Lord of Training - Chapter 129



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129. This is an all-out war.

“There must be a passageway outside the common entrance leading to another common.”

“That’s right. There is a big, long hallway.”

“Do the goblins happen to live in the same hollow where the elves lived?”

“Maybe not?”

“Where is the largest community around you?”

“If you go through the passage on the right, you will see that it splits into several paths. If you continue along the largest passage for four days, you will reach the largest cave in this area. There are records that two hundred thousand elves once lived there.”

“Two hundred thousand in one place?”

There are currently 50,000 people living in this kingdom, and it feels crowded.

If there were 200,000 people, that would mean it was at least four times larger than this place.

Somehow it felt like a goblin kingdom.

If there was a king, there must have been a kingdom.

And there was no other place for hundreds of thousands of goblin legions to live.

“Our ancestors assumed that humans lived here before they mutated into giants. And the passages extend in all directions, almost like connecting cities.”

“Is there a passage leading to the southeast?”

“There must be some. However, there are so many passages and they are also used by goblins, so I haven’t been able to investigate them all.”

Then it seemed necessary to find out.

Since the giant monsters were more dangerous than the goblins, it seemed much safer to move underground.

But who created such a huge place?

This place looked like a large-scale evacuation facility.

‘Could it be that this place was created by refugees from a planet that perished long before these people?’

That could have been possible.

So where did those people go?

I started to think a lot.

And I had no idea how long I stayed in the abyss.

A thousand years had passed since the elven world was destroyed by dimensional monsters. That meant that Earth had perished long before that, meaning that at least a thousand years had passed.

So two thousand years? Three thousand years? Maybe even much longer than that.

Because there was no concept of time there.

Surely the giant monsters here aren’t refugees from Earth?

He shook his head.

I blew away all the useless thoughts.

Let’s just think about what we have to do now.

“Our troops and elves will arrive here later. We will send as many weapons and ammunition as possible then.”

“Please.”

Celindir, the elf warrior, also saw the power of the magic gun I use on the wall, so she said she wanted to try it out right away.

Now the dwarves were making guns and shotguns.

The dwarves’ dexterity is so good that they have already disassembled the orbital giant and made parts out of it.

So we entrusted them with the production of the guns, and they have already started production.

The gun was originally intended for Uncle Sten, but he planned to increase production and supply it to the elves here as well.

The dwarves were increasingly doing great things.

They were even building trams.

“First, I will leave 100 rifles and magic bullets here so that the elves can practice shooting.”

“Oh! If you could do that, it would be a great help to my training. Thank you very much.”

I took out my pistol and ammunition and moved towards the passage through which Iris and the goblin had entered.

“Alain, why did you come out through this passage?”

“I want to go to the kingdom where goblins live.”

“Why there?”

“just in case.”

Iris tilted her head.

Then he hit his knee.

“Ah! To deal with the remaining goblins.”

“Well, that too.”

“Okay! Let’s go!”

Why did the term treasure goblin come into being?

Since they live underground, they like shiny things and collect shiny things deep in their burrows.

The goblins who attacked the human world did not stop at just killing people, but when they saw shiny objects, they would take them and then return to the dimensional gate to hide them in their dens.

I heard that some hunters died while searching for it, and others made a fortune overnight.

“Okay! Let’s hurry!”

“They’re all dead! You goblin babies!”

Paaaaang!

We moved along a wide passage that was 50 meters in diameter.

I have a good feeling about this.

***

The elves said it would take four days, but we flew and arrived in less than a day.

And the fleeing goblin also passed by in the middle.

This is why I was in a hurry.

When the goblins arrived in the kingdom, it was obvious that they would run away without a king, taking all the glittering treasures.

So I’ll take care of that.

“Puke!”

“Kkuit!”

I also took the puke out of the water bottle.

There were too many goblins guarding the entrance.

Since they still did not know that their king was dead, they had to show him the appearance of his dead king.

“Listen carefully to that!”

“Kkuit!”

The water spirit Puke, a high-ranking spirit, could lift and fly objects much heavier than I could.

That’s why Fouquet carried the Goblin King’s corpse and advanced first.

And Iris and I held rifles on the left and right.

“Kkuruk?”

“Are you kidding me?”

The goblins looked shocked at the sight of the king’s corpse.

“Iris, attack!”

“okay!”

We aimed our rifles at the goblins.

Crunch!

Tata tang! Tata tang!

“Kueuk!”

“Kkiak!”

The goblins fell helplessly and began to run away.

This was intended to prevent them from thinking of running away with the treasure.

Crunch! Ta-aang!

Phew!

Hwaaaaah!

A violent explosion and flames shot up from the center of the room.

‘Wow! There are a lot.’

There were a huge number of goblins that attacked the elven colony, and the number of goblins that remained here was also considerable.

As we continued to attack them as we entered, they began to run away towards the entrance.

“Puke! Keep moving!”

“Kkuit!”

We continued towards the innermost cavity.

And then there were dozens of goblin guards guarding the entrance.

That means that place was the Goblin King’s residence.

“Kkuruk?”

“Huh?”

The goblin guards also looked at the goblin king’s corpse in confusion.

“Iris, go and handle it!”

“okay!”

Paaaaang!

Crunch! Crunch!

As Iris swung her dimensional sword, the goblin guards also began to flee.

Only then did I place the corpse of Goblin King Gorga back in the workshop.

If the corpse is rotten or damaged, it will be difficult to make it into a homunculus later.

“Alain, I’ve sorted it all out.”

“Iris, I’ll go check inside and come back. You and Puke, guard this place.”

“Okay. Have a good trip.”

Iris guarded the entrance, and I went in together.

‘It’s too dark here······.’

The common area was very dark, perhaps because the hole in the ceiling had been blocked.

Although my night vision improved after taking the elixir, it was still difficult to distinguish objects without any light.

I was thinking about throwing flash grenade powder, but then I thought it would be a waste.

Crunch!

Aimed at the central ceiling of the common area.

All the cavities I’ve seen so far have been open.

Taang! Kwaaang!

The hole in the ceiling that had been blocked by the explosion was opened.

Dirt and rocks came crashing down.

And then the light came on.

‘Wow! It’s dazzling!’

As expected, hard work never betrays!

In the center of the room was a small hill of shiny objects.

I came closer.

‘Oh! This is gold!’

There were also quite a few gold necklaces, gold bracelets, and gold coins.

Elves also like gold.

Gold had value because it did not change no matter how much time passed, and it was good for making jewelry because it sparkled more in the sunlight like it does now.

This was probably brought by our elven ancestors from their world.

But it would have been useless here.

There were also many things made of silver, such as tableware and candle holders.

As expected of a goblin, it seemed like he had brought all the shiny things with him.

At this rate, you won’t be short on money for a while.

I’ll have to ask the dwarves to make me some gold or silver bars.

‘What metal is this?’

There was a metal I had never seen before.

It sparkled when exposed to light and was very hard.

Let’s sweep it all away!

Because it was such a hard metal, it seemed like it would have many uses.

I had been sweeping up all those sparkling treasures for a long time, and now there was not much left on the floor.

‘Huh? What is this?’

Something I’ve never seen before has appeared.

It looks exactly like a human wrist.

I opened the status window.

[Dimensional Suit (Wrist) – The wrist part of the dimensional suit that allows you to fly in the sky.

The Dimensional Suit is a portable flying device that allows humans to fly by blasting powerful winds from its back, arms, and legs.

[A Dimensional Core Fragment is needed to activate the Dimensional Suit.]

I read the description in the status window and was surprised and puzzled.

This was not the legacy of the elven world.

In a more advanced form, it was a part of a suit that allowed people to fly.

‘Is this something made by the ancestors of the giants?’

So, it could be an invention of highly developed humans here.

By the way, the humans here also used fragments of the dimensional core?

Perhaps they were a much older and more advanced species than Earth.

I don’t know why I suddenly became a giant.

Are there any other parts?

I quickly looked around.

Unfortunately, there was only the wrist part of the dimensional suit here.

Then, somewhere in this world, there might be the remaining parts.

If there was a dimensional suit like this, even the flightless Okarin and Evolod could fly.

Then, the power can be strengthened as well.

If we were to study the dimensional suit again, it seemed possible to create a faster airship. The current airship was too slow at the initial level.

‘Let’s look it up later.’

First, I put the remaining items in the alchemist’s workshop.

When I looked at the shiny objects piled high on one side of the workshop, I felt a sense of pride.

Clean up later!

Actually, I have so many things in my alchemist’s storage right now that I need to catch up and clean them out sometime.

Because it’s piled up to the point where I don’t even know where anything is anymore.

There was no reason to stay here anymore.

I looked around once more and headed towards the entrance.

“Let’s go, Iris!”

Now that we had packed our bags, it was time to go back.

We headed to base camp.

***

Using orbital giants, they felled and chopped down large trees in the area to create a sturdy 70-meter high fence around the gate and base camp.

The giant monsters are up to 15 meters tall, so even they won’t be able to surpass them easily.

Chi-chik!

– Sir, this is Major Phelps.

“Tell me.”

– In two days, I will board a transport plane from Waples in the Principality of Nubua to the Kingdom of Atlan.

“Okay. I’ll go right away.”

The operations were carried out separately, but the returns had to be done simultaneously.

In particular, since it was my mission to escort Princess Sophia, I had to hurry to the capital and join them.

And since the Southern Fleet had already arrived at the Kingdom of Nubua, the special forces had to return as well.

“Evolod, I’ll leave the orbital giant behind, so cooperate with the dwarves to make the base stronger.”

“Don’t worry about that. This is where we will live in the future, so we will defend it as much as possible. More importantly, can we trust King Erminas and the Kingdom of Harlin?”

“Well, since we’ve decided to join forces, we should start by giving them weapons and ammunition. Why? Don’t you trust them?”

“No. Their situation is more desperate than our elves’, so they are trustworthy. It’s just······.”

Evolod trailed off.

Although they are from the same forest elf clan, they lived separately for a thousand years.

Their ancestors were also different.

Even the leaders now are different.

Besides, the elves of the Harlin Kingdom number 50,000, but the elves led by Evolod number only 5,000.

Evolod was worried that the elven clan that followed him would be absorbed into the Kingdom of Harlin.

“Don’t worry about it. No matter how much their power grows, you are the ones who are connected to us. You are the ones who control the gate. So, they won’t be able to do anything without going through you.”

“I guess so. The situation will change depending on what we do.”

“Yes. Now, we need to make spirit bullets and spirit shells.”

“I have already prepared the elite rangers.”

“Good. Then let’s go to the Reminston Estate today. There’s a spirit gate there.”

“I get it.”

There was one reason why Evolod readily sent his elite ranger elves.

It was because Iris decided to stay here.

And we decided to leave a mobile dimensional capsule here for Iris.

***

[Atlan Kingdom Military Supreme Command]

“Chung! I’m back.”

“You’ve worked hard.”

Supreme Commander Harry Russell looked very tired.

“Your face has become haggard.”

“I guess I was given this position for nothing. I feel like my lifespan is getting shorter every day. Oh! Did you hear the news?”

“Yes, I heard it on my way here.”

Commander Harry looked bitter.

“The Imperial Aerial Magic Knights who attacked the S-class Labyrinth Gate have returned. Now that they are deployed to the Baern Kingdom front and the southern continent, war will begin immediately.”

“What will happen to our Atlan?”

I asked because I hadn’t decided yet whether I would participate in the war.

“We have decided to support the Kingdom of Helione. If the Empire takes the southern continent, we will no longer be able to stop them.”

“This is an all-out war.”

“Yes, it’s an all-out war. And the Republic of Arica will support the Kingdom of Bavaria.”

“A republic? That’s surprising.”

Commander Harry shook his head.

“It seems that the southwestern lands of the Kingdom of Bavaria have been given to the Republic of Arica.”

“Then wouldn’t the Republic of Arica be advancing into the central continent?”

“yes.”

This was a different matter from exerting political influence on the Kingdom of Lutes, as it gave them land in the central continent.

“The Bavarians and their leaders must have thought that was better than the kingdom being destroyed.”

I think the Kingdom of Bavaria had no choice.

Even if they could somehow block the orbital tanks and troops, there was almost no force that could stop the Empire’s aerial magic knights.

“This time, we’re going with the 7th Mobile Corps’ Airborne Magic Fleet, so the burden on the special forces will be less.”

“How many people are coming?”

“There are 100 people.”

Then, only 150 aerial magic knights will be dispatched from our Atlan.

If you include the magic knights from the two kingdoms of the southern continent, the number comes to close to 300.

Then we outnumbered the Imperial Airborne Magic Knights.

However, they must have become quite strong after gaining experience in the Labyrinth Gate.

The number of named players will also increase.

“When is departure?”

“The aerial magic knights will depart in one month, and the troops in two months.”

An all-out war with the empire······.

There was no lack of relativity.

It was a good stage for me to pour out all of the skills I had built up so far and the power of the special forces.

End