Abandoned Priest at the Hero’s Party

The Shrinking Continent

Since when did people call Calderan Volcano Calderan Volcano?

If you ask who named this volcano Calderan, people will not answer. So did the people who lived right next to the volcano that had now disappeared into the lava.

At one time, Thomas, a sorcerer who studied volcanoes, tried to find out where the name Calderan came from. He toured the villages near the volcano and asked questions of the village elders.

Of course, if you want to go and get an answer for free, no one will tell you. That’s what being human is Even if it’s field work, you have to help out a little to open your mouth.

“Are you a foreigner? We don’t buy anything.”

“Why do outsiders come all the way here and talk shit?”

Fortunately, Thomas William was an earth wizard and worked for the Soil Survey Bureau. He has a lot of carrots to give to those who don’t want to open his mouth.

“father. Here, I want you to have a cup of herbal medicine…”

“Hey, look at this guy. hey sit down I don’t have anything to treat you, can I give you a persimmon?”

Sometimes a few pennies can open a closed mouth. He didn’t ask for any secret secrets or family secrets, but if he could tell you about the volcano and get a coin, he would usually be open-minded.

“I can’t speak. never speak There are graves of our ancestors on that mountain.

“Grandma. I’m the one who surveys the land and pays taxes. Yes. So, the land tax that Grandma has to pay this year depends on me.”

Of course, there are always people who keep their mouths shut, and in this case, what is needed is the privilege of being a civil servant.

Will you be hit with a tax bomb, or will you benefit from tax cuts with Thomas’ cooperation? When presented with these two options, everyone succumbed. Aren’t taxes more scarier than tigers?

“If I say, are you really going to reduce the land I have and put it on the ledger?”

Occasionally, they ‘cooperated’ with the Toho forces to receive information. After all this hard work and passion, Thomas William learned a lot about Calderan Volcano. A personal hobby can sometimes lead to such surprising results.

However, there was an unresolved problem for this person who studied volcanoes without receiving a single penny. Since when was this volcano called Calderan Volcano?

“Who calls it that? This guy’s question is pointless. It’s been called that since my grandmother’s day.”

“Hey, my grandfather used to call me that too. Why would a decent yangban go around asking questions like this? Do you have a wife?”

That question only deepened when I heard that the ancestors of the village’s oldest elders called that volcano Calderan Volcano during their lifetimes.

If the people who lived here had coined the name Calderan Volcano, there must have been traces of it somewhere.

But no matter how much I searched, it was to no avail.

As if someone threw this name away and left, the name Calderan Volcano appeared somewhat out of the blue. At some point, everyone called this volcano this way, and it soon became an official name.

‘Phoenix isn’t coming back. I want to stay a little longer this time.’

The person who first coined the name and put it in his mouth.

That is the Demon King, Grimudo. People criticize him as the primordial demon king, but they may not even dream that they are living in his traces.

‘He used to like Calderan.’

With or without Phoenix, it is a volcano. And it’s a super volcano.

The Demon King knew better than anyone why such a supervolcano was created there. This is because one of the harvesters created by the ancients, ‘Calderan’, is there.

Originally, Calderan was not a mountain, but a name referring to a harvester hiding deep beneath the surface. And it is a name developed by Grimudo.

But it suddenly escaped to the outside world, and it came and went among people, and it became the word for a volcano. Even thinking about it now makes me laugh.

Phoenix must be receiving cells and energy from the Calderan. He sees himself as his father and Calderan as his mother.

And it’s not at all wrong. The Phoenix is a monster created by Grimudo by cultivating the fragments of Calderan cells.

‘Should I let you play a little more?’

There is a saying that birds come out of eggs and serve as their parents the first thing they see. I don’t know if that’s true, but at least Phoenix certainly did. Even if he didn’t have to give orders as a sectarian, he followed himself well.

To others, he is a ferocious bird, and even though he has a dirty temper, to his owner, he is a guy who shows affection and rubs his head even when his body is as big as a house.

Even the Demon King somehow had a crush on him. It is difficult not to attach affection to each other for so many years.

Still, he’s not the kind of guy that’s going to be shot to death, so don’t worry. The demon lord swung his sleeves once and arrived at the destination.

Eyes locked in the dark narrowed. Even in the thick snowy forest, it captured a uniquely large tree.

chaos on the ground. fear. And awe is nothing to this Demon King. Just as the high and low tides cross and come and go, when the time comes, the tide will blow on the tidal flat of this continent. There is not much left until that day comes.

‘How many more times can the cycle continue?’

The organic matter swallowed by the primordial body does not come from nothing, but the existing inorganic matter is converted into organic matter in the metabolic process of the living body. It means continuous consumption of minerals.

As the primordial body grows larger and larger, the planet is eroded more and more. continent. and the eastern continent. The planet’s continents, which once had six continents, have been swallowed up more and more with each cycle, and now only two remain.

Traces of what was once a continent remain here and there as islands and archipelagoes, but that’s all.

After all, the so-called Demon Continent is only a part of this continent.

Those who live in an era where it is common sense that there are only two continents will never understand the Demon King. Someday, there will be only one of the two continents left.

After that, only the sea and scattered islands will remain, and then…

Well. Even if there were the following, it would not be a world in which humans could live. Marine life will rise, and no one knows if they will ever realize intelligence.

There is no point in surviving poorly.

He watched the elf for a long time. Although they were aware of the existence of the primordial body, they did not come up with any answers.

In fact, he didn’t even try to do that. Hiding in the protection of the World Tree, giving up all kinds of development, always complacent with the present, with a sense of improvement towards the future. No matter how much you wait, nothing will change, and in the end you will face a hopeless future without any preparation.

‘One day, our mother will devour all the land.’

The next one will be the sea, but that time is still far away. First of all, it is not too late to worry about the land. In that case, only the part protected by the World Tree would remain as an island, and all the rest would be the sea.

And, then? From drinking water to farming, problems do not arise one after another. When that day comes anyway, even if the world tree is protected, the elves will perish. It would be better for them to be sent away easily and quickly than to go after suffering like that.

coogong.

If it is not intentionally hidden, the demon king’s enormous magical power brings forth the ideal of the heavenly spirit just by being there. Dark clouds fill the sky, and the bushes dry and twist and fall.

Grimudo did not try to hide that the Demon King was here. As he waved his hand, a shockwave struck all directions.

A large tree was also uprooted and blown away, and even a single reed that was caught up in the storm but not uprooted was torn apart without being able to withstand the pressure.

swish!

As he swung his hand once, a mighty magical energy fluttered and shot down. It’s just overwhelming power, not at a level that can flow out with softness. That power lifted the entire crust.

The soil gradually crumbled and became muddy waves and swept in all directions. Even a single scattered stone had the power to destroy the entire fortress wall. Everything around was swept away.

“No matter how many times I try, it doesn’t change.”

But only one.

The big tree in the middle of the great forest and Elvenheim, who was protected by the tree, were as quiet as if nothing had happened. Sitting on the branch of the World Tree, a woman in a winged robe said with a bright smile.

“Isn’t it time to admit it? No matter how you are, you can’t do anything about the World Tree and Elvenheim. never.”

When I first saw it, I was terrified. But how many visits is this already?

Elvenheim was no longer afraid of Grimudo. Exactly, I found a way to deal with it.

If they give up going out of the realm of the World Tree and hide inside like a tortoise hides in a carapace, even the grimousdo of the world cannot help them.

Knowing this, the elves were filled with confidence again. Now, even the primordial demon king was not so scary.

“Kania-sama is right! Hey, show me more!”

Some drugged elves even hummed. Anyway, as long as you are absolutely sure that it is safe, what is the difference from riding a ride even if the Demon King is in front of you?

“Isn’t the power show all about what the primordial demon king comes and does?”

“That’s right. Now show me something else!”

“Wow, this is not even worth a beer snack!”

“Would you like to summon some meteorites like last time?!”

The Demon King laughed softly. Of course, this is just a greeting.

They don’t seem to know. When a tortoise enters its carapace, at first glance it may seem like it has no match for the ecosystem, but eagles have developed a way to eat turtles long ago.

It’s enough to catch the whole carapace and fly it, then look at the rock and throw the tortoise there. Although it cannot be broken with claws and beaks, it can be broken using potential energy and rocks.

Even a mere eagle develops new strategies and tactics, will the Demon King be terrified?

Of course, I have prepared that ‘other thing’. However, whether or not it can be used as a side dish for beer is up to the elves, not the demon lord.