Chapter 46
Chapter 46
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 46
Chapter Title: Beast Invasion on Elrad
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- Holy shit, the beasts are invading Elrad!!!
- So why Elrad this time?
- Beasts don't care where, they just do it lol
- Aren't they targeting the World Tree?
ㄴ ??
ㄴ Ah, to save it from the long-eared pests?
ㄴ What are you even saying, senile evil human
ㄴ Aren't World Trees blocking the beasts from taking root? That's probably it yeah
The Isekai Destruction Gallery shut-ins reached that conclusion after a heated debate among the armchair scholars.
“Targeting the World Tree?”
The beasts were slowly attempting to terraform this other world.
But it wasn't going smoothly in Elrad, and that was because of the World Tree.
It restored land contaminated by rifts back to normal and blocked whatever was giving them headaches.
From the beasts' perspective, the World Tree might be the number one thing they wanted gone.
- Nah, just cuz it's the easiest target
ㄴ What
ㄴ Shh
ㄴ This is right. Where else do you get opponents that take hits as good as you give them like the elves?
ㄴ Fr, the strong prey on the weak hard af lololol
ㄴ Wait, for real, are we seriously fucked?
ㄴ Gasp
The other opinion was that it was simply the easiest target.
You could tell just by looking at past beast invasions.
The outermost border was the dwarves' mountains.
But with the dwarves' tech and combat power, the beasts only managed to take the front tip of Kilgrot.
“Even that got pushed back quick once we gave some support, right?”
Just handed over some tuna cans and booze, and that was enough to chase the beasts back beyond the walls.
Next up for the beasts was Adrian—or more precisely, the splintered Kellerton Kingdom.
- Reasons Adrian Fell.jpg
- Fact) Humans haven't done well in Adrian since its founding
- Kellerton gives me bad vibes?
- The successor Kelton = first to fall lololol
In a way, no race is as punchable as humans.
Unlike other races, they had the biggest population, but they were too busy fighting among themselves.
Take Adrian splitting in half—it was internal drama, not a beast invasion.
“Still, they hold the line when a common enemy shows up, right?”
Human trait: get stronger when cornered
It's no joke that heroes emerge in chaotic times.
Beasts invaded relentlessly, but humans stubbornly held them off.
If totally overwhelmed? Just run, problem solved.
They'd retreat in droves or link up with allied forces for prolonged battles.
Beast invasions failed.
- Making arrows is way harder than I thought
- Yeah it's respawning rn
- Armor? Why bother making that?
ㄴ Gotta protect nature
Of course, except the elves.
Elves? Nothing.
Literally nothing.
They had great physiques and long lifespans, but those advantages only shone in PvP.
Up until the Great War, they earned hate from other races like proper edgelords, but it never became a big issue.
- Jealous? Pick better respawn spots lol
- Grow your own World Tree then~
- Or come invade us lololol Let's throw down in Elrad hehe
Because they had power.
If push came to shove, just turtle up.
The problem started after the Great War broke out.
Arrows lethal to living beings barely scratched beasts.
They didn't have dwarven tech or human civilization either.
Purely one-trick pony on character stats.
The price for relying on that was steep.
- Better to cut my wrists than help elves
- This is what karma means. Don't care if elves go extinct
- Not like we trade with them anyway...
Dwarves hated elves.
They traded with humans anyway—no need to deal with stiff-necked elves.
Humans... were a bit different.
- Lol wanna buy some elf slaves?
- I'll give ya some, but I want something in return...
- Nice going lol
ㄴ Ugh creeps all think alike smh
Humans hated elves.
Generations change in the blink of an eye, and so do mindsets.
Just when honorable humans stepped up, 30-50 years later rotten ones took their place.
A race faithful only to instinct.
Elves couldn't rely on anyone.
Except me.
[NatureGuardian^^ offers 100 'Dawn Dew'!]
[YoungHealthyElf offers 'Luck Earrings'!]
[TrendIsElves offers 'Mana-Infused Leaf'!]
- Oh please take good care of us elves... ^^
- Judak! Judak! Judak!
- Thanks every time. Elrad survives thanks to you ^^
“Trying to bribe me?”
I'm just trying to give stuff for free out of goodwill, but they keep sending gifts back.
I frowned and pocketed all the presents.
“Fantasy elf goodies? Can't resist.”
Instead, I bought the heavy war weapon I'd planned to give originally.
[M2 HMG] - 14,000 points
Machine gun.
The heavy machine gun called MG50 in our country. I handed it over to the elves.
*
Elrad was busy lately with beast problems.
The pumpkin-head beast was just the beginning.
Witnesses reported over a dozen mutant beasts incoming.
“Hmm, so this is that...”
“Just looking at it is creepy.”
“But it looks different from the shotguns the beastkin have?”
Bear-pig.
In the Elradrien conference hall of the elf kingdom, elves perked up their ears with curiosity.
All because of the weapon Judak had distributed.
“The name was... machine gun, right?”
But surprisingly, the elves weren't exactly thrilled.
“Hmm... I was hoping for more grenades...”
“Or those bounce mines. Perfect power, but a shotgun...?”
“It's not a shotgun, it's a machine gun. Lord Judak called it that.”
“Isn't it the same thing?”
The elves peered at the machine gun skeptically, huddled together.
Guns? Cool.
But in common perception, guns were like ultimate moves.
Flick your finger, and boom—any opponent dead.
But they had to be close-range and couldn't handle crowds.
Never having seen anything but shotguns led to misunderstandings about guns.
“Not enough for war?”
“What if they close in and kill us instead?”
Especially the elders had tons of concerns.
They wished for familiar stuff like grenades or mines instead of this weird weapon.
“Your Majesty, using this weapon is...”
“For Your Majesty's safety, it belongs in the audience chamber.”
They quickly judged it unfit for war.
They didn't know the difference between machine guns and shotguns, and stuck to what they knew.
“No.”
But Armion was different.
She didn't care what the elders said.
From the moment that long, beautiful great magic entered the conference hall, her eyes had nowhere else to go.
“Ahh, it's beautiful.”
“Your Majesty?”
“Mersenne, when did you say the beast horde would reach Elradrien?”
Tap tap.
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Meeting... so boring and dull...
Better spend the time reading another bookyang.
Right, HarpJiang?
(Nodding instrument, Harp-con)
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“Mersenne?”
“Gasp. I agree completely.”
Mersenne, deep in gallery scrolling, flicked her ears.
She caught the question a beat late and answered.
“Hmm, I heard tonight—they'll arrive in Elradrien.”
“Tonight?”
“Whoa, already this close...”
Mersenne's report instantly sobered the conference hall.
Night was the worst battle condition.
Elves had great night vision, but against mindless beast charges, it was useless.
In big fights, it could even be a liability, so they sensed heavy losses ahead.
“Perfect!”
But Armion's face lit up.
No, it was outright giddy.
“Time to see—er, use—the great magic from Judak!”
Armion wiggled her ears like an impatient elf dying to see it.
“Th-that... mines and shotgun?”
“M15 anti-tank mine, M2 HMG heavy machine gun. Get the names right.”
“Ah, s-sorry.”
The queen showed bizarre curiosity for Judak's great magic.
“No, I can't wait. I'll go watch the battle myself.”
Armion wished night would hurry up.
*
Late night.
Moonlight faded, thick darkness blanketed everything.
Elrad's silence shattered by eerie growls echoing one by one.
- Grrr...
- Graaah!
“They're here!”
Unusually, not from the east but north and west, beasts swarmed.
Mutant beasts warped by rifts emerged one after another.
And as reported, they were enormous.
“Oh god...”
“How do we even take those down?”
Elves expecting pumpkin-beast sized foes faced giants easily over 3 meters.
Those were huge even among adult trolls.
And unlike trolls that didn't know mana shields, these did.
Elf swords and arrows couldn't pierce that bulk.
“C-can't, we can't take those.”
Despair washed over the elves' faces.
Precisely, the ones who hadn't seen the bounce mines' power before.
“Beasts approaching the great magic!”
Mines. Elves called them great magic.
Would it work?
Even with huge explosions, could they kill beasts that size?
Elves full of doubts watched as those in the know slowly covered their ears.
“Cover your ears.”
“Huh?”
“If you don't know, memorize it. Or just do as I say.”
A young elf new to battle blankly covered her ears.
She noticed other elves oddly expectant.
‘Are Judak's weapons really that great?’
As doubt turned to curiosity.
“Stepped on it!”
A dopamine-overdosed elf shouted, and soon it made sense.
KABOOOOOM!!!
“?!”
A shockwave like a giant shaking the earth.
Thunderous power you could mistake for lightning.
- Graaaahk!
The elf lost balance like the distant falling beast, collapsing.
The sky she faced was red.
Midnight, yet blindingly bright.
“This is great magic...?”
Great magic from ancient tomes.
She scrambled up in shock—the beast that stepped on the mine was gone.
Simultaneous blasts turned the horde into chaos.
But it wasn't over.
- Kieeek!
- Krrr!
“More beasts incoming!”
With mutants dead, lesser beasts charged en masse.
A young elf froze at the sheer numbers.
Then something appeared behind her.
“Your Majesty?”
Armion, queen of the elves.
“Your Majesty, you can't be here!”
“Go back now!”
“Eek, put that down!”
The young elf was lost in confusion.
What was that sky-shaking boom, and why was the queen here?
Then she saw Armion, breathing ragged with excitement, roughly setting something down.
Clunk, thud!
“Elkkiyahou!”
It was the MG50 heavy machine gun, beloved since the World Wars.