Chapter 989 Bitter Feeling

Chapter 989 Bitter Feeling



At what the Tigerman said, the Dwarf couldn't hide his frown anymore.

Something was definitely off here.

Initially, he thought that the Tigerman made some kind of mistake to be taking the resources from this forest, within the Dwarven's territory. A mistake that is not completely out of place as this part of the forest was at the edge of their territory, and wasn't touched by the power of the Dwarf King's weapon, the War Maul of Glacia.

No snow covered the ground and trees of the forest.

Due to that, the Dwarf found it quite logical that the Tigerman might made a mistake.

But now he realized that this group of Tigerman was aware.

Obviously, this group of Tigerman knew that this forest was the Dwarven's territory, but they didn't care and decided to steal the resources of the forest for themselves. To make matters worse, the red-colored Tigerman even announced that this was his territory.

Such a bold act is obviously an offensive challenge to the Dwarven's power.

"Ye jestin' with me now, ain't ye?" He asked raspingly.

Upon hearing this, the red-colored Tigerman's smile stretched even wider, he clearly meant what he said and didn't intend to take it back despite offending the Dwarf, "What? What can you even do at this moment?"

After saying that, the red-colored Tigerman laughed, taking the Dwarf as nothing but a joke.

He scoffed in ridicule before pivoting around and walking away.

Ignoring the Dwarf who was completely rooted on his spot, the red-colored Tigerman told the other Tigerman to continue chopping down the trees. All of them resumed what they were doing, taking down the trees and loading them into their own wagons.

Due to the severity of the situation, the news spread like wildfire.

Soon enough, the news reached Huvuki and the other high-standing Dwarves around him.

"I knew from the start, alignin' with them Tigermen be a blunder!"

"We've been scrappin' since our first stirrin' in this new era, and trustin' 'em is like trustin' a dragon with yer gold!"

"Aye, I'm with ye on that."

"I say we muster our forces and drive 'em out of our lands. If it comes to blows, we report straight to Lord Rex, and he'll back our play, mark my words!"

A meeting was being held to talk over the situation.

Huvuki sat on the side, attentively absorbing the voices of the other Dwarves expressing their thoughts. In that moment, his own mind also delved into the predicament. For him, it was obvious that the root of the problem seemed unmistakably tied to the reawakening of the older generations of the Tigerman race.

Judging from the description of the leading Tigerman, he's from the older generations.

It explains why he was aggressive and confident.

Despite the clear fact that the Tigerman race was asking for trouble, Huvuki couldn't do anything rash right now. Compared to the Tigerman, the Dwarves were in a severely bad situation as they had no ancestors anymore.

All of their ancestors were wiped out in the past.

Because of that, they have a devastating military disadvantage against the Tigerman.

Even though they were only taking a small portion of the resources that were supposed to belong to the Dwarven Kingdom, the amount would only grow for now. The Tigerman would keep on becoming bolder to instigate the Dwarven Kingdom.

Huvuki knew that they were waiting for him to make a mistake and start a fight.

'I can't let that happen...' He pondered with a sigh.

While he was dwelling inside his mind about the situation, the discussion continued.

"I cast me vote to rally our forces and boot 'em out! This be downright intolerable!"

"Nay, hold yer axe, friend. Let's mull it over. What might've tickled their whiskers to stir at this very moment?"

"Reason, ye say? Those scoundrels need no rhyme nor reason!"

"Don't be too quick on the draw, Boboul. There's gotta be a cause for stirrin' trouble in ours, an allied hall. Them Tigermen ain't daft; they know the Silverstar Pack won't stomach such antics. Somethin' must've stirred the pot, and we best find out before we swing our hammers."

Upon hearing this, Huvuki turned to the Dwarf on his right who said that with widened eyes.

Gazing at the empty space before him with a sigh, Huvuki replied, "Unfortunately, both Lady Adhara and Lady Evelyn don't have enough of a presence to make that happen. Had any of them intervened, the Tigerman would only deny the accusation or even find ways to argue that what they were doing was not wrong"

"Maybe Sir Flunra can help, but he's not the type to meddle" He added dejectedly.

As he said that, Huvuki massaged his forehead.

He knew that the matters needed to be handled now, as even if Rex eventually came back and learned about the situation, he wouldn't be able to do anything if the Tigerman had already taken their territory and turned it into theirs.

But he couldn't think of anything aside from fighting the Tigerman.

It's a headache for him.

'Even so, I still think informing Lady Adhara or Lady Evelyn would be a great initial move. I just hope that one of them would be able to somehow suppress the Tigerman' Huvuki pondered while shaking his head.

...

Meanwhile, back to Dargena City.

Completely oblivious to what was happening to the other allied Kingdoms, Flunra was still attempting to decipher the construct that Kyran drew. He wanted to take care of this fast before he could resume what he needed to do.

On the other hand, Prof. K was taking a step back, leaning on the walls in contemplation.

He was looking at the construct from a further view.

Even though the two tried their best, the construct that they suspected to be a map was very much impossible to crack. Nothing made sense about it, there was absolutely no clue that could help them in knowing the location of the map.

Prof. K tried to put the map of the surroundings right beside it, but it was still futile.

One thing that they could decipher was a tiara at the center.

After hours of fruitless attempts to decipher the construct, Prof. K began to question their assumption and approach. He started to second guess. 'If it were a map, we should have identified at least one trademark by now. What if this construct serves a purpose other than being a map?"

Reckoning the possibility of the construct not being a map, Prof. K tried another approach.

Focusing on one assumption wouldn't get them anywhere.

Kneeling beside the construct, he laid his hand on the tiara and imbued his energy into it.

Swish...

Before the watchful eyes of onlookers, Prof. K's energy radiated through the tiara, only to swiftly dim once more. Despite his efforts to infuse more energy, it became apparent that there was little chance of extracting further results.

Not that he wasn't stronger, but it seems the construct is denying him.

Glancing at Flunra with a peculiar look, Flunra nodded and also tried to do the same thing.

Surprisingly, Flunra's energy almost lights up the entire tiara before it dims again.

Prof. K was about to continue with his attempts, reaching the epiphany of trial and error, but the sensation of infusing the tiara with his energy made Flunra's frown deepen. 'It's reacting to my energy, I almost complete it, but I can't. I thought this was not a formation or array, but it seems it was'

Looking at the construct in a new light, Flunra's eyes manage to spot some shapes.

On the right and left side of the construct to be exact.

Flunra squinted his eyes for a brief moment before he eventually came to a realization, the shape was that of a small snowflake and an inverted crescent moon. It was only then that he realized that this was the seal of the Ice and Snow Full Moon.

Precisely, the seal of the Ice and Snow Full Moon.

'So that's what happened to Kyran, I should've known from the start' He mused inwardly.

Contrary to before, Flunra quickly activated his Banished Dark Moon King Mark which quickly boosted his power to an insurmountable degree. He garnered most of his power before he tried to infuse the construct with his energy once again.

Shiiing!

Just as he anticipated, the entire construct lights up and activates.

It turned into a portal in an instant.

An item came from its center which made Flunra smile in scorn, knowing what this meant.

"So the answer is the Princess, you cheap Lunirich God"