Town chapter 73: Northern Villages 3

"You! What did you do!"

Upon receiving a report of a monster appearing outside the forest, the elven chief shouted in a swaying voice. In line with that, the line of sight of the tribal chiefs concentrate on Jiharu. In his eyes, there was a strong will to say, "I will never allow you depending on the situation."

But as before, Jiharu isn't frightened. Jiharu stood up and responded slowly with a smile.

"It's just to show our power so that you can make a decision. When I came here, I had two roles. One is the message that you are under our rule. The other is to show our power in front of you so that you don't think about anything and just run away."'

"What!"

The ox tribe chief and the pig tribe chief took a step toward Jiharu as blood rise in their heads. However, at the next moment, the sound of groaning was heard.

The sound becomes a spell if it exceeds a certain point. The intense sound affects the chiefs, as they were bound by intense pain and intense sight. The true character of the sound is a black thing that Jiharu took out of his pocket――a [9㎜ pistol] with the muzzle pointing towards the sky.

"Calm down. I don't run away. First, let's go to see the monster's ident.i.ty as it's heading to the forest. Or are you scared? Like a human?"

Obvious provocation. Jiharu skillfully used the word human to prevent them from running away.

As a result, the pig and ox chiefs just groaned "Gununu". The other chiefs were willing to gnash their teeth to varying degrees.

However, there were those who were calm with Jiharu's provocation. The ratmen chief is one of them. However, the ratmen chief thought that he shouldn't reach out a hand to Jiharu here because he was smart. The mysterious tool that Jihar possesses, as well as the unknown situation of the monster invasion, made the ratmen chief feel fear.

After all, it can be said that things went according to Jiharu's expectations. When the elven chief immediately gathered those with weapons and then issued a messenger to each tribe's village, "Prepare for battle," the tribal chiefs took the elven soldiers to the entrance of the forest. Of course, on the way the surround Jiharu like a wall.

"......That is"

When they arrived at the entrance to the forest, the elven chief asked. Anyone who lives in the forest knows the southern scenery of the forest. There is nothing, it is a plain where trees stand in some places. There are six squares s.h.i.+ning with dull colors and stopped.

The distance is so far that it looks like beans from the entrance of the forest. However, the surrounding rocks and trees showed how big the squares that were lined up――the [73 heavy-duty truck] and the [horse carriage].

"Explain the situation."

"Su, Suddenly those monsters came from the south, and when they swung around in front of the forest, they came back again and remained in the current position......"

When asked by the elven chief, the guard shouted and answered. The tribal chiefs expressed their opinions as to what to do.

"You think that's a monster? That outer sh.e.l.l doesn't look like a living creature"

"There are no legs. It means that cant move, so wasn't it just that it moved by sneaking like a person? Anyway, it was just a trick of child play"

Hahahaha! Laughter screamed high in the sky as soon as the tribal chiefs could see the true ident.i.ty of the monsters. In the meantime, Jiharu takes out a new black thing from the bag. There is no sign of the voices around him saying, "What are you doing?".

"This is Jiharu. Roger."

"This is Fujiwara. Roger."

Everyone was scared. A voice was heard from Jiharu's long thin black object. The long and thin black one is [Walkie-Talkie]. Jiharu spoke to [Walkie-Talkie] without regard to surrounding reactions.

"The preparation is complete. Advance to the fixed position. Roger."

"This is Fujiwara, I understand. Go ahead."

"Okay, the end. ......Start moving, watch carefully."

With Jiharu's words as a trigger, all members return their eyes to the outside of the forest. Even though they were busy, everyone rounded their eyes again.

――The sprinting of vehicles. For anyone other than Jiharu, a square with an eerie color comes up with sand smoke rising at such a speed that horses sprint. It is a very unusual situation for tribal chiefs who don't know anything about vehicles. The guards said they were all monsters, but the tribal chiefs were astonished that it was so.

"Ru, Run away――"

"Don't run away. Those who handle them are my tribesmen."

Jiharu said in a resolute manner to block someone's barking voice. But that is no longer the case. One truck honked the horn.

The sound is loud and has a high range. Those who were there thought that the monster had screamed and shuddered for a moment. However, it didn't strike fear. But one second after thinking so, the other trucks also horned, which seemed like a sign of monsters attacking and everyone was afraid.

"Hiii――!"

"It's a monster――!"

"Hey, wait! Don't run away!"

If one runs away, two or three elf soldiers will run away, and the voice of the tribal chief isn't heard. Except for the tribal chiefs, the only ones left were the young elves and the watchmen who fell on their hips. Even though they knew the situation better than the elven soldiers, it was unmistakable that the tribal chiefs were still not in good health.

"What do you mean! What is that!?"

The elven chief asks Jiharu with a screaming voice as he is frustrated.

"It is a showing of power. That is our power. That's good. Look silently. We won't harm you."

Jiharu is the only one who receives and answers calmly. If the chiefs look after themselves, it can be said that their att.i.tude is embarra.s.sing compared to Jiharu. Each of them should have been stimulated by small pride, but each kept a frightened mind.

"You. Who is pulling the strings behind you? Who is it?"

The elven chief asked Jiharu this time, keeping a normal mind. On the other hand, Jihar laughed out happily and after taking a breath, he opened his mouth.

"――Fujiwara who governs this territory"

"Govern the territory......? No way......no way, no way! No way, a human!"

In that moment, the elven chief changed his complexion. As soon as the word "human" came out, other chiefs shouted "What!" and changed their expressions. The elven chief became like a demon and turned his spear toward Polif.

"Polif! You! Selling us and our friends to humans!"

"My father, first listen to Jiharu-san. If you want to punish me after that, I will give you my head"

The father who has bloodshot eyes, grabs his son's chest and questions him. However, Polif was composed. It is clear that there was some arrangement with Jiharu.

The elven chief, who let go of his son's chest throws him away, left his anger like a fierce fire and once again returned to Jiharu. Jiharu takes his anger straight away and says without hesitation.

"Indeed. Certainly Fujiwarsama is a human, however he is not an ordinary human. If you ask me what kind of person he is, I'm sure there are words to describe him."

Jiharu spun out words so that he can be proud of his treasure.

"A little while ago, creepy guys who put out their names called him the Savior. That would have been a word that they wouldn't have in mind, but that's the right word. He is the one who can save us."

Jiharu was convinced. He was a devout and blind believer. That's why the tribal chiefs instinctively understood that Jiharu wasn't telling a lie before understanding.

However, they couldn't believe Jiharu's "Fujiwara". Certainly Jiharu's words were true, and his tribe could have been saved by "Fujiwara". However, there is still a possibility that Jiharu is deceiving them. The suspicion that "Fujiwara" is helping Jiharu for some purpose. After all it is a human. There must be a reason to help a non-human.

The elven chief wanted a little bit of information and turned to Polif. However, having returned is a reality which can be called impermanence.

"I can't deny the possibility that Jiharu-dono has been deceived. It 's just that there is some kind of contempt for humans, but we don't have a hand right now. That person will use potatoes to enrich the land, which has already spread to the southern villages and in the near future potatoes may spread throughout this country, no continent. The lands where crops are difficult to grow turn into lands that are easy to live in. Do you know what this means? If we are not under Fujiwara's control, we must leave this land. But where do you want to run? The lands where humans don't live is few and soon nothing will be left because of potatoes. It means that we will have no land to live in."

To Polif's story, first the elven chief and the ratmen chief fell on their knees. A human moved. Who is also the lord. This alone was a problem, but the presence of potatoes forced the people who lived in the forest into a dead alley where there was no escape. The elven and ratmen chiefs clearly understood that there was no way to strike.

The other chiefs also looked terrified when they saw the elven chief and the ratmen chief. Only Zazym has always thought that there was something to do, but never found an answer.

"Fortunately, Fujiwarsama promised us the right to live here and great support if we were in control. I think it would be best to surrender to Fujiwarsama."

Polif concluded his words so that he would gently deceive his father and the tribal chiefs. Then another voice can be heard from [Walkie-Talkie] in Jiharu's hand to boost it.

『This is Fujiwara. Stopped at the planned position. Is it better to conduct artillery exercises than this? Over』

The vehicle had already stopped 100 meters from the forest entrance.

"This is Jiharu. Please send it."

『This is Fujiwara, I understand. It moves to a bombardment exercise from this. Over and out.』

Two rickshaws loaded with a gun were carried in front of the vehicles in a line. Needless to say, it's the 【4 pound mountain gun】. A huge sound roared through the earth. It is like beating the whole body and it sounds to the marrow of the bones. Sound is even heard in the far west and when the tribal chiefs turn their eyes, a sand cloud swirled up. A number of birds from where they were so far flew away all the time and left towards north to escape from the sound.

"Do you understand? The attack that was released from that gun. We have dozens of that weapon. With that weapon we have killed thousands of enemies――the human army."

The tribal chiefs listen to Jiharu's explanation with a hollow consciousness and stare stunningly at the appearance of [4 pound mountain gun]. It was a horrible weapon. The flight distance is not the ratio of a bow. The rolled up soil and the intense sound show how powerful it is. Whether or not it is accurate is very suspicious, but such a story is trivial if the target is large.

――If they can arrange a number of these, they will not have any settlements. That was the conclusion drawn by the tribal chiefs.

『End of the bombardment exercise. After this, I will wait here until you get in touch with us.』

When a new voice was heard from [Walkie-Talkie], the bombardment sound stopped. However, the tribal chiefs are staring at the front like a dream with an uncertain consciousness. No. They are not looking at the front. They were staring at the future of their tribes because they were blurred and couldn't see anything anymore.

"There is no means, father."

Polif called on the elven chief to comfort him.

"I, I know. But......but......"

The elven chief's voice is trembling. He no longer understood that there was no way other than to follow. But, that doesn't mean that his heart is convinced. The tribes have suffered and suffered and have established a living area here. The elven chief was about to tear up just by thinking about it, such as following a human who can be equated to be the original evil.

Silence dominates the scene. Perhaps because the wild animals ran away, it was so quiet that you couldn't even hear the bugs. It was Jiharu who broke the silence.

"I don't know if it will be trustworthy, but let's talk a little bit. How we met and how we came to this day."

Jiharu told them. A story of the far southeast of this area. Jiharu's tribe lived in a town that a certain man made and where he met him. The number of friends increased gradually. They were non-humans like Jiharu's tribe. Furthermore, they confronted the invasions of humans and overcame them. Everyone held hands and was very rich and happy enough to think that it was heaven. Until the moment the town residents betrayed the human. Despite the great benefits of the human. But still, the human was with the wolf tribe.

When everything was heard, the six tribes of the forest, including the elven chief, showed faith to n.o.buhide. They didn't trust it completely. Although not, Jiharu's narrative was truly imminent. The tribal chiefs thought that all that was said was true.

Currently there is no way out for those who live in the forest. If they don't have a hand, they should at least surrender to the human who could be trusted a little. They are the chiefs. Sometimes they have to make a decision that throws away their pride and even the pride of the tribes. That is why they are the chiefs.

Thus, the suppression of the Fujiwara territory was made safe.

After this, n.o.buhide tried to comfort the northern village and tried to gain trust. To those who have a grudge against humans and even stronger. Some of them felt that they were still being held down by force. However, it seems to have settled down to the idea of identifying the human named n.o.buhide for the time being.