Weed Reincarnation ~ Carefully Raised in the Elf Village ~

Chapter 33-: Runes 

The mercenaries, the aggressors, were destroyed.

Fortunately, there was no human harm here.

Some of the mass-produced Go-kuns on the periphery of the village were burned up and became unregenerate, but the damage was only minor. I was a little horrified to think that I would not have listened to Sephy's advice.

If Sephy hadn't been there, she might have missed the mob man.

I'm not sure if I'd have been able to get away with it if I hadn't been there.

On the contrary, that might have been a profound move that would have cost him his own life.

After all, the corpse of the mob guy had burned up to the point where not a bone was left.

I have a lot of thoughts on the matter, but for now, let's just be happy that everyone was safe.

Incidentally, the bodies of the mercenaries were not collected to build graves, but were returned to the earth by Goh's "Energy Drain".

This was not because we hated them at all.

It's simply because elves and werewolves don't have the custom of making graves.

They don't cremate or make coffins to bury their dead. For example, if you are an elf, you are buried in the roots of the great tree that protects your village.

So, from their point of view, returning them to the earth by Goh and the others is a respectful way of burying them.

Anyway.

We came back to the village from the forest around the perimeter of the village where the battle had taken place.

In the square where the sacred tree, my main body (the whole village is me now), is located.

I had already returned the bodies of the mercenaries to the earth, but I had collected their belongings as spoils of war. They were being brought to the square.

The leather armour that the mercenaries had worn was burned and useless, but many of the metal weapons were still intact. The coins they were carrying were probably the main spoils of war.

From the perspective of the elven village, the only use for these items was as metal resources.

However, there were two kinds of items that were particularly valuable.

One was three backpacks with a lot of large metal fittings.

Each of the metal fittings had a strange pattern - or rather, something that looked like a letter - engraved on it with great precision. Not only that, but the leather that made up the bags themselves had countless similar inscriptions in some kind of dye or pigment.

When I checked the inside of the bag, I was surprised to find that it was filled with more items than it looked and weighed when carried.

After a little investigation, it seemed that the space inside was expanded and the weight of the items inside did not affect the outside.

According to the elder, it might be a magic tool that the human race calls a "magic bag.

Inside this magic bag was a large amount of water and food, as well as demon materials and magic stones that the mercenaries seemed to have hunted along the way.

Of course, we were grateful for these items and decided to make use of them.

The other item was a long sword that the mob man was carrying.

The basic shape of the long sword was unremarkable, but on the blade were the same strange inscriptions that were drawn on the magig bag, only more intricate.

When magic power was applied, the letters would glow dimly, and the sword body would heat up, and then purple flames would appear and cover the sword body.

This is also a kind of magic tool, and it should be called a magic sword.

It seems that the inscriptions on both the magic bag and the sword play an important role.

The elders seemed to know what they were.

"These are runes. ...... These are magical runes that were once created by a god named Odin.

Runes. Odin.

When I heard the word, a vague knowledge came to mind.

But there's something that doesn't quite add up.

I had a vague idea of what runes looked like, but the image and the words on the sword seemed to be completely different.

The runes in my knowledge were much simpler than the ones on the sword itself.

But the runes in front of me were a little more complicated than that.

The runes in front of me were a little more complex than that. "No, ......, that's kanji, isn't it?

The characters were complex and distinctive, as if they were written with a brush.

What came to mind as I looked at it was my knowledge of the Chinese character.

Perhaps the language I had used before was one that used these characters.

A quick check of the inscriptions on the sword's body revealed several kanji characters that I could understand, including "flame," "heat," "funeral," "god," "dedication," "give," "take," and "life.

"I've never heard of .......　　I've never heard of ......."

But apparently the elder didn't know the name Kanji.

"I've been around since before Ragnarok, so I know what it is, but I'm pretty sure it's called runes.　　I've been alive long before Ragnarok, and I know that these should be called runes, because that's what the old gods themselves called them.

"Ragnarok?

I've heard of that too.

I'm not sure what to make of that.

"Ragnarok is a war of the gods that took place a few hundred years ago. It was a battle so great that every single one of the old gods perished along with the old civilization. ......"

I think it's great that you're experiencing something that happened hundreds of years ago.

"I thought that Ragnarok had killed off these runes and the technology of rune magic using them, but it seems that the human race has revived them. ......

I'm not sure what to say.　　I'm not sure what to do. I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that.　　I'm not sure if you can write runes or not?

"No, you can tell it's runes by looking at the distinctive characters, but you can't read or write them. This is not a very good technique to begin with. In any case, it consumes too much magic element.

"Magical elements?　　You can't read or write.

"Magic and rune magic are two different technologies.

The elder continued his explanation.

I'm not sure what to make of that.

Without going into too much detail, rune magic amplifies the power of magic by absorbing the magical elements in the air. However, this is inefficient and consumes a large amount of magical elements, more than the effect of the magic.

"If you use it too much, the forest will wither. So it's a technique that we elves don't need.

With a stern look on his face, the elder assured me.

It seems that rune magic is a technology that has disadvantages that elves cannot ignore.

But looking back at the battle with the mob guy, it was certainly a powerful technique. I don't think rune magic is the whole of his strength, but if I'm going to go up against a human race, I want to have a way to counter them.

Hopefully, by examining this sword, we can find that. ......

-- or something, so much for thinking about future concerns.

I'm at my limit.

What's the limit? It's because of the text that has been displayed in my field of vision since a while ago.

I've been holding back since the end of the battle, but I'm nearing my limit of enduring the feeling that I'm about to burst from the inside out, not from the leaking .......

You have reached the maximum level.

You have met the evolution requirements. Do you want to evolve?

Yes/No.