A New Dawn Chapter 89

Ymir could see the eyes of Leilade turning into something inexplicable . They were still as dark as they could possibly be, but he felt that she was … embarrassed? Shaking his head, he reminded himself that she was still after all a monster in a little girl's body, and shouldn't feel such emotions . Unknowingly, he was actually spot on his deduction . She was already thinking about retreating for the moment and call Malakov to deal with such a dangerous location . Both the Viscount and her were already planning to explore it slowly and steadily, even if it took months .

But as expected in this planet, nothing was evident . At this point, she was even feeling a hint of exasperation, since whatever she did always make her feel like an idiot the very next second . Sending an order to the nearest lich, the undead created a very small skeleton, not even taller than Leilade herself . That sudden apparition provoked a huge uproar among the trolls that were still present . But after seeing the white summon not even looking at them, they returned to their calm state .

Controlling the skeleton remotely, she made it enter the tomb . Barely ten seconds after the undead went past the shadows covering the entrance, she lost contact . Sighing, she was glad that her instincts didn't betray her . It was still very dangerous, just that the trolls were either prudent or a bunch of cowards for never scouting the tomb . Because just a skeleton was not enough, she ordered the liches to create more .

Still preserving half of their mana in an emergency case, tens of much stronger undead appeared . They were barely two meters tall, still smaller than Kardel, but their very bones were visually strengthened . Their arms were also ended by a bone scythe, d this time, the trolls didn't react as passively as before .

The chief shouted some words and the entire tribe was once again in a very defensive position . The hunters that were previously looking in awe at the strength of Ymir were scared by the recent influx of undead . The only good thing was the fact that they didn't proactively engage in a fight . Otherwise, the thin patience of Leilade would have been expanded and the trolls would have been all wiped out .

Seeing this, Ymir didn't stand still and began to convince the trolls that they were not dangerous . All he received was dubious stares, who could be fooled by such words when the skeletons were visibly armed to the bone . Feeling that he may have used the wrong words, he explained that they were not dangerous, for them . Because of this, the trolls lowered a bit their weapons and saw that the small army of undead was not looking at them but at the tomb .

Because she was unsure about the strength of her invocations, one of the skeletons tried to hack the sturdy ice wall . His hand, or weapon, in that case, managed to be deeply inserted, about half of its size . Using herself as a test subject, she also punched the wall, but her fist went way deeper than the scythe . However, it was enough for her, and she took control of her army and enter mentally the tomb .

As she was doing this, she paid no notice to the dumbfounded expressions of the trolls . Because the giant Akûl was so big, they were only focusing on him and dismissed the frail little girl and the undead as weaklings . Even when they knew that they were probably stronger because of the usage of magic, they didn't respect them for that . Only sheer strength was proof of power inside the troll tribe, mainly because that was the only way for them to fight .

But seeing something that didn't even reach their waist have such strength was mind-blowing . Some of the dumbest warriors tried to punch the ice wall too, but they only received mild injuries while not even having their full fist digging a hole . Looking at their hand, then Leilade, then their hand again, their brains had a hard time linking the two notions . But in the end, they still acknowledged her strength, not that she truly cared about being recognized by a bunch of trolls .

The dozens of skeleton warriors entered the tomb by pair . Because the entrance was made for a troll, two of them could enter at the same time . The only one that will probably have a hard time would be Ymir, since he was a bit bigger than the crack on the ice wall . The deeper they went inside the tomb, the more Leilade noticed that it wasn't really one . She could more or less see or guess the form surrounding the undead, and it wasn't something made by a race .

It was a completely natural formation, and the path was only leading to a deeper destination, inside the mountains . She could also feel an influx of mana, and the walls were sprinkled with mana stones . At the same time, the threat that ended the previous connection was still nowhere to be seen . Finally reaching the same location where the first skeleton was destroyed, she encountered resistance .

The link between the undead and her was gradually getting thinner and thinner like something was perturbing it . That was highly unusual . She had not reached the stage where she could control undead from hundreds of kilometers, but she was absolute in her ability when the range was less than ten kilometers . Otherwise, she wouldn't have been forced sometimes to personally land on a planet to destroy all their enemies . She could have just stayed on a ship in the orbit of the planet and remotely control everything while staying safe .

So, to be disturbed when the distance was merely hundreds of meters was definitely not natural . For the moment, she could only input that deficiency to the important amount of lingering mana inside the cavern . Something designed and created by the Ancients always created a lot of problems for those not related to them . Thinking about that, she wondered how the few plants and bugs she released were doing . The hope to remove that major obstacle was entirely on their tiny shoulders .

However, for the moment, the skeletons were still responding perfectly to her commands . One began to carefully dig a hole around a mana stone that was big enough to be interesting . At the same time, she realized that those scythes were extremely useless when they were used for such delicate work . Seeing the pathetic attempt at grabbing the stone between its two hands, if it was still called hand in its case, she gave up and ordered to create a more human skeleton .

They had to wait for a minute before the human skeleton brought back the mana stone . The eyes of the trolls were all shining since they never saw one so beautiful and big . Murmuring among themselves, the chieftain returned to his tent and brought the most precious one his tribe managed to gather . Comparing the two, it was easy to see which one was better . Just from the blue light manifesting the presence of mana, the stone of the trolls lost decisively .

Even if both had a dim light, one was just barely covering the stone while the other was creating a complete additional layer of light . The size was also another indicator; one was smaller than a single inch while the other was slightly bigger than a finger . Whether it was in quantity or quality, it was certain that the tomb of Târlakh would provide a huge amount of satisfying mana stones . Even if the chieftain was not very smart, he was capable of adding two and two .

Looking at the stone hold by the skeleton, he casted his sight at the tomb, visibly seeing the profits he could make . Those greedy thoughts were of course seen by both Ymir and Leilade, unfortunately, it was not useful . If she could, she would have let those trolls here and order them to dig all the resources inside the tomb . However, it was certain that doing this will only cause the entire tribe to die, and she wasn't even sure that they could dig a single mana stone before getting slaughtered .

Because they were dumb and easily convinced, they were the perfect example of proving that Ymir wasn't a bloodthirsty demon . Well, he was, but it didn't really matter . After a week or so at the hands of Meridiana, she was certain that all those morons could join the population of Archet . It will provoke a few tensions, but they were still an incredibly strong workforce . And better to start to make humans and trolls live in harmony before immediately putting two races that were in a perpetual war .

For example, the goblins and the humans . She had heard that the North of Avenio was plagued by that green pest, causing a lot of problems . Because it was at the border with the forest of the elves, and the latter was also under the assault of the green tide, the situation was nearly like a war between the three races . If she asked goblins to live happily next to humans or elves, she was certain that the situation will turn into a civil war instantly .

But on the other hand, the trolls weren't necessarily hated, they were just despised by the humans . So, to promote all races, they needed to start slowly . To be truthful, after living so long inside the Demonic Empire, the very concept of races was rendered useless . As long as one was worthy, one will earn the respect of others . Even if two races that should have been sworn enemy met, they could still become friends . Vampires that were drinking human blood could converse with a human eating a normal meal, and nothing seemed wrong for anyone .

It was not out of kindness or anything like that, just because there was nothing like a perfect being . Well, except the Saksa, but that was the ultimate creation of the Ancients, so it was understandable . As for the rest, there was always something, a domain, whether it was magic, intelligence, strength, durability where they were weaker than another race . Only by using the strongest point of someone to cover the weakest point of another could society progress . The same could be seen inside the human nation, only at a smaller scale, segregating humans and non-humans .

By now, some of the smartest minds of the troll tribe were currently pondering about the reason why they were still alive . Even if some weren't capable of utilizing their brains correctly, the rest at least understood that they were in a bad situation . And not even the friendly and kind interactions they had with Ymir could cover everything . Of course, that the extent of their intelligence, since they weren't capable of understanding that they should try to please Leilade . They were still thinking that it was the strongest, Ymir, that was in charge .

"Bring them all to the base Ymir . I will let you control them, but Malakov will watch you . None of them are to ever leave it or see Agnil . Don't disappoint me . "

The Akûl smiled at those words since it was a relatively easy task . But the last sentence was clearly because Leilade was mad at something, and recalling that the group of skeletons was still inside the tomb, he figured it out . Hesitating a second, he still asked about the undead .

"Of course, Empress . About the cavern, should I personally enter it?"

"No, it's fine . They are all dead . You don't have to worry; this wasn't caused by the Ancients or the Saksa . " A bit doubtful, the giant became to explain the events that will happen in the future to their new subjects . All the trolls were afraid of leaving the tomb unguarded and also about the long travel filled with dangers . But under the orders of Ymir, the liches sealed the entrance and summoned once again a small troop of skeletons . Their two worries answered the families began to organize what to take and what to leave .

As for Leilade, she was replaying the last scene that was captured by one of the undead inside the tomb . Because of the lack of light and the bad vision of the skeletons, she could only vaguely distinguish the form that destroyed them . A nearly transparent silhouette, without any distinct traits or features .

It could be anything, from a specter to an elemental or a soul . But it instantly destroyed all the undead without even moving, meaning that it was still a dangerous threat . Sealing it for the moment was the best thing to do . But as Leilade thought of this, she imagined the amount of mana that was probably stored in this thing . After the attack on Archet, this will be their priority . She couldn't let a living battery of mana alive so close to her .

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