Chapter 246 – 246. Stampede
Eun-hyeon, who had not yet been able to get out of the barrier, settled down in a suitable place nearby and decided to stay homeless.
“Huh huh?”
Upon hearing what had become of Siete’s soul in her divine realm, Illyana responded with a gleeful smile as if it were her own affair.
It was as if it had been confirmed that there was no room for the souls of the past ties, including the teacher, to be manipulated by Mediah any longer.
Seeing Eunhyun, who was showing a psychologically stable appearance by him, Illyana and Eleanor let out a sigh of relief.
“God…”
On the other hand, after hearing Eunhyeon’s story, Derkin and Alice made faces that didn’t quite reach them, as if they were listening to a story from a distant country.
“It deserves it.”
When he tried to explain the existence of a god that exists in a higher dimension than here, it was an ambiguous expression, so Eun-hyeon nodded his head, understanding the reaction of the two couples.
Hearing the same story twice to Alice, who had already heard it once, made him empathize well, and it was not a clear story.
In fact, it is also a story that he believes in Eun-hyeon as much as he does not openly deny it.
Belldandy got rid of the body he re-embodied and returned to the state of spiritualization.
Although he is said to be Eun-hyeon’s person, it is because of the goddess’ judgment that showing her existence to many people is not such a right decision.
Soon, Eunhyeon opened her mouth to see Iliana and Eleanor, who were worried about her.
“Sorry. It seems you’ve worried both of them.”
Maybe because the sigh of relief was so big and so naked, Eun-hyeon smiled bitterly.
“So? Did you practice? How much?”
“Well… It has no concept of time or exact date.”
Even sleeping was a repetitive routine of lying down on the bed and sleeping when tired, or spending time with Belldandy again or practicing.
I couldn’t even guess exactly how long it had passed.
“Progress… Was there?”
“… Well.”
In response to Eleanor’s question about the results of the training, Eunhyun gave an ambiguous answer with a wry smile.
Illyana asked if that attitude was strange, slightly furrowing her brow.
“What? If there was, there was, and if there was not, there was not. Why are you so vague?”
“The more I practiced, the more I tried to catch up with Master’s sword, the more I felt the lacking parts of me.”
The more I practiced, the more I could see and feel.
In the end, Eunhyeon came down to the underworld without achieving the state he wanted.
But he didn’t get anything at all.
She said she had definitely grown up a few steps, and she could be so proud of herself.
If one day the opportunity arises, Eunhyeon made a promise to herself that she would train there again.
“Huh.”
Eunhyun’s expression was much clearer than I thought, so Illyana withdrew a strange expression.
“So? After all, as soon as the festival is over, is there a reason you rushed out of the Elven Forest?”
“There is none.”
“But can I sleep like this?”
“It is not urgent at all. She thought there was no need to rush.”
Besides, one of the reasons was that she didn’t want Eris, who was still young, to go on a night march and consume her stamina.
“According to the information obtained through Runan, it is said that the Mograf region sent a request for help to the royal family.”
“Mograf? The one located on the border of Pernias?”
“That’s right.”
Eunhyun calmly nodded his head.
“If it’s Mograf… Is it located on the border of the kingdom of Pernias?”
When a specific place came up, Alice joined the conversation, trying to recall her past 20 years ago.
“Is this your hometown?”
“No. I’m not a citizen of Pernias Kingdom. However, the Mograf frontier was quite famous on the continent 20 years ago with the name ‘Iron Wall’. “
“An iron wall?”
As a citizen of the Kingdom of Pernias, Erwin had a puzzled look at the name he had never heard of.
“Have you ever heard of it?”
Eleanor asked with a puzzled look on her face as she looked at Elvin, who was stroking the hair of Eris, who was sleeping on her lap.
“Doesn’t exist.”
As a commoner, she attended Aether, a school attended by children of the kingdom’s nobles, and I thought she would have received education on the kingdom’s geography and history, but the answer was more unexpected than I thought.
“My Aether grades were perfect in everything except liberal arts, history, and geography.”
Recalling something, Eunhyeon narrowed her eyes and asked.
“… So, are you saying that the other three grades were the bottom?”
“I never thought that learning something like that would help me in my future.”
“How can the grades her brother and sister receive are similar… No, but are you a bit better than Erin?”
Eunhyeon recalled that Erin’s overall grades in the handwriting section had gone downhill.
On the other hand, in the case of practical skills where the use of her physical abilities is the main, she became a complete body girl who received a perfect score, but in the case of Alvin, it is a little different.
She accurately defined the boundaries of the knowledge she could utilize and use, boldly discarded the parts she thought were unnecessary, and built up only her necessary knowledge and skills.
It is worth considering that she has a good brain, pursues efficiency, and makes decisions in a rational way.
“With those grades, I was able to join the Magus Wizards…”
“Because the practicality was perfect.”
Her face did not show any emotion such as her pride or pride in Alvin, who confidently said it with her own mouth.
“Even if there is no background or sponsor, it would be natural for her to be selected as long as she has skills.”
Illyana, who was listening to her story, spoke with a sad expression.
“It’s as real as his skills. Even though she calls it black magic, she has mastered it on her own in a matter of years. Her sense of handling magic and her sense itself are excellent. Maybe she recognized this guy’s level in the practical exam, and she was inspired by that to pass?”
“That… Are you talking about Simon?”
It was an unexpected name, but it was not an impossible story.
Above all, an old man named ‘Simon Magius’ is a high-ranking wizard like Illyana, and the head of the Magus, an elite group of wizards in the Kingdom of Pernias.
They also have the power to pass the personnel affairs of new members at their own discretion.
“That inspiration is because he has a great desire for talented people. It’s not something I can think about. Well, it seems that the results came from being isolated by the other members before they even tried to properly nurture new recruits after passing the exam.”
“In short… Are you saying that you rejected Alvin out of jealousy and envy because of Simon’s attention?”
“I don’t know. It’s me. It’s just speculation, and I don’t want to pay attention to the ecology of the aristocratic elite magicians of that order.”
Illyana threw her own guesses aside and shrugged her shoulders.
Alvin, who is the center of attention, calmly maintained that she was not interested.
“I wasn’t interested in anything political like that.”
“Ha, it’s really my pace. How is your mental state?”
“Are you saying that?”
Eun-hyeon was dumbfounded that Illyana, the most self-paced person she knew, was saying such a thing.
“Well, then, going back to the story, what is the meaning of the fact that the Mograf frontier has the nickname ‘Iron Wall’?”
The one who raised her hand and returned the story to its original state was Derkin, who was the most outcast except for Eris, who was soundly asleep.
Derkin, who has lived more than 400 years since he was born, has never been out of the forest.
Maybe that’s why, as if he were listening to the story of a hero going on an adventure, he was interested and immersed in the story.
“The kingdom of Pernias, the country we belong to, is a country located in the west when considering the entire location of the continent. At the far end of the west is covered by the sea, and the territory located at the far end of the east is the Mograf Frontier.”
Excluding Eunhyeon, Eleanor, the daughter of the ducal family and the brightest on the situation in the kingdom, opened her mouth and gave a detailed explanation to Derkin.
“The role of the Marquis also means being the front line to block the invasion of foreign enemies, including demon beasts or other countries.”
“Ah, is it like a watchman who monitors enemy invasions?”
“Yes. Similar.”
“Then what does ‘iron wall’ mean?”
At Derkin’s guess, Eleanor nodded her head.
“That’s right. Pernias has never had a history of being invaded from outside since its founding. It all means that we have defeated and defended against all the invading enemies from the borders of Mograf. That’s why the nickname came from a solid wall made of iron that never breaks. It’s an ‘iron wall’.”
In other words, it is also referred to as the ‘Iron Wall of Mograf’.
“But the Margrave of Mograf sent a request for salvation to the royal family this time.”
“Huh, is it because of that incident before?”
Guessing her general situation, Illyana slightly frowned.
“I think so. Eventually, ‘Stampede’ happened.”
‘Beast Stampede’
In a precise sense, it is a phenomenon similar to a warning alert in which large-scale monsters form a corps-sized group and attack all humans on the ground.
As a forerunner of Stampede, the entire continent is set as the range rather than a specific area, and the frequency of encounters with monsters appearing in various places increases rapidly.
Starting with the fact that the number of monsters is literally increasing rapidly, if the number of monsters being subdued all over the continent exceeds the number, from that moment on, the balance is broken and it leads to uncontrollable damage.
“There have been signs of this before.”
-… Certain requests are rapidly increasing in the adventurer’s guild in the kingdom of Pernias.
– Subjugation of demons.
Before the war with the Dark Elves, through the information she had heard from Runan, Eunhyeon guessed this situation to some extent.
In order to minimize the damage to the dukedom and neighboring areas, the reason why Alex is working in various ways is to prepare for this stampede.
“Brother…”
“Thanks to Alex’s efforts, the dukedom and the surroundings are said to have endured and found stability in their own way.”
“Okay.”
Eleanor let out a sigh of relief and nodded her head at the news that Alex was all right.
“The problem isn’t the dukedom, it’s the frontier.”
According to Runan’s report, the situation on the frontier was quite serious.
In a situation where the invasion of the monster corps has been continuing at regular intervals for nearly 15 days, the frontier fortress is not even given time to properly repair the attack of the monster corps, and the consumption of soldiers is also getting serious.
“So the solution Margrave Mograf came up with was to send a request for help to the royal family?”
“Yes. While the troops on the frontier are constantly being consumed, we have to gather troops from outside to somehow maintain the front line.”
“Hmm, isn’t it different from the political scandal of the nobles of the Kingdom of Pernias? I don’t think they’re going to send support to the Marquess.”
The reason why Illyana is so harshly criticizing the nobles of the Kingdom of Pernias is that while she lived in Pernin for nearly 20 years, she was indirectly involved in the politics of the Kingdom of Pernias and had her experience to the point of getting sick of her. Because.
Besides, when I think about the reason why she decided to move from Pernin to follow her grace, Illyana can’t possibly give a good evaluation.
“That doesn’t mean it can’t be. If the frontier is breached, the invading Demonic Beasts will come flooding in and attack the village and other territories, and there is a chance that they will eventually reach the capital, the center of the kingdom.”
“Even if it doesn’t reach the capital, if the border is breached, the damage will inevitably grow out of control. The method with the least damage is to wipe out all demonic beasts on the frontier, the first line of defense, by investing the maximum amount of resources and manpower.”
“Eleanor is right. A trash aristocrat who only seeks to live for himself may say I don’t know, but from the position of a ruler, you have to accept the Margrave’s request for salvation. It is a situation that may cause damage on a national scale. The problem is… I wonder if the royal family, who has the authority to make that decision, has a proper concept…”
“Queen Diane… Will you accept this rescue request and dispatch the kingdom soldiers… I am not good at judgment.”
With a stiff face, Eleanor muttered the seriousness of the situation.
“There are many parts of human thinking that are really hard to understand.”
I had heard rough knowledge through the elders of the elves who had encountered humans in the past, but when I heard about human affairs directly from the humans, it was either unconditional obedience to the words of the elven queen or all for the public good of the entire race. It was very different from the mindset of the moving elves.
“As for Alex… I haven’t received any requests for help, but I think Alex would send support to the Marquis.”
“I think so. Our duke’s family and Count Mograf’s… It’s a relationship that’s been a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time. I don’t know if Count Mograf sent a request for help to my brother, but… Even knowing the crisis of change, I don’t think my brother would stay still.”
“In this situation, aren’t you going to help?”
“Alex didn’t ask for help, so there’s no reason I should go. It didn’t have anything to do with the mograph change. Only…”
The reason why Eunhyun didn’t take action until now.
“Something is suspicious…”
Can the threat so great that the iron wall of Mograf, which has never been breached, can be explained by a simple monster stampede phenomenon?
The cause of its origin is strangely unclear.
