< Chapter 41 - Joining >
Chapter 41 – Joining
The eastern and western main forces each advanced towards the Snow Flower Wind Plains.
If we continue like this, we will face each other in three days.
The morale on both sides was extremely high.
In the East, there was a cause to save the wild lands from the demon followers.
With the wild gods also present, morale could not be low.
“But we win.”
Why morale is high in the West.
Since their first expedition, the Angry Horn Tribe has never been defeated.
The mountain of victory built up after winning and winning again brought confidence to the Angry Horn Tribe and fear to the tribes that were defeated and absorbed.
“In the end, it’s a head-on confrontation.”
A turn on the Snowflower Plains will determine the fate of the wild lands.
“but······.”
Haragen, the superior of the Devil’s Eye and the one in charge of pushing this project forward, let out a suppressed anger.
It was for a simple reason.
‘Massacre?’
The mines of the infiltration force prepared to corrupt the dragon vein in the east were annihilated.
At first, I thought there was a problem with the Demon Record because seven of the intermediate mine’s energy had evaporated, but that wasn’t the case.
It really was as if seven intermediate mines had died and disappeared.
‘There is one possibility.’
It was likely that the eastern infiltration force, which was also making a large detour to the south, was the one that completely destroyed the other infiltration force.
And when it comes to infiltration, there is one person who comes to mind.
‘The duo of death.’
A couple, man and woman.
An evil explosion witch who explodes anything that gets in her way, and her ruthless, black-haired disciple.
There was no specific information about the duo as it was a combination of fragmentary information left behind by the minds of the minions, but it was clear that the two people had defeated the mid-level minions that had been dispatched to the east.
‘And this infiltration team too.’
The East also sent a death squad as an infiltration force, and they annihilated the infiltration forces sent from the West.
‘If it’s true.’
And if those two hit the West from behind.
‘No, no problem.’
Haragen swallowed his breath for a moment, but soon steeled himself.
The western rear was not empty.
Everything that was happening in the wild lands was for two purposes, and there were those who were left behind to carry out one of them, the ritual.
‘If there is a collision, this side will actually benefit.’
The power of each of these remaining greatly exceeded that of a mid-level mine.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Death Troupe, who had been disrupting all work in the East, were no match for them.
‘And to begin with, there were only two people.’
The situation was different from the East, where the infiltration team had to be caught and killed.
What can two people do in the vast West?
‘Yeah, just two people.’
Although they are certainly strong, there is a limit to what two people can do.
No, even if they infiltrate with more people, what will they do? Will they contaminate the dragon vein like they did?
‘Let’s focus on a head-on confrontation.’
If we destroy their main force, everything will go as planned.
Haragen, who had regained his composure, covered the Demon’s Record.
I recited it again to myself.
“There is nothing that can be done in the first place.”
The most they could do was attack the supply points, but ‘they’ were there in the supply points and other key areas. So it was okay. Even if the Death duo infiltrated the West, there was nothing they could do.
‘What we need to focus on is the main unit.’
Haragen stroked his long, white beard. He glared at the east with his insect-like compound eyes.
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Cordelia, who had been sleeping crumpled up on the bed and drooling, suddenly raised her upper body and shouted.
“explosion!”
A cry that somehow seemed like an answer.
And Yuder, who entered the room at a good time, thought.
‘What on earth were you dreaming about?’
What kind of dream makes you scream in your sleep about an explosion?
Yuder, who had a rough idea but tried not to think about it, approached Cordelia.
“Our princess, are you awake?”
Cordelia sniffed in response to the gentle question.
Because it smelled delicious.
“Ah··· Ah······.”
Cordelia, who had been sniffling and making a dull voice, suddenly stretched loudly. It seemed that she had finally woken up.
“Euuuu······.”
Cordelia’s back arched like a bow, as if she was stretching while she was at it.
Instead of just collapsing, Cordelia leaned forward and spoke in a voice still laced with sleep.
“Hey, Yuder? Are you there?”
Because the smell of milk was there among the delicious smells.
Nevertheless, what Cordelia asked as if to confirm was because of the eyes.
“Here it is. Can’t you see it yet?”
“Oh, I can’t see it anymore than before······.”
Cordelia’s blue eyes were unfocused.
Uder answered with a frown.
“Melissa said it was a temporary dysfunction due to overload. All the trauma has been completely treated, so it will recover with time.”
“thank god.”
I was pretending to be calm, but I was scared that I would never see you again.
“Still, I feel like I’m growing somehow. If I become stronger than I am now, I think I’ll be able to use the Paralyzing Eye without any problems.”
At first, he could only paralyze a specific target if their eyes met, but this time he was able to paralyze everyone in sight at the same time.
Of course, the paralysis period was short and he lost his eyesight in return, but it was definitely growth.
“Haa, even though I tell you not to push yourself too hard, you won’t listen.”
No, maybe it was Uther’s fault that Cordelia forced him to do it in the first place.
Sighing, Uder sat down on the chair next to Cordelia’s bed and placed the tray he was holding on the bed.
“It smells good. Is it rice?”
“Soup.”
Cordelia’s face brightened at Uther’s answer.
“Wow, I was already hungry.”
Cordelia instinctively caressed her stomach and soon felt the air with both hands.
At her gesture, which seemed to be looking for a tray and spoon, Yuder clicked his tongue and grabbed Cordelia’s wrist as he spoke.
“Arthur, what are you going to do when you can’t even see it? I’ll feed it to you. Okay.”
“uh?”
“Say ‘Ah’ because I’ll feed you. ‘Ah.’”
Cordelia blinked at Uther’s words.
If it had been Cordelia back in the days of Frost Anvil, she would have opened her mouth and asked for food, but it was different now.
“Okay, okay? I can just eat it with my hands.”
What the hell kind of guy do you know?
“Oh, don’t spill it.”
“You can do it.”
As she said that, Cordelia concentrated her senses. It wasn’t like she couldn’t see at all. As soon as she got a general idea of where she was, she reached out and grabbed a spoon, then skillfully began eating the soup.
“How is it? Am I eating well?”
Being able to handle food without spilling it wasn’t something a seventeen-year-old girl would be proud of, but doing it while blind was certainly something to be admired.
“and.”
Wouldn’t it be normal for it to flow normally? It’s not like I normally train.
Cordelia, who felt delighted at Uther’s admiration, continued speaking with a calm tone.
“Hehe, you’re not the only one who’s good at doing things with your body. I’m good at everything with my body, too.”
“Tch, my hands are tied.”
“what?”
Yuder pretended not to hear Cordelia’s question and regretfully pushed aside the chin rest he had deliberately prepared before continuing.
“Well, then listen while you eat.”
“Wow, this is really good. Can I have another bowl?”
Cordelia was already eating, no matter what Uther said. Uther replied that he had about three more bowls and then returned to the main topic.
“For now, this matter has been resolved successfully. The development lab collapsed, but we secured the Snow Queen’s core. There was no explosion, and the dragon vein is safe. Don’t be sad. I told you that if it exploded, everyone would have died.”
“No, I don’t regret it, I’m just a little upset.”
Cordelia, who had the spoon in her mouth, had a regretful expression on her face, and Uther wondered how the child had become like this, and soon realized it.
‘Ah, so that’s how it was originally.’
The Yellow Storm wasn’t called a human-made disaster for nothing.
She was someone who loved explosions and destruction from the beginning.
“Why why why. Are you thinking something strange right now?”
“No, I was thinking about the right and beautiful things. Anyway, with this, the birth of the light dragon Yalabaska has been prevented, and one of the seven great disasters has disappeared. It may bring about the greatest butterfly effect of all the things we have done so far.”
“It’s really amazing.”
If it hadn’t been for the sky roof.
If you didn’t have the phoenix’s feathers.
“It’s all a result of a chain of events. You can’t just say it was luck.”
Yuder smiled brightly and continued speaking.
“Anyway, we got our hands on the Snow Queen’s core, right? With the development lab gone, we can’t just leave it there. That’s why we decided to take it.”
“That’s a good idea, but does Melissa approve?”
“Of course. Melissa helped me too.”
After saying that, Uder lifted the moonlight that was placed under the bed.
“I transplanted the Snow Queen’s core into Moonlight.”
“Oh! That’s right. Moonlight has a socket.”
I was a little skeptical about whether I could transplant the core since it was originally a socket made for strengthening items, but it was transplanted more smoothly than I expected.
‘Maybe Moonlight was also created by Magellan’s high elves.’
In any case, the Snow Queen’s core was transplanted into Moonlight, and as a result, Moonlight, which was only a B-rank item, was now reborn as at least an A-rank item.
“Not S or SS?”
“Because the Snow Queen’s core is imperfect. If she were to unleash her full power, who knows what might happen. But… if we find a way to stabilize it, one day she’ll be able to unleash powers like the Light Dragon Yalabaska.”
“Wow.”
A staff with power equal to that of the mad dragon Yalabaska, one of the seven great disasters.
“Is it mine?”
“Then I’ll take three?”
“Hehehe, so good. Power up, power up.”
It was good that Yuder was getting stronger, but the best thing was that he himself was getting stronger.
“Wow, the ice attribute was added, right?”
“Because she is the Snow Queen.”
The moon attribute, which can be said to be Moonlight’s basic attribute, had good compatibility with the ice attribute.
“I guess I’ll have to try ice magic.”
“Study.”
“Yes, sir.”
Cordelia responded cheerfully, put down her spoon, and began to feel around for Moonlight.
And as if on cue, this time Melissa entered the room.
“Are you feeling better?”
“Melissa? You’re Melissa, right?”
Unlike Uther, Melissa, who had no substance, had no smell.
Melissa nodded as Cordelia asked, looking in the direction where the voice came from.
“Yes, that’s me.”
She answered warmly and then stood next to Yuder and asked in a small voice.
“Did you tell me, Yuder?”
“No, I was just about to do it.”
“Then let me talk.”
“What are you talking about?”
The last one was Cordelia.
Melissa smiled slightly and continued.
“I’m so grateful to you both. Thanks to you, I was able to avoid the worst.”
“Hey, what is it? Hehehe.”
As expected of Cordelia, who is weak to compliments, her cheeks quickly turned red.
“I already told Yuder, but I will tell you about a shortcut that will take you across the mountain range. There is a passage that the masters used.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes, it’s a tunnel dug into the mountain, so you don’t have to go outside. It will also save a lot of time.”
“Wow, that’s awesome. Thank you so much.”
Although the time was shortened, Cordelia was more pleased that she could avoid the murderous cold.
“But Melissa.”
“Yes, Cordelia.”
“So what will Melissa do now?”
“yes?”
“No, I heard the development lab disappeared.”
“Yes, it’s gone.”
“So does that mean there’s nothing left to do?”
Because Melissa was an artificial spirit that managed the facility where the development lab was located.
Melissa furrowed her brows at Cordelia’s sharp question, which denied the very meaning of Melissa’s existence – of course, that was not her intention – but soon answered in a slightly lonely voice.
“But I don’t know when the masters will come back. When they return, I have to tell them about what happened here······.”
“You can just write a letter.”
“yes?”
“It’s a letter, a letter. I’m leaving for this reason- and so on.”
Melissa blinked at Cordelia’s words.
Because it was a story I had never thought about.
“You’re leaving behind a letter?”
“Yes, then wouldn’t that work? No, no. I’m just going to go find the owners.”
Melissa’s eyes widened at Cordelia’s words.
“Looking for it?”
“Yes, let’s go find it. Yuder and I will be going around to Magellan’s ruins anyway. If we do that, won’t we be able to meet the owners? Or maybe get some clues.”
Magellan’s high elves were beings with transcendent longevity.
And although he’s not a playable character, there were survivors of Magellan in the Pleiades.
‘You meet a few people in the latter half of the original work.’
So wouldn’t it be good if Melissa went too?
Cordelia turned to Uther, and even though eye contact was impossible, Uther understood what Cordelia meant. He nodded and added more persuasiveness.
“If you’re going to go together, don’t worry. Moonlight has one more socket left. You can just put Melissa’s core in it.”
“Really? Is that okay?”
“Of course. And actually, this is something I wanted to ask you to do. I could get Melissa’s help adjusting the Snow Queen’s core.”
If she could really do that, she could increase the Snow Queen’s output even more than it is now.
In other words, Moonlight upgraded to A rank will be immediately upgraded again to A+ or S rank.
“That’s great. Come with me, Melissa. You’ll be my spirit, right?”
Melissa seemed taken aback by the fluid thrusts of Uder and Cordelia, but soon nodded.
Because I didn’t want to be alone anymore.
Moreover, as the two men had said, there was no reason to remain in this facility any longer.
“Okay, I’ll go with you. Please take care of me.”
Cordelia smiled brightly when Melissa accepted. The thought of leaving Melissa alone in a place where no one was around weighed on her mind the whole time.
And Uther smiled with a different meaning.
“Well then, Melissa, while we’re on the subject, let’s wrap things up.”
“Huh? Organizing?”
“Yes, sorted.”
Materials remaining in the storage room.
Even Uther and Cordelia had a conscience. That’s why they didn’t even bother to empty the Wild Fairies’ treasury of everything.
This time, before fighting the Guardian, I only brought enough.
But things have changed.
Because the facility was scheduled to be emptied.
Because I was thinking of taking Melissa with me.
“There is no reason to leave it behind.”
Uther’s argument was persuasive, and Melissa nodded without realizing it.
And Cordelia thought.
‘Trustworthy.’
As expected, our family’s Yuder. The best groom with the best vitality.
With Yuder, wouldn’t it be possible to take a bath in the desert and drink orange juice with lots of ice?
And half a day later.
After finally getting their hands on the space-expanding bag and stuffing it full, Uther and Cordelia began their journey west again.
The purpose is to detonate the polluted dragon vein and cause chaos.
Although the purpose of the act was apparently terrorism, it was actually a legal act with the permission of the landowner.
“You have to blow it up into a star shape.”
If you’re going to blow it up, do it nicely.
Cordelia, chattering like a lovely baby bird, advanced, wagging her rabbit tail, while the pea-pod-wearing Uther made no significant tackle.
And then again two days later.
The first explosion began, hinting at the second and third.
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