Chapter 167 – The Good Witch
“The elves declared war?”
“Anyway, from the position of claiming to be the guardians of the continent, it seems that our recent actions have bothered our eyes.”
“I see. It doesn’t make any sense.”
Elves basically have very high egos.
And the source of that pride was the outstanding ability of each individual, long lifespan, and the value of the name of the continent’s ancestor race.
The elves, who built a dazzling mage civilization around the world tree, a huge golden tree, regarded other races on the continent as inferior.
Well, to put it simply, it’s easy to understand if you think of them as a species that lives on their taste.
In fact, most races except dragons couldn’t even hold out a business card in front of elves based on their overall abilities, so despite having a beautiful appearance, the perception that they were unlucky was widespread.
And, befitting such a prejudice, the only elf I’ve met since I was born was ruthless.
At that time, it must have been the 4 tower exchange conference.
“So we also have to prepare for the war with the elves, so I went to Nidavellir not too long ago.”
“To Nidavellir?”
“The king over there has known me for a long time. So I threw out an alliance proposal and came.”
Gabriel laughed heartily as he said that.
Even though her gender changed to female, her unique heroic disposition did not change.
I looked at Maou-sama to confirm whether it was true.
Then, the Demon King nodded his head with a slightly tired face.
“Gabriel’s words are true. However, it is still unknown whether an alliance will be established. It will be quite a burden for the Dwarves to fight the Elves.”
“What are the odds of an alliance forming?”
“It’s about 20~30%. For the current Dwarves, it’s okay to help us or not.”
“Okay.”
Once the Dwarves with overwhelming technological prowess participated in the war, there was no doubt that they would become strong allies.
Even the Gjallarhorn mercenaries, whom he met on the battlefield before, showed outstanding fighting power.
“Well, we decided to solve that problem gradually, and we should prepare to face the elves’ army soon.”
I nodded and asked the Demon King.
“Have you got any information?”
Then, the Demon King solemnly stroked his beard and replied.
“I’ve gathered as much information as possible through the various beastman tribes living in the Great Forest, but since Elven Wood is such a closed country, there’s no high-level information to speak of. At most, the organization of the military?”
“I don’t know anything, so please tell me at least that.”
Then, the Demon King nodded his head and opened his mouth.
“First of all, elves rarely engage in large-scale military actions. As individual elves are superior in strength, it is because the losses from acting as a group outweigh the gains. Leading them is the Equites, which can be said to be the knight rank of the elves.”
“Equites, is it?”
I had heard from Master before.
Among the elves, especially don’t mess with the equites.
It was not difficult to guess its strength just because it had a ‘knight’ class among the elves, a group of ancient people who lived for hundreds of years.
“Currently, it seems that one Equites can easily deal with the top 5 demons. And there are hundreds of such beings. On the Elves side.”
“Um…”
It was definitely a number that was far from realistic.
And no matter how strong I was, there was no business if I pushed through the quantity.
“Is there any way to extract information from Elven Wood?”
Then, the Demon King shook his head with a skeptical expression.
“Even if you want to plant ganja, it’s impossible because basically only elves live in Elven Wood. Otherwise, you have to find elves who live outside the great forest, and that’s not as easy as it sounds. There are very few exotic species that dare to leave Elven Wood to live. .”
At that time, Dorothea, who had been quietly listening to our conversation, raised her hand.
“Maou-nim, can I say a word too?”
“Ah, Dorothea. It’s been a while. You can say as much as you like.”
“No, there is an elf among the witches I know. If you are in a hurry, would you like to introduce him at least?”
“…What?”
My eyes widened at the unbelievable story.
I couldn’t understand why an elf, who was called the incarnation of nature, had to become a witch, but it was also strange that Dorothea knew about it.
“What are you doing, no elves?”
“He’s one of the Witches of the Four Directions belonging to the Ruby Tower like me. If I’m in charge of the West, he’s in charge of the South.”
“… I’ve been wondering for a while, what does she mean by being a witch everywhere?”
Then Dorothea looked at me as if she was dumbfounded.
“It’s a title given only to the strongest witches in the Ruby Tower. Didn’t you know?”
“Aha.”
It seems to be the same concept as the Demon King’s Army and the Four Heavenly Kings.
I didn’t know that the Emerald Tower didn’t have that tradition.
“By the way, can we visit suddenly? Won’t they get angry?”
“That’s fine. He has a very gentle personality for an elf.”
“For?”
“If you don’t like it, you’ll pour out vicious words, but that’s three rounds of blood compared to the hardships you’ve gone through so far, right?”
“Hmm.”
Listening to it, I feel strangely persuasive.
And since she didn’t have any elves she knew, she felt like she’d have to do something about crying and eating mustard.
“I understand. Let’s visit that southern witch once.”
“Good~!”
Dorothea raised her hand in delight.
It seems she feels good that her own opinion has been adopted.
You simple guy.
***
“But how do I get to where the southern witch lives?”
“There is a way to do that too.”
As Dorothea said that, what she took out from her bosom was a locket pendant.
When the lid covering the pendant was opened, and a drop of blood fell on it, the dark red blood wriggled and turned into needles.
It seemed to act like a compass.
“I got your location information from the conference meeting before.”
“But isn’t it hard to find when only the direction is given? The distance doesn’t appear.”
At Gabriel’s point, Dorothea shrugged her shoulders.
“We have you, so what’s the matter? And when you get near the target, the alarm goes off automatically, so it doesn’t matter.”
“Oh oh…”
Witches carry a lot of magical tools.
Afterwards, we were able to follow Dorothea’s guide to the forest where her southern witch lives.
And in the forest, a hut that looked suspicious to anyone was built.
“Is this here? Where the southern witch lives.”
“This is the only house in this forest, so that’s probably right.”
After exchanging opinions in front of the cabin, we carefully knocked on the door of the house where the southern witch in question was supposed to live.
“Are you there?”
But no sound came from inside the house.
“Did you go out?”
Awesome!
“…The door is open.”
“Then let’s go inside.”
The inside of the cabin, which he opened the door and entered, was quite simple.
The image is completely different from the vaguely imagined witch’s house.
There was so little housekeeping that I started to question whether people were living there, when I heard a voice from the kitchen that sounded like jade marbles rolling on a tray.
“Who are you at this hour?”
I turned my head towards it.
And I was amazed.
This is because the blonde elf in front of her was ridiculously pretty, even though her beauty was sealed with her plain clothes and plain glasses.
Despite the fact that the women in my house don’t have a lacking face anywhere, they have become relative squid now.
I hastily introduced myself.
“Uh, I’m Kaldrash from the Demon King’s Army. I have an owner, but I’m sorry I came into the house without permission.”
I didn’t feel the need to use a pseudonym here, so I brought out my real name.
Because his reputation as a wizard was higher.
“Kaldrash? Is this the Kaldrash I know?”
Fortunately, he noticed that he knew my name.
“Do you know anything about me?”
Then the blonde elf nodded and recited a nickname he hadn’t heard in a long time.
“Kaldrash, the madman of the battlefield, isn’t he the wizard who was obscure during the Manma War 10 years ago?”
“Exactly.”
She knows me well
“For now, come inside. I’ll even serve you tea.”
“Thank you.”
Fortunately, it seemed that he had no intention of shutting down the door.
We followed her guide and entered the house.
However, Dorothea, who brought us here, is silent.
‘Dorotea? Didn’t you know this person?’
Then Dorothea lifted her heel and whispered in my ear an answer.
‘I’ve only seen your face a few times. He’s a guy who doesn’t get along with anyone in the first place.’
Certainly, unlike her sweet tone or her kind behavior, she felt off the wall.
Probably most of her people will be intimidated by her when they see her.
The power to unconsciously push people away was almost a curse, but fortunately I was not affected by her power, perhaps because I had reached a certain level.
She came out with herbal tea brewed in a kettle.
She then poured it into a cup that looked like a beaker.
No, looking at it now, it didn’t look like a beaker, it was really a beaker.
This is the first time I have ever seen someone drinking tea here.
Still, as we were sipping on the tea, which wasn’t too bad, she asked cautiously.
“Then can I hear about the reason you came to me? To be honest, I thought I brought too much power to deal with that one person.”
As she said that, she gazed at Dorothea, Sophia, and Gabriel, who had come with me, in turn.
… Camilla seems to be out of power.
Anyway, it seemed like there would be no use hiding it any longer, so I decided to go straight ahead.
“I’m not specifically trying to oppose you. Rather, it’s the opposite. Would you like to work with us in the Demon Lord’s Army? Glinda Good Witch. To prepare for war, we need inside information from Elden Wood.”
“Are you telling me to betray my compatriots?”
I shook my head.
“I just need to provide some information. Currently, the information asymmetry between the demon army and the elves seems to be too severe.”
As I said that, I glanced over, and Glinda Goodwitch, who had been looking into the teacup with an expression that did not know what she was thinking, replied in silence.
“Okay. If that’s an offer, I’ll accept it.”
Fortunately, she was a communicative person—no, an elf.
