Dark Elf Settlement
Nobody knows why forest goats (forest eaters) appeared.
The Dark Elves also realized that "giant species are in the untapped land of the Canyon", and if they didn't get close, they would have lived in peace and security without having to touch such a walking, natural monster.
What did he look like?
Bigger than the trees that make up the settlement.
Step out and the earth will shake.
Close your chin and the meadow disappears.
The woods disappear if you want to run.
When it rings, it becomes a storm.
Barking caused lightning to fall.
The approach was as clear as the mountains walked, and we knew it from afar. We were straight on to the Dark Elves settlement.
(End)
Anastasia thought so vaguely.
I didn't feel at all like trying to defeat it like a bird in the early summer or want to do my best.
Its imminent presence, shaking the ground, marked the end of the settlement.
Not only did they knock, but the other troops hurried back because they also discovered the Forest Eater.
But even the skilled warriors, even if they were obsessed with bullying their muscles and swelling their arms and chests, nobody thought of "fighting".
—— End of story.
That's what it says on my face.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
The Forest Eater was angry.
No, all I could see was anger. For example, like saying "rough" and "angry" instead of "smiling" to describe a typhoon, the forest eater appeared, barked and thundered, and could only say "angry".
The aftershocks of barking reached Anastasia, a few kilometers away, and they fell in a gust of wind.
The clouds appeared in the night sky, sparkling lightning.
That was still a natural disaster.
(End......)
Anastasia crushed her heart.
(... is it really over?
A small question arose.
"Knock"
Meanwhile, the chief called for the most trustworthy long warrior in the settlement.
"You're taking High-Elf with you. We'll spend a long time here in a second--"
It was Anastasia who controlled the chief by hand.
"... chiefs, gentlemen. It's too early to give up."
"But that's....."
"You may not be able to defeat it. There could be a lot of sacrifices. But... it's possible we can get rid of it.... if it's my magic."
With determination, Anastasia said.
(I won't finish it. I don't want to finish)
It's easy to escape here. A few may survive if they escape in chaos.
But isn't that the same as the "end"?
It would be impossible to say if we could survive the Dark Elf species where a few people who had fallen apart survived.
Good-bye —— here.
Ladies and gentlemen, be prepared.
I want to fight with people who believe in me.
"Fight the Forest Eaters with all the power you have."
The sparks of the early summer birds illuminate the dark elves.
Anastasia, who stood at the center, was the "Elf Leader" - no matter what he said.
Underground City Urme Head Office
The Marshal, who was admitted to one of the main houses in Urumé, meets nine of the ten councillors of the "City Council" that runs the underground city there.
One of the nine is the Marshal's father, and one of the vacancies is Salme.
"... why is everyone on the council..."
Have a seat, Marshal.
One of the councillors told me that the marshal sat down. And the Marshal's father,
"... the reason I haven't talked to you before is because Salme said, 'I want to do something about my own responsibility.'"
"Father?"
I haven't spoken to my father in weeks —— myself and my father were busy on official business.
But would my father have been so old? Gray hair is thinning, wrinkles are deep, and the body is shrinking. The fingers on the table seemed thin and dead.
"The covenant was imposed on the main house of Urme, the representative of our race."
"... a covenant?
My father talked about the covenant.
It is like a curse carved into the race, inherited by the chief of the race.
with rights and obligations.
"Right to meet freely with a mediator"
The Marshal is happy.
When the boy who took Sumeria broke in, Salme summoned a mediator.
What is a mediator, Father?
"I hear that it is the existence to manage and maintain this world.... Salme was forced to perform his duties by the mediator."
"Duty?"
"I asked you to give me the 'noble blood' of our race."
The marshal blinked at the lack of understanding.
"They need pure blood from the race. I don't know what that is. Hundreds of years ago that duty was fulfilled... there was no record, and I didn't know what to do."
"... what did you say to the mediator?
"I'm just asking you to give me the 'noble blood'. That's why Salme suffered. I wanted a child because I said it wasn't good with salmon blood, but it didn't work either."
"I can't believe I let a young man sat with me...."
My father nodded with a disgusting face.
"To be a child. I know what happened to those who agreed to cooperate, but I also made them keep secrets. But Salme said he simply wanted to pretend he was playing with men because he didn't want to worry everyone in the city because the presence of mediators or the failure of duties was revealed."
Suddenly, the marshal lost his word.
A salmon that thought it was crazy to play with men, drink alcohol, and enjoy luxury was fighting for the survival of the race in places unknown to it.
What was unhappy for Salme was that he was drinking to distract him from the stress, and he probably didn't know about the harm that excessive drinking would do.
"... then we have to stop the salmon."
If you think so much about underground cities, you can't let them die.
The marshal was driven by a sense of impatience as to why the councillors, including his father, were so upset here.
"Salme believes that the emergence of a giant species is a reaction to the failure of duty."
"... that human money? Is that why you have to take him down? Even so! It would be strange to leave it to the salmon alone!
The Marshal pounds his fist on the table.
"Calm down, you idiot. Defeat this, no, only 6 Star Talents have the potential to drive it back. Therefore, Salme-sama removed all the talents she had with [orb attachment and detachment] and replaced them with [body strengthening ]."
"I know that! Are you telling me not to go because we are so tight!?"
There is one too. But that's why Salme-sama didn't want it. "
"Salme-sama? No way."
The marshal was able to predict the end of his father's words. It's done.
"Is Salme-sama... going to die?"
My father nodded.
"... Salme thinks that dying will transfer being the head of the race to others. I wonder if the obligation will disappear once and for all. Or perhaps, when others become chiefs, the word 'noble blood' may be good for them. No, at least if we move to a family where there are young people, we can earn time to be children.... Salme had to die to break this trail. Salme thought there was no way for us to live unless we fulfilled our obligations."
When my father vomited, the marshal felt as if the room was full of poison.
Various things circle around your head.
What was right?
What should I do?
"Here we go!
Soldiers jumped in there.
"Salme-sama's battle has begun against human money!
The marshal stood up like a spring and ran.
"Where are you going!? Wait!
I jumped out ignoring my father's restraint.
Run down narrow hallways, climb stairs, and head outside.
I know where to go.
We must watch the battle.
"Don't look at the last battle of a woman who just kept resisting a huge fate, what's a 'marshal'....!
The marshal runs through a thin, dark passage leading out.
I didn't know anything.
Nobody told me-- don't say that.
I despised the salmon from the beginning and didn't see her properly.
I didn't take her frustration properly.
Salme was furious when the patrol was attacked in an airship investigation - because she knew the existence of "unknown irrational evil" and feared that her friends would be hurt by taking action on something unknown.
"I wanted to bring a 'new era' to the underground city, but that's all I could think about....."
I didn't know anything.
I didn't know, but it's an unacceptable position.
"--Marshal!"
Beyond the iron door, there are staff officers with multiple soldiers.
My friends are calling.
The marshal jumped out through the dark passage.