Chương 33: Chapter 32: Elves Set Out for Revenge

As the leader of the apostles was already heavily injured, his running speed could be considered slow. It didn't take me long, and only a few minutes later, I caught up to confront the apostle. The apostle at this point looked very weakened from all that had happened. Seeing the apostle so weak now boosted my confidence, as the level gap between us was still so vast. I then arrived in front of the apostle, who had to stop to see who was blocking the way.

As the apostle saw me completely, a question was asked in a heavy breath, "Who are you and why are you trying to stop me? Are you related to that thing that caused me so many injuries?" I replied, "So what if I am?" The apostle angrily stated, "Then I will make your demise so horrible you will wish that you never angered me." The apostle then cast light magic that was almost to a certain degree weaker than the goddess Trisha's.

I was surprised this apostle still had this much strength left after surviving two nuclear bombs. I soon noticed a flaw, though, because the spellcasting was taking an unusually long time, which I quickly exploited. Now that the apostle was so heavily injured, it seemed casting spells was now a struggle, and that was true even if the magical power left was sufficient. I quickly slashed at the hand that was about to fire off the light magic, to which the apostle tried to pull back.

I was a moment faster, as the apostle was in the middle of casting and didn't have time to deactivate the magic. The result was me taking an arm off of the apostle, further injuring the already heavily injured apostle. I didn't give up as I slashed again to try to finish the apostle off while the pain was still present from having an arm taken. As the apostle was writhing in pain, my sword came crashing down, intending to end things once and for all.

Before the apostle could react, my sword sliced the apostle in two, ending a very strong being just that simply. My system then notified: Level Up: 4502 I was slowly approaching the level of a fallen god, and I was satisfied by the gains I had received today. This was more progress than I made in the previous few hundred years. Now that I had killed so many apostles, I wondered if it was finally over for the time being. I then decided to wait it out as I headed back to my kingdom as the day had been won.

This battle then brought a small era of peace, and nothing major happened for the next two months. In this time, Shiro has been working hard to build more nuclear bombs, as they were so useful. With her efforts, we now have a grand total of two additional nuclear bombs, totaling three. Though at this point the materials have run completely dry, and Shiro couldn't find any more.

Though we only had three nuclear bombs it should be enough for the time being, so I wasn't worried too much as I supported Sophia in ruling the kingdom. Then, after experiencing this brief era of peace, new trouble arrived. Claire came to give a report. I was told she went back to the elf territory after supporting Sophia for a while and stabilizing things. The elf race is a big mystery, because they extremely hate humans.

Now that the top human forces were dead, there was a chance they might take advantage and attack. Claire has been watching over them in case such a thing happened. Stolen story; please report. Wondering what could have happened, I asked Claire, "Why have you rushed back? You look like something urgent has happened." Claire replied, "The elves have learned about the fall of the humans and are preparing to come to finish them off. It seems the leader has rallied the elf race to deal the finishing blow to humans.

They will soon come to attack." Listening to her report, I felt a slight headache. I had just finished the problem with apostles, and now there is a new problem with elves. It seems problems never end in this world. I asked, "How long do we have? What are the general forces that you managed to find?" Claire replied, "They will soon come in about a month after they finish preparations. As for the size of the forces, the average force is about level 100, with the strongest, who is the leader, being at level 2352."

I then felt a wave of relief as I heard about this. I have been facing too many powerful opponents lately, and I had assumed the elves had an extremely powerful being among their ranks. With a mere level 2352 being their highest, my worries have lessened, but a sudden thought came to mind. I asked, "How accurate is your information? Do you think they have any secret powers that you haven't found?" Claire replied, "This is only the strongest that I could find.

As for there being stronger forces, I simply don't know." My guess seemed to be true, and there could be unknown danger. My only solace was that we too had secret weapons we could use. I then gave a task to Claire, "Continue your surveillance on the elves. If they are about to come, then come back to report again so we can be prepared." Claire nodded her head in understanding and set off to complete my task. I then went to find Shiro to explain the situation.

As soon as I found her, I explained the situation and asked her to be ready to fire a nuclear bomb in case of emergencies. Shiro then nodded excitedly, because she wanted to feel the power in her hands again. With my biggest trump card prepared, I then waited to confront the elves. If they don't want to end things peacefully, I don't mind forcing them to become peaceful through other means. I then found my mindset had slightly changed recently.

I could only attribute it to the pure taste of power that came with a nuclear bomb. I then set the thought aside, and there were more important things to do. Soon, the month that Claire had warned about had arrived, and she came back to tell us that the elves had now moved out, heading towards us. I then got Shiro to prepare as I quickly went to the edge of the kingdom to meet them. After another day, the elves had arrived in the far distance. There were thousands of elves coming towards us.

The sight could be said to be threatening as there were so many elves coming seeking blood. In the distance, leading the group, I could see the so-called elf king that Claire had told me about. On either side of the elf king were his guards that were just as strong, and one was at level 1953 while the other was at level 2024. The elves slowly marched towards us as we slowly waited for them to arrive.

I had moved a decent distance from the kingdom in case we needed to use a nuclear bomb for emergencies, and the wait didn't take long. The elf king, as he got close, seemed like he would ignore us, but as he got closer and had a look at me, he decided to stop the army in front of me. The elf king then questioned, "Who are you, mighty one? What brings you here to confront my people?" I wondered how this elf could tell that I was strong, but in the end, I replied, "I am Ren Amaya and have come to seek peace with you.

I am here to stop you from attacking the humans." The elf king calmly spoke, "My people have been oppressed by humans for far too long. We cannot just let them go now that they are too weak to resist." I then asked, "Then what do we have to do to solve this peacefully?" The elf king answered, "Then set all my people who are being enslaved free, as well as sacrifice ten times the number of humans as there are slaves. We need to vent our anger for our people for the injustice we have suffered."

I replied, "The first condition is easy to solve, but the second condition is not possible. I can at most punish those who have enslaved elves, and I cannot just hand over such a large amount of people." The elf king then stated, "Since you don't accept, then this means war. If you want to stop us peacefully so bad, then defeat us first. Only winners have the right to make demands of the loser." The elf army then took out their weapons, intending to choose violence to solve the situation.

The elf king as well as his guards also got serious, and they looked at me with murderous intent. It seems this conflict could not be avoided or solved peacefully. It seems fighting is the only solution. I then reluctantly took out my sword as I was preparing to engage the elf army in war.