Chapter 44: 44. Goddamit

"This is war!"

This was the statement of both the Pixies and Ogres. And as far as the Elders and the Leaders of each race were concerned, the development of the village could wait, the enemies must first be decimated, only then would peace come back!

Everyone knew what the right course of action is to be taken, that was to fight back the invaders. They did not want humans tainting their land, taking their people, and slaying their kin.

Even the peace-loving Pixies were raring to go. 

The people of the Forest of Beast were being threatened, and right now, instead of asking Chief what is the best course of action, the epic-tiered Ogres and Pixies remained seated, waiting for Lilith to speak; even Chief was with them.

Lilith had already been patched up, she sat on a pillow made of beast hide that is both fluffy and soft. Lilith was satisfied with their reaction and she is beginning to nod at their desires to fight, but so, their next action can only be one...

"We will take back Sections 5 and 6 from the humans."

Lilith's simple yet confident statement granted Chief and the rest untold confidence. She did not say they will go to war, she said they'll take back their territory. They may fight, but the tension in the room eased out when the idea of war was taken away.

The two races had just fought one another, if they suddenly fought in a war together without training, only the Goddess would be able to save them from their fate... and Lilith knew that's not going to happen.

Thus, the next best thing to do was first take their attention away from war and into fighting for what was right. 

The Pixie Lord's mistake when rousing the timid Pixies was telling them to go and fight without telling them why. Lilith on the other hand would not go and convince them, she would suggest what would be their best line of action to ensure their lives, and thanks to the fervor of the Ogres, it just made things all the easier.

In the Chief's lodging.

Lilith cleared her throat and had one of the Ogres pull out the map she had drawn out. The map was detailed and easier for the eyes compared to the one before.

'I am becoming a better cartographer.' it was a map she made just in case.

Lilith stood up and looked at the map. The Ogres kept silent as Lilith began walking up and down the large map. It was nothing new to them.

However, for the Pixies, it was a weird sight.

'What is the Priestess doing?' Luna who was beside Dhampy sitting in a corner asked the one known as the big sis.

Dhampy did her best to answer the said question.

'She is planning, the boss is the greatest strategist of the Ogre Race, she can turn any kind of situation around if it is her. But to do so, she needs to plan out our next moves'

'Really? She's that brilliant?' Luna became curious, as the representative of the Pixies, she needed to ensure Lilith's abilities.

'Yes, and the only reason why we beat your race was because of her strategies and precise implementation of different tactics. There was one time when she invited me to go raid a dungeon, but she soloed it despite being several levels below, do you see the brilliance of the boss?'

'Yes, I do. Please, tell me more.' Luna was rather curious and Dhampy did not shy away in telling her what she knows.

Lilith could hear their ramblings from the side, she felt the need to bash their heads but didn't because interactions like this were rather useful.

'It improves my fame and the interaction strengthens their bond, that's two birds with one stone right there.'

It had to be noted that it was Dhampy who killed the Pixie Lord, and seeing Luna taking the initiative to talk to Dhampy was a good thing, however, their noise were still annoying.

"Dhampy, Luna."

"Yes!?"

"Get out!"

"Yes."

Lilith couldn't concentrate so she had them go outside. Inside, Lilith was planning how to counteract the damn humans.

Despite humanity's frailty, they're cunning and disgustingly deceptive creatures, they would use everything to win and call it tenacity; she should know - she was one in the past after all.

Because of that, Lilith must find a way on how to drive them back, for now, an all-out war was impossible because the earlier enemies were already so strong for her and her followers that it was disgusting to watch.

Thus, Lilith will use a tactic she frequently leans on to. She smiled as her mind concocted a devious plan.

'Hehehe, this time, blood really will flow.'

While Lilith concocted the perfect plan to drive the humans away from their territory, the two ousted daemons were left discussing numerous things with one another.

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Their discussion started on Lilith, but soon enough, their conversation topic derailed and Dhampy being so straightforward that she was asked a question that rocked Luna.

"Do you not hate me for killing your father?"

Dhampy's a professional, killer. When she kills, then that's it, nothing would ever be uncovered. But, this was the second time she will work with someone whose family she had killed.

She had done something similar before, though she did not know that she killed that person's sister, she ended up getting betrayed in the end. If it was up to her she would have killed Luna without hesitation, but the decision was not something she does, it's all up to the Saint-like Lilith.

So, Dhampy had to ask, else she would not be able to trust her back to Luna. Her eyes that were as black as the abyss stared at Luna's whose eyes glittered with star-like glimmer.

"I killed your father, beheaded him, and then presented him to you. Surely you hold some resentment towards me, correct? If you do, tell me now so I will not worry, cut me up till a hundred wounds appear, will that be enough as repentance?"

Luna looked at Dhampy's expressionless face that spokes of complex emotions, it was a weird thing to see but in the end, Luna shook her head, "No, I do not resent you. Nor do I have anything against you, and I most definitely do not want to cut you up."

The words uttered by Luna made Dhampy look at her with an indiscernible expression. Luna should be angry at her, so why is that she smiles? Deception? That must be it, right? So, she must be lying to lower her guard.

"You are lying; if you are trying to lower my guard and strike me down later, it would be for naught for I will still be able to fend you off then. Let us end this hate by letting you harm me right now."

"The Pixie Lord, my father was a man who will die even if you didn't kill him. He was not the perfect person and others hated his way of ruling. He's a ruthless ruler who forced me to kill a Silberofer to become the Moon Liwa and forced the other to one day become the perfect sacrifice.

"But despite all that, in all truthfulness, I liked my father despite his shortcomings. He's ruthless, yes, but, he also did it for the benefit of the many. But besides all that, you killing him, you managed to fulfill his desire of giving the Pixies a chance to live with more resources to spare, live in a way where none of us will go hungry. I have no intention of hating the benefactor of my father and the Pixie Race."

Only now did Dhampy realized how mature this Moon Liwa of the Pixies was, despite being the same age as Sylva, or somewhere along those lines. They proceeded to walk, but Dhampy just had to ask one last thing.

"Are you sure you don't want to get back at me?"

"Just protect me if I am in danger someday, oh yeah, where are we going?"

"Well, my little sister is still bedridden after the attack on the Neutral Area."

"...Do you want to take revenge by taking my hands?"

"No, the boss is going to be angered."

"What if she won't?"

"...I'll think about it."

The last exchange caused Luna to shudder for a moment before following the one known as the Big Sis of the Ogres.

Night

Hours passed and Lilith looked at the map, there were now two 'points' in the plan to reclaim Section 5 and 6. But, all of these relied on getting the upper hand so Lilith was contemplating something important.

'We need to make a move before the Humans make theirs, if they get the upper hand, we'll lose Section 5 and we'll be forced to escape to Section 4 and go into hiding. By then, it will be hard to push them back, this is a mess.'

Then, just as he was thinking of important matters, it happened.

Boom! Swoosh! Clang!

The sound of the ground exploding and the wind whirling terrified Lilith and almost made her hide underneath the fur of a beast!

'What the hell? Are the humans here already? They move quick, tsk, we need to retreat!'

She looked around and the epic-tiered are already heading outside, Lilith clicked her tongue and head outside to give out the orders of retreat.

BooM! Swoosh ~!

As she finally got out there, she saw it, the two people fighting.

Holding their weapons in front of them, they aimed to fatally injure one another, at least one of them did.

It was the sight Lilith didn't think she would see and as her speechlessness became irritation, her blood boiled as she shouted in anger.

"ENOUGH! SYLVA, DHAMPY, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TWO DOING!?"