Future Knight

Chapter 147

“What, what do you mean?”

“If you spend just one night with me, I will personally ensure that you return safely to the village where you lived.”

“Are you joking with me right now? Judging by your figure, you look like a human or an elf. Do you think a proud Dwarf warrior like me would ever consort with such inferior species?”

As the saying goes, a Dwarf without pride is a corpse. He was a Dwarf warrior brimming with pride.

In front of him, Green raised her hand and threw off her robe. Soon, her voluptuous, naked body was revealed before him without any filter.

“Gasp! Wh-what?”

The Dwarf stared at her body, dumbfounded.

The pheromones filled with magic that had been trapped inside her robe started to spread, stirring the Dwarf’s desires.

The Dwarf slowly approached Green and groped her voluptuous body, speaking as he did.

“What, what species are you to have green skin? Are you perhaps the famous Green Witch?”

His last bit of rationality tried to hold him back. But it was utterly insufficient to quell his rising desire.

“Mr. Dwarf, just enjoy it.”

“Ugh! No! I’d rather die! I can never be with a witch like you!”

Despite his words, his hands continued to grope Green’s body without stopping.

“I’ll take care of everything. Just stay still.”

As Green started to take off the Dwarf’s pants, he let out a final scream.

“No!”

Although the Dwarf shouted that he couldn’t do it, his manhood was already swollen to the point of bursting. Contrary to Green’s expectations, it was quite impressive.

‘He may be small in stature, but that part is enormous…’

Green laid her black robe on the ground and intertwined with the Dwarf.

Slowly savoring every moment.

The next day, Naiad personally took the Dwarf to see the view from below the cliff, while Green washed herself in a nearby pond.

She seemed to be in a bit of pain.

“Ouch! I didn’t know Dwarves had such stamina. I should have realized when I saw that only that part was big… We did it six times.”

“You seemed to enjoy it quite a bit last night, so stop complaining too much.”

“It was a rare, intimate experience. Despite his small size, he was quite capable.”

One of Green’s iron rules since starting this endeavor was to enjoy what she couldn’t avoid.

After another four months, the number of children had increased to twelve.

The green troll elves had already grown to the size of adults.

However, since they were still children, they needed Green’s constant care, and with the newborn green Dwarves to look after, even ten hands wouldn’t be enough for Green.

“Oh, my arms and legs. There are so many kids that it’s overwhelming. I need to stop increasing the number of species until they grow up.”

“Yes, for now, focus on raising the children. I need to visit the Spirit Realm for a while.”

When Naiad mentioned returning to the Spirit Realm, worry washed over Green. Without Naiad, she had no strength.

“What? You’re leaving? What am I supposed to do alone?”

“When you need my power, call my name. I’ll come running right away.”

Reluctantly, Green let him go.

“Okay… I understand.”

“Then take care.”

Naiad left Green’s side as abruptly as he had first appeared, and Green devoted herself to caring for the children for the next few years.

As the children reached an age where they could somewhat fend for themselves, Green resumed her quest to expand the species.

She began relations sequentially with humans, orcs, and elves, absorbing the characteristics of each species.

After decades of tireless effort, during which she spared no part of herself, the green elf tribe transformed into a vast kingdom.

The green elf tribe rapidly expanded their influence, encroaching upon neighboring kingdoms.

No kingdom could stand in their way.

They had an incredibly powerful army that boasted an undefeated record. Moreover, their rate of advancement was astonishingly rapid.

However, the other races couldn’t simply overlook their dominance.

Humans and elves, excluding the orcs, joined forces with the dwarves to attack them.

Despite their formidable power, the green elf tribe could not withstand the assault. Their adversaries were the Absolute Rulers who had dominated the world for tens of thousands of years.

Ultimately, the green elf tribe was defeated and fled. The place they reached in their escape was Iceland.

That harsh land, deemed uninhabitable by humans, was the only place they could find refuge.

Green wept once more.

She wept as she looked upon her children, abandoned on the barren land.

But there was no time to wallow in sorrow.

Every day, her children froze to death.

To survive, they needed to find a way to live in this place.

After enduring twenty years in that place, the green elves finally found a way to survive.

They hid in a massive crevice under the eternal ice, where they could escape the extreme cold. Beneath this crevice was a huge geothermal spring.

To the green elves, exhausted from the cold, this was like an oasis in the desert.

Once they had a place to sleep, the next issue was food.

They had been eating anything they could find.

This included moss on rocks, seaweed from the ocean, and animals like penguins and sea lions.

This was how they had managed to survive in that harsh environment for twenty years.

But it wasn’t enough.

To avenge themselves against the other races on the continent, they needed many soldiers. To form such an army, they first needed to secure a stable supply of food.

However, on this barren and unknown continent, covered in severe cold, they could only obtain very small amounts of food through gathering and hunting.

Moreover, penguins and seals were also the main prey of terrifying monsters like Shabeltigers or Ice Trolls, resulting in many green elves getting injured or killed on every hunting trip.

Green struggled with the food problem for decades.

Then, one day, she found hope.

It was the Ice Mushroom.

The Ice Mushroom was the only plant that could be cultivated on ice. The green elves started large-scale cultivation of Ice Mushrooms using the ice walls of the eternal snow.

This became the driving force for the revival of the green elves. With abundant food, they grew stronger and subdued the surrounding monsters, stabilizing their territory.

They also expanded inland, acquiring abundant underground resources.

With these resources, the green elves experienced an industrial revolution in that barren land.

This happened exactly one hundred years after they were driven to Iceland.

Successfully settling in Iceland, the green elves sharpened their blades for revenge against the continent, transforming into the mighty green elf tribe they are today.

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### 52. Return

The escape pod began to shake violently as it entered the atmosphere.

Theoretically, the Zaid escape system was designed to withstand the atmospheric friction of Neo Earth, but after a fierce battle, there was no guarantee it wouldn’t malfunction.

Kang Chan clenched his teeth and prayed to land safely.

“Please, just hold on a little longer.”

If the pod failed to withstand the atmospheric heat due to a malfunction, it would turn into a mere shooting star.

In that case, someone else might make a wish upon his death.

Of course, such a tragic event should never happen.

Rumble… Rumble…

The escape pod shook.

Faces of the people Kang Chan wanted to see flashed through his mind.

The first person who came to mind was Jaina.

Then followed Zikyon, Elradian, Loki, Erika, Arteon, and all the others he had met on this planet—one by one, their faces appeared.

Oddly enough, he even wanted to see Keremion.

Keremion, who had harbored hostility toward him from the beginning until the moment of death.

Kang Chan regretted not being able to reconcile with him until the end.

Lastly, the person who captured Kang Chan’s heart, Platina, came to mind.

Thinking of her anxiously waiting for him, he wanted to fly to her immediately.

Kang Chan felt his heart, which had once been directed toward Jaina, now leaned toward Platina.

Thanks to the divine blessing of oblivion, he began to forget Jaina and face reality.

Indeed, the living must live among the living.

The violently shaking escape pod gradually began to stabilize.

Perhaps his earnest prayers had been answered, as the pod entered the atmosphere at a stable angle.

Eventually, the escape pod safely passed through the atmosphere and slowly reduced its speed as the parachute deployed.

As the parachute rapidly decelerated the pod and then detached, the stabilized escape pod began to glide through the sky.

At that moment, Kang Chan caught sight of the rising sun.

He felt a lump in his throat, as the sensation of being alive washed over him. For the first time, he prayed a prayer of thanks to the god who had kept him alive.

To the god he had never once sought until now.

He checked the remaining fuel and directed the pod toward the Visman Empire, where the battle was in full swing.

A fierce battle between the Continental Allied Forces and the green elves was undoubtedly raging there.

However, contrary to Kang Chan’s thoughts, the war had already ended.

The landscape viewed from the sky was a scene from hell.

Everywhere, there were corpses of green elves and humans.

“The battle has already ended, but who won?”

Kang Chan, who knew better than anyone the difference in power between the Continental Allied Forces and the green elves, began to worry.

If the Continental Allied Forces had been defeated by the green elves, the war was far from over.

However, Kang Chan soon discovered the victor.

A familiar warship was hovering in the sky.

“Red Mars ship!”

Although the Red Mars ship was terribly damaged, its survival signified that the Continental Allied Forces had won. Kang Chan identified himself as a friendly unit in response to the IFF signal from the Red Mars ship.

He landed on the deck of the Red Mars ship, whose entrance was completely destroyed.

As the hatch of the escape pod opened, the faces he longed to see were there to greet him.

“Kang Chan!”

“Silpiris.”

Silpiris ran to Kang Chan and hugged him.

“You made it.”

“Yes, I miraculously survived.”

“Thank goodness.”

Silpiris, the Dragon, was teary-eyed at Kang Chan’s return.

Having faced life and death together, they had become quite close.

“How did the war go?”

“All of our Dragons joined the fight, so of course, we won.”

“Really? We won?”

At the news of their victory, Kang Chan felt all the tension drain from his body.

For someone who had never let his guard down for a moment, it was the first time he felt such relief.

As Silpiris supported the staggering Kang Chan, she asked with concern.

“Are you alright?”

“Yes, I’m fine. Where is Zikyon? Where is Zikyon?”

Kang Chan wanted to share this victory with Zikyon more than anyone else.

However, at Kang Chan’s question about Zikyon, Silpiris’s expression turned pale.

“…”

“Why are you silent? Did something happen to him?”

“Zikyon…”

When Silpiris couldn’t continue, a sense of foreboding overwhelmed Kang Chan. He pressed her urgently.

“What happened? Did something happen to him?”

“He has passed away…”

“What?!”

Kang Chan’s voice echoed loudly across the deck of the Red Mars ship.

“What did you say? Say it again!”

Without realizing it, Kang Chan grabbed Silpiris’s shoulders with all his strength.

“Aah!”

“He died? That can’t be! There’s no way he could die!”

Silpiris could only avert her gaze, unable to respond to Kang Chan’s words.

From behind her, Rekracion’s voice spoke.

“Zikyon has passed away.”

Kang Chan let go of Silpiris and turned to Rekracion.

“Is that true?”

“Do you think we would joke about his life?”

“Unbelievable… This is unbelievable…”

Kang Chan’s legs gave out, and he sank to the ground in despair.

“He ran away when I told him to escape to the Red Mars ship, so why is he dead? Why…”

Rekracion spoke to Kang Chan, who was muttering like a madman.

“He didn’t escape. He sacrificed himself to unite all our forces. With that power, he delivered the final blow to that monstrous warship.”

Kang Chan remembered the final battle with the Zvezda ship.

The moment when they tore through Zvezda’s shield and split it with their last bit of strength.