201 The Goblin Army Threat
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Apparently, without previously telling us, our parents decided to move the entire Amazon tribe completely elsewhere. Actually, just outside of the entire forest! Why? Just because of the goblins?
Can’t they defeat the goblins already? They’re heroes that defeated the Demon King, I would had assumed they could do as much…
“Why are we moving out? T-This is the forest we have always lived in…” said Aquarina. She was attached to this place more than I was. She was born in here after all, and had been living surrounded by this beautiful nature for all her years.
“It is complicated, but there is something more dangerous than we thought…” said my father. freēwēbnovel.com
“What is it?” I asked.
“Hmm… Well, probably another Demon lord.” said my mother.
“Eh? A-Another? Can’t they just give us a break?” I asked.
“Every Demon Lord moves independently after the Demon King was killed. They have their own plans and schemes about how to grow stronger and take over the continent, some are moved by their grudges of the past and want to kill us… However, this one… or these ones might not be driven by this motive. If they had, they would had attacked us long ago.” Said Shade.
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“Indeed. These guys are after another thing, but they’ll probably try to take down the entire tribe because we are in the way anyways…” said Nepheline.
“W-What? What are in the way for?” asked Aquarina.
“Something… ruins… there is something there they want.” Said my father.
“It is not something children would understand well, let’s say there is just a bit orb there with a lot of magic power they really want to become stronger and probably take back the Demon Continent from human forces.” Said my mother.
An orb? So there are ruins below our foot and there is some sort of artifact or treasure with such an incredible amount of power that it could enhance even the already ridiculously strong Demon Lords to completely new levels? I didn’t knew this…
Wait, so… the heroes, Nepheline and Shade have been staying here not only for the Amazon Tribe that is the tribe of Nepheline, but also because of having to protect these ruins…? Is this it?
“Then… What are these ruins? Form some civilization of the past?” I asked.
“The gods…” said Shade.
“G-Gods?!” asked Aquarina.
“Yes, the gods themselves.” Said Nepheline.
“Remember how we told you that the Cloudia Continent is also a creation of the Gods?” asked my father. “Well, in the Era of the Gods, when they inhabited the surface before the first Demon King was born… they had made many cities, their ruins were quickly taken over by nature over the eons, and there are many of these ruins, sometimes holding incredible artifacts that could cause great catastrophe.”
“I-Is that so…?” I asked in disbelief.
“Yes, it is our duty as Heroes to protect these artifacts from not being taken by the Demons, we are not the Heralds of the Gods for nothing, dear.” Said my mother. “We got a task to do even after killing the Demon King…”
So the heroes are not only tasked with saving humanity but also with keeping these stupid toys the gods left behind from falling to the wrong hands? Why are the Gods just suddenly becoming worse and worse as I know more about them? They seem to be assholes that just tell the Heroes to do anything they want to; it is as if we are their slaves or something.
And I am already enslaved by them, apparently… The new ability is nice and pretty and all of that, but it doesn’t justify being treated like this at all…
“But we’ll disobey the gods this time.” Said my father.
“What?” asked Zack. “The heroes will disobey the gods?”
“Yes, we’ll do it for all of you, so we can keep you safe from danger…” said Shade. “It was not an easy decision, but it is what I want to do, and everyone agreed…”
“But papa, if the evil demons take the orb…!” muttered Aquarina.
“I know, we got some plans regarding that, but we must prioritize the safety of the tribe as a whole first.” Said Shade. “It is not something that can be discussed, Aquarina.”
“I think it is fine I guess… I would also prioritize the safety of the people…” I said. “It is more important to save human lives than just some old toy with magic on it left by those irresponsible old men and hags…”
“Sylphy don’t disrespect the gods.” Said my mother. “They might be irresponsible, treat us like slaves sometimes, be complete uninterested assholes at times, but their priority is also the safety of humanity…”
My mother kind of agreed with me I guess, but she still was somewhat grateful about the good things they had done for the people, I suppose.
I guess everything is always in a gray area here, the gods are certainly not the best guys there are, but they’re not the evilest either nor they had done anything completely evil other than trying to help the people? But their methods are just a bit too domineering at times, like they think they own us or something…
But by trying to help the people, they’re going with the gods’ commands of protecting the people, so they’re not really disobeying them, just prioritizing one of their commands.
“But why is this happening? Is the demon lord here summoning the goblins?” I asked. “How is that exactly happening?”
“We don’t know the details, but we have not seen many clues that would say that the goblins had been staying here for long, this only means one thing…” said Shade. “Someone is using some sort of teleportation magic or summoning magic, and bringing them directly from the tribes at the demon continent…”
“That’s…” I muttered.
So they’re bringing goblins from the other continent constantly? Why are they even doing this? Maybe they fear our parents’ strength and they’re keeping themselves at a distance while they prepare, and use the goblins as a way to distract them?
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