While I was returning to the Elven city, I saw that more than half of the city had been destroyed.

What am I supposed to do for my dinner now

Sighing helplessly, we went to the Elf Queen.

At this point she was directing elves to clean up the wreckage. Looks like there are many buildings that hadnt been destroyed, so I didnt see anyone putting up tents.

Fir, youre back?

Well, the monsters have retreated?

Thats right, they suddenly retreated

It seems that the enemy had no reserve forces. They relied directly on the forces from the transmission gate as their army.

What? Transmission gate?

The Elf Queen was surprised at this and called elder Durante over.

You said it was a transmission gate?

The old guy came over to my side and stared at me.

Where is it?

Go that way for exactly 6354 meters.

I said pointing the way we came.

Youknow how to be really accurate.

Wellits because of a habit.

I cant tell them that I was looking down at the minimap.

Thats Since they have retreated, does it mean you have deactivated their gate?

Yes.

I casually replied.

I caused it to overload and explode.

Explode

Elder Durantes face was twitching.

Hey. If you were able get control of the transfer gate a bit ago you might have been able to find out where they were able to get so many monsters from. But since youve stopped their attack its fine, otherwise the city would be finished.

Getting back to the main topic, this place isnt the only Elf city right? Have any other cities been attacked?

Thats

The Elder was about to say something but the Elf Queen quickly replied.

This Elf city is the innermost of a network of several surrounding cities. As long as the cities on the perimeter arent broken the inner city would be fine.

Well, thats pretty good.

Because we relied on monsters to patrol in the gaps between cities it reduced the burdens on the elves.

Hearing this, Aliyah and I glanced at each other before looking at the Queen with sympathy.

About thatyou might have to reconsider.

Reconsider? What are we reconsidering?

The Elf Queen was still puzzled. The Elder on the side immediately frowned.

Could it be thatthe monsters have rebelled?

I cant say theyve rebelled.

I shrugged.

What I should say is that someone made them evolve. And they evolved to a level where they arent affected by the control of others.

Not controlled by othersbutwe only have to use the monster flute and they respond to us.

Some people think that. Others obviously dont. Dont believe it. Why dony you give the flute a try and see how many monsters are still under your control?

Thats

The Elf Queen hesitated for a moment. The Elder brought out a monster flute and blew on it.

Strange noises came out from the monster flute but I was able to hear some sounds.

The sounds lasted for a long time, but, afterwords there was a long silence.

The Elder waited a long time before sighing helplessly.

This is major issue. Ill report it to the assembly of elders immediately. Fir, the Elves owe you a big favor. In the future Elves will be your friends. if there is anything dont hesitate to ask.

ThatThank you. There is something I need to bring to your attention. The monsters that evolved were able to evolve through genes given to them by the organization Snakes Eye. I know them. We wanted to track them a moment ago, but they threw us off partway.

Right, even though a tracker was put on them, when we came over we saw the broken tracker discarded on the side of the road.

It was useless even though it still operated .

And when we started looking for the Sub-dragon messenger again they had vanished with out a trace.

It helped me figure out two things. First, they have the ability to find trackers. And secondthey may have even found us but were indifferent to us.

A cold sweat ran down my cheeks. If the second assumption is correct then they might still be monitoring us.

Snakes EyeI understand, I will report it as well. Queen Sylvia, I will leave this with you.

Then how are we going back

The Elder gave a wry smile and pointed to the Elf Queen.

All right, all right. I will be responsible for carrying you away from here. You can rest easy.

Carry awaythen the transfer gate at the temple

We intend to use our magic to interfere with its magic elements so that it cant produce a portal. It will be easier to study it when it is closed.

You are going to destroy it to avoid direct problems? Thats a good plan.

It seems these elves were desperate, but thinking about it as well, when the Human empires had encountered this sort of thing earlier they had panicked. These Elves could be considered very calm.

Thatdo you need our help?

No no no, youve already helped us a lot. Julian!

Hearing the Elf Queen calling, the young elf that had found us to pick a fight ran in front of us. But there was no hostility in his eyes, compared to a bit ago.

Julian, you will go with Fir and Aliyah as they leave the Sea of Trees.

Yes!

I looked at Aliyah, she looked back helplessly.

It seems the Elves need to make big moves. They want to do something and dont want us to see it.

Otherwise, what can account for our rapid departure in the evening? You could offer some lodging in any case.

Sorry, it seems that we cant hope for your Elf skills.

I sent the message to Aliyah through the terminal.

Dont worry about that, and who says there is no hope?

Aliyah said smiling.

Oh? You managed to get skill books?

Right now I still havent. Butsoon.

Saying that she looked behind at Julian.

I just talked to him about a deal~

I turned back to look at Julians nervous face, then at Aliyah.

You seem to be good at corrupting children and the like.

What! This guy is almost 8 times my age, who is the child?

Fine. Your chest is still small, so you can say that.