Chapter.9 Star Fall (26)
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Tuung- Kwajajak!
Tuung – Kwajajajajag!
….Sud!
The elf Idrasil crushed the tree root in his mouth with all his might. His mother always scolded him for showing his emotions like this, saying it was vulgar, but he couldn’t help it because he felt that if he didn’t do this, it would show through his facial expressions.
This place, called Kane, a village of exiled elves, was a place far from peace. A second hometown created by elves who were driven out of their hometown, the Elven Forest, due to sins or unavoidable circumstances.
Even if they were captured by human slave hunters and suffered various indignities before escaping or luckily managing to blend in among them, those who gathered there disillusioned by their evil mentality had their gentle and easy-going souls trampled, lost their peace of mind, and were attacked by the ferocious monsters of the Blue Line Mountains. They took away their physical comfort.
Therefore, the elves here in Kaneran were familiar with ‘non-peace’, the most unstable state for the elf race, and were skilled in how to respond.
Tuung – Kwajajajajag!
“we are! Conversation! want!”
Tuung – Kwajajajajag!
“Until the conversation takes place! “I will tear down all the trees in this area!”
However, I can assure you that Idrasil has never experienced that kind of ‘non-peace’ in the past 30 years since he achieved the position of Narim and served as the village’s guardian.
Tuung – Kwajajajajag!
“You cruel bastards! Can’t you hear the death of the trees? A tree that appears to be over 100 years old has just passed another life! If you don’t break the barrier and welcome us as guests, history will record today as the day of the Blue Line Forest Massacre!”
“…Are you calling that a threat?”
“I think so…”
The humans, who seemed to have misunderstood something, were peeling the bark off the trees as if torturing them, or slowly twisting them apart so that the sound of them breaking could be clearly heard and throwing them towards the village’s barrier. Of course, our species likes trees. Idrasil alone had ten bonsai trees that she carefully grew at home and also tended a small vegetable garden. However, it is only a hobby. Did that person really think that method would work?
“Narim Idrasil. “What do you plan to do with that person?”
“Is there a chance that the spirit barrier will be damaged by that human’s attack?”
“Nothing at all. It is clear that it is a considerable amount of physical power, but natural objects that are not affected by auras or mana cannot have any effect on the village’s spirit barrier. But…”
“But?”
“If you pull out all the trees near the barrier and throw them like that, there is a possibility that you will touch the tree that acts as an auxiliary wedge of the barrier….”
Crack!
Nera Rossio stopped what he was saying at the eerie sound coming from Idrasil’s mouth and closed his mouth quietly. As a ‘Nera’ class member who manages the inside of the village, he could not handle the anger of Idrasil, a ‘Narim’ class member who roams these rough mountains and fights against demonic beasts.
Idrasil was mobilizing all her knowledge to find out the identity of the human who had arrows all over his body, acted like that, and talked about ‘peace’.
At first, I naturally thought it was the seed of a demonic beast. That’s because he came running to the village with a cursed immortal cat, one of the most feared beings in this area. I shot the heart of the poor man whose life was being tormented by the hands of the devil, hoping to bring peace to him. Shooting the undead’s head is most definitely an option, but the Great Mother teaches that the headless will wander the world unable to hear or see even after death, and that elves, symbols of peace, do not harm the heads of living creatures.
But things took a strange turn. With the appearance of the Immortal Tomb, the Great Mother infused power into the branches of the World Tree, and as always, the demonic beast, blocked by the world’s purest ‘peace’, turned its back and returned to its own area, where a human being shot in the heart spoke from the mouth. Aren’t they approaching the village, shedding blood?
Idrasil felt seriously threatened by the sight of the creature smiling and raising its arms high even though it was attacked first. Although Idrasil was born in a village 60 years ago and learned about humans only through the experiences and writings of village elders, he was able to know what that posture meant through learning in the forest.
‘Animals that feel threatened inflate their bodies! I have seen a bear demon that was hit by an arrow express its intention to attack the opponent in that way. Seeing that it is not affected by the World Tree, it is not a monster, but since it threatens the village, we have no choice but to eliminate it!’
And then he attacked with the Nera who joined him. Although the heart and liver were pierced through the passage of important muscles and tendons, the humans still raised their arms and made threats. Eventually, one Nera, whose peace of mind was destroyed, went against the teachings of the tribe and shot himself in the head, ending the turmoil. I thought so.
However, the man with his head pierced stood up again, blood and brain drain pouring from his forehead, and began pulling out trees and throwing them towards the village.
At that time, Idrasil put the tree root he was carrying in his mouth, even though he knew it was a bad habit. A man who cries out for peace only with his mouth that does not die even when a tree is uprooted and his head is pierced. As a young elf who was only 62 years old, the ‘non-peace’ was too much for her to handle.
And now.
Time passed without any success, and the trees around the village had already been torn down to the point where there was an empty lot, and under Idrasil’s feet, there were three tree roots that had been chewed up as much as her shaken peace.
Ah! Oh my gosh!
With the indirect expression of emotions, I felt that the peace that had been shaking precariously calmed down a bit.
“Narim. “That human, that creature, is sure to be a great threat to the village!”
“…When will the other Narim return?”
“He has gone to clean up the root of the corruption that has recently spread to the vicinity of the village, so he will not return until late at night.”
“If it’s corruption… it won’t come back at night, but when the sun rises tomorrow. “We will have to use moonlight.”
Tsk!
Idrasil spat out the tree root that he had already chewed up, took a new one out of his arms, and put it in his mouth. The Great Mother must stay by the branches of the World Tree, and Nera is powerless to stop that monster. If you leave it alone, it will affect the barrier. In the end, as the only Narim left in the village, there was only one choice she could make.
“I’m going out.”
“Narim Idrasil! It’s too dangerous! The monster pulls down trees with its bare hands and throws them, and there is also an outsider who appears to be a member of the group behind it! “If you just leave, Narim will return to dust!”
“I know. However, if left as is, if the auxiliary wedge of the barrier were to be damaged, it would be a great burden to the Great Mother, who is already putting all her effort into maintaining the barrier. Although I am young, I am also Narim. “If I could return to the dust and protect my village, I would not hesitate.”
“Keuheuk Narim Idrasil….!”
Idrasil left Nera with tears in his eyes and approached the village’s barrier. This is a road that is always patrolled. The peace was shaken just like the day I first left the village.
Wow!
“Would you like to join us, Ariel?”
Idrasil completed her preparations by hanging an arrow on the bowstring and summoning Ariel, the spirit that had been with her all her life.
“I hope there will be peace in the forest.”
Finally, with the image of the village engraved in his eyes, Idrasil leapt as lightly as a feather.
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“Hey Otman. “Is that… really okay?”
“Umm….”
“Gwok. ” No matter how you think about it, it was right that big and small humans were born into our species.”
“That’s right. “This is the first time in my life that I have seen such a strange confrontation…”
Meanwhile, the situation of the professor and his party outside the barrier was not much different from the feelings of the elves inside the barrier.
“Hahaha! Hey, look at this thing being torn along the grain of the wood! Is it a birch tree? If there were no restrictions on the introduction of technology, I would have brought a truckload of A4 paper and scattered it in front of your eyes! There is even something called ‘paper’ in the world, made by cutting down trees, grinding them, dousing them with chemicals, and then spreading them thinly! how is it! “It’s scary to even imagine!”
Coo! Kwaja Jajajak!
The group let out a deep sigh as they watched another tree become kindling and bounce into the empty air. Even the troll Notum.
“No, I came to ask for a guide to show me the way to the elven forest, but the trees are slaughtered right in front of the elves… Isn’t the elf’s love for trees unusual?”
“exactly. When I had just come out of the forest and was wandering around the arena, an elf slave who was serving an important guest entered our arena. Unusually, pots containing live trees were periodically placed in the prison where the female elf was kept. The elf said that if you don’t do that, you will suffer and die. That’s how deep the relationship between elves and trees is.”
“Then… isn’t what the hero is doing essentially the same as declaring war? ‘Accept us! Otherwise, I will kill all the trees here! ‘Would you die without your trees?’ Do you think it will sound like this?”
Otman’s face turned earthy at the words of Lucilla, who was watching the professor while bobbing her legs on a pile of luggage. This is not a figurative expression, but a literal one. To torture and kill a tree in such a cruel way in front of a race where trees cannot live without death. Wouldn’t it have been more peaceful for him to step forward and break the waves?
Otman looked at the elf’s barrier, which was completely revealed and surrounded by tree fragments, and measured the remaining mana. Maybe the professor could have just kidnapped an elf and run away.
‘Professor, if it’s that friend, it’s quite possible. cancer! With those brilliant words, you could brainwash the innocent forest tribes and turn them into conscript minions!’
While I was thinking that, the barrier shook and I saw someone walking out, and the four people except Lucilla jumped up and shouted.
“It’s an elf!”
“You’re an elf!”
“It’s a water spirit!”
“Gwok. “You’re an idiot.”
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Except for Otman, the other three’s heads turned towards the water wizard filled with joy.
“Ah! “Your grandfather was a water wizard, right?”
Lucilla’s voice came out from inside the pile of luggage, as if she had been hiding for some time. Lucilla laughed under her breath as she recalled the ‘relationship between wizards and spirits’ she had picked up while living at the top.
“Then you can never fight with him?”
“Hmm… Uhm….”
Otman could only clear his throat as the group looked at him demanding an answer.
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[It came out!]
‘Wow, it’s hard. I was wondering when it would come out.’
To be honest, I was a little angry, but I had no intention of antagonizing the elf. I had to coax him to lead him to the forest of the elves who kicked him out, but wouldn’t it be difficult if he got too hateful?
According to a well-known elf habit, as soon as I peeled off the first piece of bark, I said,
‘Don’t do that! please! The tree is in pain!’ I thought he was going to cry and run out, but he didn’t even move until sawdust started flying like a furniture factory, so just when I was starting to get worried, an elf finally came out from inside the barrier.
– professor: Hey! A person who knows everything there is to know about elf habits! Speak quickly!
– takealook: The skin is white and pretty.
– Jokass: Long life. Is it 250 years old? Is it 300 years old?
– Heungan Mandu: Good at shooting arrows and using spirit magic.
– professor: No, not something fragmentary like that! To be more specific, about culture and customs!
– Roer Drug: / I care about trees very much. To the point where I would die without it. / He eats only vegetarian food and prefers clothes made of grass rather than clothes made of leather. Customers also like it better. / If you do not allow it to meet its own people periodically, it will die. / It doesn’t matter if you keep them in one place for a long time, but if they are in an enclosed space, they will die quickly. / Like this?
– professor: What is that suspiciously specialized knowledge?
– Noroo Drug: King God ranker ‘Saekcheonma’ has a great tip for running the Elf Changgwan.
– professor : *)^&*!!! Don’t do anything like that, you idiot!
– Speed Wagon: There is nothing like that.
– professor: Why?
– Speed Wagon: World 1: I have never met an elf. World 2: We met occasionally, but cleared without any special events. World 3: Due to the Super Lacism of the Gwangmyeong Church, ordinary elves either resist or hide to death when they encounter humans, and can only be met in Changgwan. There is no real information.
– professor: But… there are quite a few elf companions and battle screenshots posted in the community, right?
– Noru Drug: That’s a fellow slave. It’s like a doll that you dress up in your favorite clothes and carry around with you. The combat power is said to be at the level of a sunfish that is good at shooting arrows.
[So you’re saying there’s no information in the end?]
‘Is that so…?’
Tadat!
While I was thinking about this and that, the elf who came out of the barrier took a seat on a tree a good distance away. Even though he is aiming his bow, I can see that he is close to a distance where his facial features can be distinguished, so I guess he is ready to talk.
As I tried to take a step closer, in the blink of an eye, five arrows hit my feet.
“I heard you wanted to talk. “Isn’t it enough to hear your voice from this distance?”
When I looked up, I saw an elf with fierce eyes aiming a bow toward where I was.
‘Elves… a race that is good but difficult to communicate with. What a terrifying bastard the elf ambassador who put an arrow in my head is…’
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“!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
The professor raised his head, thinking of various reasons to use in a war of words with the elf, and
then froze,
“Huh…”
A voice as cold as frost but beautiful.
Contrary to popular belief, this is a blue-haired elf wearing leather clothes that look sleek and strong, and for some reason carrying something that looks like tree bark in its mouth.
But that wasn’t what caught the professor’s eyes.
“oh my god. How could something like this happen!”
Turbuk- paba-
ba-bak!
Arrows fell once again in front of the professor, who took a step forward in a daze, but the professor did not stop his steps as if he were possessed.
“This can’t be right!” beautiful! Truly the pinnacle of beauty! I can’t stand it. “I just can’t stand it…”
“Oh, don’t come! I’ll shoot! You definitely want peace…”
“Nothing!”
“Ugh!”
Throw in!
Before Idrasil could finish her warning, the professor rushed towards her and flew in with the tremendous force of his thigh muscles, spreading his ferocious arms. The story of the ‘horrible human being’ told by the village elders sequentially appeared in Idrasil’s mind as he was unable to react to the force of the man flying like a protection.
[Humans cannot be trusted. They always covet us.]
[The moment you are caught by them, a terrible future that you cannot imagine will await you.]
[So, Idrasil, if you are caught by humans…]
‘Ah, Godmother…’
Idrasil closed her eyes tightly as she saw the huge shadow casting over her.
Sloshing –
Wow!
“…..ah?”
The shadow passed her and struck the water spirit behind her.
“Oooooh! Such pure water! I never even imagined it! Not the meaningless pureness of distilled water! This is something that cannot be explained in words, oh my god! “It’s a good thing you came here!”
Idrasil dropped the tree root he was holding in his mouth as he saw the professor waving his hand to somehow touch her spirit Ariel, without even considering himself right next to him, and Ariel avoiding his touch while conveying all kinds of negative emotions to her. It ended up being a tree.
“Is this… a human?”
“only once! “Let’s hug each other just once!”
“Let go of this! I too will become one! “The water spirit! The water spirit before my eyes!!!”
Idrasil fell into confusion as he saw the professor following Ariel, who had turned into droplets of water and was running away, and the old human being caught and struggling by other humans in the distance.
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