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Chapter 273:
Chapter 273:
After a long silence, Drizden opened his mouth.
Theres no need to spill blood here. I think weve said all we have to say. Lets part ways. But
He glanced at Leobold and Margareta with a sly smile.
I have no intention of harming you. But I dont know if the citizens outside will think the same. They are very angry because of Hyperion. You should be careful.
He meant that he wouldnt interfere directly, but he wouldnt help them either in case of trouble.
And outside, there were elven knights disguised as citizens who would cause a commotion.
Maybe if they launched Hyperion, some unknown airships would attack them.
Leobold smirked.
So this is the way of the elves.
Didnt you come prepared? If you want protection, just say so. Ill shamelessly ask for your favor.
Anyone who saw him pretending to be ignorant and widening his eyes would want to punch him.
But Drizden couldnt die yet.
He had to complete his mission after driving Elvrande to ruin with his rampage.
Leobold put his hand on Margaretas shoulder and said.
Lets end the meeting here.
Youve worked hard. I wont see you off. Be careful. May Rustel watch over your path.
He deliberately invoked the name of Rustel to provoke Margareta.
Her shoulder twitched and Leobold slowly left the conference room.
Just before the door closed, Drizdens lips twitched and Elarion bowed his head.
Hes doing it on purpose.
To make the prey tense enough.
Leobold asked Arma to guide him to the dock through Yggdrasil.
Ill mark it on your sight. There are a lot of excited elves.
Some of them might be so excited that they would resort to violence without mercy.
The knights escorted them and the group left the mansion and entered the road.
The elves who were calmly watching when they arrived were pouring out onto the street and raising their fists.
Death to the lowly humans!
Compromise with humans is impossible! Only violence can make them see!
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They must have been stirred up by Drizdens instigation.
He never intended to let Leobolds group go peacefully from the beginning.
The reason why he came here knowing that was first, for the meeting, and second, to check out Yggdrasils main body in person.
If a war broke out, Yggdrasil, which was almost a symbol of the elves, would inevitably suffer some damage.
He wanted to assess that in advance and have Arma come up with a countermeasure.
The last reason is because of teleportation.
Spatial teleportation through warp gates was only valid for places Leobold had visited before.
That meant he couldnt open a warp gate to an unfamiliar place.
According to Arma, it was close to a law and there was no way around it.
Its strange that Lucia appeared in a mine she had never been to.
Leobold covered Margaretas head with a hood and quickly passed through the street.
Soon, the elves noticed the group and gathered one by one.
There goes the delegation!
Stop them! Stop them!
It didnt turn into a violent situation right away, but it was a very ominous atmosphere.
In the midst of that, Leobold finally got to see Yggdrasil face to face.
Wow
It was an unbelievably huge tree up close.
The diameter of its base was close to several km and its golden leaves covered the sky.
Sunlight burst from its branches that stretched out as if protecting all of Medea.
If you saw something like this as soon as you were born, you might mistake it for a god.
But Leobold didnt see Yggdrasil as a god.
Its just a big tree with some special functions
He was confident that he could replace Yggdrasil with anything once he completed the ether origin.
Arma reported similarly.
All functions of Yggdrasil have been identified from the flow of ether. It will be useful for updating the origin.
Thats good news. But we need to get out of here.
The elves were gathering more and more.
In a tense atmosphere that could explode at any moment, the delegation headed for the dock following Armas guidance.
They boarded Hyperion without any interference, but instead they received countless insults towards Margareta.
You wretched princesshow dare you crawl in here!
Traitor who sided with humans! Die!
They didnt throw stones, but they spat saliva and made a fuss.
Margaretas green eyes were soaked in gloom.
She was blamed by her own kind for no big fault and received abuse.
No one could understand how she felt.
Ill come back someday. Then Ill ask those people.
She nodded weakly when he comforted her.
The group hurriedly got on Hyperion.
Leobold escorted Margareta to the cabin and then went to the bridge.
The crew under the captains command were waiting for his orders.
Skip the procedure. Cut the mooring and launch.
Launching!
At the captains vigorous command, Hyperion gained buoyancy and rose up.
It was so big that it caused a gale around it and when the ether thrusters were activated, the airship quickly left the city.
But this was just the beginning.
When Hyperion gained momentum and was about to leave Medea, small airships poured out from somewhere in the city.
They were small airships of several tens of tons.
Drizden watched the sky leisurely from the mansion.
He had increased the output of the thrusters mounted on the airships, ignoring the side effects, so they were much faster than Hyperion, which was slowly accelerating.
Lets see if you can show your power on board.
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They made something like that. Impressive.
He seemed to disdain ether engineering, but he was still an elf after all.
Dozens of airships flew in like a swarm of bees and the bridge became busy.
The captain checked all directions with several mirrors and immediately ordered interception.
Prepare to fire ether cannons! No need to report! Shoot as soon as you aim and drop them!
I know that! What kind of ship is that!
The Elvrande fleet was confused as Hyperion detached everything and activated its ion thrusters.
Leobold, who had come down to the bridge, gave an order to the bewildered captain.
You dont need to understand, just accept the reality. Starboard full ahead.
Sir, full ahead! If we do that, well dive into the encirclement!
I wont give the order three times. Starboard full ahead.
Starboard full ahead!
The wheels spun and Hyperion turned its bow.
The Elvrande fleet expected it to have a large turning radius because of its huge size, but it wasnt.
Hyperion sprayed ions from its bow to minimize its turning radius.
And then it changed direction in an instant.
The Elvrande fleet was now chasing after Hyperion.
Leobold put his hand on the captains shoulder.
Margreta had hesitantly entered the bridge.
Lets go to the presidents mansion. We need to give them a gift.
Surely, that gift wasnt an ether stone bomb?
Margreta opened her mouth wide and the captain gave an order as if to let it be.
Full speed ahead!
The ion thrusters were fully activated and Hyperion reached a speed that the Elvrande fleet couldnt keep up with.
A black ship appeared in the sky of Medea in an instant and an alarm sounded.
Where did that ship come from!
I dont know! It just appeared!
Quickly, activate the ether cannons! Stop it from approaching Yggdrasil by any means!
Its too fast!
It passed by before they could even aim, so there was no way the air defense network could work properly.
Medea was turned upside down.
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Hoo
Drizden drank his wine with a triumphant feeling.
He had sent a newly developed airship unit and Elarion, so he must have inflicted some damage on him.
I wont let you go easily. Even if you dont die
It was enough to shock and destroy Hyperion as a warning.
It would be better if he could sink it, though.
No matter how powerful you are with divine power, you are inexperienced in aerial combat.
He was the oldest elf and knew the tactics of the Great War.
If there was a lesson learned from the Great War, it was that even a very powerful being had a weakness.
For example, the champion of dragons preferred to use Goliath, so he was vulnerable to attacks from above.
If he poured ether stone bombs on him, he would have no choice but to surrender.
Leobold wouldnt die from that, but his pride would be hurt for sure if Hyperion broke down.
You shouldnt underestimate elves. Even Altima couldnt look down on us, how dare you
Now, when Elarion returned, he would hear how the ship was doing.
Drizden closed his eyes with joy and felt a sense of unease.
He heard a buzzing sound from somewhere far away and then it became louder.
And someone opened the door with a bang and disturbed his rest.
What is it? I told you not to come in until I call you.
The attendant shouted anxiously at him with a grim expression.
Yo, your Excellency! You have to escape right now!
Why? Whats going on?
A strange black ship is coming and dropping bombs!
What?
Drizden jumped up and opened the window and looked up at the sky.
A black ship was approaching from afar.
The crimson flames rising from below were definitely not flowers.
Then he felt the ground shake and a strong wind blew.
Damn it!
Drizden broke the window and jumped out, forgetting that he was a mage.
He barely used levitation magic to float in the air, but the black ship was too fast.
In the blink of an eye, it flew over the mansion and dropped something from its hull.
Thats an ether stone bomb
And a huge one at that.
It wasnt one or two, but more than ten at once, so the power was no joke.
The old elf couldnt withstand the shock of the explosion and was swept away by the blast.
Boom!
The mansion collapsed completely as explosions occurred one after another.
Flames and black smoke rose everywhere and elves screamed and scattered in all directions.
Margreta watched her hometown being destroyed from the bridge.
She didnt look happy about it.
Is this the power of the ship that Leobold brought from another world?
No. This ship is nothing. The real one is beyond that sky.
She looked up at the ceiling and then turned her eyes to him.
Why did you do this You could have just taught them a lesson.
Do you think they would accept it? They blamed you and tried to kill me. Do you think they would surrender if I showed them a spaceship?
Leobold had learned something after fighting for decades: people dont change easily.
Some might realize their mistake right before they die, but most dont even have that kind of feeling.
Once they decide that they are right and just, it is almost impossible to change them from outside.
Even humans who live for only decades are like that, how stubborn would elves who live for nearly 300 years be?
They wont change. To change them, we need a strong shock, that is, war. This is just a declaration of war. The real war will start from now on.
Margreta bowed her head silently.
She had nowhere to go back to now and had no choice but to rely on Leobold.
She didnt mind that, but she felt depressed thinking that she couldnt go back to her hometown.
Leobold stood behind her and comforted her by rubbing her shoulder.
You didnt lose your home. Youre just going back a little late. Ill kick out the crazy elves, including Drizden, and return Elvrande to your arms. I promise.
Thank you
She turned her body and hugged Leobolds broad chest.
Hyperion, which had dropped a bunch of bombs, slowly turned and left Medea.
There was nothing to hinder its course.