Chapter 266 – Chapter 266 ― Gap (6)
Chapter 266 ― Niche (6)
Roan remembered the forest fairy duke he had met last time.
Lived hundreds of years,
A person who felt a presence close to a god.
A person who was chaste and used enormous magical powers.
It was unimaginable at first that such a half-god existence was in trouble.
Roan, who was about to ask why, shut his mouth.
Perhaps this was why Amelie said she wanted to meet Roan urgently.
“What happened to the humans who came into the forest?”
“I was going to kill them all, but most of them escaped.”
If you think about it, of course it must have been.
Wizards are precious.
However, it is unimaginable if it is not a national unit to gather many people.
He probably wouldn’t have thoughtlessly drove them into the Dark Forest with the intention of losing such valuable talent on the battlefield.
They must have retreated as soon as they saw the trail of the forest fairy.
Only then did Roan realize why the human knights invaded the border. The movement of his hand that slowly swept the armrest of the chair Iris had given him stopped suddenly, and at the same time, his mouth opened.
“… It was meant to draw attention.”
“Hmm? What are you saying.”
Roan, who met Iris’ black eyes, spoke clearly as if confirming the fact he had found out once again.
“The reason humans suddenly crossed the border pretending to be at war with us was actually to work in the forest.”
“… Shit.”
“And there is something in the forest that could be the reason.”
The sound of grinding teeth was heard.
Excluding the demons, there are only three forest fairies in here, and that was the sound made by one of them.
“Are there any prisoners captured by the forest fairies?”
“Patrols do not take prisoners. Just kill or chase If you capture someone, the person involved will appear in the forest again.”
Iris’s last words,
Roan was silent and pondered.
Follow the story or setting in the game.
But it seems there has never been a situation like this.
Humans attacking the forest of forest fairies, or the protection of the dark forest being removed.
In the first place, the seeds and decisions of the dark forest were just part of the setting play that only appears in PD interviews. It wasn’t implemented properly, and it wasn’t even necessary in the game.
If it was the flow the original player used to do,
The summer of the second year of play is the time when the hero is leveling up diligently.
The hero may still be active in Merde, or he may be leveling up while hiding in Basel using a waypoint.
On the day of the Harvest Festival, after the summer of the second year, the demon king dies and the war ends.
The human army no longer reaches out to the dark forest, and the hero goes back and forth to the Devil’s Castle, Basel, to prevent the summoning of the devil that will appear later, and does not get involved in border issues.
There is no mention of the magic of the dark forest being destroyed anywhere here.
‘It’s gone wrong.’
I don’t know what they’re trying to do by taking off the protection of the Dark Forest, but I know it’s not a good thing.
After all, it must be one of the great traces of the Goddess that remain in this world.
And based on common sense, I don’t think it would be good for life on this continent if one trace of it disappears.
“Understood. When are you planning to start?”
“You can go anytime. The sooner the better.”
To go into the woods even at dusk.
It’s embarrassing, but the one who knows the forest best is the forest fairy. So Roan didn’t ask about it.
After finishing the story, Roan left the forest fairy’s tent and found Grunent, Helen, and Urtellia waiting outside.
When the vice-captain of the Central Knights, who came with them to escort them, was behind them, Grunent delivered the news.
“There is a magic ball in the Great Lord Castle, so I got in touch with Count Hilpe.”
Even the Count in the capital did not know that the war had begun. To that extent, the human mage was cautious.
“Your Majesty’s prediction was correct. Sprouse III and Schlaner dismissed the first clash as an accidental action by the lords near the border, but they must have been thinking of gathering a large army in earnest.”
Grünent stood with his hands together, staring into Roan’s eyes. A warm summer breeze brushed his hair against his cheeks.
The atmosphere was cozy, but
The content was not.
“The forces gathered now are said to be the forces of the lords who are in favor of the beginning of the war, which suddenly began to emerge again last week. The nobles are still fighting hard against the royalists.”
“But suddenly you agree to open the war?”
“Yes. They say it’s strange. It is said that some of the nobility, who were clearly in opposition, had no choice but to turn around. Even if the lords near the border agreed to the war, it would be tantamount to giving up farming this year. It is said that the prime minister was even imprisoned for opposing the war.”
Roan’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“That’s strange.”
“You can use spells to bewitch people, but he can’t do that to multiple people at once.”
“He may have come up with some kind of amplification. He might have had someone with abilities like Helen by his side.”
Roan thought for a moment.
The last time he visited Spross, he had delivered his necklace containing astor powder to Count Hilfe and Sermo.
They go in and out of the castle and its surroundings, which seem to have already been stained with ‘greed’. Just in case, it was for insurance purposes.
“It is said that Wang Cheng-an is extremely confused. Suddenly, people who are preparing for war and people who oppose it are mixed. No matter how you look at it, it was not in the context of resuming the war, so even Count Hilpe seemed embarrassed.”
Sudden war.
There was an urgent matter that had to be done even by changing people’s thoughts, and suddenly they had to investigate the inside of the Dark Forest and cross the border of Evirgio.
The difference between before and now is
Eventually, humans began to flow into Evirgio in earnest.
And Fiora and Anmut, who were tracking the artifact, disappeared.
Those two are the biggest.
What the hell did Fiora and Anmut touch?
“Could it be that Anmut… Did Anmut discover something dangerous? So the court mage suddenly acting like that…”
As if Yurtellia had also thought of something similar to Roan, she muttered in her firm voice.
I can’t come up with an answer right now from this distant place.
We just do our best to solve the problem.
And now, the problem Roan can solve is the end of the war.
ASAP,
It shows in front of humans that a proper fight cannot be established.
Then, find the traces of Fiora in Hazark, and find the artifact in Sprouse.
Grunent, who had already talked about this with Roan, smiled slightly as if cheering Roan.
“Don’t worry, Your Majesty.”
And Grünent suddenly embraced Roan.
Roan slightly closed his eyes at the comfort that the warm body heat gave him.
“Your Majesty’s mercy like the sea, thinking of the people, will surely be rewarded.”
“… Thanks. Grünent.”
“Please be careful. Your majesty.”
Grünent in her arms did not lift her face.
Suppressed voice.
Roan realized that Grunent was holding back her cries.
Roan’s hand rested on Grunent’s head.
His big hand stroked her soft light pink hair.
“Why are you crying? Grunent. I’ll come pick you up soon, don’t worry.”
“Your Majesty, the preparations…”
After talking with her sister, Aina came out and spoke to her.
At the sound of her voice, Grunent raised her head,
Aina had a mischievous smile on her face, which was rare.
“… What are you crying?”
“Aina. This is not a trip. It is a war.”
At Grünent’s trembling reply, Urtellia and Helen tried to look the other way.
But Aina didn’t lose her laugh and she nudged Grünent on the cheek.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s not a war. Your Majesty is strong enough and wise enough. We know that.”
“… Yes.”
“If we don’t believe it, it won’t work.”
This anxiety that Grunent feels like never before,
It’s not because of the war.
She was feeling Roan’s anxiety through her skills.
A disconnection from others that has never been experienced before.
Things that didn’t happen in the game.
Those numerous things piled up as anxiety to Roan, and seeped through his actions and words.
Roan clenched one fist for a moment, then,
He slowly raised his hand above Grunent’s head.
The moment the holy power gathered in the hand raised to his eye level, Helen opened her eyes wide.
“It will be fine.”
Her holy power, which even she, who was her saintess, had never seen before in her life, radiated like a wave and began to spread around the emperor.
Grünent, who was among them,
As well as Yurtellia and Aina, who were standing nearby.
The forest fairies who followed Aina and the durahan chivalry who stood at a distance and looked at the emperor.
She opened her mouth in surprise at the explosive holy power she felt for the first time in her life.
Like the wind on a very gentle and warm summer day,
The ancient magic containing the energy of the goddess enveloped them and disappeared.
A trace of the power that has blessed life since ancient times.
It was the feeling of a clear presence looking into the depths of life and disappearing.
Although obviously an external being,
The natural power boosted the fundamental energy that was originally possessed.
It is refreshing and not unpleasant, like the feeling you get when you put eye drops on tired eyes.
Because the stimulation lifted everyone’s mood,
Even after Roan’s blessing disappeared, the surrounding demons, humans, and forest fairies listened to Roan’s words, savoring the traces of the blessing.
“As the goddess hopes, all life will return as it should. There will be no place for human greed to intervene in its place. Don’t do that.”
The anxiety that had been cast like a shadow in my heart disappeared with the power of the blessing. Grünent found great comfort in Roan’s words and strength.
Grünent nodded his head several times, with wide eyes filled with hope.
**
A few hours after entering the Dark Forest.
The sun had already set, and it was as dark as pitch black inside the forest densely covered with trees.
However, forest fairies can see in the dark as if it were daytime, and thanks to Aina and Iris’ magic, Roan and Helen could move through the dark forest without any problems.
Iris’s steps that started at sunset stopped for a moment only after it became late at night. Short break.
Iris asked Roan after confirming that the surrounding forest elf patrols had scattered to their respective locations.
“What was that when we left?”
“Hmm?”
“Sacred magic.”
Iris’ face was serious.
It is a strange thing for a forest fairy to ask about other people’s magic, and moreover, about sacred magic that cannot be used.
Roan responded with interest in her actions.
“Don’t you already know the answer? It is divine magic. Of course, it is slightly different from what human priests use today.”
“It’s different… How are they different?”
“It is magic based on the power directly bestowed by the goddess.”
“Hoo.”
Iris let out a small exclamation, and Kouran, who was standing beside her and surveying the way to go, glanced back at Roan.
“Why are you asking?”
Then, instead of answering her, Iris asked her unexpected favor.
“If I meet the Duke, will you be able to use that magic again?”
“Hmm?”
Aina’s eyes narrowed.
A conversation that feels like something out of the ordinary.
“I get it.”
“Thank you.”
Nodding her head lightly, Iris held out the water bottle from her waist to Roan.
Currently, the forest fairy’s duke, Amelie, is staying in the southern part of the entire Dark Forest.
It was said to be near the forest fairy’s southeastern residence, one day away from the border of the forest near Hazark, where humans set fire.
Amelie can’t leave that place now.
So Roan was going to visit the place himself, deliver information about humans to the duke, and ask for help in the search for Fiora.
But ask her to write her blessing?
“Is there any reason why a wizard like Amelie-sama needs my magic?”
As the sun went down, a cool breeze brushed my cheeks in the forest. After watching the wind for a while, Amily asked another question.
“How long will this magic you cast last?”
Weird question, but
Forest fairies don’t ask outlandish questions to divert words. I don’t know if I choose silence.
It means that this question is no different from an answer soon.
“About half a day. I didn’t time it exactly, but five to six hours.”
Roan felt a complex emotion dwell in Iris’ eyes.
A little disappointment, sadness, and vigilance.
“Is the effect going to end soon?”
“Yes.”
Then Iris replied reluctantly, as if forcing her mouth to open.
“Then you’ll find out soon, even if you don’t want to know.”
