Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 371



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Episode 371

Brielle crouched under a charred tree stump, looking at the sprouts. A dark elf girl of about the same age sat beside her.

The dark elf girl’s name was Josephine.

Josephine muttered with a look of rapture.

“Wow! Has Brielle ever seen anything like this?”

“No! This is my first time too.”

“Really? You have so much experience?”

“It doesn’t matter what you experience. You can’t see sprouts like this anywhere else.”

“I see.”

“Your responsibility is huge. Do you know that?”

“Of course. This is my tree, so I will take responsibility for it and take care of it.”

It was a tree that sprouted today.

Flora and the dark elves entrusted this tree to Josephine.

The enormous responsibility of growing this tiny sprout into a magnificent tree fell upon Josephine.

Not only Josephine, but all the young dark elves were assigned a tree.

If protecting the Black Forest was the role of the adults, growing trees was the role of the young dark elves.

Josephine looked at Brielle.

“Don’t you feel sorry, Brielle?”

“what?”

“You didn’t get any sprouts? Instead of leaving, why don’t you stay here and grow the trees?”

“It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing I can do. This isn’t my home.”

“When another sprout comes out, I’ll grow it nicely. It’ll be a Brielle tree. So, if you miss the forest, come visit me anytime.”

“Thank you! Even if it was just empty words… … .”

“It’s not just empty words. It’s true!”

Josephine looked at Brielle with a look of resentment.

Brielle smiled at the sight of Josephine, who looked as if she might burst into tears at any moment.

“I know it’s true. So please take good care of my tree. I’ll come visit often.”

“Don’t worry. Leave it to me! I’ll take responsibility and raise it big and pretty.”

“Okay! Please.”

“huh!”

Josephine answered with a bright expression.

She was unusually cheerful, perhaps because she had never experienced rock bottom like Brielle.

Not only Josephine, but other dark elf children were also pure.

Because of that, even though she was about the same age as Brielle, she felt much younger.

“My legs are numb. I have to get up now.”

Brielle stood up, pounding her fists under her thighs.

“Are you going?”

“Yeah! I should go see Zeon.”

“Okay! See you later.”

“okay!”

Brielle walked towards the moat where Zeon was.

‘good night.’

The smile never left her lips as she walked through the black forest.

The sight of dark elves cherishing the sprouts and buds seen everywhere brought peace to her heart.

It was the first time I felt this peaceful.

Now I think I understand why the adults of the High Elf village missed the forest of Kurayan so much.

‘If I ever return to the village, I want to bring some of the sprouts from here with me.’

The village of the High Elves was no different from the village where the Dark Elves lived.

They barely managed to survive day by day on the dry land where not a single blade of grass grew, and there was no hope whatsoever.

Looking back, it wasn’t really a living thing.

Since I couldn’t just die on my own, I gave up everything and just kept breathing.

Humans and elves alike needed hope.

Just as the dark elves here saw the sprouts and had hope for the future.

I wanted to keep this hope alive. To do that, I had to first protect the Black Forest.

Zeon was in the center of the forest, where Harga had made a dent.

There was not only Silk Jeon in front of Kochi.

Goduwon, Levin, Flora, and several dark elf warriors were watching Gochi with serious expressions.

The cradle in front of them was glowing.

For several days now, Gochi has been emitting a pure white light as if it were embracing the sun.

Even without that, the pure white gochi was dazzling and radiating light, making it difficult to look straight at.

Flora and the dark elves could not hide their excited expressions.

“It looks like a spirit will be born soon.”

“I can see spirits with my own eyes.”

“I can’t believe it. I’m part of this great moment.”

Although they had never seen a spirit before, they could feel it instinctively.

That the spirit will be born soon.

Brielle also stood in front of Kochi.

As I was bathed in the pure white light radiating from the kochi, my whole body felt energized.

Even Brielle, a high elf, is affected by the spirit’s energy.

On the other hand, humans Zeon and Levin didn’t feel much of a change. They just felt a little bit refreshed.

Brielle and the dark elves closed their eyes and felt the energy emanating from the cocoon with their whole bodies.

Their bodies were already reacting even though the spirits had not yet fully formed.

It felt like I had found a piece of my lost soul.

It felt like the parts that had always been empty were now filled and complete.

I think I finally understand now.

Why did the old dark elves who came from Kurayan miss those days so much?

Elves were beings loved by the spirits.

Any elf could make a pact with a spirit and use their power without compensation.

Elves who are friendly will sometimes make contracts with multiple spirits on their own.

The spirits were their friends and soul mates.

But when he came to Earth, his connection with the spirits was completely lost.

The sense of loss felt when losing something that was taken for granted was bound to be great. The elves who came to Earth must have lived until now feeling as if they had lost a piece of their soul.

I felt ashamed that I had dismissed the old elves’ ramblings as mere embellishments of memories without even knowing that.

Brielle asked Zeon.

“What happens in the future?”

“what?”

“What will happen to the elves and this world when the spirits are born? Will they be able to recover to how they were before?”

“Well! It might be hard right now, but as time goes by and more spirits are born, wouldn’t the possibility increase? Everything is hard at first, but it gets a little easier from the second time on.”

“I guess so.”

Brielle clenched her tiny fists.

There was a determination on her face that I had never seen before.

Levin said as he looked at Brielle like that.

“What? You want to fight the whole world?”

“What does that mean?”

“Your eyes look like that right now. They look like you’re going to fight the whole world by yourself.”

“Tch! What are you talking about?”

It was when Brielle pouts.

bang!

An explosion erupted from the entrance to the Black Forest.

“It’s a demon.”

“Everyone gather together!”

At the same time, the urgent voices of the dark elves guarding the entrance were heard.

Those who had been watching Kochi, including Zeon, also hurriedly ran to the entrance of the Black Forest.

At the entrance to the Black Forest, a black mass of demons was swarming in.

There was a wide variety of types of demons, from low-level demons like one-horned hyenas, to mid-level demons like crimson bears with thorns all over their bodies, to large demons like cyclops wielding giant clubs.

“Oh my god! What is all that?”

“That many people came? This is driving me crazy!”

“If you have time to chatter, prepare to fight first. We have to make sure they don’t cross the moat.”

The Awakened and the Dark Elves prepared for battle with stern expressions.

Sweat was running down their faces from the tension.

The only good thing is that the moat was prepared in advance.

Thanks to the huge moat created by Zeon, the demons could not attack at once.

The moat that Zeon created was so wide and deep that even large-scale horsemen could not easily cross it.

The sand moat was so deep that once you fell in, it was hard to get out because the sand kept flowing down.

Because of this, the demons that had gathered to target the spirits had no choice but to be forced into a narrow entrance created in the middle of the moat.

The entrance was deliberately made narrow to lure the demons there.

Among the demons, there were some that were as smart as humans. Such childish traps would not work on such beings. Fortunately, however, there were no such beings among the demons that had gathered just now.

Sniff sniff!

Krrrr!

Reason did not exist among the demons who had gathered, entranced by the scent of the spirit.

They were squeezing their way in through the narrow entrance, trying to catch the spirit first.

That’s why they were all entangled and in chaos.

“All attack!”

“Not a single one should pass!”

The human Awakened and the dark elves attacked those beasts.

Cold weapons and magic skills struck the demons’ bodies.

bang!

Kew!

The chaos at the entrance to the Black Forest reached its peak as the roar of the demons mixed with the noise.

Dealing with lower-level demons like the one-horned hyena or the fire wolf wasn’t that difficult.

The problem was the medium-sized and larger demons.

Boom! Boom!

They tried to enter the Black Forest, trampling on smaller demons without hesitation.

It was clear that all the sprouts would be trampled if medium-sized demons several times larger than humans stirred within the Black Forest.

Flora shouted.

“All warriors, prepare to attack. Not a single demon can enter here.”

“ancient!”

The dark elf warriors answered with determined expressions.

Kkuuuuung!

At that moment, a crimson bear covered in thorns entered the entrance with a roar.

It was a crimson bear that was over five meters tall.

As if he was annoyed, he kicked the demons blocking his way with his feet. Every time he did, three or four lower-level demons turned into blood cakes and flew in all directions.

The bastard’s eyes were bloodshot and thick drool was constantly flowing from his mouth.

Crimson Bear continued to look around, sniffing around as if trying to catch the scent of the spirit.

Finally finding the scent he was looking for, the bastard’s gaze turned directly to where the gochi was.

Crimson Bear tried to run straight to where the gochi was.

At that moment, Flora gave an order.

“Attack the Crimson Bear. Focus on its armpits, they’re its weak point.”

“four!”

A dozen dark elf warriors ran towards the Crimson Bear.

Flora divided the dark elf warriors into five groups for convenience.

It was to respond according to the situation and circumstances.

The Dark Elf warriors fought fiercely against the Crimson Bear.

They focused their attack on Crimson Bear’s armpits as Flora had said.

Then another medium-sized demon appeared.

Flora gave the order without delay.

“This team is going out.”

“four!”

Even after this group was dispatched, the demons continued to sneak in through the entrance.

Flora blocked it by deploying dark elf warriors depending on the situation.

The human awakeners weren’t just sitting back and watching.

They assisted the dark elves as skillfully as if they had been working together their entire lives.

Thanks to this, I was able to block the medium-sized demons without much difficulty.

Cool!

The Crimson Bear, which had charged forward with great momentum, screamed and fell down. It had lost its life to the attack of the Dark Elf warriors.

“This is our territory. We will never hand it over to the devil.”

“You can’t take another step in here until you kill us all.”

The dark elf warriors roared.

But they all knew.

That means the real battle hasn’t started yet.

The large bell demons were still not moving.

The moment they move, the real battle begins. And that moment comes quickly.

Boom! Boom!

The large demons that had been watching from behind finally began to move.

It was Cyclops who opened the gate.

They were coming into the black forest carrying huge clubs on their shoulders.

“You are my share.”

Flora ran out at a rapid pace.

The dark elves who had been waiting followed.

Zeon and Levin could not help them.

Their gaze was turned toward the distant sky.

The sky was pitch black, and flying demons were flying toward us.

“It’s our turn!”

“I’ll go first, hyung!”

Levin turned into a ghost and flew up.