The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 732

Episode 732 That’s it! (1)

The forests where elves reside exist all over the continent.
However, no forest was more important than this one.
This is because the mysterious tree called the World Tree existed here.
All the elves on the continent live with the World Tree as their spiritual anchor. That is why this forest served as a gathering place for the elves during the war against the Demon Realm.
If the other elven forests were human kingdoms, this could be said to be an empire led by the Pope.
In fact, the elven chieftain was also staying here.
Giselle exclaimed in admiration as she looked at the vast forest in the distance.
“Wow, this is what it was like a thousand years ago.”
The forest was so vast that it was almost endless. It was not as big as the Forest of the Demons, which was comparable to a kingdom, but it was still at the level of several territories attached to it.
Anyone who saw such a lush forest right in front of them would be amazed.
Giselle felt a little more special than others. He knew what this place would be like a thousand years later.
‘It was a complete wasteland in my time. What happened in the past thousand years?’
I never imagined that there would be such a huge forest here. No traces of civilization were found.
‘Did it disappear in the war with the Demonic Realm? Or when the elves became slaves due to the curse of the enemy?’
Various questions arose as to why the forest had disappeared.
Giselle looked at the forest in the distance and became absorbed in her feelings. Of course, she was the only one absorbed in her feelings.
― Damn it! You crazy bastard! My life is over because of you!
Astion continued to harass Giselle.
― The crazy things I’ve done so far could have been fixed if I had lived a good life! Using black magic in the temple! I’m going to be chased for the rest of my life!
‘It’s okay. Just solve the problem and the Pope will take care of everything.’
― It was impossible in the first place! How can we do something that even the Pope failed to
do? ‘You have to try to find out. Isn’t that right?’
Dark joined in on Giselle’s confident words.
― Yes! You’re talking about failure without even trying! You weakling! How can you date with that kind of mentality!
― What does that matter! You crazy bastards! If you fail, you can just run away from my body! You can always go back to your world! Then I’ll just die!
‘… … .’
Neither Giselle nor Dark said anything in response to those words. For a moment, Astion felt a chill down his spine.
― You, you guys, were you really going to run away if you failed?
‘… … .’
― T-That’s why you’ve always lived so recklessly?
‘… … .’
― Give me, give me my body right now.
‘… … Oh, I told you not to worry? I won’t run away. I told you I have a plan for everything?’
― That’s right! We’re not that lethal! Maybe?
― Lies! You were momentarily flustered just now!
‘I never have.’
― No, really, you… … .
‘Ah, I’m busy.’
Giselle cut off Astion’s consciousness before he had another seizure. Astion was probably still fighting Dark.
Astion wasn’t the only problem. The other side was not in a good mood either.
“What are you looking at, what, why?”
A mercenary was picking a fight with Lionel, who had just met his eyes.
Lionel and the mercenaries’ relationship was at its worst right now. This was because Lionel had declared that he would question the mercenaries on their heresy.
Naturally, the mercenaries wanted to kill Lionel somehow. There were quite a few mercenaries who secretly visited Giselle and suggested that they kill Lionel.
However, Giselle kept repeating the same thing every time.
“It’s okay. If you just take care of the matter, the Pope will take care of everything.”
“What if you can’t?”
“Then you can think about it when you get there.”
“…….”
“Oh, I have a plan.”
“……Yes.”
Giselle had never left a dangerous element unattended until now.
Giselle was the one who would immediately destroy anything that seemed even a little suspicious or annoying. How many kingdoms had been overthrown like that?
But suddenly, he was acting so calmly that the mercenaries were puzzled.
Lionel was also feeling uneasy. It was a natural reaction since the mercenaries kept picking fights.
He was not stupid. He knew why the mercenaries were acting that way.
‘They must want to kill me in a place where there are few people.’
He couldn’t touch me near the city. He had the authority to summon the priests and knights of each temple.
The mercenaries knew this, so they glared at him and picked fights several times when they were just a little bit away from the city.
Thanks to Yulien and Deneve stopping the mercenaries each time, there was no bloodshed.
‘If you attack, I won’t let you off.’
He would tolerate a moderate amount of trouble, but he was ready to draw his sword at any time if they crossed the line.
Lionel didn’t care how many opponents there were.
He had no intention of bending because he was doing the right thing. He was confident in his abilities.
The group continued to move in a subtle tension.
Although the elves lived in the forest, it was not that they had no interaction with humans at all.
As they continued their long war with the Demon Realm, they realized that they could not completely cut off interaction with
humans. That’s why there was always a human city near the forest where the elves lived.
It was here that the humans and elves exchanged necessary items and cooperated when problems arose.
“Oh, welcome! If you need anything, just let me know.”
The mayor of the city warmly welcomed Giselle and her party.
Of course, it wasn’t like that from the beginning. The situation changed as soon as Giselle and her party showed their Vatican IDs.
Giselle asked the mayor directly.
“How do I meet the elven chieftain?”
“First, I must meet the elven public relations officer who resides in this city and make a request.”
“Public relations officer?”
“Yes, the elves call them ‘the ones who convey the voice of the forest,’ but we simply call them the public relations officer or the exchange manager.”
“Can you give us a seat?”
“I will. But… can you tell me what this is about?”
“We are envoys sent directly by the Pope. I cannot go into detail.”
“Oh, I understand.”
If you just sold the Pope’s name, no one would dare question or attack you. Selling the name of a powerful person was the easiest way to live in the world.
The problem was that there were people who did not understand that name.
Giselle, who went to the official residence where the elves resided through the mayor’s mediation, thought that things would not be easy.
“I am Cylan, the ‘Cylan who conveys the voice of the forest.’”
Cylan greeted Giselle with a cold air. Elven warriors holding curved swords and wooden shields were lined up around him.
Their eyes were filled with contempt for humans. Their determination to pull out their swords and cut them down whenever they did something foolish was clearly revealed.
Giselle tilted her head as she watched the elves in such a state.
‘What? I haven’t done anything wrong yet?’
It was a thought that only someone who was certain that they would do something wrong would have. Feeling stung for no reason, Giselle asked Cylan.
“By any chance… is something bad happening?”
“Human, just tell me what’s wrong. I gave you my time because you’re the Pope’s envoy.”
Cylan made it clear that he didn’t want to talk for too long.
Giselle clicked her tongue and got to the point.
“I want to meet the Chieftain.”
“I refuse.”
“… You haven’t even told me why yet?”
“The Chieftain can’t meet just anyone. And since the Pope sent you, I’m guessing why you came.”
“…”
“You came to request the Holy Stone, right? That’s what happened before.”
“Hmm.”
Giselle crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair. There was no need to beat around the bush since the other person already knew.
“You know it well. That’s why I want to meet the Chieftain and talk to him.”
“He said he refused.”
“Isn’t that the Chieftain’s decision?”
“The Chieftain has already refused to do that. If you have nothing more to say, then go back.”
“I’m not asking you to lend me for free. The Pope said he’d provide whatever you want.”
“Humans don’t want anything.”
“We also do mercenary work. If you have any difficulties, we can help you.”
Then Cylan said with a mocking expression.
“Do we look so difficult that we should ask humans for help? We have no problems. Just solve the problems of humans who are busy eating each other.”
“…….”
Giselle sighed and got up from her seat. She couldn’t have a proper conversation if she was hitting the wall like that. She had to
step aside for now and think of another way. As she
was about to leave, Giselle suddenly remembered the face of someone she knew.
‘In our time, Erenes was the chieftain, right?’
Of course, it was more likely not now. When I saw this time in my dream, Erenes looked quite young.
Still, I asked just in case.
“Is the chieftain a female?”
“……”
Cyran’s eyes turned fierce. The elves next to him were the same.
Depending on how you interpret it, it was a very dangerous statement. Especially if it came from a human who coveted the beauty of the elves.
Realizing that she had misunderstood, Giselle waved her hand and made an excuse.
“No, I was just curious.”
“……A man. Get out of here.”
That was not true. As Giselle shook off her foolishness and turned around, she heard Cylan’s voice behind her.
“Human, I warn you not to do anything useless against the elves. If you don’t want to receive the wrath of Mother Nature.”
“……Please take note.”
Giselle left the elves’ official residence. She
was so firm that persuasion didn’t seem to work. She had to find another way.
Giselle asked the mayor first what she was curious about.
“It seems like the elves really hate humans.”
It was well known that the elves hated humans, but seeing them being so rude to the Pope’s envoys made her think that the situation was a bit serious.
The mayor nodded as if it was natural.
“Yes, especially the elves here. They have no choice but to come into contact with humans a lot.”
“Is that a big problem?”
“Everyone has been scammed once.”
“…….”
“A long time ago, the elves who were assigned here didn’t hate humans from the beginning. It’s natural for elves who only lived in the forest to be curious about the outside world. They say they were friendly to humans at first.”
“But how did they become like that now?”
“Yes, it’s said that there were many cases where elves who didn’t know anything about the world became friendly with humans and got stabbed in the back of the head.”
“…….”
“That’s why the elves here are extremely wary of humans. They say that when they send the elves out of the forest, they are repeatedly taught not to trust humans. They can’t completely avoid interacting with humans.”
“Hmm…….”
“But elves who first come into the world are so innocent, right? Even with all that training, they always get scammed once they leave the forest.”
“…….”
“How could a naive new elf possibly handle the dazzling scam techniques of humans? Especially since this is a trading city, countless merchants flock here. You know how well the merchants talk?”
“…….”
“Recently, a young elf warrior who was newly assigned was scammed by a human. He lost all his salary.”
“…….”
“That’s why the external affairs officer’s nerves are bound to get irritated. Every time we train him, there are elves who fall for it.”
“……Don’t they manage it in the city?”
“Man, I’ve caught over 100 scammers since I was assigned here. The lord also has to be very careful because of his relationship with the elves, but it’s not working out. Anyway, humans…….”
“…….”
As expected, humans are the cause of all problems. He could see why Cylan had warned him before leaving.
Kyle, who had been listening, spoke bluntly.
“Patience, but even so, there’s no need to punish us, who are innocent. We’re good people…….”
Kyle mumbled as he spoke. Thinking about all the things they’ve done so far… … . In the end, they did do good things, but it was a bit embarrassing to say it proudly.
Anyway, since they couldn’t meet the elven chieftain right away, the group was troubled. They had to meet the chieftain for the story to proceed.
Since Cylan hated humans so much, it seemed impossible to befriend or persuade him.
Lionel didn’t say anything. He seemed to be waiting to see how Giselle and her group would resolve this matter.
Yulien and Deneve asked Giselle with worried expressions,
“What should we do? The elves here will never let us meet the chieftain.”
“The distrust is too deep-rooted. It seems like we won’t be able to meet unless the Pope himself comes.”
Kyle glanced at Lionel and said,
“We can’t go back like this. The situation is a bit dire.”
If they went back without getting anything, there was no way to avoid the heresy investigation.
The kingdoms they had been friendly with would ignore them, and the mercenaries they had worked so hard to gather would all disperse.
In short, it meant that the Yulien mercenary group would be ruined.
They were in a situation where they couldn’t do anything. A breakthrough was needed.
Osval muttered arrogantly from the side.
“Oh my, the elves are really expensive. It’s a shame that there are no problems. If there were problems, Osval would solve them all and show his grace. It’s a shame that I don’t have a chance to show my skills.”
Everyone ignored Osval’s words. They were used to the cowardly bluffing every day.
However, Giselle opened her eyes wide and looked at Osval. Osval scratched his head at her reaction.
“Why…?”
“That’s it!”
“What…are you saying?”
“The elves are saying that they don’t have any problems right now, and that they don’t have any regrets, right?”
“Right…right?”
Giselle said with a bright expression, looking around at everyone.
“If there are no problems, then just create problems!”
“……???”
Giselle took out a black cloth from her bosom, covered her eyes, and tied it up.
Everyone looked at Giselle with blank expressions.