The Geared Immortal

Chapter 853

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A protective barrier is a set of runic arrays that are formed to create a powerful shield that would stop any attacks from an external force.  However, it consumes too much energy that it could only be set up from a secured location and should be immobile to prevent the array from overlapping.

Hence protective barriers are only installed in cities or large communities with many people. Central Town itself has a powerful protective barrier that would activate once the town is in peril. However, it would only be a last recourse as it would truly consume too many mana stones which are the source of its energy.

However, this type of knowledge is now obsolete when the flying ship came. This is because, although no one realized it, the talisman that the soldiers are wearing is actually a miniaturized version of this type of barrier.

And so the innovation and the new things that appear in the town became really famous which added to Mystique Shop's popularity amongst its citizen and all the nearby villages.

Even in Main Arjing city, the mysterious products of Mystique Shop have also reached and are being sold at a high price. The nobles would always scramble to buy these items even though they would pay the price.

The reason for this is because not every noble would dare to travel to other places with the threat of the large beasts and the notorious bandits.

While this is happening, inside the deep forest in a large underground cave where a small stone castle is build using large rocks and logs, a group of ten figures are currently in a meeting around a long table made of stone.

These figures are wearing beast skin and beast accessories in their bodies making them look like tribal cavemen in the old days.

"Jimba… How are we fairing against the dwarves?" the large green figure with two large tusks protruding on his mouth while sitting at the head of the meeting asked with a serious expression on his face.

"Reporting to the chief… We… we have lost half of our people, but the Dwarven underground city still has not fallen in our hands. We cannot easily siege those pesky bastards as their fortress is like a turtle shell. We even employ tactics, but it seems that they have their own source of water and food which never ends…" the man named Jimba reported.

"Damn those dwarves… they are sitting on a gold mine and they dare not share it with us! They dare oppose us the Scavengers!" shouted the Chief at the head of the table.

"If they wanted their gold and their people, then they should just die!" he shouted as he raised his hands.

"Command everyone to seal off that underground tunnel. Seal off every entrance and exit of that place… In fact, just seal off the mountain itself. Let's see how those little men defy me!"

Everyone nodded, and then the meeting continues…

Meanwhile, in another part of the Dragon's Ridge, a group of handsome-looking men and women with pointy ears and fair white skin are also in a meeting with a group of council inside a large hall. The hall looks like it is inside a hallowed giant tree with many plants and flowers blooming around it.

The place looks tranquil and sublime as it induces one's artistic nature and talent.

A group of mature-looking men and women are sitting at the head of the hall which seems that they are the ones presiding over the meeting. This group is called the so-called 'The Council'. They are the governing body of the elven race which is inside the kingdom of Xinglo.

It is unknown when the elven race arrives in this land, but ever since the growth of the human territory, these elves have already been living inside the forest.

They live in harmony with the forest denizens and dislike participating in any form of war that could destroy the forest.

But of course, the elves are not soft tofu that would not retaliate once provoked. They are considered as one of the superpowers in the Dragon's Ridge because of their strong magical power and control of plants.

If they are provoked, their enemy would notice that the whole forest would be their enemy. From small harmless weeds to poisonous plants, to large trees, everyone would be their opponent.

In this meeting, a tall elf with a handsome mature appearance slowly stood up from his seat.

"The elven part of the forest is very peaceful these days… we have accumulated a lot of harvests which is really amazing. I would like to congratulate the Elder of the Harvest…" he said while gesturing to the elf on the side as everyone gave that elf a round of applause.

While everyone is in a cheerful mood, a young elf raised his hand.

"Yes… the 3rd eldest from the El'fore clan… is there anything you would like to add?" the elven elder respectfully said.

"1st Elder… and the rest of the elders and leaders of my Elven race. We are facing a very critical problem in our hands. Those Scavengers are running on a rampage in the forest destroying many trees and many lives… We should act now and stop them before it's too late!" Olley El'fore said while standing up.

Everyone around the hall began to murmur after hearing his words.

They are all aware of the current situation in Dragon's Ridge. The rampage of the Scavengers and their thirst for power seem to have escalated as if they are preparing for war. They are trying to grab all the ore mines and tribes that know how to forge.

They even attack the secretive dwarves in their territory. Although they knew that the dwarves have a small kingdom beneath the mountain, no one talks about it in the forest because the dwarves provide a great deal of many crafted items to the denizens living in the Dragon's Ridge. And no one dares to offend the dwarves. However, it seems that the Scavengers did not have any scruples with this and just wanted to obtain the dwarves for themselves.

Then suddenly, everyone was shocked to hear that the Scavengers began to attack the settlements of the dwarves and capture many of them.

However, no one dares to act and everyone in the forest has the attitude of 'wait and see'.

But Olley El'fore could not wait anymore. He could not understand why the elders of the elven race would not act when the destruction of the forest is eminent and visible in their eyes. He truly could not understand what these elders are thinking.

"Young Olley… We are all aware of it but this needs to be deliberated in a council before we can act… For now, we will proceed to another part of our meeting…" the 1st elder said with a wave of his hand.

Olley El'fore could not believe what he just heard. How could the elders just wave it off like that? As someone who belongs to the younger generation, he is very enthusiastic to preserve the forest after learning how to take care of it and how to make things grow beautifully. So how could he just stand by and see everything get destroyed in the hand of those… demons?

According to his information, the Scavengers are a combined force of different races that is trying to terrorize the Dragon's Ridge. They even extended their claws to the territory of the humans. However, they dare not provoke the humans further because they fear the human's full force retaliation.

In this kingdom, humans are the major force because of their huge number. And so the rest of the races would just congregate inside the forest like the Dragon's Ridge which is one of the largest forested areas in the kingdom.

The Dragon's Ridge is like an endless sea of trees and mountains that extended towards the northern part of the Kingdom until the border which separates the Kingdom from the Land of the Immortals.

But of course, the Dragon's Ridge is not the only forest in the Kingdom as there are many other large forest areas, like the Heaven Valley, the Phoenix Nest, and the Demon Gorge. Those are just the biggest forested area of the kingdom.

And within these forests, there are many races that exist in secret but are still a part of the Xinglo kingdom, and they are known to the current king.

While Olley El'fore could not accept the decision, he is helpless to do anything.

"If I did not act now, then how can I know what happened to Loom… I need to go… I need to find her" he muttered to himself as he takes out a small pendant on his chest.

The pendant could be opened and inside of it is a small hand-drawn picture of a beautiful young woman. The young woman in that picture is exactly Loombwark Diggingsons. From the way that Olley El'fore looks at the picture, one could see a glint of longing in his eyes.

No one knew the relationship between the two, only Olley El'fore knew.