A Victory Banquet Without the Ancestors
At noon on the first day after the war ended, Landen was in his bedroom when he suddenly learned that the formerly muddle-headed Wood Elf had become incredibly sought-after.
"You're saying Lady Natasha already took her away?" Landen asked in shock.
"That's right. Lord Klein just had Teacher Ben Kaul bring over several crates of Magic Beast Meat. He said we should celebrate here first, and he guaranteed nothing would happen to the ancestors over there."
The only reason a Legend Knight would take her younger sister away the very day after her victory was, naturally, that she herself was facing a tense battle.
Natasha Oak's territory lay in a coniferous forest northeast of the Imperial Capital. The frigid region not only demanded more from the species of Guardian Trees, but also slowed their growth.
In yesterday's battle, Natasha had immediately seen Halcala and Ernst's combat potential. Through her wand—a branch from Ernst—Halcala could summon the legendary Beech directly onto the battlefield. And from the Beech's root system, more than a hundred Guardian Trees that had been treated by Wood Elves could be summoned.
In other words, the Wood Elf was an army of Guardian Trees that could be deployed at any time. So long as there was a Teleportation Portal, Harkala was the Elves' timely rain and emergency firefighting squad—wherever there was a war, she could be sent there.
Having figured this out, Natasha had invited her younger sister to her territory early that morning, asking her to help assault a peninsula occupied by the Sea Demon Race.
Hearing that his two National Pillars had already begun campaigning in every direction, Landen could not help sighing. "Did that Legend Knight never stop to consider where the mana for summoning over a hundred trees