At the northern end of the Kingdom of Lugart, the elves and the wicked were in unknown contact, after that day.

Strange things were going on in the Kingdom of Lugart.

If the process was omitted and only conclusions were to be framed, the country was rapidly becoming safer.

War-torn countries generally suffer from insecurity and monsters.

In normal times, the military maintains "security outside the city" and, as an extension, is also responsible for demonic extermination in some cases. But if that army is being driven into battle, it is imperative that the country be disrupted.

In that case, the presence of adventurers exorcising demons and rogues increases in importance in ensuring security and safety, but this one can also be of little use when it is at stake. Anyway, adventurers are not tied to a particular land, so many flee to a safe country when war breaks out.

The trend was all the more pronounced if the hands of the fearful invasion of the Kanis Empire were to be forthcoming.

Walking outside the city was more life-threatening than usual, and rural areas not protected by walls and others lived anxious days about when they would be attacked by demons and when bandits would burn their villages.

That's where the odd bunch of undead showed up.

Knights and magicians with only bone bodies. Samurai with pale skin. A black, monochromatic woman who made a mourning appearance. Silver girl carried on board......

A herd of armed undead appeared in various parts of the country simultaneously and began exorcising demons.

One demon was swept down by the flock and piled up as a corpse, transported in a carriage.

Certain demons were known for their untouchable ferocity, but followed the undead obediently, like well-behaved dogs.

Certain demons were shackled and collared and pulled apart, as if they were sinners to be pulled around before execution.

The demons who were carrying out the activities that were the eyes were uprooted and later remained at peace.

The area with dull demonic activity is what burglars and bandits squeak out on their behalf, but this didn't happen either. Because the thieves have also become the prey of the undead.

It was the destruction of the Rudolph Bandits that became the iconic big news.

The Rudolph Bandits, who have made their name heard all over the country with numbers, skill and organization, and have let their hands burn for years, were devastated in just a few hours of battle. Only the parties know what happened on the battlefield, but people saw the bodies of the bandits marching down the street led by the Knights of the Undead and found out the outcome of the battle.

The undead do not hide their existence, but they do not interfere with the people of Lugart, they merely eliminate people's threats.

How reliably did the bloody rose flag flicker in people's eyes?

Fulfill it. What is that? Even if the answer is no, the interest of the public flourishes.

Some deaf people and those who were bright about the international situation, and only about adventurers, knew the name of the "Siel-Teira unrest" and "Princess Rose of Grievances" immediately throughout the country.

The news that the Canis Imperial Blue Army was forced into retreat in the Battle of the Great Forest North will also be known to the people.

Just around the same time that undead activity began within the Kingdom of Lugart, the army of the undead was helping the elves of the Great Forest of Gausenfall to drive away the Imperial Blue Army.

The Kingdom of Lugart was not yet ravaged directly by the Kanis Empire, but everyone was listening to the horrors of the impending Blue Army, and even crossing swords with the Blue Army under the Alliance of the Three Kingdoms to produce a small number of dead people.

But the dreaded Blue Army suffered defeat, albeit temporarily.

There are those who lower their drinks and find hope for the future.

In the meantime, rumors of unknown origin began to circulate.

"Princess Rose of Grievances" wants an alliance with the elves of the Great Forest of Gausenfall.

Elves are prolonged in the art of changing the shape of the forest by natural magic.

Their dwellings are full of living tree trunks and branches that have been moved and intertwined and molded into the shape of a room.

logged wood...... they rarely use 'dead trees' for their dwellings. It also has the skill to process dead trees brilliantly to create beautiful furniture, but to that extent.

The settlement of the "White Snake Crawling on the Rock Wall" tribe living in the Great Forest of Gazenfall, the great spirit tree at its center is about 50 m high, so much so that even from outside the forest you can see it sticking your head out.

The giant tree, said to be 'thicker than any pillar of any castle made by man', has the appearance of countless crawling grasses and thin trees intertwined and worn for me, with several rooms belling in slightly lower positions. Also, a suspended bridge knitted with live crawling grass was passed to the universe like a spider's nest, tied to the trees around it.

Among the rooms built to stick to the Great Spirit Tree, the highest is "Between the Council of Elders".

The room, ahead of climbing the spiral staircase, was a meeting place for leaders to lead the tribe.

Elves who were meritorious against the tribe get the title of 'Elder' over the years.

The number of elders varies according to the size of the tribe, but there are currently 14 elders in the "White Snake Crawling on the Rock Wall" tribe. Tribal policy is determined by a meeting between them and the chief.

The air during the meeting was as heavy as muddy water.

It's been at this rate ever since the war began, but today there was yet another problem that deepened the frowning between the elders.

"There are no longer rumors of an 'alliance' carried by him (Chatsu) spreading all over the inside"

One of the elders said bitterly, whining.

As soon as the "Princess Rose of Grievances" had invited the Alliance, rumors about the Alliance's invitation had spread among the forest elves. The Council of Elders did not publish about the meeting with a group named the Siel-Teira diaspora, and it should have been only at a stage of internal consideration.

Less than 400 years ago, the people were about to be driven from the continent by the invasion of the Demon King's Army.

At that time, 14 of the tens of thousands who stood on the floating island were elders here. So is Chief Garcefurt, who is now lying on the sick floor and has not come to this occasion.

Elves are supposedly to live around 500 to 600 years. They were children or young people just at the time of the War.

So even now that their war buddies out of the short-lived woods have almost died out and become just 'young people dying before themselves', they still have a sense of belonging and balance to something called 'the human race' and can think of things only from the standpoint of 'the elves in the human race'.

But these consciousnesses are as rare as the younger generation in the interior.

Most of them never get out of the woods, they see the world only in the form of 'elves and beyond'.

And neither did the elders view the consciousness of such a young generation as particularly problematic.

It is commonly said, 'Burying iron will not return to the woods'.

The problem I've been throwing out erupted at the worst possible time.

Few people thought about joining hands with the undead if they were to fight the Kanis Empire.

The elders became troubled by this.

It made it harder for us to sneak up on our own. He thought of exploring the tranquil dropping area and kicking the interview in some cases, but now he eats a thrust from the one below, and is seen underfoot by the "Princess Rose of Grievances".

"In the first place, where are the rumors coming from? Didn't someone slip your mouth, did they?

"... it seems that those who do business outside the woods have heard it from humans.

Of the kingdom of Lugart… Every city close to the woods, with this rumor, you hold it together "

The elders roar.

Perhaps it was on the side of "Princess Rose of Grievances" who circulated the information.

Using the Lugarts, who could say irresponsible things about this alliance, they spread rumors about the Elves below (...) or (...) et al.

In addition, by spreading rumors outside the woods in this way, it is believed that the elves are being pushed to scratch their decency and reputation beforehand and have nothing to lose in every implicit alliance.

I could say it was a satanic way of doing things.

Elf society is a world of seniority and upward seniority.

But trust in the council of elders also shakes, beyond losing the battle (for whatever reason).

And which way will terror-driven people run rampant in extreme conditions? It was unpredictable and uncontrollable.

No one knows what's best to protect this forest. The chiefs, the elders, they all thought about it and shut up.

Just there, a security warrior calls from outside the room.

"Elders. Deputy chief priests...... no, I see a new chief priest"

"Oh! The ritual is over!

One woman elf came in during the council of elders, as the elders sat down at ease.

He was a bright green haired elf reminiscent of the bustling summer trees.

She's a straight eyed woman with a lot of seriousness coming out of her face. He puts his long hair together in a beastbone jar, wearing a pure white witch outfit and a jade stone and goldsmith outfit handed down to generations of chief priests.

"Yes.

I am here to report to my godfearing fathers that I will succeed my predecessors, Saresaya, who lost their lives in battle. "

"Right, right. I'm sorry that we all had to pray if we were supposed to."

"No, I have no choice."

Her name on her knees is Cruz Salina.

I fought for the throne of the chief priest once with my predecessor, the chief priest Saresaiah, who died only a few days ago, and since then I have often helped her as a deputy chief priest.

The death of the chief priest Saresaiah was also a hatred for the Council of Elders.

Losing her, the most powerful sorcerer in the tribe, was a great pain in the ass even on the battle, and the big case that she, the beloved religious leader, was taken over by the enemy, had a huge impact on the entire tribe.

Only in such a situation was it fortunate that the handover to the new chief priest had come to an unsuccessful end.

Cruz Salina caged in the sinus (uro) at the foot of the Great Spirit Tree as soon as Saresaiah died, and has been praying ever since. For I pray in the cave of the Great Spirit Tree, where all the forests nodule, and cannot be chief priests unless they are recognized by my fathers who returned to the forest.

Sometimes this prayer ends in three days, sometimes it takes a month. And in the meantime, those of the tribe are a lesson in prayer to their fathers in general.

But now it's under war, and if I did that, I wouldn't be able to stand. So the chiefs and elders, as well as the witches alone, had briefly performed a prayer ritual, replacing the prayer between the new chief priests' '' cages also '.

"Cruz, Salina, I cordially greet the elders.

Let us all be like children, such as myself, but let us do our part as chief priests to guide those inside. "

Cruz Salina puts one hand on her chest and gently spreads the other to show. The elders posed the same way.

This is a testament to the lack of hostility to the elves and a thankful greeting. I can't hold a bow or arrow, and I can't stamp for magic because I don't have my hands together.

"Sometimes… I wonder if I have received a courtesy from my father during the ritual"

Teacher Gibarmagza, one of the elders, asks what everyone on the spot would like to hear when Cruz Salina, who looks slightly more aware, finishes her greeting.

"Yes, indeed"

Everyone breathed.

When making decisions involving the entire tribe, the Council of Elders often asks your fathers through witches. Just as man is more trustworthy than the gods.

The fathers who died and returned to the woods accumulate their great knowledge in the woods, and even the raw ones teach them things that are unexpected.

At least that's what the elves generally believed.

Cruz Salina seeped through tension and fatigue, yet said the words with clarity as if she thought they should not differ from word to word.

"It was no different than the last time Master Saresaya asked.

Don't touch the battle against the Kanis Empire... just say, "Consider the bloodstained silver scourge star."