History of the Greatest Territory Design - Episode 129
129fury. Open the negotiation table (2)
“If you don't like it, shoot it..”
“……!”
It's crazy!
Flames flew.
The tip of Elencia’s roots sizzled..
The elf woman Myira's eyes widened..
The corner of Lloyd's mouth curved..
“How much should I give you? Medium? well done?”
“……That, stop!”
“I think the priority is to lower the bow that they are aiming fiercely at..”
“…….”
Myira's uvula fluttered..
We don't want any more damage to the tree..
Even if your body burns, that's not it..
Eventually, she loosened her grip.
I stretched out my bow..
“Okay, I've granted your request, so stop bothering the tree..”
“Sure.”
Lloyd pulled the torch slightly..
Peace has returned to the tip of the twisted roots..
‘First of all, the hostage take was a success..’
Lloyd looked inside the cave..
It was a cramped cave that had just been dug out..
It was hard for one person to get through..
I was trapped at the end of such a narrow cave..
And in the direction of the exit, five elf women were armed and staring at them..
‘I'm stuck.’
A bitter smile came out of me..
In fact, I expected this to happen to them early on..
Because you can't fool an elf's senses in an elf forest..
‘So, from the beginning, I made a plan based on this situation..’
novel iron blood knight.
I referred to the characteristics of the elves I saw there. studied. I dug into it and figured out a way..
So we set up a few stages of the operation..
1Stage Operation: Javiel Bait Throwing.
2The steps are to reach the roots through a tunnel..
3The first step is to take hostages and threaten to burn down the roots of Elencia..
‘And step 4 is hostage replacement..’
One of Lloyd's hands moved into his arms..
I took out what I had kept in my inner pocket..
It was a wild flower that had been pulled out and stored away, carefully preserving even the roots, just before digging..
“……!”
The elves' expressions shake once again as soon as they take out the wild flowers..
Seeing this, Lloyd held the torch close to the wildflowers..
“Everyone step back. If you don't want to see this flower burn.”
“Wow, what kind of vicious!”
“hurry.”
An earthquake occurred in the pupils of the elves..
When someone saw it, it made me wonder why on earth I was like that..
It's just a flower.
It's not a precious or huge flower..
It's just a common wild flower whose name I don't even know..
‘But the elves' secret is that it works..’
The corners of Lloyd's mouth rose..
Yes.
novel iron blood knight.
Characteristics of the elves that appeared there.
That was the point of being a ‘crazy plant lover.’.
‘It's not just that. The point is that it's crazy..’
They were literally a race of people who loved plants madly..
The movie Misery showed obsession to the point of telling people to go away..
A race of people who gets depressed if they accidentally step on an acorn. A race of people who stumble while climbing a tree branch and tear a leaf, and then become depressed and cry all day long..
That race was the elves..
But he threatened to burn wild flowers in front of them..
Of course, the elves' reaction was obvious..
“…….”
I gritted my teeth and took a step back..
Lloyd glared even more..
“continue. more.”
“…….”
The elves slowly retreat.
Lloyd got that close..
The elf woman, Myira, gritted her teeth and glared at Lloyd..
“I wouldn't be able to get out of this forest with threats like that..”
“That's what I'm worried about.”
“…….”
“Step back further. Keep going. Hehehe.”
“……If you don't like it?”
“This flower is burning.”
“If that flower burns, you too will die by our hands.?”
“Then you just live until today, okay?.”
“…….”
“What is life.”
I stared into the elf woman's eyes..
this is a fight.
The side that is pushed is stopped..
So, you need to create the perception that you are a guy with nothing to lose..
Fortunately, did that psychological warfare work?.
The elf woman bit her lip and stepped back again..
“Well thought out.”
No matter how you look at it, this is a situation where this person is absolutely the villain..
While I was enjoying my self-destruction(?), the elf women retreated to the end of the cave..
Lloyd gave an order with his chin..
“get out. outside.”
“…….”
The elf women were driven out of the den..
But Lloyd didn't go out..
‘of course. Will you ever get an arrow stuck in the back of your head?.’
Outside the cave is an open space..
You never know where you might get hit..
Lloyd, who knew this well, cast a holdout from inside the cave entrance..
and waited.
‘The time has come for Javiel to return..’
I told you this when I sent it earlier..
30Be sure to come back in a minute.
So when he comes back?
I will try to counterattack with him. So the elves will take advantage of the confusion and escape this forest..
I was confident that I would succeed at that level..
‘Because the goal is not to fight the elves or take over this forest. Because the goal is just to stand out. At that level, it would be possible if Sword Master Haviel joins in..’
Run away at night.
That was the final step of today's operation he had planned..
‘By the way, elves are real elves..’
While waiting for Javiel, Lloyd kept a close eye on the elf women. She was wary that they might aim their bows in this direction and shoot in an instant..
As a result, I was able to naturally observe their appearance closely..
‘The skin is white. The ears are pointed. Moreover, the people who rushed to catch the intruder were all women. They say that among the elves, the men do housework and the women shoot arrows, and that was true..’
Men do housework at home.
Women run through the forest to be on guard.
That was the custom of the elves in the novel Iron Blood Knight..
In fact, there was no particular grand reason..
‘Male elves are generally larger and weigh more than women. So when you walk in the forest, the grass you step on causes more damage..’
So it is said that elf women even learn special protective techniques to protect the grass. Only when she perfectly masters the walking method can she be recognized as an adult and go out of town..
From a human perspective, it was a little funny..
But considering their crazy love for plants,?
I thought it might be a reasonable custom..
‘Well, anyway, that aside. Why is everyone so thin??’
A long confrontation with elf women.
Then I noticed another unusual thing..
The point was that elf women were extremely thin..
‘I didn't see it wrong.’
It's a dark night.
The moonlight and the flickering light of the torch are everything..
Still, it seemed so clear.
‘It's not just about being thin. I was thin.’
Lloyd's eyes turned to the faces of the elf women..
Everyone had prominent cheekbones..
Now that I think about it, the area under my eyes is sunken in and puffy..
His complexion didn't seem to be very bright, and the hand holding the bow was trembling slightly..
It was a little strange.
‘for a moment. There's something about this?’
My senses flashed..
It was from then on..
Lloyd's eyes moved busily..
I looked at the faces of the elves. I observed the forest around me..
Then, things that I couldn't see clearly before due to the tension just before the theft began to come into view..
‘This forest, I can't see any animals.’
It's a forest.
It is also a forest untouched by human hands..
It is an ideal forest full of spring days all year round..
But there were hardly any animals to be seen in that forest..
There were no squirrels or squirrels to run between the branches. I couldn't even hear the birds chirping, which I should have heard if I listened for just a moment..
So, right now, this forest was wrapped in such empty silence..
‘Is this possible??’
I became curious.
Then my eyes caught the sight of the elf women again..
Elf women who love plants so much.
Appears emaciated, as if starved for a long time.
Even the empty sight of the forest with no animals in sight..
‘This can't be right.’
Lloyd's mind became busy..
visible information.
Emerging speculations and inferences.
The puzzle is mixed and put together.
Possibilities emerge and sparkle..
Finally, a hypothesis was created.
Based on that hypothesis, Lloyd immediately came up with a new plan..
I fired the signal of my plan with my mouth..
“Hey, maybe… … Do you like meat??”
“……!”
The elf women's eyes shook..
hypothesis hit.
A smile of remorse appeared on Lloyd's lips..
‘That's right, that's right. You starved a lot of meat..’
Elves who love plants.
A family of elves who love and cherish madly..
So the elves don't damage the plants..
Of course they will never eat plants..
The same applies to any fruit, seed, leaf, stem or root..
‘So these people are all hardcore meat eaters..’
meat.
eat only meat.
But now he looks so dry and gaunt.?
‘It means you can't eat meat. for quite some time.’
I thought about why that was so..
The answer was surprisingly easy.
‘Monster Dominoes. That phenomenon has had an impact here..’
If you think about it, this Everglow Forest was also located within the Eastern Mountain Range..
It would not have been possible to be completely free from the monster domino effect..
The result is?
‘It's obvious. Some group of monsters must have come here and caused a commotion. Of course, it would have been repulsed by the elves. The problem would have started from then on. Suddenly, a group of monsters that I had never seen before started causing an uproar, so all the forest animals that used to live here would have experienced habitat disturbance..’
Inaudible bird chirping.
small invisible animals.
It was already obvious just by looking at it..
A large number of small animals must have felt anxious and moved their habitats. The larger animals that eat them would also have moved their habitats..
‘So the population of animals living in this forest has drastically decreased. What about the elves? The number of prey has decreased drastically..’
There may have been difficulties in hunting for a certain period of time..
Even if you ran hard and shot arrows, you would only get enough meat for everyone to eat..
Lloyd's guesses and hypotheses were true..
In fact, the elf women, including Myira, were quite starving..
When was the last time you successfully hunted?.
When was the last time you chewed neatly dried beef jerky?.
I couldn't even remember much anymore..
I was hungry.
I had no strength in my whole body..
It wasn't just me.
Everyone in the tribe was like that..
Not only women, but also men and children did the same..
The situation was more serious and hopeless than expected..
But there was no solution.
The number of animals in this Everglow Forest, as well as all nearby forests, has drastically decreased. The game itself has become rare..
Of course, this phenomenon will recover as time passes. Because nature hates gaps. In the distant future, the animals that left will return, and the forest will regain its vitality as if it never happened before..
But how long will we have to wait for that to happen?.
Will I be able to survive without starving until then?.
that was the problem.
‘So I'm having a real headache already..’
In this way, even humans entered the forest carelessly..
They dared to damage the roots of the Elencia tree..
They took beautiful flowers hostage and threatened them without hesitation..
My head was pounding..
“What on earth are you planning??”
As soon as I see a gap during the question and answer session, I will put an arrow in your forehead..
With that promise, the elf woman Myira asked in a questioning tone..
Lloyd put a plate on his face..
“I don't have any special plans. but-”
“but?”
“want to negotiate.”
“Negotiation?”
“yes.”
“We don't negotiate with humans. You probably don't know that?”
“Are you negotiating now??”
“…….”
“Besides, you listened to my threat a little while ago. If you think about it, isn’t threatening also a type of negotiation?.”
“That kind of nonsense doesn't work. Of course, I have no intention of negotiating..”
“Then, if the torch goes out like this, you will kill me.?”
“Are you afraid of dying??”
“What you say is obvious.”
Contrary to his words, Lloyd smiled brightly..
And naturally, I blurted out a devilish word..
“I can grill you pork belly..”
“……what?”
“Sizzling. Grumbling. Ah, the fatty and savory pork belly is golden brown on the grill. When one side is cooked well, flip it over and cook again. Then, when you think it's ripe, cut it with scissors. And then I dip it in oil... … Ugh.”
“…….”
The elf women's eyes became slightly hazy..
Lloyd's tongue kept moving..
“If pork isn't your thing, they also have chicken. because. Chicken is truth and light. So, the thoroughly washed chicken is mixed with salt. Pour in milk, store for a day, and sizzle at 165 degrees for 7 minutes. Bake in the second round at 175 degrees for 3 minutes. Imagine this. When you take a bite of the fried chicken leg, the juice will gracefully spread on your tongue. The fragrant scent released by plump breasts..”
“…….”
“Oh, you have sophisticated tastes and like beef? After all, beef isn’t steak, right? First, drain the blood from the beef brisket. Season it with salt. What about after that? It's simple. Chop the pork belly on an iron plate heated over high heat! Cook for 1 minute at a time, and every time you turn it over, oil splatters and looks ugly! When you lower the heat to medium and cook it to your liking, the meat is juicy! While resting and waiting, your salivary glands are also watering.!”
“…….”
“Well, how about.”
gulp.
The elf women responded with slobber instead of words..
It was the moment Lloyd wanted to open the negotiating table..
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