Genius Is Taught by Geniuses

139 – Dungeon of the Constellation (9)

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There were three reasons for Tigris to go to the jungle.

First, to make sure there are no problems with Nemesis and Sora.

Second, to learn the swordsmanship of the elves.

Third, because there was nothing to do right away, I kept thinking about something else.

Long story short, to be honest, the third reason is the biggest.

Tigris had no choice but to stand still, as there was no longer anything that Tigris could be involved in the creation of the Iron-Blood Heart.

As a result, I kept thinking about how things were going outside the dungeon and what to do if Beowulf died or was seriously injured.

As soon as Tigris arrived in the jungle, no wonder a group of elves followed.

However, the elves did not approach Tigris recklessly.

Rather, he followed Tigris from a distance until the other elves surrounded him.

Tigris continued to go deeper with it or not.

It wasn’t that difficult to go deep into the jungle.

All I had to do was run to see the world tree spewing out a brilliant golden light in the distance.

How much time has passed?

Five elves blocked Tigris’ path.

The elves drew their bowstrings, summoned spirits, and prepared their magic.

“Go away human.”

The elves recognized that Tigris was unusual.

To be more precise, it would be more accurate to say that the world tree informed the elves rather than the elves recognized it.

Elves within the world tree’s sphere of influence are very powerful.

Mana did not run out due to the brilliant golden blessings from the World Tree, and it was because there were countless spirits cared for by the World Tree.

For Tigris, defeating the five elves in front of him is not a big deal.

However, the 251 elves watching Tigris’ reaction around here will continue to pursue Tigris until he dies, so it was absolutely forbidden to riot here.

No matter how much Tigris wanted to see the swordsmanship of the elves, he had no desire to learn swordsmanship through life-and-death battles.

“Why did you come to the jungle?”

“It’s for a deal.”

Tigris was sure that he would not be hated, unlike the elves and friends, or at least other humans.

Tigris pulled out a large ear from his subspace pocket.

Seeing those ears, the elves opened their eyes.

“that······!”

It was the giant’s ear that Tigris had cut off.

The elves doubted their eyes.

A human who cut off a giant’s ear.

The meaning of those words was clear.

“Did you kill the giant?”

“Yes.”

“Which giant did you kill?”

“I killed a giant who lived in a desolate land that would come from running north from here, in the stride of the elves, about five days.”

“Is it possible… was it a giant with an iron rod?”

“okay.”

Tigris took out a piece of the giant’s iron rod cut into an appropriate amount from the subspace pocket.

The elves were surprised once again.

There’s no way the elves wouldn’t know about that iron rod.

It was because that giant belonged to ‘Kruul’, the head of the ‘Maca tribe’ who was aiming for the forest of the elves.

“How did you kill Kruul?”

“It was just cut to death.”

“I can’t believe it.”

“You don’t have to believe it. However, I think that the mere fact that I have provided you with the information that this giant is dead is enough reason to be treated by you. So bring the man with the crown, not you.”

The elves were shy.

who wore the coffin.

In human terms, it means a person with power comparable to a lord or king.

The elves are thought to be very equal, but they are surprisingly vertical.

If you graph the power distribution, would it look like a pushpin?

The ‘priests’ who can talk directly with the World Tree, the ‘elders’ who decide the policies of the elves, and the ‘priests’ and ‘shamans’ who assist the priests, hold great powers, and other elves They are all based on theocracy, following their orders.

Therefore, the elves in front of Tigris do not have the right to pay for the information Tigris has brought.

After a while, one of the elves hiding in the tree appeared.

Elves don’t age until just before they die, so it’s impossible to judge their age by their faces.

The elves didn’t really care about their age, so they didn’t make any means to indicate their age.

However, there was a way to determine their position within the elves, so it was their clothes.

“I didn’t know that the shaman would appear in person.”

“How did you know that I was a shaman?”

“She is a woman, wears white clothes, and wears a crown made of twigs from the world tree on her head, so she is a shaman. Considering the color of the clothes is very white, it must be about the level of a shaman.”

The elf who appeared in front of Tigris said with a small smile.

“It seems that a human who could have lived for at least 20 years knows a lot about the elves. I know how to be polite when visiting my mother’s jungle, and I know how to be an elf.”

It wasn’t because Tigris could speak elven language, it was because of the effect of the constellation dungeon, but I decided not to explain it for a long time.

It’s hard to explain, because it didn’t matter.

“It’s rare for a person to be polite like this, so I should give it a common name. My name is Maiden Mune. What is your name?”

“It’s called Tigris di Norberd.”

“Tigrisra… I don’t know which family Norberd belongs to, but it sounds like a name from the north.”

Mune slowly approached Tigris and held out her hand.

The body odor emanating from Mune’s body resembles the moon that has escaped the clouds.

It was soft, immersed in rain, and had a refreshing, lonely smell.

Tigris reached out and shook Mune briefly.

Like elves, his hands were very cold.

Mune was slightly startled by the hot and cold aura that flowed from Tigris’ hands.

“I ate two elixir.”

“I ate red manacho and ice essence.”

“Red manacho goes well with humans, so even then, ice essence would be an elixir that a human body can’t handle, right? How did you embody it?”

“Unlike an elf, you are very curious.”

“Don’t describe it as being vigilant. A young human who slew a giant came to my mother’s jungle on my own feet, and of course I have a lot of questions, right?”

Mune let go of Tigris’ hand.

“It’s not an important story, so let’s just skip it. So shall we get to the point? Why did you bring us the giant’s ear? We don’t have a bad hobby of hunting and stuffing animals like humans do.”

“As I said earlier, to provide information that the giant is dead.”

“Such information is a simple thing that can be learned by dispatching rangers.”

“While we found out that the giant was dead, the selection of the heads of the giants must have ended.”

The giant slain by Tigris is the leader of a clan, not an ordinary giant.

The giants first elect a new chief before taking revenge if the chief dies or dies due to an unfortunate incident.

The chief draw consists of battles like giants, and the giant who stands with both feet on the ground until the end becomes the leader after fighting each other for nearly ten days.

“It was exactly six days ago that I beheaded Kroll. Now, the selection for the head of the giants is in full swing. Wouldn’t it be better to move the trees adjacent to the devastated land inhabited by the giants to a safe place before the giant’s chief draw is over?”

Hearing Tigris’ words, Mune looked into Tigris’ eyes in a funny way.

“It’s amazing how well you know humans and giants. If you want to have that level of skill, it would not be enough to train your sword for the rest of your life.”

Mune thought for a moment and then nodded.

“good night. There is some truth to what you are saying, so please treat your information with respect. So what do you want from us?”

Tigris came up with the answer he had been thinking about in his head.

“Didn’t there be two beasts who recently asked for the World Tree Fairy’s Wings Powder?”

Mune nodded her head.

“Obviously it was. Are you acquainted with those beasts?”

“Let’s say it’s like that. Did those beasts take the world tree fairy’s wing powder?”

Mune tilted her head and said.

“Why are you asking that?”

“If the two of them did not receive the World Tree Fairy’s Wing Powder, we will proceed by exchanging this information with the World Tree Fairy’s Wing Powder.”

“Do you want to receive the World Tree Fairy’s Wing Powder for those beasts?”

“No, give them both.”

Mune put her hand on her chin and continued observing Tigris’ expression to see if she didn’t really understand.

“I want to know what the hell is going on with those beasts. Why are you helping them both? The relationship between beasts and humans would be equally bad for us and humans. It doesn’t seem like we’re just acquaintances…”

“Let’s call him a close friend.”

Mune snapped her fingers as if she knew something.

“Why did I know the elves so well, but it was because I was friends with those beasts.”

“So, did they both receive the World Tree Fairy’s Wing Powder?”

“I haven’t given it yet. But I thought I’d give it to you soon. I recently asked you to get rid of the rune bears that are scratching the bark of the eastern forest. I heard from the trees that they had driven all the rune bears to the land of Satutimeo.”

Rune bears leave claw marks on trees when they mark their territory, and the elves, who hate to hurt trees, hate rune bears.

However, since Rune Bears are level 2 monsters on the same level as ogres, it was difficult for elves to hunt them, and they did not extinct the Rune Bears because they lived near the nest of the magic dragon Satutimeo in the eastern part of the jungle.

“Then I’ll give you the World Tree Fairy’s Wing Powder when you return.”

“I will.”

Nemesis and Sora seemed to be able to enter Nadal’s lab on time.

It took Tigris five days to drive from Nadal’s lab to the jungle, so at their pace it would take about a week.

If nothing else, I’ll get to Nadal’s lab within three weeks.

‘I can go back to the lab together.’

“Then what else do you want?”

“I want to fight with you.”

Mune smiled softly as if interested in Tigris’ words.

“You want to fight with me?”

“You seem to have trained swords differently from other elves. I want to experience the swordsmanship of the elves.”

Tigris only saw the swordsmanship of the elves as a book.

And unlike dwarves, elves do not like to keep records, so there are few records of swordsmanship.

It was obvious that the elves had special swordsmanships that were only passed down orally.

“Well, that was the point. After all, that’s the only reason a strong warrior like you would come to Mother’s Jungle.”

Mune thought for a moment and opened her mouth.

“How strong are you among humans?”

“What is the criterion for being strong?”

“That will be up to you.”

Tigris thought for a moment.

While preparing the dungeon for this constellation, Tigris recalled the list of sword masters living in this era.

Of course, there was no Sword Master in a small country such as the Kingdom of Male, so we have to look at the entire continent as a standard.

When Tigris uses all of the Holy Relics, he can kill 7-Star Knights without difficulty.

You can’t fight 8-star knights because they have different ranks.

So, were there 8-star knights in this era?

None of Trisha’s investigations had been made.

“If you look at the number of pure Auror rings, there are a total of 14 knights above me.”

“Hey, does that mean that there are 14 people stronger than you?”

“But in terms of pure swordsmanship, no one can follow me. In a nutshell, there is no human who can win against me one-on-one.”

Mune said with a smirk.

“You are very arrogant. No. Are you worthy to be arrogant enough to hunt giants? No matter how much I borrowed the power of the Holy Spirit, I mean.”

For a moment, Tigris misunderstood whether they had recognized the sword of the adversary.

But now they cannot recognize the sword of the adversary.

The sword that ended the era of the black giant of the adversary.

It was never a sword that existed when the giant was still alive.

Even inside the adversary’s black subspace pocket, the elves had no way of recognizing it.

Mune said, pointing to the salamander’s sword that Tigris wore around his waist.

“Did you think we wouldn’t recognize the sword? Tigris?”

“This sword? Are you talking about the salamander’s sword?”

“Salamander’s sword? What fire lizard-like name are you giving the relic?”

“Because this Black Lizard is holy.”

Mune looked at Tigris in an absurd way.

“Lizard? Are you deliberately calling dragons low-key? If it’s something like that, I like it, but isn’t it too conscience to call the constellation a lizard anyway?”

When Tigris looked at him like he really didn’t know, Mune narrowed his eyes.

“You… you really don’t seem to know. What kind of constellation the sword constellation is.”

“I do not know.”

Mune said with a smirk as if it was absurd.

“People say that grace is easy to forget, but I didn’t expect it to be this much. Degrading the rank of the constellation by a simple name game. Was it on purpose or was it a mistake?”

“If this sword is not a holy relic that symbolizes the lizard constellation, what constellation is it?”

“Isn’t this the ‘Hengena constellation’, the king of all the fire dragons who sacrificed to protect humans and the continent from the black demon king and who taught elemental magic to humans? It is one of the few constellations that the hero Pereira designated before he died… If Hengena finds out about this, the continent will become a sea of fire.”

Hengena.

It is one of the few good dragons that appears at the very beginning of the Pereira adventure.

Not all dragons fled to the Scale Mountain, but a few dragons sacrificed themselves to protect the continent and humans.

‘By the way, no one knows Hengena.’

When some dragons, including Hengena, resurrected as undead with the demon king’s black magic and attacked Pereira, there was a story in the adventure book that Pereira held up tears and struck Hengena and the dragons in the neck.

But is this stuff missing?

I knew the story of Pereira’s lover, Amoris, and the witch from the time it was missing, but the historical data were too erroneous.

‘If I get a chance later, I’ll have to rewrite the history book.’

“But if the constellation’s rank is lowered, is it possible?”

“Of course. As soon as the constellation begins to be forgotten, the power of the holy constellation also degenerates. Moreover, since I remember Hengena as a fire lizard… When the full moon arrives, I’ll pay tribute to Hengena. Humans have forgotten, so we should remember.”

Tigris thought carefully.

So, why didn’t Amoris even notice the Salamander’s sword?

‘Ah, Amoris-sama was sealed before the Salamander’s sword appeared.’

The Holy Relics do not come down immediately after the constellation is born, but only after several years have passed.

When the relics of Hengena and the constellation came down to the ground, Amoris must have been sealed, so it was natural not to recognize them.

“Then how do we restore the constellation again?”

“Of course, people should know about Hengena and the constellation. Not a lizard, but what kind of sacrifice Hengena made for humans, and what tragedy it ended in? But I don’t know if that’s possible. It was hard for even the famous Pereira to change people’s perceptions.”

Mune said looking up at the sky.

“After we were chatting, the sun had already risen in the middle of the sky. I don’t have time, so let’s do some battles quickly.”

There is not much time for an elf about the size of Mune to have a leisurely conversation with Tigris.

Teachrist nodded because he understood.

“Not bad.”

“Then follow me. I know a good place.”

Tigris and Mune stood facing each other.

Tigris told Mune before starting the match.

“There are conditions before we can compete.”

“what?”

“Like in real life, attack me as if you were going to kill me.”

At Tigris’ words, Mune tilted her head.

“Why do you have to do that? Aren’t you just wondering what the elves’ swordsmanship is like?”

“Because I want to experience how powerful an elf can become, not only with simple swordsmanship, but with the power of the World Tree.”

“And what if you die?”

“It doesn’t die.”

“Hmmm…”

Mune said as she rolled the Mishta with her fingers.

“good night. Then do this You said you are the strongest of mankind, so if you die, it will be a huge loss to mankind.”

“Such worries…”

“Then that would be great. Because we can crush humanity’s best power here.”

Mune said with a smile on her face.

“Don’t kill me. However, be prepared to have a part of your body cut off. This is my condition.”

Tigris nodded.

“good night.”

With a subtle smile, Mune drew the elves’ traditional recurve Mishta.

The appearance of Mishta is not very different from the curved swords used by humans.

However, if you ask what is the big difference between a regular curved sword and Mishta, Mishta unconditionally contains moonstone.

Perhaps because of that, Mishta was emitting a soft moonlight, and it was beautiful as if it were mesmerizing just by looking at it.

“Are you going to have no regrets? Tigris?”

Tigris nodded once more.

The start was abrupt.

Mune started out as a surprise like a lark.

He came and swung his sword.

An aura filled with the energy of sharp ice crystals flew over Tigris’ waist.

Tichrist swung his sword in the same way.

When Tigris’ silver sword and Mune’s cold aura collided, Mune’s aura disappeared as if the ice melted in the sunlight.

“what······!”

There was no room for embarrassment.

Tigris’ quick sword attack continued again, and Mune gave up her thighs without a chance to resist.