Chương 371: Intermission. Eve's Preparation

Eve Minerva's Point Of View /CLANG! CLANG! CLANK! /" I yield!"" You're not staying focused enough, that'll cost you on the field whenever you need to fight! Focus on the enemy first and foremost, only spread your attention out once you've grasped their speed and rhythm!" Shane had given up after I forced his training sword to fly away from us.

His strength is still something to be desired, he still hasn't told me his Job Class, but Uncle said it was strong and he needed training, but how am I supposed to be a good sparring partner if all I can do is offer the bare minimum of guidance? Uncle Cain has spoken to Shane on more than 1 occasion about his Job, but I've always been hushed away. Why that is, I have no idea. There wasn't this much secrecy around my Job Class... And it's one of the Rarest in history!" Eve! Shane! Line up!"

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"!" Uncle Cain's voice called out to us. It snapped me out of my thoughts as Shane lined up next to me. We turned to Uncle Cain's voice and stood as straight as we could as Uncle Cain came walking up to me. He had a stern gaze in his eyes as he began to observe my Brother and I up and down for a few minutes." Good, neither of you are injured from that.

Eve, you're doing a great job toughening Shane up, but don't allow him to hurt you either, so much as a scratch from him and I'll be punishing you with strict training in Kata and sword practice."" Why so harsh?"" Because you're the "Elder" here, Shane needs to learn, while you also stay sharp. I know you may be feeling frustrated, but that ends today.

I had to pull a few strings back at the office, but now, with all of the work your father piled on me after our little spat, I can finally really dig my feet into the ground and train you as I wanted to."" Have you begun speaking to Father again, Uncle?" Shane asked a question I wanted to know as well. Ever since Uncle and Father had their spat 6 months ago, both of them have simply stopped speaking to each other. From what I can see, it's mostly that they're both upset for different things.

Father is upset that Uncle isn't 100% behind him and Uncle Cain is angry that Father won't rethink his plan. His feeling that we shouldn't be involved with the planning of an assassination attempt is one I agree with, I have no want nor desire to allow an assassin to kill my enemies, I want to kill them with my own hands... Especially that damned Marquess Drake. My desire to kill him has only grown with time since he embarrassed me from our first meeting.

From calling me "pretty" during battle, to using tricks and subterfuge to gain openings to the point that I had use a few of my abilities as a War Valkyrie. That would've completely blown my cover if not for the fact that no people outside of Alfheim have seen my abilities and lived to tell the tale. I shook the anger from my mind as I watched for Uncle's response to Shane's question." No. And I don't plan on speaking to him for quite some time.

I'd like to not speak about this with you both for the foreseeable future. This is an issue between 2 men, you shouldn't have to be caught in the middle of it."" But you're both Our Family, Uncle."" That may be so, but having Family caught in the middle of the feud just makes more anger and resentment grow. Both your father and I have dug our boots in the sand already, no good will come trying to drag our stubborn rears out of it for the time being." With that, Uncle Cain ended the conversation.

The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. /BOOM! /"!"

"!"" What was that!?" Just as I was thinking about how to continue the conversation with Uncle Cain, a gigantic, deafening explosion came from the left of our position. Shane shouted as we all turned to look at the explosion. A giant mushroom cloud had formed to our left, just as I was thinking about what to do, Uncle Cain gave Shane and I his commands." Shane, Eve! Follow me! Keep a look out and prepare to attack with Magic as soon as you see anything hostile.

We're going to investigate what that was, if it's any enemies of Alfheim, our objective changes from investigation to fleeing to safety! Understood!?"" Understood!"" Follow behind me! Don't break rank for anything!" With his last command, we all began to run, the cloud was only around 3 miles away from us, not far, not too close. It seems to be past the training forest that was next to us, we quickly began climbing the trees to cover more space than simply running on the ground.

Despite how far it seems to a regular person, all 3 of us were able to arrive at the other end of the forest in less than 10 minutes, that of course, was thanks to us jumping from tree to tree." What the hell?" Uncle Cain was surprised by what we were all looking at. A crowd of Elves were sitting near a giant crater in the crowd... And from what I can see, my Father and my Elder Brothers are also there.

We were noticed and the Guards that were obviously assigned to protect their Royal Family took a defensive position until they realized who we were. Once they did, they returned their weapons to their sheaths and raised their spears. We walked towards the crowd to see what had happened with that giant explosion." Brother! Eve! Shane! Good to see you all!" My Father appeared to be in a good mood for some reason." Brother, what was that?"" What was what, Brother?" My Father had a teasing smile on his face.

It showed that he knew what Uncle Cain was speaking about, but he's choosing to be obtuse about it." The explosion that left that giant crater! It made all of the wildlife in the forest run to the East of us. That wasn't normal."" Ah, you mean my weapon?"" Weapon? This is a bit farther than a weapon, don't you think? This seems like one of the Human's Explosion Spells."" That's exactly what it is, Brother."" What?" Uncle Cain was shocked to hear what my Father had said. He wasn't the only one.

Both Shane and I had no clue what my Father meant by his answer to Uncle Cain's inquiry." What do you mean? There aren't any Humans here in Alfheim last I checked. So, what did you do?" My Father just smiled at Uncle Cain as he spoke. Once Uncle Cain had finished his question, my Father didn't change from his simple smile, this caused Uncle Cain to grow more and more irritated with my Father's attitude. pressure...

I could feel my Uncle begin to unleash a small amount of his mana, until we heard a voice cut the silence in half like a knife." We've Enchanted a Tool to use Explosion Magic. We're testing it to make sure it's viable and works correctly." My Eldest Brother, Brandon, was the one to speak up, he seems to be growing fed up with Father's attitude towards Uncle Cain. Father's smile left his face as Brandon continued to speak." The Magical Tool Makers have been able to modify the Spell to not harm us."" Us?

You mean Elves? How do you even do something like that?"" I don't know, Uncle, I'm not a Magical Tool Maker, so I wouldn't be able to tell you. All I know is that they've been able to do it after researching for quite a while. As you can see, the effects are quite destructive, however, take a look at that man there." Brandon pointed at a person in the crowd, the man didn't really stand out one way or another, he was just a regular young Elf." What about him, Brandon? Is he the one who activated the Tool?""

Yes, it was a bracelet. His condition has just been finished being looked at, the only difference is that he's fatigued from him adrenaline dumping before activating the tool. Besides that, he's a little dusty from the being in the epicenter of the cloud, but other than those 2 things, he's completely fine." As Brandon explained, all 3 of us had taken a good look at the man, Brandon wasn't lying, he seemed perfectly healthy." Is this your plan, Brother?" Uncle began to speak to Father again."

Are you going to just blow up the Kings and their Guards at the Summit? That's your grand plan? Do you have any idea how foolish that is?"" What is foolish about removing those lesser beings?" PRESSURE! /RUMBLE! /"!" Uncle couldn't hold back his anger and again his rage exploded. His Mythic level Mana began to bear down on everyone, the only ones able to hold their own were myself, my Older Brothers Brandon and Edwin and my Father." Brother.

You're going down a dark road that I will never support, if you can't see the place this will lead, not just the Minerva Family, but Elves as a whole, then you are truly lost. Eve! Pick up Shane, we're leaving." I did as my Uncle commanded. My Brothers all looked confused at my Father, as if they can't believe he's allowed his relationship with Uncle Cain to worsen like it has.