Chapter 82-The Sky Clan (2)
Chapter 82-The Sky Clan (2)
“The Elder. Conscription is almost over. But…”
“Did you have a lot of complaints? It has to be.”
The conscription scene that Leon witnessed. It was just a fragment of a policy that was already being tried.
In the center, in Deneb, the city of elves, troops recruited from all over were already gathering. However, the face of Suran, the aide who was reporting, was dark. Of course, the elves resisted the forced measures.
Even the elves who had no choice but to follow at first could not suppress their dissatisfaction as the Central Council’s policy became more and more coercive.
“If I suppress it like now, it might explode. Captain, they don’t even know why we have to unite as one or why we have to fight. Please tell them the truth.”
“How pathetic.”
As Suran cautiously opened her mouth, she clicked her tongue and shook her head. But when she got up and she passed him, it was as if she was going somewhere.
“Where are you going?”
Her bewildered Suran followed her and asked for her direction, but Ersilla, who kept her face cold as usual, didn’t reply and continued walking.
The place we arrived on foot was none other than a training center where conscripted elves were gathered. It was a large-scale flatland created by pushing away a large area of forest near the city.
About 10,000 stalwart male and female elves from all over the Great Grove were gathering there.
However, the atmosphere was not good. The members of the Central Council, a mix of elves and humans, were controlling them, but the turbulent atmosphere seemed like it would burst at any moment.
“Very well, Chief Elder.”
Erscilla, who didn’t blink even after seeing such an atmosphere, walked past the branch manager, Rhodes, who was sweating profusely and tried to control her elves, and trudged into the middle of them, and everyone’s eyes focused on her.
Among her, there were those who looked at her with her stern eyes. In the first place, it was hard to like her public sentiment, which was in direct conflict with the tendencies of the elves, and who wanted to change too many things.
“The world has changed. Everyone stop.”
Soon her voice rang out. She speaks in a small whisper, but suddenly a strong gust of wind appeared by her side and made her voice resonate all around her.
The scene became quiet for an instant. Ercilla, with the wind spirit wrapped around her gusts, slowly lifted herself into the air.
“459 People. Already 459 of my own people have been sacrificed. At the time of the Great War, we who lived in hiding in this corner of the Great Forest, and not a single person was injured or killed, have already been killed or missing since the end of the Great War. And yet…Do you just want to live the way you used to? How can you be so selfish If we refuse to fight for the world, we must fight for ourselves.”
She looked down at her own people in her genuine contempt. The green eyes that gleamed from her shaded face pierced the hearts of the elves.
“I-I can’t fight like this, Captain. We have our own way. Our customs from long ago!”
“Custom, Tradition, History. They don’t protect us from the storms of the world. The different races of the continent, including humans, had to change. Even those who rejected it like us were forced to change. Because that was the world. And now those who have changed and become stronger want to unleash that power. I don’t know because I don’t go out. This is the age of strength. If you are weak, you die. Would you like to have this land trampled underfoot by the invading enemies and live miserably as a slave race?”
It wasn’t that there were no voices of opposition. There was also one who mustered up her courage and raised her voice to her. Erscilla, however, refuted her objection with her cold voice.
“We have to compromise with reality. Of course there must have been a better way. But there is no miracle to make up for what we lack. We lack strength and time, so we must pay a price to catch up as much as we fall behind. Rhodes. To keep the job going.”
Ercilla, who suppressed the backlash, ordered the work to continue. Perhaps it was because she showed such an overwhelming figure, or if she was persuaded by her words, the elves couldn’t resist anymore and had no choice but to follow them.
‘If only I had greater power.’
Leaving them behind, Ersilla stared blankly at her world tree. It was she who prayed and wanted, hoping for a miracle from her that would fill all that was lacking.
However, the godhead who works miracles and takes care of them does not descend into reality. It was common sense and the law. Not just elves, everyone helps themselves. It is a world that can survive only in that way.
This was the conviction that Ersilla gained while playing an active role as a hero who saved countless people in many battlefields.
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“It makes me angry that you are forcibly abusing the villagers again, but my queen, we still need more time.”
“Yes. It will take a few days.”
The forced conscription incident that Leon reported to Serenian. Naturally, Serenian informed the others of this fact.
But they decided they couldn’t go out right now. Because the arming of the new soldiers was not finished yet.
“…Are we really different from them? At first, of course, I thought they were different, but as more and more of my own people grew, I kept following the same path.”
However, Serenian’s face was not that bright. After the meeting, she murmured blankly.
Erscilla’s logic of creating an army to prepare for an outside invasion and defend the Great Forest is different from her own logic that we must all arm ourselves to fight her demons and her traitors. I thought there was no difference.
For this reason, they were not afraid to look at their own people whom they had relocated to, claiming that there was a paradise.
“Is there a right answer in the world? There is only a difference. At least, aren’t we building up our strength to treat our own people carelessly?”
Tina, the elder, understood and comforted her thoughts.
“Above all, heaven gives us grace, so we can all have confidence.”
The reason Tina cited was the loyalty of the elves who came to Eden. The Great Forest elves also basically believed in the World Tree and had a strong sense of belonging by uniting around it, but Eden was more than that.
For the miracles that the sky shows whenever it has a chance, even the elves, no matter how negative they may have been, have opened their eyes wide and believed in the sky.
“We all know what Ersilla is talking about. That the words are not wrong. But it is you, not Ersilla, who will do right in her will to protect her people from the world.”
Tina said as she looked at her fellow countrymen who took out huge hailstones from the sky and buried them in the ground.
I have come this far by solving absolutely impossible tasks with the help of heaven. And those miracles will continue in the future.
“The promised goods have arrived from the dwarves!”
“Finally.”
Soon, the items the elves have been waiting for have arrived. Weapons made by the Dwarves using fragments of daggers. As soon as she heard the news, she headed there.
‘An elf who has been blessed by the sky. Because you are our hope.’
Tina smiled at Serenian’s back as she hurriedly ran away.
“We arrived exactly as promised. Armor for 100 people, and corresponding weapons.”
‘Doesn’t it look like I’m still lacking?’
While the elves were busy carrying the items the dwarves brought. After work, he yawned and sat in front of the flower pot, counting the numbers while looking at the items piled up one by one.
There were many, but they were not enough compared to the number of warriors Serenian had mentioned.
‘I want to order more.’
“Urea. Tell the dwarves they need more.”
As he guessed, Serenian, who was examining the quality of the goods, ordered Urea to conduct more trade.
The more the better anyway. Their number will increase further in the future.
“And Garmin. First, arm the new warriors.”
After that, they armed the soldiers who were preparing in advance with the new weapons that arrived.
The rookies, regardless of gender, had somewhat spleen faces. Those who were not originally active as warriors are now heavily armed and have to fight against the enemy.
“As I say every time, there is no need to be too nervous. Because the armor is strong and the arrows are strong.”
“Yes, but…”
Rondel, who was distributing armor and equipment to a newcomer who was stuck somewhere, smiled and reassured the opponent. Of course, just saying that it’s okay with words isn’t going to work.
“Look! It seems the heavens are blessing new soldiers!”
To overturn it is a blessing from heaven.
‘It will help.’
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After pondering for a while to encourage the new soldiers, the method Seunghyeon chose was to shine a light on them.
In a way, it’s just cheering, but I knew very well that they would gain strength even if I just showed it like this, so I tried. As expected, the elves cheered at the brilliant light shining on them.
“As expected, the spirit of the sky thinks the warriors are great.”
And Tina, who watched the scene, diligently recorded the scene by drawing a picture.