Chapter 85 – The Sky Clan (5)
Chapter 85 – The Sky Clan (5)
“We didn’t fight because our hometown of Great Forest was not directly attacked. It was natural for us. But…the reality wasn’t like that.”
Serenian mentioned the Great War. The forest clan, who lived in the great forest on the periphery of the continent, did not participate in that war. Everyone flinched.
That was what Ersilla, who had seized power, claimed was the reason why the elves were hated.
“There are external enemies who use that as an excuse to oppress us. There are traitors who will destroy the order, claiming to be confronted. It would have been wrong not to fight at the moment when the continent was in danger, but there is no reason to be persecuted for taking responsibility for it.”
She mentioned why they had to fight. External enemies will continue to target the great forest, and the people living there will be sacrificed.
In the end, it was Serenian’s cause and cause to save his fellow tribesmen from the traitors, and beyond those traitors, from the villains who brought chaos on the continent, and to protect the spirit of the clan that was about to be destroyed by coercion and intimidation.
Due to the nature of elves, plunder, invasion, and conquest are not suitable.
But when it comes to protecting something, of course we fight. It was a slightly different story that the object to be protected was an idea or an idea rather than the immediate family or tribe, but Serenian, who had the god of the sky behind him, had the power to convince the elves.
“Don’t worry too much, my queen. Everyone who has been here thinks so. What we need to protect is not just this place.”
Garmin agreed with her and nodded her head. It’s been some time since they started working with her in the first place, and they were already thoroughly loyal to her.
Her strength was the bond she built by fighting and rolling alongside her.
‘I have received too much.’
Serenian did not rejoice at the sight, but made up his mind. The support and unity she has gained for her now is not something she has achieved through her own abilities.
She still has vivid memories of that day. She has nightmares too. She has them sometimes. The memory of the day when Erscilla’s overwhelming power overpowered him in one blow and wriggled on the floor.
‘They said I was a weak kid who couldn’t do anything. You’re not wrong. But I’m not alone.’
Ercilla didn’t even know Serenian’s name. She didn’t even pay attention to her in the first place, as she attacked herself until the end.
A young elf whose personal abilities, including strength and experience, were so neglected that she couldn’t even compare to the hero, Ersilla. Because there was
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“Ercilla, that cold woman. I really need to know as much as the pulpit. Even after she became king, her angular personality didn’t go anywhere.”
“What is it?”
“I heard that 10,000 soldiers have already been conscripted. Of course I have to train, but honestly, it’s scary. An army of 10,000, all of whom know how to handle mana.”
Somewhere after winning the war against the monster moths, he was once again determined to fight.
In the office of the spacious palace, a large man wearing a uniform and sitting on a throne was suffocating while looking at the documents that had been reported to him.
“Well, considering the personalities of elves, it shouldn’t be too difficult. You guys can’t even dream of a rebellion. I took the World Tree hostage.”
“Yes. Unless there was a new world tree somewhere. It’s hard for us to live without that protection. It’s something humans will never understand.”
However, he was not alone. A woman was sitting on his lap holding papers, and he was playing with her ear with multiple piercings.
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The fact that her ears are pierced by the forest clan, who cherishes her ears, as well as her flashy but obscene clothes that reveal her skin here and there, shows how she, once one of the forest elven heroes, will be colored in the outside world. It was a sign that it was.
“But I am also Ersilla, she knows that woman very well. She is a woman who can be a loyal general who fights in the forefront, but never a monarch and politician who rules over her people. It won’t be long before it collapses with such sloppy handling of work that only puts the heart ahead.”
He didn’t think very well of Ersilla, who had taken control of the Great Forest and had risen to the position of chief.
In the first place, they were once active colleagues. That’s why Ersilla’s personality and disposition could not be thought of as being able to properly rule a clan in crisis.
“There must be a lot of noise here and there. It seems that there is already a problem inside… Can you do anything? We haven’t been able to deal with all the problems yet, but we have to join hands with these lacking people. We have no choice but to keep helping.”
“I think that would be good too. You can trust me, Atlus.”
She buried her face in his chest, smirking. Based on the chaos of the continent, it was these two people who had known each other since the days of the expedition that provoked Ersilla, who had many thoughts about the elven society that was rigid and backward during the Great War, and provoked and impelled her to cause a coup d’état.
The purpose was to build a new force that would unite the human kingdom of Delos and the Great Forest, which they had rebelled against and seized.
“Your Highness! The troops sent by the rebels have now reached the front of the fortress!”
“It’s fast too. The elves have not arrived yet.”
It was then that one of his servants rushed in with urgent news. In fact, they hadn’t fully taken control of the kingdom yet, and in the aftermath, the last remaining rebel forces rallied their forces and attempted a counterattack.
He decided to sign a contract with Ersilla to mobilize the elves in this war. Instead, according to Ersilla’s opinion, they decided to dispatch an army to catch the ‘unidentified elf rebels’ who were rampaging inside the Great Forest.
“I just need to buy some time.”
“Isn’t your body itching? I am.”
“Then shall we go together?”
The two of them smiled faintly and got up from their seats together. The change of power is a kind of flow that has occurred in many places since the Great War. And the new strongmen who took power through this process were all heroes who gained power and popularity through the great war, so they were rulers of a completely different kind from those in power.
“Ben, go and urge Ersilla. I want you to come running.”
“Oh, I see.”
While he was on his way out, he ordered a servant who came running to urge Ersilla.
Actually, Ersilla was coming here in person right now.
“So are you asking me to run faster?”
How can I disobey the king’s orders? A servant named Ben had no choice but to take responsibility and run to Ersilla.
Ercilla, who had just left the great forest with the elves, smiled at Ben’s face, who had brought the king’s order.
“Do not rush, wait and tell. You can’t use all your strength on the way. Proper marching speed is necessary to conserve power.”
“That, that, that, but…”
Ercilla overpowered the kingdom’s messengers with just her eyes without saying anything. With no one strong enough to compare with her, they eventually had to tell her words and cringe as they were.
“…Do I have to? This war,”
But when we started marching again. This time, another person next to Ersilla opened his mouth.
It was Pia wearing a hood and riding a horse.
“I already said it, Pia. In return for us lending them power, they lend us power. This is a deal Transactions come with a price.”
“But the deal! Ooh, it makes us kill our own people.”
Pia flinched at her cold words.
Pia mentioned the elves of Eden. Ersilla, who obtained information about them, negotiated with the Kingdom of Delos to dispatch the Elves, but instead made the Kingdom’s army deal with the Elves of Eden.
There was only one reason. Like Pia now, most elves weren’t in the mood to fight their own people.
However, the elves of Eden that Ersilla had heard about were already fully armed mentally. Even if they fought each other in that state, they would lose unconditionally, so they left it to the humans.
Anyway, Erscilla, the elves of Eden were no longer her own people to take care of.
“It’s because I don’t think it will end with just this once. Even if we defeat them all, I think we will have to keep fighting.”
“That’s right. She said several times. We could have negotiated better if you hadn’t lost so lightly.”
“Hick…”
Ercilla glared at Pia, who crumpled her face and didn’t stop her words. It wasn’t uncommon for her to be angry lately, but it was the first time she’d shown her face like this to Pia.
“How could you do that to me. You have changed, Ersilla.”
“If you don’t change, you can’t survive. Neither do you. I’ll give you one last chance, so you choose. Follow me if you want to change, and if you can’t, just go away. Because I don’t need it.”
After stopping her words, Ercilla pointed her finger at Pia, whose face turned pale, and exposed her teeth.
Her shocked Pia’s face turned pale and her eyes widened, but Ursilla, unlike her usual, did not soothe her.
“Wait a minute! Mr. Pia!”
Eventually, Pia burst into tears, broke away from her ranks, and drove her horse behind her. Hans, the butler, chased after them, but Ersilla captured those who tried to pursue them.
“But if we continue like this, Pia-sama will leave.”
“It doesn’t matter. I can’t accept pampering forever. Her head is still a flower garden.”
Looking at Pia as she left, Ercilla seemed to be in a state of calm as if she had gotten angry.
As if she deliberately kicked Pia out of her anger.