Goblin Kingdom (Part 1)

Goblin Kingdom - Volume 2: Chapter 126: Sylph Unification War I

StatusRaceGoblinLevel53ClassKing; RulerPossessed SkillsRuler of the Demon Children of Chaos; Defiant Soul; World Devouring Howl; Sword Mastery A-; Dominator; King's Soul; Ruler's Wisdom III; Household of the Gods; One-Eyed Snake's Evil Eye; The King's Dance at the Edge of Death; Magic Manipulation; Soul of the Berserk King; Third Impact (The Third Chant); Warrior's Instinct; Blessing of the Underworld Goddess; Guided OneDivine ProtectionGoddess of the Underworld (Altesia)AttributesDarkness; DeathSubordinate BeastsHigh Kobold Hasu (Lv77); Gastra (Lv20); Cynthia (Lv1); Orc King (Bui) (Lv82)Abnormal StatusBlessing of the One-Eyed Snake; Protection of the Twin-Headed Snake

With the unruly soldiers and the gradually approaching Rustling Forest (Forni), the goblin-elf coalition caused Fenit's mood to worsen by the day.

Fenit sought to gain support by visiting the other village through the Elven Road, but the walls the villages had erected interfered with the spell, preventing him from reaching them.

"Silver Sheng, Nash Jirad, even Priena! What is wrong with you? Have you been seized with fear!?" Fenit slammed the table as he yelled at the soldiers of Symphoria standing before him, not an elf looked up to meet his gaze. "How infuriating... Fine, if this is how they want to play it, we'll just have to go ourselves. I, Fenit, will open the eyes of the Forni myself! But before that I'll start with that brat, Silver! I'll show him the price of humiliating me!"

In his anger, Fenit ordered his men to march to the nearby Forest of the Lost (Sheng). His army numbered 500-men strong. There was no power in the hot sands of the southern desert able of contesting the elves, so the Tranquil Forest (Symphoria) had much room to grow. Fenit took roughly half of their great army.

The army included Pale, who was also an elf of Symphoria. Since returning to Symphoria, she has bowed her head countless times to strangers in her search for Selena; and in the end, she concluded that Selena must be with the goblins.

She would go to them now to prove her conclusions true, but she didn't think it feasible to grab Selena from right under the goblins' noses. Moreover, Forni had formed an alliance with the goblins. As far as they were concerned, she was an enemy. The Elven Road was not omnipotent.

Even if she manages to make contact with Selena, how would she escape with her?

To go by herself meant to move through enemy lines alone; the goblins and the Forni who have accepted them. Running away surely wouldn't be easy. Not to mention, Pale wouldn't even dream of taking an army alone, though it was precisely because she understood her limits that she was cautious.

The first most important thing an adventurer must learn is to know one's limits.

After discerning what one can do and cannot do, one must then do his best according to those limits. Pale learned that after joining the Soar to Freedom ClanElks.

Using the same method, Pale concluded that the best way to meet Selena was to move with Fenit's army.

"I'm not wrong, am I, Touri?" Pale muttered to herself, calling out the name of their leader as she rebuked herself for her weakness.

"So this is were you were," a voice called out from behind Pale as she was doing maintenance on her bow and quiver. When she turned around, a young elf her age was there.

"Felbi, what's the matter?" Pale said.

"...Nothing. I just wanted to see your face a bit," shrugged the elf who was one of the commanding officers of Symphoria's army. Felbi Anthra, though young he is an elf accomplished in both archery and magic. He is one of the friends that Pale still has contact with even after her long absence.

"Is Fenit still throwing a tantrum? Sorry about that. I'm his relative, so let me apologize in his place," Pale said.

"I haven't even said anything," Felbi said.