Countess Cianella’s Male Slave

144. Understanding the level (4)

After a long meal, Ainel came with Shione to say something. Even if the words that came out of her mouth were a series of shocks, she was not lacking.

The oracle received by the high elves, the mad devil worshipers’ outbursts, and even the survival crisis of the vast grove of dwarfs and the world tree.

Is it because Ainel told only the important parts briefly? It’s no wonder that the fisheye is dumbfounded when a storm-like list of words continues within a short period of time.

In the meantime, another quest appears.

‘Oh, that’s why. The choice is mine and what In the end, if I don’t block it, they say everything will be ruined, so what’s the difference?’

The penalty for failing to protect the Great Forest was so painful.

Following the annihilation of the demons and the extinction of the world tree, the scales are tipping toward the infinitely negative side for me, including the strengthening of the power of the cultists.

‘Besides, my elemental magic is weakened.’

Even weakening my elemental skills.

There are no world trees or great forests on Earth, and Spiritual Art is one of the abilities granted through awakening as a Hunter.

‘I heard that in this world, the World Tree bestows the blessings of spirits on elves.’

One of the representative families that received that blessing is Arielt Guy, the family of Friel, the greedy goblin… As such, it seems that the world tree in this world can be involved in spiritism.

Unlike before my Spiritual Art, which I regained again, it seemed to have a close relationship with the Great Forest, which is not entirely my own, and moreover, with the World Tree.

Somehow, if the World Tree takes a big blow, I wonder if my spiritism skills will be weakened as well.

I can only carefully speculate that the fact that my spirits are not being summoned may have something to do with the current condition of the World Tree that Ainel had told me about.

In other words, as I organized my thoughts, I slightly frowned.

‘Tsk… It’s a spirit art that I developed.’

The fact that if left unattended, the strength of one’s hard work can diminish is bound to be very irritating.

How hard I’ve been to get this ability. Squeezing out mana the size of a rat’s tail, slapping the neck of the scoundrel who was aiming for Shione, and the past that stretched out through mana exhaustion is good in my eyes.

“The extinction of the elves… Did the daughter of the Arielt family really say that?”

“He even said he would swear by the World Tree and the spirits. Furthermore… His steady breathing and posture did not look like telling a lie.”

“… It’s troublesome.”

When Shione deepens her understanding of the above stories through half-questioning. I also skimmed through Ainel’s answer and organized my thoughts.

‘The elves are extinct.’

The end of Jang Myeong-jong, who is indulged in a sense of superiority.

Even if you don’t like the neighbors, your position will change if their extinction is at stake.

‘If the dwarfs go as far as exterminating the race, we shouldn’t take it lightly.’

On average, dwarves are stronger than any other race.

In addition to being magicians who handle spirits and elements of nature, their agile bodies help them to use more precise and sophisticated swordsmanship.

In addition, they live near the world tree full of mana, and their mana affinity is also superior to other races.

Moreover, ordinary elves live hundreds of years and accumulate experience and knowledge, so they are born with conditions that cannot be weak.

What about the high elves? Under the absolute blessing of the World Tree, thousands of years have passed. It’s even more strange that I’m not strong.

But the extinction of such elves.

Could it be that the elves are ruined by fooling around? Or will the cultists replace them and succeed in the conquest?

I couldn’t easily grasp the level of the two.

‘… What the hell are the cultists doing?’

How stimulating the plans the cultists are drawing up will be.

And after the fall of the great grove, where their remaining forces will go.

Just like when he lost his posture during sparring and was beaten by Siabelle. Thinking about the future already makes me dizzy.

Right after the explanation of the current situation and future of Great Forest has been completed.

Ainel kept her mouth shut for a while.

Then she came out after Sione and quietly met her eyes.

Her blue eyes may have been due to her mood, but they seemed to have sunk a little cloudy today.

“And… In support of this—”

Ainel’s right hand gently rises over the handle of her sword at her waist.

Just trying to touch her handle. As expected, there was no hostility whatsoever, so there was no such thing as pulling out a sword and dropping it in front of her neck like before.

“Shione and Ray, they said they want you guys sent to the Great Forest.”

“Yes… ?”

“…… ?”

And the words I heard were roughly guessed at the time the quest was created, but….

Listening to it myself, it was a really hard hit.

Shione is the second daughter of a count, not a viscount or baron. It is also the daughter of a strong count family whose path to victory is open to the Marquis.

She was an aristocrat with a noble lineage in the kingdom, even though she had been shoveling for years. Just the blood flowing through my body. This alone is worth it.

She is a woman who is starting to see her light as the bad reviews have recently begun to reverse. She said that she would send such a noble person, Shione, to a place where she was told that she would become a battlefield and that she even received her oracle from the World Tree.

Requesting the dispatch of Sione, rather than the support of popular knights, including Countess Diolia, was an exaggerated request.

“That, what do you mean by that?”

Shione stuttered a little in her embarrassment at the sudden appearance of her own name.

She

She said, “They said there was a word from the elder who received her oracle. The World Tree said that the only ones who can change their destiny on the continent are not the empire, but the two of you in the kingdom. That’s why they came all the way here from the great forest.”

The World Tree is very good at giving an oracle. How do you choose people so well?

Shione couldn’t easily answer her child Nell’s words.

Because the contents of the oracle of the World Tree and the words that the only person who can twist that fate are herself are adding up to her head.

“Ugh… ….”

Shione just opened her eyes wide and opened her mouth softly like an idiot, with her dazed voice, then she bit it shut. After all, she was just filthy.

Ainel released the sword she was wearing in front of her.

“And with that, he handed me this sword.”

… A sword with familiar energy.

The sword that was attracted to something seemed unusual from the scabbard. From the harmony of geometric embossing and intaglio to the extent that the craftsman’s soul is still there.

Then, as she pulled out the terrifying sword, I could clearly feel the energy melted into her sword.

‘This is… government ordinance?’

I felt the strangely familiar energy of the Intangible Keeper.

I could see the dark spirit energy flowing from the blade of the drawn sword.

Moreover, on that black surface—

Even the count family’s pattern and Cianella’s name were engraved.

When I checked Sione, who saw the sword right in front of Ainel, she was already distracted by her sword.

“A sword gifted by the first family head to his comrades-in-arms, the forest keepers. They said that we, his descendants, must listen to one of their requests when the elves return this sword to the count’s family.”

“… Are you sure?”

“Yes, at that time, numerous high-ranking spirits were with us as the notaries of the covenant… In other words, you broke your promise.”

… It is a covenant with the spirits as notaries.

I know him well because he was an elemental sage. A promise made by high-ranking spirits or higher as notaries, not relatively weak low- and mid-level notaries. If you break that promise, how dangerous things will happen.

“The beings who embrace the wind will blow strong winds that will heighten the blue of the North Sea.”

Those who become wind spirits will bring a gale and tear through the territory and tear or blow away the whole area.

“The beings that embrace fire will cover the world in black ashes in retaliation for the shamelessness of breaking their promise.”

The fire spirits will fly away in the wind and eat everything the land has cultivated until they appease their anger.

“And the being that embraces water will bring down unfinished water to put the fire to rest. They told me that this would also be a Suma.”

The water spirits will create a flood to put out the fire, turning the territory into a mess and disappearing suddenly.

The wrath of the spirits is a natural disaster, and their anger cannot be stopped at all. I just feel the spirits that are only spiritual bodies and cut them down or appease them.

However, if you cut them down easily, you might get even more scolded in reverse. It would be nice to calm down for a while.

But it takes a long time to soothe. Failure to keep the covenant with the high-ranking spirits will come as a second disaster that cannot be resisted to the Count’s family after the war has just ended.

“Spiritual magic… Ray you could handle it too. Ray, can you do something to erase the covenant where the notary public is a spirit?”

I gently shook my head.

“It is impossible to erase.”

It is unavoidable.

“It is possible to reduce damage by one.”

But I know how to reduce the damage that would happen if I broke my oath.

Elves the way elves do. As usual, I interact with them, adjust to them, and soothe their anger.

However, my way as a human being is different. Steady pressure, and the spirit affinity I had. And dynamism and vigor. Use everything to pressure and force them.

But there was a time when I made a contract with the highest level spirit.

It may be difficult for me right now, but… If a situation arises in which the body’s power can be opened a little more through Shione and Siabelle, it will be possible to moderately forcibly break their anger.

“That’s all.”

His skills are sufficient, but his body is still immature.

Unfortunately, there can be no broken promise without a price.

“After the gale and the fire, it is inevitable that the flood will come. Even if I reduce the damage, the Count’s family will suffer from deep scars.”

Even if you suppress your anger a little, as long as you don’t completely surrender, their anger will continue.

I don’t know if it’s one or two, but as long as I don’t have enough power to subjugate many high-ranking spirits yet.

“… The anger of high-ranking spirits is like a natural disaster, so it would be better to listen to their request if possible for the count’s sake.”

This case was a complete checkmate of the dwarves.

* *

In the forest of the Great Forest where the sun goes down and the moon shines and darkness creeps in.

A woman, dressed in black, was sitting on a wooden chair in the deepest part of a small cave.

A man walked slowly in front of her and knelt down on her knees.

“We have finished all preparations for this wealth… ….”

“The condition of the wealth must be the best.”

“Yes, I just captured the imperial soldiers who invaded the Great Forest, so it would be no shortage of course to say that it is the best wealth.”

A face covered by a hood at her words.

The corner of her mouth, which had been slightly peeking under it, went up in an arc.

“Okay… Let the ritual begin. I go myself How many were captured?”

“There are twelve in total.”

“Twelve—”

She slipped up from her seat and took off her hood that was covering her face.

“Perfect for warming up.”

Pale skin and blood-red eyes.

And the small horns that stand out from the thick black hair. Its horns were curled up like those of a goat.

She whispered, breathing heavily.

“Now that we’ve finished examining the level of the elves, we can go out a little more aggressively…… The destruction of the World Tree is imminent.”

A woman who pours out alluring demonic energy that bewitches those who worship cults.

She was half-human, half-horse with thick demon blood.