Chapter 328 – Yggdrasil (2)

The scenery of Yggdrasil was as I knew it.

It’s not like there are many wooden buildings like we saw at the entrance of the Great Forest, but… It was the same that most of this was made of wood.

Well, it had minimal iron and glass in it.

If other races cut trees to assemble their houses, here it feels like we minimized cutting by growing them into the required shape from the beginning.

The overall outline of the building is round. If you look closely, you can see that there are still living trees.

It looks like a giant model garden made of wood.

It’s actually a miniature garden of circulating life.

It is true that all good gods have affection for their followers, but no god is so devoted to the circulation of life.

If it had been so, would he have split his power in half to create the World Tree?

At the time, I heard that it was crazy, but thanks to that, the elves were able to develop safely in the Great Forest.

After the War of the Gods, he became the only god who could remain on earth, so in the end, it can be said that he has an insight.

Well, there are quite a few other races among the circulating Life Believers… As long as you become a formal priest, you can enjoy the same rights as elves, so there is no problem.

Settings that come to mind without even knowing the pleasant scenery. How long did you keep walking while organizing this?

Eda, who was leading the way, turned around and asked in a puzzled voice.

“Come to think of it, the Duke isn’t too surprised. People who come for the first time usually admire the majesty of the World Tree.”

“Even though it looks like this, I am still surprised.”

“Okay. If you don’t mind, I’d like to explain a bit about Yggdrasil, but would you allow it?”

“It’s good. But… Do I have to walk over there?”

“No way!”

Eda reacts with a big smile to the words she gave. He pointed to a pillar a little ahead and said.

“We are almost there. If you get on here, you can fly away at once!”

“This… ?”

At first glance, I thought it was a large pillar, but when I looked closely, it was a little different.

A shape in which cylindrical, hard and smooth wood is piled up. It looks like a bamboo inflated dozens of times.

The bamboo stems that rose so high naturally led to the World Tree.

… Could it be that

As if to confirm my suspicions, Eda continued with a proud tone.

“It’s called Ratatosque. It is one of the roads connecting the World Tree and the earth that the circulating life made for us out of pity for our struggles.”

“Huh. Seeing it in real life is even better.”

“Have you heard of Ratatosque?”

“Roughly.”

I don’t know about other cities, but Yggdrasil is well implemented in H&A, so of course I have to know.

To put it simply, it’s like a two-way slide made with the circulating power of life.

Thanks to Ratatosque, only the allies were able to gain overwhelming mobility in Yggdrasil, where space movement was impossible.

… Even so, it’s really damn good to be captured sometimes.

When I think of the old memory of starting a new game after all because of the pattern, I naturally smile bitterly.

But what did she think of this? Helena puffed out her cheeks and whispered in her ear.

“As long as I have enough strength, I can do it too. … Please tell me.”

“?”

What are you saying all of a sudden

“I can’t believe I said, ‘Why didn’t Solaris have something like that? If there was, it would have been much easier during the last defense battle…’ Did you see that I was thinking the same thing?”

“No. In addition to that, I wondered what to do if I thought, ‘The circulating Lord of Life looks more amazing, should I change it?'”

“It’s nonsense… In the first place, it has meaning because it has a world tree, but what can I do out of envy?”

Helena blinked her golden eyes as she smiled and shook her head.

“Then why did you make that face?”

“I’m a little bit bitter at the thought that this place could also perish.”

It is this city where the circulating life generously pours out its powers and the ancient knowledge of the elves is gathered.

But when even Yggdrasil collapses, it collapses.

Of course, I plan to stop me from collapsing…

The fact that even the wisdom of thousands of years and the deep love of a god can fly away in an instant is itself monga monga.

Hearing my story, Helena smiled warmly and held her hand.

“Then there is no problem.”

“Yes?”

“Didn’t your brother say he would block it? The wisdom of thousands of years will continue as it has, and the love of God will still warmly shine on the earth. Because you will make it that way.”

“…”

It’s amazing. Is it because he is a priest? Helena’s words come with unique sincerity. Her unshakable firmness made even me calm.

In front of me who was dumbfounded, Helena lightly held her hand.

“I believe in you, brother.”

“Ah.”

An affection close to faith, not trust. The corners of my mouth, which had been slightly tensed before I knew it, loosened.

“You’re smiling a little better now.”

“Thanks to Helena.”

As we were giggling like that, Eda, who had been pretending not to know, quietly opened her mouth in front of Ratatosque.

“Do you want to leave right now?”

“Okay. Gotta go It’s kind of like when a guest arrives and doesn’t even say hello.”

Saying that with a shrug of her shoulders, she opened the door to Eda Ratatosk, nodding her head once.

***

The inside of the World Tree arrived in an instant.

This is the royal palace of Alfheim, and at the same time, it is the sacred place of circulating life, and it is the center of the Great Forest… It is the hometown of Elisha and Iris.

Although Alfheim gave up on tradition to survive, the world tree, which was nowhere else, was not allowed to be touched, so it kept its past intact.

That is why they have maintained the form of living together by digging out the inside of a tree, which can only be seen in the elven folk village.

If there is a difference, it must be about a ridiculously huge scale.

In fact, what I saw as soon as I got off Ratatosque was an open square and hundreds of elves busily working in it.

It’s not just wide, it’s also high, so it’s divided into three floors, and even this is just the lower part of the world tree.

If you consider the middle layer where the elven queen lives and the upper layer where you can only go up if the circulating life permits, the size is truly insane.

Fay was so startled that she stopped breathing for a moment, whether it was because she looked more amazing because she was shorter, or for some other reason.

For some reason, Iris started to groan at Faye, but unfortunately, there is a place to go before looking inside the World Tree.

After gently patting the two of them, they began to climb the stairs with Eda’s guidance.

1st floor, 2nd floor… And to the third floor, the top of the lower floor.

On the third floor, there was only one room and a long hallway without anything, and that was Milone’s office.

Standing in front of the dignified door, Eda lightly knocked.

“Your Excellency. I have brought guests.”

“Come on in.”

The hinges open gently, revealing the interior of the office.

Overall, the interior is white, but with some green accents. All sorts of books filling the walls, and even a thick carpet on the floor.

Overall, it was a space that created an elegant atmosphere, but… The owner of this room did not.

A tower of stacks of papers piled up on a desk wider than a bed. Among them, a woman stumbled and stood up.

Same height as me. Her green hair was neatly cut at her shoulder length, and her form-fitting uniform was more cool than pretty.

However, her face is full of her deep tiredness that even the elf’s unique beauty couldn’t cover. As a result, all impressions are reversed.

A woman who didn’t seem to have returned home for about three days opened her mouth.

“Thank you for accepting my invitation, Duke Lindelheit. And companions. My name is Milone, who is in charge of Alfheim’s Chancellor.”

“Nice to meet you, Chancellor Milone.”

“And, may the light shine on our meeting.”

Helena was taken aback when she heard that the suddenly protruding dead person was the chancellor, but her body reflexively made the sign of the cross. Others felt the same way.

But. I was also surprised when I first saw Milone.

I’ve heard that the position of the ruler goes to the most talented elves, regardless of their status.

I thought it would be a bit more brittle and cold-hearted. No one would have known that he was on the verge of a zombie like this.

But if you think about it, it makes sense.

Chancellor is a position given to the most competent person in Alfheim. That said, she is also the one who works the most.

How much work must an elf, protected by the world tree, have to work to get this tired?

I don’t want to know…

He said it with a business smile, evasive sympathy rising from the depths of his heart.

“Thanks to your care, I was able to come this far comfortably.”

“I’m glad you did.”

Milo who raised the corners of her mouth in response, yes. However, that expression is truly miserable.

Even though I was firmly determined, the moment when the moisture around my eyes was about to rise without my knowledge. Milone continued, pointing to a reception table a short distance away.

“If you are not tired, would you like to have a cup of tea and listen to the war situation? By the way, I’m tired.”

“?”

“I am tired…”

“…”

Even if you don’t say it, it looks like that.