to make paper the traditional way. The content of the writing written on it with a piece of graphite was about what had happened today.
Besides, what was written on the paper Tina was writing on wasn’t just what happened today. All the miracles and graces that have ever been. They were all recorded as vivid testimonies and eyewitness accounts.
“I assure you, it will come in handy in the future. If the heavens that bless us can tell what miracles we have received, who can ignore us? That we are a family chosen by heaven.”
“Clan of the Sky.”
In the mythology of the elves, they have been divided into several clans. Serenian and others are forest elves, a clan of forests originally nestled in the Great Forest.
However, after declaring a split based on the new world tree, they could no longer be a clan in the same forest.
“We are the heavenly clan, blessed by the heavens.”
In such a situation, Serenian found their vague identity. The thing that affects them the most right now is the sky. Everything that comes from heaven determines their food, clothing and shelter and decides their destiny.
At first, I thought it wasn’t just dependent, but now I’ve changed my mind a bit. In order to survive here anyway, he desperately needed Heaven’s help, so he decided that it would be better to use the power he had stored up elsewhere in hopes of greater help.
“I hope others feel the same way.”
Serenian decided to instill this idea in other villagers as well.