There Is No World For ■■ - Chapter 512



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EP.512 The person closest to the top 10. (3)

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The sprout of the world tree.

Contrary to its grandiose name, the appearance of the sprout was unremarkable.

The thing that had lost its color and shriveled looked like a dried bracken or a weed that I had to tire of pulling as a janitor.

If it weren’t for the faint mana felt inside the stem, I wouldn’t have noticed that it was an elixir, so what more can I say?

“Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen something like this. “It’s been almost 10 years since I last saw you.”

But Rashik, the alchemist, seemed to see something else. She whetted her appetite as she looked at the buds of the world tree that Dawn was holding.

And suddenly, Dawn noticed something strange in her words.

“… 10 years? “Didn’t you say that after the World Tree burned down, it couldn’t be burned again?”

Didn’t the World Tree War end decades ago? As Dawn looked at him curiously, Rashik answered lightly.

“Well, even if we couldn’t dig it up again, there was a lot of it. When I was just getting started, they were as common as English mandrakes. “The price was expensive even then.”

“… .”

I don’t know what the English mandrake is, but I understood it to mean that Dawn had extorted that much from the elves.

‘To extort an amount that could last for decades and even throw away nuclear weapons.’

Let’s take a moment to hope that Dawn will be fed up with the horrors of America and feel sympathy for the elves.

Rashik brought up another story.

“How ironic. “They even went to war using the Asha people as shields and stole the elixir from the elves, but that actually made the elves look at them.”

“… “What do you mean by that?”

“huh? Oh, that’s because most of the elixir recipes produced by modern pharmaceutical companies are based on elixir ingredients found in elven forests. So when the elves cut off the elixir supply, you just have to suck your fingers.”

“… .”

“But when it comes to airlifting elixirs from other Asha regions, there aren’t as many of them as in the Elven Forest, and the truly precious ones are eaten up by the Asha people… Well, thanks to that, even black market pharmacists like me had a place to live.”

Rashik, who had explained up to that point, quirked his eyebrows as if he was surprised.

“It looks like you had no idea? “What’s wrong with our smart little brother?”

“I just knew how to eat. I’m not interested in things like market conditions… “Just because you like pork doesn’t mean you have to be a livestock expert.”

Yeo-myeong, who couldn’t answer that she didn’t know because she had never seen it in a documentary, changed her words.

However, Rashik misinterpreted Dawn’s words as if he had been waiting.

“You ate the elixir as commonly as pork, I see… “I wish I could just try a bottle of elixir made from the buds of the World Tree.”

An envious tone, a coy look toward the buds of the World Tree, and a lengthening horse tail.

It was so blatant that it made me laugh out loud. Dawn laughed and matched her rhythm.

“Rashik can use all the blood vinegar and chile mugwort I bought today.”

“uh? really? Is that really okay?”

“Yes, I will also give you the money I initially promised… “Stop targeting the buds of the world tree.”

“… “But there are three roots?”

“There are only three roots.”

Rashik then muttered, ‘It doesn’t work,’ and scratched the back of his head, and as the laboratory got closer, he asked subtly.

“… Since I won’t take any money, can you give me a slice? “You can say it only has two roots.”

“… .”

Instead of answering, Dawn stared into her pink eyes with sullen eyes.

“If we kiss, you’ll never know…” Hey, anyway, I’m your older sister, so you’re looking at me like that, right?”

Rashik protested, but Dawn still said nothing. She then turned her head as if embarrassed.

“It’s Chisapong.”

“If you think of yourself as your older sister, you should start speaking in an adult manner.”

“This is Chisapong.”

“… .”

No matter what she said, Dawn did not give even a single root in the end.

***

Rashik’s laboratory revisited.

It was Soemiri and Neti who welcomed the dawn.

It seems that Seti and the saint left first to prepare for the game, and Neti came to fill their vacancy.

Anyway, Dawn immediately presented the bud of the World Tree to Soemiri.

“really… “It’s the bud of the world tree.”

And the moment he saw the bud of the world tree in his hand, Soemiri’s expression became complicated.

Trembling eyes, careful hands.

It was a much more intense reaction than expected. Dawn smiled and thought. Good thing she brought it.

“Dawn, thank you so much… .”

Before she could express her gratitude, Dawn’s finger covered her mouth.

“Is there anything to be thankful for between us, just accept it?”

“Dawn… .”

While Miri trailed off, Dawn carefully placed the bud in her hand.

Rashik, who was watching the scene, muttered something like, ‘Go somewhere else to get salted,’ and Neti’s reaction was similar.

However, right after Soemiri carefully grasped the bud of the World Tree with both hands.

The laboratory became quiet.

Flash – !

This was because a light green light burst out from the hand holding the bud. A transparent and pure light that makes you feel clear just by looking at it.

Rashik blinked, wondering what this was, but as soon as Miri opened her hand again, he was startled.

“… ???”

In the elf’s pure white hands, instead of the dry grass that had been dry just a moment ago, there were green sprouts in the elf’s white hands.

fantasy? It wasn’t. The vivid life felt in the revived sprout was real to anyone who saw it.

“W-what is that? “You already revived the dried up elixir??”

Rashik showed the reaction of an alchemist.

So, I was so excited that I snorted loudly and said things like I could sit down and make a lot of money with this, or I could even get elixir ingredients.

However, the reactions of Dawn and Neti, who were not alchemists, were slightly different.

The two people looked at Soemiri’s expression, not at the revived sprout. Her expression, which should have been full of joy, was stiff.

“what’s the matter?”

“sister?”

As soon as the two people called her, Soemiri slowly put down the bud.

Sabak, she asked, looking alternately at the bud and dawn of the world tree she had laid down.

“Dawn… “Who sold these buds?”

“Why, what’s the problem?”

“Well, this sprout… “I think it’s one of the sprouts that my father released as bait some time ago.”

“bait? “What bait?”

“… “It’s bait to catch elf hunters.”

Elf hunter.

Dawn did not answer right away. It was because Rashik was here.

To explain Juan, the elf hunter, I cannot help but mention the ‘Author’s Note’, as she was an outsider who came from the outside and had nothing to do with fate.

“I think the story will be a bit long… Rashik, could you please leave the room for a moment?”

“uh? why? “Is this something I shouldn’t hear?”

I tried to turn it around, but he hit me straight.

As Dawn sighed and nodded, Rashik twisted her hair.

“Well, if you ask me to leave, I will, but… By any chance, you’re not kicking me out because I’m not part of your harem, right?”

“… Harem? What kind of bullshit are you talking about again? .”

“No, when I think about it, that’s right. Honestly, I think I’m the most capable among the women around you… If there’s anything important to do, just leave me out… huh? “Is it because I’m old?”

“… .”

Her treatment was so severe that not only Yeo-myeong and Neti, but even Soemi-ri, who was deeply worried, looked down on her.

“… “I’m just kidding.”

“If you make one more joke like that, I’ll get really angry.”

Ha, Dawn added after sighing.

“If you want to listen, listen. Because I also believe in Rashik. However, no matter how much you regret after hearing it, it is of no use. Do you understand?”

Rashik nodded with a promise that he would not regret anything.

And before even 10 minutes had passed, she regretted it.

***

As the history of the Earth proves, humans pursue beautiful things.

Nature, paintings, music, and even life itself.

And if the target is weak, they do not hesitate to use force to take it by force.

In that sense, it was natural for the elves who lost the war to be plundered.

The forest kingdom, once powerful enough to be respected by the empire, collapsed under the hydrogen bomb and Agent Orange.

The world tree and army that were supposed to protect the elves were burned down, and the forest became the home turf of a multinational corporation led by ungrateful forest humans.

The dictators of the Third World who snooped around Asha like wild cats, especially dictators like Chile’s Pinochet, whose portal was kept open, however unstable, did not miss the opportunity.

They did not dare to covet the elixir monopolized by the United States.

Even without that, there were still valuable things in the forest.

Elf.

With the assistance of the United States, they captured survivors from the forest. Yes, I ‘hunted’ the elf – like picking up discarded fruit.

Neither the Animal Protection Act nor the Declaration of Human Rights were of any use.

They were dictators who cruelly oppressed even their own citizens. Turning the elves they captured into slaves was at least somewhat moderate.

Attempts to forcibly create hybrids by using anecdotes of old warriors or using Maruta for human experiments that cannot be performed on humans have been made public.

And it’s so terrible that I can’t even put it into words… There were also disgusting things.

Far from being ashamed of the vice, the dictators and their minions called it the right of the powerful.

Yes, the right of the strong to prey on the weak. However, there was something that those who said those words did not know.

There is no eternal strong person in this world.

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A large auditorium where the final qualifying round of the Olympia will be held.

There was a large sparring hall in the center of the auditorium where the academy entrance ceremony was held.

A ring surrounded by pure white walls. As with her entrance ceremony, she was a young woman who had never participated in a preliminaries before, but her appearance in the sparring room itself was familiar.

This was because I had seen it in the video, and the appearance of the ring was no different from a sparring room for students.

If we had to look for something different from the student sparring room, it would be the fact that there is no ceiling and the outside is full of advertisements for various companies.

Among them, there were advertisements for familiar companies such as Dungan Heavy Industries and Sumitomo Group, but it was difficult to look at them in detail.

This was because there was a huge crowd gathered around the ring.

-line! Get in line!

-Not much time left until the game starts! Everyone, please return to your seats!

-there! You must not enter the sparring hall!

It’s sad to see the staff and students struggling to maintain order.

Nettie, who followed Dawn into the auditorium, seemed to be a little tired, and continued to look around the auditorium and spoke.

“Brother-in-law, it looks like the final preliminary round was opened to outsiders?”

“So, those people are all bystanders?”

“Probably so, right? “If my brother-in-law moves in like this, there will be chaos.”

“… .”

After apologizing to the faculty and staff in her heart, Dawn entered the auditorium.

And before he could walk a few steps, people spotted him.

-uh? There are over a thousand people!

-Where, where?

-Ouch! Don’t push!

The next moment, Dawn had to be bombarded with flashes of photos, interview offers, and pressure from countless crowds.

“I don’t take pictures. Sorry, but please contact me separately for interviews. “Please ask my agency for advertising.”

Perhaps thanks to having experienced something similar in Japan, Dawn was able to easily overcome the crowds and reach the ‘player waiting room’.

Of course, difficult and annoying were two different problems. bang! After closing the waiting room door, Dawn sighed.

Nettie, who was right next to him, also looked out the door in bewilderment.

“I was shocked when I heard about it from my youngest, but now that I see it, my brother-in-law’s popularity is really… “It’s enormous.”

“It means that my sister-in-law and Sethi did a great job promoting it.”

After exchanging a light conversation, the two immediately performed soundproofing magic as if they had made a promise.

A simple magic that prevents your voice from leaking out to those around you.

Neti, who saw the transparent but clearly existing curtain, spoke first.

“But, Miri, an elf is an elf. Let’s hunt the hunter… .”

Dawn answered while checking the protective gear provided in the waiting room.

“They say hunting down elf hunters is the duty of the World Tree Revolutionaries. “I need to help.”

“Well, I received some from my sister, and they also took the bait I threw at them, so this is an opportunity. however… I pity the 3rd grade senior who fights with his brother-in-law. “You’ve become a shrimp in a whale fight without even realizing it, right?”

“… I won’t kill you. “I don’t know if there is any evidence that he helped hunt elves.”

Neti then tapped his shoulder with the blade of his hand and said.

“Well, I’m too young to be an elf hunter. At most, he’s two years older than us… “Then, just the right arm as usual?”

“… .”

“Or, like the senior who got hit last time, your spine… ?”

Dawn did not answer right away. He recalled the face of the principal who had asked him to only cause accidents that he could handle, and then suddenly gave an answer.

“Let’s just cut off the arm.”