chapter 49
Chapter 49 – Change of composition (9)
Chapter 49 – Change of composition (9)
“An elf joined hands with other humans besides us?! It can’t be. Even if there are small groups of people secretly contacting them, if they go in groups of forces.”
“Anyway, you must catch it. Gibson got hit.”
When Ethan told this to the humans who returned with a huff. While denying the involvement of other human forces, they cried out for revenge.
It was said that they could not let go of an enemy who dared to harm their comrades.
“The report has already been posted, but the tracking continues.”
Ethan did not necessarily stop here. With angry humans at the forefront, one of the members was dispatched to report to Ersilla, the leader in Deneb, while leading the rest of the members into the Great Forest to try to track it down.
“Ha! Got it!”
What was mobilized in the process was the tracking magic of the human mage Phase. Based on this tracking magic that detects beings with mana in all directions by emitting waves of mana on a principle similar to ultrasound, they tracked those who were alone in the Great Forest.
All elves have mana, but except for hunting, elves rarely act individually.
‘Are they still coming?’
Leon also noticed that they started tracking the operatives, including himself.
“Leon.”
“Let’s go to the meeting place Sarah. We must respond appropriately.”
Leon saw a female elf waiting for him at one of the points in the middle of the thick forest and instructed him to leave in a hurry. Naturally, Leon also had no intention of leaving the investigation team dispatched from the center alone.
The more they prowl, the more impossible it is to promote the elves’ migration. Of course, the final decision would have to be made by Serenian, but Leon didn’t want to leave the investigation team alone, especially the humans who were mixed in it.
“Hurry up!”
Even though the sun was up, an urgent chase continued in the dark forest under the shade created by huge trees.
Breaking his teeth, Leon tried to leave no traces as much as possible, wading through the overgrown bushes and stepping on wet stones to cross the creek.
The place we arrived at was another point we had set as a meeting place in advance. It was an ordinary forest clearing with a few tents set up, but some elves had already arrived there.
“What, what happened!?”
“The enemy is coming, so we have to tell the chief.”
Leon hurriedly asked Bin, who was with his family to move to Eden, to tell Serenian the news.
“You!?”
“There could be suspicions about that place because of our movements. It can’t be.”
Leon said he would stay and catch their attention and buy time.
Of course, the risk is enormous. But when Bin saw Leon’s eyes, he couldn’t bear to open his mouth and just nodded saying he knew.
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“To some extent… I was expecting it.”
What Bin can do is run as fast as possible and inform Serenian and his fellow tribesmen of this fact. Upon hearing the news, Serenian sighed as if something had come.
In fact, it was something Leon always talked about. If they continue to carry out the migration operation of the elves, of course there will be a conflict with the center trying to unite the power of the elves.
“Uh, we have to get Leon soon. At this rate, those who remain will be in danger, chieftain!”
Bin shouted that he should hurry up and send support to rescue Leon. However, even though Serenian had already made up his mind, he was unable to answer at once.
‘This choice will be the beginning of a war that will not know how it will play out.’
A full-scale armed conflict that has only been hypothesized will begin at one word of his own words. Even though I made up my mind, I couldn’t help but feel trembling.
Besides, it wasn’t just his own fate at stake. He didn’t know that everyone’s lives could be at stake here.
“Now that this has happened, we must subdue them and save our allies.”
I was hesitant, but I didn’t give up in fear. Serenian ordered the other elves to prepare for battle.
First of all, the investigation team dispatched by the central government and caught the tail to some extent. I was thinking of getting rid of them.
With this incident as an opportunity, the central government will send more attention and troops, but a collision is inevitable anyway. If you are going to declare war while attacking first, you have to make it clear so that you can hide your identity as much as possible and benefit.
“All ready!”
“Go to the Great Forest. Hurry!”
Soon after receiving her order, the selected elite elven warriors gathered their weapons and hurriedly prepared to mobilize.
“Chief, are you sure you don’t intend to go there yourself?”
“But this time…”
“Don’t be stupid. You are the only high elf of this clan, as long as the world tree is still young and you have not created a new high elf. If anything happens to you, everyone here will die.”
And seeing them like that, Urea clicked her tongue as if it was ridiculous when she saw Serenian secretly preparing her own bow and armament.
“It could be as far as going down and fighting together in a labyrinth where you don’t know what kind of monsters might come out. Attacking the labyrinth is an action for everyone. However, there is no reason for you to directly engage in external matters when your opponent is not particularly strong. It’s too dangerous.”
“They are allied with humans. We’re not sure what kind of nasty trick we’re going to use, so we have to do our best.”
Serenian flinched at Urea’s words. In fact, if she thinks soberly, she is right about what Urea said.
“You’re a kid, but don’t be like a kid. You are the chieftain who leads the clan, you are no longer a warrior.”
Unable to understand Serenian, Urea openly laughed. Serenian bit her lip, but she couldn’t argue. After all, here in Eden, it is clear that she has a lot of work to do.
“But I will definitely get hurt and die. Just imagining it is unbearable.”
“I understand what you mean. But the reality is cold.”
Yurea faintly smiled at Serenian’s gloomy voice. She then pointed elsewhere with her hand.
“Ask them for help. Just as their crisis was our crisis, they will not just leave our crisis alone. It seems to me that idiots who don’t know anything will surely not be able to resist properly and will be swept away.”
“Fairy ants.”
The place Urea pointed at was the figure of large ants that were carrying building materials for the elves who were building their houses.
It wasn’t all about helping things like that. Right now, on one side, in order to fight against demons in a deep dungeon, there were also signs of arming the ants, such as wrapping armor made by tying pins around the legs of the ants.
“This is the scene you created. I’m honestly envious.”
Watching Serenian blankly staring at her fellow countrymen, Yurea, whose heart was broken after being unable to abandon her jealousy until the end, murmured softly behind him.
“I haven’t come to an agreement yet, are you okay?”
“I can’t help it. There’s nothing wrong with fighting though.”
One of the elven warriors jumped up and landed on the saddle on the ant’s back.
The Elves of Eden took inspiration from the humans riding horses and devised a way to fight alongside the ants, and this was how they did it.
“Hold on tight, Ren. If you fall, you will be seriously injured.”
“No, of course.”
Ren was riding in front of him. With the drone and its controller firmly in his arms, Ren also voluntarily participated in this battle.
Serenian reacted to Ren’s words that he would step up as well, and tried to resist by crumpling his face violently, but in the end he allowed it.
The power Ren possesses will surely be of great help to his allies.
“A crack opens. Let’s go!”
Soon Serenian moved the power of the World Tree to open the rift, and the waiting elves moved the ants all at once and rushed into it.
The size of the crack was such that the ants could barely squeeze their bodies into it, and thanks to that, the ants carrying the elves on their backs escaped the world in the pot and set foot in the thick forest.
“Baby, fast…!”
However, the size of the ants did not decrease. The fairy ants, which have become completely new creatures, have their huge bodies incomparable to the small ants crawling on the floor of the great forest, and start running through the rough forest road at tremendous speed using their six legs.
Rough bush, uneven ground and rocks. Obstructed shrubs and so on. They were no obstacle.
“Did you blow a divine beast, Ren?”
“Yes. I’ll go check it out first.”
Over that fast movement, Ren sent a drone flying.
The purpose is to figure out the enemy’s location in advance. In fact, the drone, which flew higher than the giant trees in the Great Forest, glides through the sky at high speed, overlooking the dense forest.