Chapter 62 – Territory Conflict (1)
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The unexplored lands were like a kind of “Concentration camp.”
Hundreds of years ago,
In the fierce war between the Elves and the Demon Lords, the fallen soldiers and refugees settled in the western part of the Liberia Peninsula.
I tried countless ways to somehow get back to my hometown. But all attempts ended in failure. It was because ferocious monsters were everywhere. After losing more than half of their population, the elves realized that they could not escape from this cursed region.
“What are you guys like? Why are there human beings? Looking at his face, he looks like a mimicking monster.”
“No, this face has been around since I was born….”
The village they arrived at after following the Dark Elf boy was a place where beggars’ huts lined up so that the shantytown in Gangnam, Seoul looked like a luxurious mansion.
Dozens of elves swarmed.
Not only dark elves with dark skin, but also elves with white skin like white jade.
Among the village members, the elves, presumably in charge of hunting and fighting, surrounded the group of outsiders who readily came to the village. With their crude spears and swords hanging down, the elves behind them were preparing magic while concentrating mana in their hands.
“We are from outside.”
Yushin said.
In response, the elves started with “Are they human slaves who ran away from their masters?” I made countless guesses.
A sane person would not walk voluntarily through a living hell infested with monsters. At Yushin’s words that there were unavoidable circumstances, the elves raised negative assumptions.
“I know you are from outside. I’ve been watching through ‘eyes’ until now.”
A Dark Elf said.
It was a beautiful dark-skinned elf with graceful curves.
She was a Dark Elf who served as the head of a village of around 300 elves and the chief of the village.
Bright silver hair contrasted with dark skin. Dressed in a china dress that exposed her slender thighs, the Dark Elf readily stepped forward in front of Yushin to express her welcome. The fact that she was constantly watching was not a lie, but she showed an unstoppable appearance.
“My name is Calen Dae, a dark elf born on the first day of the moon. Excuse me, may I ask your name?”
“Yushin. Yushin Gilead.”
“Nice to meet you, Yushin.”
Through her eyes, Kalen knew that Yushin and his party broke through countless monsters.
In an area infested with monsters, even one person needed more power. While most of the elves were blatantly wary of the Yushin party, only Kalen, who monitored Yushin’s every move, welcomed the humans. Of course, there were calculations of its own.
“But Yushin, could you possibly know why you followed Begonia?”
Kalen asked.
It seems that the name of the Dark Elf boy who had contact with the party was Begonia.
Kalen asked why she had followed the boy and what business she had in this town. It was a natural question for her as the head of the village. Yushin answered her question.
“No special request. Can you tell me about the notorious monsters in the area? At least they are monsters that are dangerous enough to cause headaches.”
“It is not a difficult request. Of course, I can tell you that much as a favor. But what purpose are you going to use the monsters’ information for?”
“To kill.”
Notorious monsters.
Named monsters, who subdued all the ferocious monsters around them and had their own area of activity, were spread all over the unexplored area.
A three-headed warrior.
From a saber-toothed tiger with sharp, blade-like teeth to a pterosaur with three pairs of giant wings. There were so many monsters in the unexplored area that it was called the paradise of monsters. Kalen readily accepted Yushin’s request for information on the notorious monster.
“Okay, let me tell you all.”
“That is enough.”
The elves showed a blatant displeasure at Yushin’s consistent words and actions toward the village chief, Kalen.
If humans tried to force their way into the village, they tried to mobilize physical means. A sharp sword and powerful magic were used as weapons.
However, Yushin had no intention of entering or leaving the elven village. In the country of elves, I felt keenly how exclusive the elves were to other races. Besides, this elven village was especially wary of outsiders.
* * *
Three days passed.
Yushin succeeded in subjugating the notorious named monsters in the unexplored area one after another.
First of all, most of the named monsters the Dark Elf chief talked about were subdued. Even the three-headed lion with a body larger than a house, a saber-toothed tiger with sharp teeth, and a pterosaur whose gigantic wings were intimidating, turned it into a lump of blood that was difficult to recognize.
“I wanted to fight too…. Only oppa fights and kills his heart!”
Phi.
Allen pursed her lips.
“Do you think I fight because I like it?”
Yushin, who was soaking in the lake and washing the blood from his body, spoke.
Allen had turned away from a distance. If she had been a high elf who had a strong crush on Yushin, she would have secretly turned her head and watched Yushin taking a bath, but Allen, who had a longing for men, couldn’t even express her feelings.
The sound of dripping water could be heard every time Yooshin washed himself. Her Allen’s face turned red like a tomato. Sound. Because she only heard the sound of dripping water, but the image of a bloody man bathing appeared in her mind. She realized that it was more stimulating for Allen to hear and imagine than to see.
“Even if I fight the demon king now, I will only suffer dog death. I don’t think that I can win easily just because I can cut off the demon king’s immortality. Subjugating the demon king is not enough if you have ten or even a hundred lives.”
“Then brother… , Are you going to fight the demon lord?”
Allen asked.
Yushin’s words stopped at that question.
She had no reason to fight Savnak for the sake of the elves. She had no reason to risk her life for them.
However, Yushin continued to worry and wander. Even though he had many ways to escape to foreign countries, the reason why he fled to the unexplored land close to the elven country was also because he couldn’t let go of his lingering feelings.
“I don’t know, me too. What do I want to do, what did I come here for…. Aren’t you pathetic? I look pathetic too. The reason I rejected the elves’ offer wasn’t because of their overbearing attitude. It was just because I was scared.”
Just because he subdued Agareth, there is no guarantee that he will be able to subdue Sabnak as well.
Fighting the Demon Lord is not enough even if you have 10 or even 100 lives. What do you think is the reason why the Demon King has not been subdued even though countless other Ones have fallen into this world over the past 100 years?
This is because subjugation of the demon lord is a terrible ordeal that is impossible even at the risk of one’s life.
“Why is my brother so pathetic? It is natural to fear death. Who in the world wants to die, everyone lives struggling because they don’t want to die.”
“I thought I would be comforted by you. It’s very fresh. I was worried when I would grow up….”
Yushin said with a giggling laugh. Allen puffed out his cheeks at the teasing remark.
This is what people said out of concern!
The blue-haired woman turned her body around with a sad expression on her face.
Then she shouted, “Quickly wash up and come back!” And walked away to her comrades. Yushin scratched the back of her head at Allen’s back as she walked away in a spirited manner. It was said as a joke, but it seemed that the level was too high for a joke.
“What’s going on here?”
When I came out of washing her body,
A dark elf woman approached Yushin, who was halfway over her top.
It was the leader of countless elves, Kalen Dae. As if she had an urgent business to meet, she came to Yoo-shin, who was washing her face at the lake, without hesitation.
“I have a story to share. I’m just trying to make it convenient for you.”
Kalen shook her hand.
Then a warm wind blew and dried Yushin’s damp hair.
It seemed to be a type of magic used by the elves. Is it dry magic? Yushin was an outsider who didn’t know anything about magic, so he could only make rough guesses.
“Thank you. When I try to dry my wet hair on a campfire, it always burns.”
“You’re welcome.”
Kalen laughed.
The dark elf woman smiled at her eyes.
She told me about the decisions the warriors in charge of defending the village had gathered together.
“I decided to bring you into the village. You gave us food for three days. This is the answer to that favor. I can’t respond with disrespect to a benefactor who helped me.”
The food that Yushin distributed to the elves was the corpses of monsters.
There was no reason not to give. It was because the meat of the monsters that had been slaughtered so far had rotted and overflowed. Moreover, for the humans who had just arrived in the unexplored region, the meat of monsters was close to an outrageous evil food, so they gave it to them as much as they could.
If the Dark Elf boy, Begonia, hadn’t asked for it, Yushin and the others would have buried the bodies of the demons in the pit. Eating monster meat was completely unexpected.
“I have a question….”
“Yes.”
“Is the monster’s meat delicious? I’ve never eaten before. There were some who tried it, but I didn’t hear any good reviews.”
“If you don’t eat, you will die. You have to eat anything to survive. It will be the same for monsters.”
Said Kalen.
The silver-haired Dark Elf was smiling pensively.
He didn’t want to see me sad. His mind was not at ease as he seemed to be saddened by his own inadvertent question. Yoo-sin resented her own quivering mouth and brought up a story about her that would make her happy.
“I’ve dealt with most of the notorious monsters that inhabited the nearby area. All that’s left are monsters that aren’t too threatening. There must have been fewer cases of the village being attacked by monsters.”
“Thank you, Yushin.”
Kalen widened her smile.
In response to that smile, Yushin nodded her head in response.
* * *
Returned to base camp.
Witnessing her return with Kalendae, her men asked Yushin as they looked surprised.
“Captain, are you coming with the Dark Elf Chief by any chance?”
“Uh.”
“As expected, the captain!”
Isana stomped both feet.
The other subordinates did the same.
He was showing a reaction saying, “Let’s solve the rumor quickly!”
“From what I can see, the Dark Elf Chief’s breasts are about the size of a G cup. Besides, isn’t the body great? Big breasts, thin waist, and even a captivating eye smile. She is an extraordinary beauty that is rare even among elves. Besides, she heard from the village elf that she had a husband a long time ago, but she was widowed early. In other words, the widowed Dark Elf.”
I listed all the information I didn’t ask for.
Isana said that she had been doing background research on the village chief, Kalendae. Within three days, she found out a lot of information.
“It’s a nonsensical story. Go ahead and explain the other monsters.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Moving at Yushin’s command, she opened up about information about the monsters around her.
For three days, she subdued countless monsters.
Thanks to Yushin’s rampage, the monsters living in the nearby area felt the fear of death and fled to other areas.
The monsters that Yushin had hunted until now were beasts that had the danger of destroying the city. Even though it was an unexplored area infested with monsters, there was no way that that level of chest water would be frequent. So Isana had to obtain information from the elves on a long-distance reconnaissance in exchange for the seasoning she brought from Santander Castle.
“There was an eyewitness story that saw the flag of the Demon King’s Army from a little far away. It probably looks like a military weapon used when the Elves and the Demon King’s army fought fiercely for supremacy in the Liberia Peninsula…. I think we need to investigate the details further.”
There are traces of the Demon King’s army.
At Isana’s words, Yooshin decided to meet with the elf who told her about her sighting and hear her story in detail.
