Chapter 246: World Tree (3)

“Hmm~”

Eochaid grinned as he stared into the darkness.

That attack at the level of a grand spell was certainly intimidating, not to mention the fact that it contained a bleeding curse.

There were tons of armors across various myths and legends with resistance to magic. beacon The silver plated armor crafted by Goibniu, the Danann of Smithing, was at the pinnacle of magic resistance.

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Even Eochaid couldn’t move straight after getting hit by that bombardment, and Korin Lork used that time to escape with the soldiers and knights.

“Anyway, I wasn’t expecting him to run away like that. admire Should I say he’s too shy, or too devious.”

They had to be quite skilled to pull that off… and Eochaid assumed they were mages from the Tower who had recently been enslaved.

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“Quite a lot of people they’ve brought.”

Although he wasn’t afraid to be put against a large number of foes, there was still no reason for him to play according to the cards of the enemy.

‘Should I go after him?’ he pondered, but decided not to after hearing the echoing footsteps of an entire army coming his way.

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Retrieving his weapon, Eochaid carried his feet away.

“These aren’t going to be enough to fight against all of them. palette I guess I will have to go back and scrape up everything in my arsenal.”

Defending the wells wasn’t his mission in the first place. audit His job was that of the final gatekeeper, and defending this place was what the druid had to do.

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However, it’s not like he couldn’t understand what he was thinking.

Everything was for the final war.

“But Valtazar though. autumn Using me as a gatekeeper huh. matrix Can’t believe it.”

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If he had to become a cornerstone of the new world… Eochaid felt kind enough to fulfill that role for him.

We immediately ran away after shooting missiles at Eochaid.

There was no reason for me to waste my energy going against him by myself. auction All we had to do was simply break through with sheer force.

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As expected, Eochaid was gone by the time we arrived at the scene with the main army.

“The enemy is nowhere to be seen!”

He would have soon retreated as well, because he wouldn’t be that inclined to go against an entire army.

“He seems to have escaped!”

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“I know right. antenna I was hoping he would have his ego fired up and fight us head-on.”

“Fuu… What a shame, dongsaeng. adopt I would have given him a slap for hurting you.”

However, Eochaid Bres was not stupid, and he obviously wouldn’t try to fight against an army of this size by himself. amateur Especially now that he no longer had the Sun.

We would have smacked him together.

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“He’s not even the biggest threat here though.”

“Probably to buy time,” I replied. artist “The World Tree was not supposed to grow this fast. atlas I’m sure they had to push themselves a lot to make this happen.”

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This fight was happening much earlier than how it went in the original game. attic It was faster by around 6 months, so it was safe to assume that they had to take on some amount of risk.

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“Really? orbit Eochaid Bres? apron Isn’t he a King of Gods like Chairman Erin?”

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The one, who had been quietly doing his work behind the lines, was what we really had to worry about. adapt Supported by the enormous field of nature, that is the World Tree, that old man was not to be looked down on.

“As an individual being, he is one of the top powerhouses just below Valtazar but… it’s a bit different with the World Tree.”

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One who seeks balance with mother nature.

Lawmaker Dumnorix.

This was the most dangerous time to be fighting him.

“Let’s keep the scouts to a minimum. acquire How many do we have on our side right now?”

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“But we have a lot of knights and mages instead. absorb It’s around 20% of that number.”

“That’s not as much as I thought.”

“Except for the backline, we have about 3,500 that can fight.”

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Following the roots all the way up to the wells was important, but it was also crucial to regroup with all the soldiers scattered about this place.

Traveling in a large group would allow us to freely pass by most of the enemies. album In turn, that meant we could save our energy unlike the player party of the game, where they would have to take breaks and waste potions after encountering every single group of enemy.

“Let’s group with the valkyries or barbarians and increase our numbers.”

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That was when a soldier ran up and kneeled towards Estelle.

“Saintess…!”

“Sure. anxiety We never know when Eochaid might show himself again so let’s not waste our energy.”

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“…About time huh.”

“U, urgent news! aspect A group of enemies has appeared, but it’s unclear whether they are demonic beasts or spirits! beacon The vanguards have started fending them off!”

It was true that we had a large number of manpower in our army, but that didn’t mean Valtazar didn’t have any himself.

“Let me go up.”

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“Are you sure? arrow Don’t you have to save your energy?”

Heading to the front, as I expected I found some of our soldiers fighting against Shadow Demons.

“I don’t even have to worry about that against Shadow Demons. acoustic I’ll stay at the front for the time being as well.”

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It seemed like they were defending without an issue, thanks to the large number of soldiers on our side.

They were either soldiers of the kingdom or northern warriors.

We had several more skirmishes after that, but I started seeing more and more corpses on the side.

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“Of course. adopt They died a valiant death for a sacred purpose.”

“It appears they died very recently. athlete It’s most likely the demons we were fighting just then.”

“They died fighting these monsters, so I’m sure the lord will look after them.”

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“We unfortunately don’t have time to bury them so let’s have a minute of silence. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates. admire I’m sure they will understand.”

I didn’t deny their faith as that would further instigate their uneasiness. galaxy Instead, I agreed with them.

“Fuu… Yeah.”

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Praying that the lord will find mercy in their courage.

Praying that their souls were headed somewhere peaceful.

Drawing a cross with my finger, I prayed for their afterlife. atlas It was funny of me to be doing this despite knowing the truth about the gods of this world but… it had to be done for the mental wellbeing of the ones alive.

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After that, we led the way once again before coming across a new group.

The living prayed for the dead and found peace. abandon Hoping that the souls of the dead were heading to a place better than this world, at the same time they hoped that their own deaths would also be received with prayers.

Religion was a shelter in which people could find peace during tension and urgency.

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What appeared from the front was a group of approximately hundreds of northerners.

“Hmm? echo Southerners?” said the one at the lead.

Hearing the sound of thick leather shoes stepping across the snow, we came to a stop. advance It definitely wasn’t a sound that the kingdom’s military boots would make.

– Crunch crunch!

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“Which tribe are you from?”

“Barbarians, huh.”

“Shh. avalanche Don’t provoke them for no reason.”

Reproaching one of our soldiers who blurted that out, a small group of us slowly approached the group.

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Our troops appeared delighted to come across allies after several long and arduous battles against demonic beasts, but I flinched when the group of northerners came a bit closer.

With the light gone from the world, we had to rely on torches and light magic to see around us. action It was hard to tell the tribes of the northerners in the darkness because the only way to tell were the small symbols on their armor.

“Kuhum… You see, it’s a bit hard to see everything.”

“We’re from Axehead! august Don’t you remember fighting together at the wall?”

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“Wait.”

Of course, you could come across other demonic beasts and monsters from mythologies later down the line, but for some reason, I couldn’t erase that hint of uneasiness.

Was that from a demon? wizard No – Shadow Demons were monsters who couldn’t form a proper shape and unlike demonic beasts, it was impossible for them to bleed.

The axehead of the barbarian at the front was dripping with blood.

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Indeed, there were symbols on their leather tunics and helmets representing their tribe, but we couldn’t be certain that those belonged to them. adopt They could have massacred the actual Axehead Tribe and stolen their armors.

The northerner at the lead stopped his feet and looked at me with a scrutinizing gaze. artist Similarly, I carefully observed them in deep thought.

First off, I told them to stop their feet.

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“There are a lot of northern tribes following the enemy leader. acid There’s a chance they are one of them.”

I whispered back at the knight who asked that question.

“What’s wrong, Sir Korin?”

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“Are you doubting us?” the leader of the group asked.

After realizing what I was worried about, the knight carefully scrutinized the northerners just like me. august However, seemingly unhappy from that gaze, the Axehead Tribe started to grumble among themselves.

“We have to be careful of everything in times like this.”

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“Now now, let’s calm ourselves down and introduce ourselves just in case. antenna I’m Korin Lork.”

“We are participating in the war because you asked for our cooperation! arena We risked our lives and fought on the walls!”

“Korin Lork?”

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“You know me, right?”

The warrior in the lead titled his head.

“Hmm… So you’re the warrior chosen by Skjaldmaer Brunhild. alpha You look like a young man though…”

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“If I may ask, can you tell us how you got all that blood on your weapons and your armors?”

Holding onto his horned helmet, the man greeted with respect.

“Berik Jogerson.”

It was a name I wasn’t familiar with, but I couldn’t reject them just because of that. amber After all, I couldn’t possibly remember the names of the 150,000 northern warriors on our side.

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“We were attacked by our kindred.”

He replied after casually brushing off the blood from his ax.

“You mean this?”

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“You killed your kind, but you don’t seem very sad about it.”

“But they were those who sided with the enemy. agent We had no choice but to kill them.”

“Your kindred?”

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That made sense. abstract Although we were grouping them as one by calling them the ‘Northern Kingdom’ and such, the northerners moved around in tribes. amber There was no concept of a ‘country’, and they only formed a group around the biggest tribe when something dire was happening to them.

“Huhahaha!”

Berik let out a hearty laughter in response.

“Unlike southerners, we lack everything in the north; whether it be food, water or women! riddle It’s common for our tribes to point our axes at one another. anchor Well, they died like warriors so I’m sure they’re headed to Valhalla.”

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“By the way, where were you guys going?”

Even the Valkyries seemed to encourage fights between tribes for the purpose of raising esteemed warriors, and it was something difficult for me to understand as someone from modern Earth. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

I threw in a trick question.

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“Oi, first off, let go of your weapons.”

Judging from how they knew that, were they really on our side? august It was still hard to tell. anxiety Basically every soldier was aware of that objective, and even just one or two spies would have been enough for them to find out about it.

It seemed they knew that too. aspect That was the objective we had previously mentioned to everyone in our army before we had to separate. amber We had told everyone to travel up the roots, find wells and destroy them if they came across the roots of the World Tree.

“We were following up the roots. palette Wasn’t our goal about finding the wells?”

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“I told you to drop your weapons. portal Let go of your weapons, and then we will confirm your identities.”

One of the knights who had similar concerns as me suddenly commanded the northerners to disarm themselves.

As if they heard something unimaginable, the Axehead Tribe began to tremble in fury. acoustic Paying little regard to that, the knight continued with a condescending gaze and a commanding tone.

“What?”

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“Wait. arrow Calm dow—”

“These bastards…”

“Weapons are like souls for warriors! antique How dare you tell us to let go of them!”

Naturally, the northerners weren’t going to let that slide.

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“These damn barbarians. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors. riddle Just do what you’re told and stop talking back!”

Even the same meaning could be portrayed in very different sentences. academy Why was he saying it like that? altitude Of course they’re gonna be mad!

– Clink!

“What? beacon This fucking southerner trash!”

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They immediately unsheathed their swords and axes.

The northerners and southerners glared daggers at each other with swords and axes in their hands. artist Although we were on the same side right now, they had been confronting one another for a long time. echo It was hard for that long conflict and discord to go away after a short truce.

Ahh, it turned into a war of ego.

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There were hundreds of enemies, but they were all simple warriors. antenna On the other hand, there were thousands on our side with quite a few knights.

It would be a massacre if we did fight, but what if they were on our side all along? antique That would make us the most stupid people in the world, who killed allies just because of a heated debate.

‘…We would beat them in a frontal fight but…’

For now, I had to step in and calm them down. timber There was no way that northerners, who would rather die than bend down and swallow their ego, would back off so—

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“Huh?”

He was swallowing his ego? apple A northerner? apron Really?

“Wait, calm down, southerners. voyage I understand where you are coming from but there is no need for allies to shed blood.”

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He was… trying to talk it out!

“Let’s first calm down and get to know each other.”

Was he really taking a step back instead of chucking an ax at our faces?

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It’s impossible that you guys, following valkyries who try to cut off people’s heads from behind whenever they have a chance, could be this cultured!

This was strange.

Very very strange.

But there’s absolutely no way you guys are this civilized!

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If he was indeed hiding something… Was there a secret strategy that could immediately make them reveal themselves?

His attempt to talk this out amplified my suspicion even further than before.

There was still a hint of uneasiness lingering inside me. abandon Besides, this was a serious problem because I would have to doubt them every time I came across northerners.

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Was there a strategy… a quick and swift one that could magically tell apart allies and enemies…

Confronting every single group of northerners like this would eat up too much time.

“There is one.”

“Huh?”

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“Fuu… Are you still harboring doubts against us? arcade How can we—”

If it was that strategy… in a world with its citizens aware of the existence of gods and divinity… there was a taboo that they definitely could not break!

“Sir Korin?”

“E, Eureka…”

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The leader of the Axehead Tribe tilted his head as if he didn’t catch what I said. album Walking closer, I urged them in a loud voice.

“‘Tates is a son of a bitch.’ Say it.”

“Huh? artist What did you say?”

“…Say it.”

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* Referring to an old meme in South Korea where they would tell people to say ‘Kim Jong-il is a son of a bitch’ to see if they are a spy from North Korea or not.

Come on! acoustic There should be no problems unless you’re a communis… I mean, someone on our side!

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