62 – Forest of the Elves (8)
At that time.
The entrance to the World Tree.
“Loyalty!”
“…A lot of work.”
A guard salutes Liden, a veteran Ranger.
“I have to go inside the World Tree for a while on a recon mission… Can you open the door for me?”
“Liden-nim. That’s…”
Currently, access to the world waterway is controlled by the king’s order.
There’s no way Riden, the same Ranger, doesn’t know that…?
Besides.
“Who is that person behind..?”
A suspicious looking figure surrounding the robe.
The person wearing the robe from behind opened his mouth curtly.
“Ha… You knew it wouldn’t work anyway, right? Let’s go quickly.”
“… I just wanted to reduce the damage if possible.”
“Liden? What is that…”
“Get out of the way.”
“… I’ll do it.”
Chuck.
Sensing something suspicious, the guard raised his spear.
“Request support!!”
At the same time.
“Goras, you were quite a good friend…”
Leeden’s eyes began to turn black.
After a while.
“…”
“Quaaagh!”
Steel puck.
“…Is this the last guy?”
“What’s taking so long?”
Kiki-
“There must have been a bit of hesitation mixed in my hand.”
“Abominable.”
Huh.
A woman in a robe,
Burimi throws off her robe and walks into the World Tree.
Sloppy.
Every step you take,
A scene so horrifying that it is difficult to find a place where there is no blood or dead bodies.
“Anyway, stupid people… Didn’t you decide to use the characteristics of the Living Eater to hold out for at least three days?”
Kwajik.
“Ugh… Your shoes are dirty.”
“…It just happened unexpectedly.”
Even though she faced a situation where she complained that her shoes were dirty while trampling on the corpses of her former colleagues,
There was no trace of anger in Riden’s eyes.
“Unexpected?”
“Yes, Captain Cyril’s younger brother uses unknown powers…”
“That’s kind of interesting.”
Buck and go.
At some point, Burimi and Liden reached the front of the World Tree.
Whoa.
“Still, it’s no different that I ended up working overtime.”
Let the woman gesture.
Kwajijik!
Something huge jumped out of the empty ground.
Death Worm.
A monster in the position of an apex predator that originally lives in a desert-like place.
Use that dangerous monster as an elevator to go up to the middle of the World Tree at once.
“About this much.”
Chuck.
The woman pulled out something the size of her palm from her bosom.
-Keeek!
Let’s attach something to the thick shell of the World Tree with the sticky monster.
Beep-
Beep-
-Kwaaang!!!!
With a tremendous explosion, a huge hole was pierced in the pillar of the World Tree.
As it is, the mana flowing within the World Tree strengthens the shell,
It was not easy to damage the World Tree.
However, over several months, it slowly sucked the mana inside a specific part of the World Tree,
This was only possible because the amount of mana flowing through the shell was extremely low.
Hidden in a veil for hundreds of years,
The inside of the World Tree has been revealed.
“…”
The inside view is enough to say ‘beautiful’.
Like stairs, there are tree trunks stuck here and there.
Light crystals like fireflies floating dreamily inside.
But what was important to them was not the scenery inside the World Tree.
Smile.
“…Found.”
The inner center of the world tree that fills the field of view,
Three crystals of great power.
I can’t see it in detail,
They were clearly emitting brilliant light.
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“…I can’t believe this was planned.”
Veronica expressed her feelings as she looked at the horrors unfolding around her.
“…Veronica.”
“Ah, Mr. Elgrid.”
“Thank you very much for this incident. I am very embarrassed to show the shame of the elves like this.”
“No… To be precise, I didn’t solve it. Could I hear the full story?”
“Yes, apparently, the Queen of Luraine and several high elves,
And it is presumed that the rangers attempted to embezzle using the mana of the World Tree.”
“… Even the rangers?”
The fact that even the rangers who manage the World Tree were bought,
Really, the world tree was not protected by anyone.
“In that case, Siriel-san, too…”
“…Yes. The only thing the Queen and Siriel took the lead in…”
“… That Siriel-san.”
I didn’t look like someone who was so obsessed with money…
I never thought Elena’s sister was the mastermind behind this incident…
Later, when Elena finds out about this, she is shocked and slightly worried.
Even in a way, didn’t the fact that she found traces of the monster in the World Tree become conclusive evidence?
‘… I feel like I’ve done something nasty.”
I was watching the conversation between Veronica and Elgrid.
“First of all, we have dispatched soldiers to Siriel’s house.
Of course, since Siriel has her own strength, including the vice-captain Sir Elint…”
It was then.
-Quaaang!!!
The sound of an explosion began to be heard from far away.
‘…The sound of an explosion?’
“What is this…”
The inside of the throne room, including Elgrid and Veronica, was engulfed in commotion.
“…Don’t panic! First, figure out what’s going on outside…”
“It’s done.”
‘…?’
“Who just…”
Let’s turn our heads,
There, the queen, who hadn’t spoken a single word until now, was forced to hold back her laughter.
King Ord, who was worse than that, opened his mouth.
“…What’s so funny?”
“Yeah… Oops… Kyahahahahaha!!”
-Kyahahahahaha!
The sound of the queen’s laughter echoing loudly in the audience room.
Not considering her own status or situation at all,
A madness that even looks refreshed somewhere.
“Hello! That woman right now..!”
“…It’s over.”
‘End?’
What the hell is it?
-Keee
Boom! Pop!
“Wow!!
Suddenly, black lumps began to burst out one by one.
-Jurruk.
In an instant, inside the throne room, where the floor was dirty with black chagae and magic stones,
The queen stood up with her restraints.
“…Money? It can’t be the only purpose.”
“…The Queen of Lurain?”
“From the beginning, the purpose was to weaken the World Tree, you idiots!
By now, the World Tree you prized should have been half blown?”
“What nonsense…!”
‘… World Tree?’
No way…
I hurriedly headed for the window outside the audience room.
A huge window decorated with wooden patterns in a position where you can see the sacred world tree at a glance.
– Clink!
Without hesitation, I broke the window with mana.
“Rye! What are you doing..!”
Veronica was speechless.
What made it so was the scenery seen through the broken windows.
“… Huh?”
A huge world tree that has been in the same shape for hundreds of years,
There was a huge hole that could be seen from afar.
“Impossible…!”
In an instant, all the elves looked out the window with their eyes wide open, disbelieving what was happening in front of them.
Then,
He started spitting out all sorts of bad words towards Queen Lurain.
“Isn’t it different? Queen Lurain! For us, it’s just securing military funds..!”
From an elf who, with her body restrained, denies that she has rebelled against treason.
“You don’t even have the pride of a high elf?!”
Even the elves who sent disgusting glances as if they didn’t know it would be like this.
The queen’s maddening laughter suddenly stopped.
“…The pride of the high elves?”
“That… That’s right! As a high elf, I feel a sense of responsibility…!”
“Responsibility… Responsibility…”
Whoop.
Queen of Lurain’s neck began to snap.
“…Why me?”
“…?”
“Why… Why the hell am I supposed to feel responsible for you disgusting bastards?”
“Queen of Lurain!”
“Shut up!”
The Queen of Lurain walked into the middle of her throne room, snarling and spitting out her words.
“I only recently realized,
I wasn’t living… I was actually dying!”
The space became quiet in an instant.
“Why am I… Born and having to live with this burden just because I’m a high elf…
Why me! Should I marry someone I don’t even like? Me too… Like everyone else, I wanted to meet someone I like and have a thrilling love!
Why the hell am I sacrificing my whole life for the f*cking elves!!!”
“In the first place…!”
It was a scream close to a scream.
“I didn’t even want to be born as a high elf!!!!!!”
Gulp.
Everyone in this room knows that this is nothing more than childish talk.
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But.
To the scream of the queen, one person.
For a brief moment, the inside of the throne room was overwhelmed with madness.
And what broke the silence was a word from King Ord.
“… Sir Kungel.”
“Yes.”
The captain of the knights of Alfheim.
The sword of the king.
Sir Kungel took a step forward from the king’s side.
“Destroy her mana circuit immediately and imprison her in the dungeon.”
“… Your Majesty Haona.”
“She is no longer my wife or the queen of the country.
I’m just a high-ranking criminal who conspired to overthrow the state.”
“… I will follow your orders.”
It’s so good.
Sir Kungel moved towards the queen at a pace that was neither slow nor fast.
A statement like a death sentence.
But the queen just smiled and opened her mouth.
“An opportunity has finally come for me… A chance to burn like a flame and become ashes..!”
“…”
Her hand, which contained Lord Kungel’s mana, slammed down the mana circuit on the queen’s chest.
“Quaaa!!!”
A resounding scream of death.
As she collapses, stretching her body.
The queen put her last words in her mouth.
“… Everything…. Everything. For him…”
Creepy.
To me, who was just looking at the situation without thinking about what happened so suddenly,
One last word was enough to bring my mind back to reality.
“…The one?”
Dimension.
… In the original story, Dimension never did anything like this.
If it was such a big event in the first place, there is no way it wouldn’t have been described in the novel.
‘… Something is going wrong.’
Wait.
Destruction of the world tree by the dimension.
The ringleaders are Queen Lurain and Siriel.
And Siriel.
-Would Elena go home first? Her sister will talk to Veronica here for a while and then go back.
Among the works, the one who was captured by the dimension and faced a terrible end,
She was Elena’s older sister.
– Yes! Call me again if you need me!
The image of Elena comes to mind right before returning to the dorm.
“… Elena.”
Helena is in danger.
