Armor And Gunpowder

Crack~

Inside a huge tall tree, embedded hundreds of crystals within it, a cracking echo could be heard amidst the solitude.

"Huh?"

An elf with brown hair and eyes along with the attire of a scholarly look made with probably leaves and fiber could be seen standing up from his intricated wooden chair.

"A crystal broken?"

"I have to speak to the Lord!"

Within those crystals, could be seen that there are images moving, it was elves moving and interacting from their daily lives.

Thak thak~

The elf with his shoes' soles clacking with the floors, along with the broken crystal, hurriedly left inside the tree.

"Ah! the sun!"

As the job of the overseer, he must stay in the Tree of crystals, to overlook the safety of the villages, he wasn't allowed to leave unless an emergency were to happen, thus the brown haired elf wasn't used to the outside world.

"Phew! after 10 years I got out of there, albeit temporarily"

Outside the Tree of crystals, one could see overbearing trees connected to each other with translucent looking bridges.

Birds freely flew, the sunshine brightens, the diversity of flowers bloom and the ancient trees standing tall.

One could say that this is the paradise for all of the nature lovers.

Rivers and lakes glistened healthily with no impurities, men and women all beauties, all wore beautiful silky robes, smiles plastered to their faces, a world with no imperfection.

"Good morning Mister overseer"

"A very fine morning to you Sir"

Each and every single one greeted the elf as he nodded to their greetings.

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Amidst the tall trees one could say that there is one that stood quite peculiarly, overbearing even its own kind, Ancient among the ancient, stands the King of the trees, the moving 'Treant' both its arms deeply stuck to the ground as its overgrown roots being watered by elves, its glowing eyes in the deep sockets of the face shows the vitality and vigor this monster could show, the moss on the massive creature could be seen being removed by small fairies with their glowing magic, and inside this colossal being is a council of high entities could be seen.

"Milord now is the opportune time the Goddess has given us!"

An elf with a beautifully carved armor and a helmet carefully weaved and decorated, could be seen bellowing to a masked man seated at a high place filled with overflowing veins, but the masked King wasn't sitting in anything grand nor majestic, but the seat was rather a disgusting looking beating heart that had hundreds and thousands of veins connected in it.

"Duke Elba! what animalistic proposal are you suggesting now?"

A long bearded elf weakly said as he touched the hem of his wave patterned robe, and waving a feathered fan.

"I'm suggesting that you use your brains for good at least once!"

The red armored elf said as he walked in front of the elder.

"Now that the humans have separated in power, now is the chance to take back our lost forests!"

Duke Elba shouted for everyone to hear as he spreaded out both his arms in the air.

"Hoho! and how do you suggest we do that!?"

"Don't forget that we still have war with the Dark elves and dwarves harrassing our villages"

"And separated may the humans be, never forget that was the reason for their strength"

"We cannot risk to fight both fronts at once, not with our numbers, especially the dwarves would surely use this opportunity too"

Indeed the humans were always separated in different sides, but once they've met with a common enemy like the time when the demons came, they were the strongest, though they once again separated after their Emperor's death.

Also with the elves' constitution of having a rare chance of having an offspring, their numbers were now few.

"It seems constant war with each other has made them strong and now knows how to cover each other's weaknesses once a common enemy is found"

The old man coldly said as he gestured his left hand in a slicing chop.

"Hah! that's the kind of mindset of us superior beings always has that will forever be our weakness, COWARDICE!"

"You don't take risks!"

Duke Elba said as he flung his right gauntlet arm and pointed it at the old elf.

"Hoho! if your such a gambler, no wonder your soldiers and lands have been suffering at your hands"

"If the King were to gamble his own kingdom then he is no King!"

'Why are there incompetent idiots still alive'

The old man who was now getting tired of all the banter sighed.

"But if we use the Trea-"

"YOUR MAJESTY!"

Bang~

All the nobles soon gathered their attentions to the oncoming problem.

"Your majesty! the humans have attacked us!"