Chapter 584 - Winds of War from All Sides(1/3) (2/2)
“Good. Now go. Let the pathetic creatures of this realm see for themselves how these elves came to destroy their own world. Hahaha, idiots, the lot of them.”
The voice gradually faded away. Finally, the room once again fell into silence.
Molina was still kneeling on the ground. Five minutes later, she wiped the tears from her eyes and whispered, “Goodbye, Katyusha.”
She stood up and walked out of the room. There were three Legendary Nagas already waiting outside the room.
Molina had regained her authoritative demeanor as a Naga Priest. She said with a low voice, “Alright, Master has given us his orders…”
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The High Elves were not wasting any time on the Isle of Dawn as well. They were already in the midst of the realm reunification’s preparations.
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The High Elf royal palace, Andwar
The High Elf Queen was listening to her subordinates’ reports on their progress.
“Your Highness, we’ve already begun the reunification runestone’s construction. With our current rate of progress, we’ll have it ready in approximately 14 months.”
“Very good. Has contact been made with Princess Milda on the other side?” asked the queen.
The one who answered her was King Mordena. He stepped forward, frowning. “We’ve made contact, but Milda did not agree with what we’re doing. No matter how I tried explaining it to her, she still strongly objected to it.”
“Uhm?” The queen was confused. “Did you not explain to her the current state of the Firuman continent?”
“I did, but she said that the risks of reuniting the two realms are huge and that there is a better solution to our problem. She has even proposed an alternative.”
“What alternative?” The queen was troubled. She would not have been as upset if it had been the elders who objected to her wishes. But this was her own daughter they were talking about. In the past, Milda had always been the respectful and compliant daughter. Now, she seemed to think that she now stood on equal footing with her own mother. Was this still the same obedient Milda she had raised?
“She said that her power had reached Level-16. She’s also now a priest of the Blazing Fire sect. With your consent, she could send two Level-14 Inferno Warriors to help us out.”
In truth, King Mordena thought that her daughter’s plan was excellent. Deep down, he felt that the reunification of the two realms was just too risky. One mistake was enough to set off a catastrophe of a magnitude that surpassed even the Mana Disaster.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the queen immediately waved a dismissive hand. “The realm reunification will proceed as planned. There’s no turning back now. What we should be discussing now is how best to reduce the risks we’re running instead of switching plans halfway through!”
Seeing that her husband still had second thoughts, she said even more assertively, “King Mordena, two Level-14 Inferno Warriors are certainly powerful, but can they take on Ferde’s Mage Tower themselves? The power of that Mage Tower is not to be taken lightly. Not even a hundred Inferno Warriors would be enough to resist its attacks, let alone two. And so what if we manage to kill Link? The humans remain numerous. Who’s to say another Link won’t rise up against us in the future? After reuniting the two realms, our forces will be in the millions. At that point, we’ll have both the all-powerful World Tree capable of fending off even gods and ten thousand years of magical knowledge on our side. Even if the humans are able to find allies of their own from the Aragu realm, they won’t stand a chance against us!”
Finally, she said, “Have you forgotten Ariel? She’s your daughter, and she’s also the first royal family member to be killed by a human. This affront will be paid in human blood!”
At this point, King Mordena could not say anything else to change the queen’s mind.
Though Milda had objected to this, the fact remained that she was still in another realm and did not fully understand Firuman’s current state. Her plan would only serve as a temporary solution to the High Elves’ troubles. On the other hand, the queen’s plan would completely turn the situation to their advantage. They would also finally be able to avenge Ariel’s death. King Mordena nodded and said, “I’ll contact Milda and have her full support on this matter.”
“Go then. Tell her that her sister was slain by the humans!”
King Mordena nodded, “As you wish.”
He turned to leave. Just then, a High Elf elder stepped forth and said, “Your Highness, we received word from one of our sentries that the Emerald Council will not support our plan and that they intend to stop us. They also seem to have known about the existence of the Book of Creation.”
He handed a letter over to the queen.
The queen gave it a glance, then fell silent for a few seconds. Finally, she said, “Take this to King Mordena. Tell him to ask Princess Milda to send over her two Inferno Warriors.”
At the moment, the High Elves were running short on powerful Warriors. There was no way they could oppose the Emerald Council’s Magicians on their own. They needed outside help right now.
“As you wish, Your Highness.” The elder immediately left the palace to carry out his order.
The rest of the High Elves then continued reporting their progress on different aspects of the realm reunification plan to the queen. As an ancient race, they had never done anything like this before, but there had been many scholars in the past who had explored the possibility of reuniting two realms and had even conducted large-scale experiments on the subject. Right now, aided by the wisdom of these scholars, the High Elves carried out every step of their plan steadily and without any trace of disorder.
As the winds of war began to blow across the continent, the Magicians of Ferde had also begun making their own preparations.