The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich Chapter 203

The disaster relief for the northern elves went rather well. From a certain standpoint, disaster relief was another excellent platform to show off military might and organizational capabilities.

Imperceptibly, the Eastern Mist Communal Country was already showing off plenty of might. Their Auroro Knights that were capable of flying through hailstorms as they pleased, the Borealis that could ignore weather even such as tornadoes, the huge engineering contraptions that could clear away so much rubble, and the incredibly adaptable Four Elemental Swordcasters were all the best examples of the East Mist’s might, which also increased the ability for us to control the Mist Alliance.

But, there was one other group of reinforcements aiding with the disaster relief that nobody expected. Their arrival further increased the speed of the disaster relief significantly, but there was a small problem, as this group was from the underground, and called the evilest existence of all by the Templar Church.

Since in the previous battle, Annie Layde established a certain amount of friendship with Suana, she unhesitatingly brought her elites to aid Suana this time around.

Although the dark elves were still going crazy and the underground needed to keep them under control, so the underground lords were unable to send their main forces. However, their scarily strong foundational strength to begin with meant that just their elites alone were a significant force to be reckoned with.

With their dozens of Gold and Legend-ranked individuals having arrived, not only did they speed up the disaster relief, it also somewhat frightened the other countries regarding the underground’s true strength.

And the most eye-catching of all, to the point where they could be said to be the foundational pillar of strength for the underground, were a group of dark elf Law Knights.

Yep, in the entire world, only Sulfur Mountain city had such a group of dark elf knights. Town Security had sent them here to assist in disaster relief, and since they were already experienced in keeping order within cities as well as dealing with various "dangers," searching through rubble and saving people was basically their specialty.

At the very lowest, they were all at least Silver in rank, and Law Knights were excellent tanks to begin with. Their magic-enchanted armor was also the newest edition from this year. As the only main forces of Sulfur Mountain City, City Lord Annie unhesitatingly gave them the best equipment.

A holy sword per individual in the past? Sulfur Mountain City was richer now, so they were all equipped with magic-enchanted mithril heavy armor, plus various trinkets crafted by the engineers. These female elves that looked more like canned food were completely ignoring the hail and tornadoes.

After many long years of working as Town Security, something like demolition was completely normal to them. They were also used to dealing with disputes or explosions, so they also excelled at rescuing elves from broken-down buildings.

And whenever they found someone that was injured, since they had plenty of Holy Knights in their ranks, they could also help heal the injured immediately. In just a short while, stories about them spread throughout the entire disaster area.

"Buried too deep and the injured can’t be found? Three high-ranked Holy Knights came here and filled the entire heap of rubble with holy light to help protect anyone still alive."

"After finding an injured elf behind a wall, she actually ripped apart the wall with her bare hands, and even used her body to block the falling debris and was completely uninjured herself as she rescued the elf. Simply amazing."

The Sulfur Mountain City Town Security definitely surpassed the level of any imperial squads representing any mega human empire. Their equipment was extravagant enough to make even Legends jealous, and any one of them could go straight into an Epic and be the main character. This elite squad that was excellently equipped down to their very teeth used this disaster relief as an opportunity to reveal their true strength, which also helped to make others who were originally waiting in the shadows for a chance to strike change their minds and hide their ambition.

And so, the "dark elf knights" from Sulfur Mountain City started becoming famous…

"What? They’re only Town Security? That must be a cover-up; how could such a strong knight squad be used for Town Security?"

And the incident that gave people the deepest impression was when the warriors from Sulfur Mountain City suddenly had a "conflict" with the Eastern Mist Communal Country’s reinforcement army for disaster relief. They even trapped the Church of Law’s venerated, highest-ranked priest Xueti in a corner and gave him a vicious beating…

Yep, actually, just hearing a familiar name called the "Gentleman Alliance" as a mercenary squad in the East Mist relief army caused the Town Security forces to start running wild.

"You bastards, after leaving you alone for a while, you’ve multiplied so much in number, but since we’re here now, today shall be the end for you all… Xueti, caught red-handed! We’ve finally captured you again! Sisters, deal with them!"

Alright, that Gentleman Alliance indeed had people that were difficult for anyone to accept, such as that Clothes-dicing Swordsman and so on, but Xueti was somewhat wronged, as he actually didn’t do all that much. It was just that Archbishop Xueti was so concerned about the elves suffering from the winter catastrophe that he took off his robes and undershirts for the elves to put on against the cold, and he only wore a pair of underpants as he continued his disaster relief.

Even if it lacked elegance, the Archbishop’s strong body had a masculine attractiveness to it, not to mention that this was due to the situation at hand, so nobody would read too much into it. However, it was obvious that these dark elves who had "obsessions about being proper" were completely unable to tolerate his action, and treated him as someone who was a moral hazard, which was somewhat overboard.

"Everyone knows that the dark elves themselves aren’t exactly paragons of virtue. They must have been thinking dirty thoughts themselves to misunderstand to such a degree. For someone who’s biased to begin with, the entire world is tilted. If that person’s heart is dirty, she’ll think everyone else is also dirty!"

In the end, due to the combined protests against injustice by all the other countries, Captain Yawen of Town Security could only come out and personally apologize. Fortunately, Xueti was incredibly magnanimous and immediately forgave their rashness. However, it was obvious that Yawen and the other Town Security elves weren’t going to actually let bygones be bygones.

"We actually had to lower our heads and apologize to that pervert. This was basically the most pitiful we’ve ever been in history. No, this is the second most pitiful incident, the most pitiful is that this pervert actually became our boss."– Yawen.

And not even two full days later, they caused another incident…

They chased around the Centaur’s friend, the Legend Hunter Beifeng, around like a rabbit. The first incident with Xueti was still understandable in the general public’s view, but Beifeng was known to them as a seemingly kind and respectable, even somewhat dull good fellow. This half-dragon Beifeng who was instantly attacked by Town Security the moment they laid eyes on him was far too pitiful in the general public’s eyes.

"Do we even need a reason to beat up Beifeng? Alright then, let’s just punish him for the crime of being Beifeng."

Perhaps this reason would work in Sulfur Mountain City, but as the bystanders saw it, this was clearly unreasonable and abuse of power.

"Do you hear that? Crime of being Beifeng? Punishing him for being Beifeng? He clearly didn’t even do anything, this is just too much, they’re just big bullies!"

"Everyone knows who’s in the right. Perhaps these elf ladies still have some biased views against me, Beifeng. I can understand. Or perhaps they’re suffering from too much stress, and if beating me up can relieve their pressure and help alleviate their biased views, then come!"

Beifeng’s magnanimity actually made the dark elf knights seem even more unreasonable or even insane in contrast.

"Listen to Beifeng’s resolve, he’s basically a saint! The Sulfur Mountain City Town Security, even if they’re astonishingly powerful, their moral characters and narrow-mindedness is… Hmph, not even scratching the surface of Lords Xueti or Beifeng! Ptui!"

Alright, from a certain standpoint, this was just all a repeat of certain things from the past at Sulfur Mountain City. This time, the Gentleman Alliance succeeded once again in toying with Town Security, although they paid a small price in doing so this time.

Of course, if I personally appeared, I could indeed clear up all misunderstandings, but that would mean I would have to explain those past incidents from underground, and about Beifeng and Xueti’s true natures… I hesitated for just one second before making my decision. Town Security had been toyed around by the Gentleman Alliance for many times before this anyways, so I might as well leave the Church of Law and the aboveground Gentleman Alliance’s reputations intact.

But soon, I didn’t have the spare time for caring about such small matters.

Thanks to the underground Lord Annie’s "sincere persuasion," Suana finally made her decision to have her entire tribe immigrate. Of course, her target was the Eastern Mist Communal Country’s wide swaths of land that were sparsely populated.

"Sincere persuasion? Annie knows how to do that? Wasn’t she always supremely ineloquent; I thought that she was just like Adam, only knowing how to persuade others with her fists. What happened, she learned something new?"

"…You’re actually treating it as true? Suana and the gray elves were just using Annie as an excuse, to leave themselves at least a little face."

What really happened was that when Annie was chatting with Suana, she casually mentioned "It seems that this place is unlivable now. How about coming underground together with me? If not, I think Brother Roland’s East Mist is okay as well." Obviously, such a casual invitation would seem to lack sincerity, and what really made Suana have the resolution to decide the fate of her entire tribe couldn’t possibly have been a concept as abstract as "sincerity" to begin with.

"It seems that they think that we’re reliable enough to carry them, so they got on board."

After Suana became the new queen of Tassel Kingdom, even she had to abandon all personal emotions and place the benefits to her tribe first and foremost.

The current Tassel Kingdom had obviously angered too many. Even if they made it past the winter catastrophe, it was definite that there would be others looking to rub salt into their wounds. And since their entire species was a new one, they couldn’t count on the Elven Gods anymore, and they needed to find a faction to join and side under in order to continue surviving.

Although it was already definite that they needed to join another faction, the important part was which faction to join. If that faction ended up going down, then there would truly be no more future for the gray elves.

If the other human kingdoms had been able to show an excellent force of might, perhaps the elves may have made another choice, but in this battle and the disaster relief that came afterwards, the Eastern Mist Communal Country was the indisputable main character for both. The power and foundational strength that they showed was just one facet, while their tight connections with the underground, the new Guiltless faction, the Church of Law and so on were also critical factors.

The most important of all was East Mist’s obvious rapid development and new technology, along with the plan for the Mist Alliance that was likely to involve the entire Northlands. For a politician like Suana that valued what would benefit her tribe above all, it was quite obvious what choice she should make. The rest was dealing with internal disagreement and coming up with a compromise that those disagreeing could accept.

And to be honest, in order to have the elves that had no concept of time flow at all and would always get locked down in pointless arguments to come to a decision so quickly, Suana had given it her all. From a certain standpoint, she had her own selfish way of thinking as well.

"Am I an elf? Or an undead? I’m clearly undead now, but the surviving gray elves are all relying on me. Perhaps only the East Mist where the Guiltless reside is the home where I can live as well. I’m already so tired. As long as my tribe can survive through this, I should find some place to rest as I’m already dead."

Thanks to the dishonorable plot that incited the battle to begin with, after the plot was revealed, the Council of Elders that originally held the reins of power ended up getting overthrown. Those elders that were the former King Adrian’s co-conspirators were all dragged down from their pedestals by furious gray elf civilians. Any elders that were able to keep their lives in the end were already among the most fortunate.

The ironic part was that with her own death as the price, Suana accomplished an achievement that her father Adrian had always dreamed of and worked hard all his life for – completely controlling all of Tassel Kingdom. However, before long, Tassel Kingdom would no longer even exist.

After such a huge immigration, even the most optimistic of the Tassel gray elves knew that no matter how generous East Mist was, East Mist wouldn’t possibly allow them to become a country within a country. In the short-term, perhaps they could still live in a relatively isolated district, but if they were to live there for the long-term or perhaps forever, the only choice was for them to be scattered among the original residents. Not only would this be beneficial for the Eastern Mist Communal Country, it would also be beneficial for the gray elves.

And once all this happened, the Tassel Kingdom which had several thousand years of history would be at an end. All that would remain would be a new species of the Eastern Mist Communal Country – East Mist gray elves.

When the huge hordes of elven migration squads started their journey, the gray elves that were already becoming homesick would turn their heads around and look behind them with every few steps, as if they were praying for a sudden miracle to descend upon them to erase the natural catastrophes and the dark clouds of war… but at this moment, a familiar song rang out again.

"Dajh da jd, ka su odd as da…"

[Our distant relatives, where did you go, we miss you here in the homeland…]

The undead banshee Suana had once again started singing that familiar traveler’s song. Back in the day, when the dark clouds of war were covering their homeland, Tassel had sung this very song as she left her homeland by herself to go find a utopia for her tribe to live together at.

"Fre de ld, kad…"

[Are the ancient trees at home still verdant green, that familiar spring lake always reminds me of my childhood, the sky was so blue…]

Perhaps Tassel from that time long ago was smiling just like this as she said farewell to her friends and family in her homeland.

"My wonderful childhood is now over, and a nightmarish war is right before me, but I, Little Tassel who loves singing songs so much, believe that there will be a peaceful and beautiful land on the other side of the mountains. Hmm, perhaps there’s no such land behind these mountains, but behind those mountains that are behind those mountains, there definitely will be such a place…"

This situation was so similar to the one where Tassel left to found a kingdom in the past. Even though it was supposed to be an optimistic and joyous song, some of the younger elves were already beginning to sob softly, while even more of them began singing the song together in a low voice. Finally, all the low elven voices joined together and echoed throughout the wide skies.

"My dear Aunt Susan, I miss you so much. But Little Tassel still can’t return home yet, as I still haven’t found my dream utopia homeland, but I believe that four-leaf clovers are always hiding beneath horses’ hooves, and that my dream utopia homeland is right in front of me."

Tassel who was the type to never give up kept singing everywhere as she stepped quickly and lightly in that chaotic era, crossing mountains and oceans, crossing this mountain, that mountain over there, the mountain behind this mountain behind this mountain, until finally…

"…I found it, it’s right over there, the ancient tree in my dream is pointing me in its direction, I’m almost about to see my dream utopia homeland."

Indeed, she found it, and the hesitation and depression in the song had all vanished, while the joyous tune was now at its climax.

"Dda jd ad! Dal dada aty…"

[My relatives, I finally found a dreamland for us, our new home is in the north…!]

Chapter end