91 Immersing Oneself In Another Culture (1/2)
As the battle raged on, the Void army kept going with their tactics. These were the same ones they used in the other worlds, after all. Why fixed what isn't broken? All the other Nations, especially the ones that didn't merge with the ones that had the other races backing them up.
Once the body count started to rise, and with more unknown factors yet to reveal themselves, the ones who were stubborn started to send out their scouts to accept the terms and conditions set by the major Nations. After all, if even the major Nations were struggling, one can only imagine the lesser ones.
This struggle, however, didn't apply to the <Sovereign Nation>. With the EXP Agimat and the passive from the Angels, the soldiers were already closing in on the Soldier-class levels.
General Vizicsacsi felt as if all the bad luck in the world had befallen him. ”First Princess Ines and now I'm going up against such a difficult enemy. Scout! Report!”
A Soldier-class with similar marks to that of a squad captain. The only difference was that the marks around his eyes were more refined. ”Reporting to the General. After scanning the walls, we've found that even their regular soldiers are on par with our own Soldier-class. The biggest problem, however, are those Mages. Not only are there a lot of Human and Elven Mages, but there are also a surprising amount of High Elf Mages.”
”Damn it! We've drawn the short stick indeed,” General Vizicsacsi clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. ”How about traps? Have you spotted any?” He asked, after regaining his composure.
”There are some, General but...” The Scout hesitated a bit.
”But what?! SPEAK!”
”They have multiple people that can, at the very least, threaten you, General.”
”This...” The scout's statement sent chills downVizicsacsi's spine. ”Of course,” he muttered. ”With how strong their defenses are, of course, they would have even more formidable men. How strong are they?” He asked. However, the scout's next words would cause him to reconsider everything they had planned.
”Unfathomable.” The Scout replied. After seeingVizicsacsi's reaction, he tried his best to make it sound better, ”But of course, General, that's only due to my lack of capabilities. I can at least identify most of them, but there were three that I could not see through. It was a Man, a Woman, a Child. The others seem to look at them with gazes of respect. One can assume that, at the very least, they are high-ranking officials, possibly the leader of this Nation.”
”There is no need to sugarcoat it. Whether he is the leader or not, the idea of activating traps with the Peasant-class militia and having us level (Level 70) General-class storm their base is no longer possible. Keep up the attack. Keep them busy and for crying out loud find the Princess!”
”Yes, General!” The men surrounding him proceeded to carry out his orders, while the scout withdrew to help with the search.
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As the Scout was in the middle of using his eye technique to scout for Princess Ines, he spotted the Princess' tracks. As soon as he saw where they were headed, his eyes widened in dread. ”This! Princess Ines, she couldn't have... headed to the enemy Nation's base?” He felt himself lose all color in his face. It took him a few minutes recover before he finally dashed all the way back to base to report on his findings.
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Sometime later, Ines landed near the South-Western side of Panay Island. ”Whew! Those people were scary, way too scary! Here I thought I would be able to easily walk past them, in the end, I had to go the long route.” Ines proceeded to travel East, traversing the Mountains until she ended up in Iloilo City.
What greeted Ines houses much taller than the ones she saw on the way here. The owners of these houses had obviously spent a decent amount to upgrade them, adding more comfort for their family.
As soon as Ines reached the Plaza Jaro*, she received curious looks from the locals. They talked to each other in whispers, yet Ines could still hear them clearly.
”Who's that?”
”One of the foreigners? How come I've never seen her before?”
”Gwapa sa iya!”**
Ines who had an understanding of the English language understood most of the whispers. She had no knowledge of the local dialect, however. She could only assume from their expressions that they were complimenting her. This made the young Princess smile which made her even more enchanting. Ines was definitely very pretty, it's just that there were also a lot of attractive people within the royal family. Even the servants were outstanding. Thus, it was quite hard for even her to get compliments on her looks, it was mostly her unique attributes that she'd get compliments for.
After all, if one found out that the people around them were whispering good things, that person would most definitely be happy.
This made Ines feel better about her plan: Immersing oneself in another culture.
Truth be told, the Void never had any propaganda against the other worlds, including Earth. They never viewed the humans and the other races as vile. In fact, they viewed the myriad worlds as a paradise.
A new hope for their people. But everytime they would conquer a world, it would self-destruct. The only world not capable of doing so, was Earth. They would have been satisfied with the other worlds, truth be told, but having those worlds be destroyed, meant that the seal preventing them from enterting Earth.
It would continuously weaken up to the point where it was now and would only continue to weaken.
This made Ines more curious than ever. Questions constantly popped into her mind.
”Why can't we live among them?”