Chapter 230 – Time Does Not Wait
It was around the time when I had just passed the 10th level of Glinda’s Hell training that the Elven Wood side, which had remained silent, began to take action in earnest.
“I think today will be the last time the three of us train together. Glinda.”
When I said that with a confused expression, Glinda nodded as if she understood.
“It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do. Honestly, it’s amazing that we’ve come this far.”
It’s just as she said.
Ancient hierarchical magic had the same name as modern hierarchical magic, but it was a completely different system of magic. Thanks to this, even though the teacher and I were 7th level magicians who had reached the level of magic, we repeated the same actions as a baby learning to walk.
Of course, after taking the first step, which was the most difficult, progress progressed quite quickly, perhaps because we had the time we had, but the total amount of time given to us was absolutely insufficient.
I don’t know what the results would have been if I had started at least two months, or even just a month earlier, but that’s just an IF story.
“But we have to do what we can.”
As I said that and rolled up my arms, Master, who was watching the conversation between me and Glinda, said, “It’s been a while since you showed your guts. My student.”
“I’ve been a corpse since long ago, except for my original guts?!”
“Did that guy skip class on a fake day and run away?”
“That’s because whenever Master does something, he beats it like a dog!”
“If you had done well from the beginning, I wouldn’t have hit you!”
“Waak!”
“Ack!”
The 95th Priest War started today as usual.
Glinda seemed to have realized that there was no point in trying to stop her by now, but she smiled and stood by.
***
The main building of the Demon King’s Castle.
“It’s been a long time. All the Four Heavenly Kings gathered together like this.”
Walter, who had flown from the Great Forest on a wyvern after receiving the summons from the Demon King, muttered that and looked around.
“Hey! Over there! Help me carry the luggage!”
“No time! Move quickly!”
Perhaps because war is imminent, the soldiers of the Demon King’s Castle, busily moving around, come into view.
At that time, Walter noticed that a wooden box was about to fall out of balance on a cart passing in front of him, so he stretched out his right hand to stop the box from falling.
“Be careful.”
“Thank you! Walter!”
Perhaps because the supply box was almost destroyed, the soldiers pulling the cart bowed to Walter several times and thanked him.
“Hmm.”
He snorted and waved his hand as if it was nothing, and then he spotted Seneca, the owner of the Demon King’s Castle, who had come to meet him, and called his name.
“Seneca.”
“Hello, Walter.”
“Is the Demon King in the throne room?”
“Yes. Please follow me this way.”
As he took the lead and began to lead the way, Walter began to follow Seneca’s back with an indifferent expression.
How long has it been since you started walking down the halls of the Demon King’s Castle like that?
As an increasingly familiar landscape came into view, Walter stopped walking.
Eventually, Seneca in front shouted.
“Demon King, General Walter Leonhart has just arrived.”
Then, a solemn voice was heard from inside the huge door.
“Come inside.”
Good!
When the guards pull the door handle, a huge door opens to the left and right.
As Walter slowly walked inside with his eyes fixed forward, the rest of the Four Heavenly Kings lined up under the throne came into view.
Commander Mephisto.
Armor General Nick Iron.
Demon Dragon General Gabriel.
After Dorothea, one of the original Four Guardian Kings, followed Ozma to Oz, new members were added to form the new Four Guardian Kings system.
“Sorry about this, I arrived last.”
As Walter said that and walked to his seat, the demon king Nero, who was sitting on his throne with his chin resting, opened his mouth.
“Then, since all the Four Heavenly Kings have gathered, let us begin the meeting.”
Faaah!
As soon as the Demon King finished speaking, light emanated from the crystal ball installed in the center of the throne room.
It was originally a magic tool called the ‘bead of long-distance viewing’, and it was enchanted with long-distance detection magic, allowing you to see the image of the desired location in real time.
“Currently, Elven Wood soldiers are moving from the west of the Great Forest. They are probably planning to destroy the thorn-in-the-eye village of the beastmen before they cross the border of Doom Land.”
After hearing those words, the eyes of the other Four Heavenly Kings turned to Walter, and Walter closed his eyes and nodded.
“All the prisoners remaining in the village have already evacuated. Normally, they would have dealt with them using guerrilla tactics, but it seems like these big-eared guys were well-prepared this time. They didn’t even bat an eye with some booby traps. I chose to quietly retreat without shedding unnecessary blood.”
Nick Iron heard that and asked a question.
“Then, how long does it take for the Elven Wood soldiers to break through the Great Forest?”
“It will probably take about three days. Unless you know a shortcut like us.”
After hearing the conversation between the two, Demon King Nero pounded on his throne with a distressed expression.
“Three days, three days?”
At that time, Mephisto raised his bony wooden right arm and made a suggestion.
“Demon King, then shall I go and buy some time?”
“No, there is no need for that. It would be a mistake to engage in an all-out war with the elves inside the forest in the first place. It would be better to drag them out of the forest and then fight them, so they can last longer.”
After saying that, Demon King Nero turned his head and asked Gabriel, who was yawning.
“Gabriel, what happened to Nidavellir’s side?”
Then Gabriel corrected his posture and answered with a nervous expression.
“Dverg is moving to the Doom Land border area with 10,000 dwarf soldiers in tow. It is expected that he will be able to join our army before a full-scale war breaks out.”
“Hmm. Not bad.”
If you add 10,000 Dwarf soldiers to the 20,000 currently prepared Demon King soldiers, the total is 30,000.
If you add the 20,000 human soldiers who can be conscripted from Oz when the time comes, the total is 50,000.
Even though there are many elves with a strength of 100 per day, it was worth a try with this number.
After completing the calculation, the Demon King slowly stood up from the throne.
“All Four Heavenly Kings, listen.”
“”Ha!””
Then the four Heavenly Kings lined up in front of the throne knelt down on one knee.
“From this moment, our Demon King’s army enters a wartime system. The Four Heavenly Kings, lead all troops and gather at Desmond Plain.”
The primary task of our Demon King’s army in this war is the annihilation of the enemy army.
“I will never allow the elves to underestimate our demon king army again.”
Muttering like that, Demon King Nero looked toward the Great Forest with cold eyes.
***
At that time, the Emerald Tower reception room.
“… It’s not long now, Titania.”
Glinda, who was staying at the Emerald Tower as her guest for the time being thanks to the favor of Esmeralda White, the owner of the Magic Tower, looked down at the picture of her sister in her locket pendant and muttered this.
It has already been 500 years since the incident of that day.
It was the time it took for an ordinary elf to be born and die, but for her, who inherited her ancestor’s bloodline, the memories of her past were as vivid as if they had happened just yesterday.
A kingdom on fire.
People screaming at the death of their family and friends.
As the general of the country, she had to kill all the traitors and received all of her resentment.
Enraged by her sister’s death, she went about killing everyone connected to the ‘Serpent of Wisdom’, but now that she thinks about it, did she really need to do that? I couldn’t help but wonder.
There would have been a way to kill only the instigators and keep the rest alive by appeasing them.
In the end, she suffered alone and with guilt, and she threw away everything she had.
The name Gloriana von Alfheim and the Elven Wood Kingdom.
Her subordinates also believed in her and followed her.
“Theseus, I’m sorry.”
On the day that Glinda escaped Elven Wood, she used the connections of her former subordinate.
This is because she had a fleeting memory of meeting him when he came to visit the palace with his father.
Although it was only a momentary relationship, Theseus accepted her difficult request and-
She died because of that.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
A black emotion welling up from deep within my heart.
The day she left Elvenwood 500 years ago, it was the same ‘guilt’ that had stained her heart black.
This time, he wanted to be a good person and gave himself the last name ‘Good Witch’, but he ended up sacrificing innocent people again.
So-
“I will make it right.”
The darkness of Elven Wood arose a long time ago.
A group of people who forgot the teachings of their ancestors and fell into arrogance.
Those who have forgotten even basic goodness in order to gain ultimate wisdom.
All such people must be erased from this world.
If we don’t cut out the black, rotten affected area this time, it will no longer be possible to recover.
Click-
Glinda closed the lid of the locket pendant she was holding in her hand, put the pendant back around her neck, and looked at the moon in the black sky.
“O Goddess of Wisdom, may she look upon the young trees that follow thee.”
