Chapter 9: Cover the Scales' retreat
"So, shall we hurry up?" Lot came behind Charelle and Nami and whispered a reminder.
"Hey......" Charelle agreed.
She turned to the remaining members of the archery battalion and waved her hand for everyone to set off, heading for the eastern shore of the Kalle steppe to the northeast. The mothmen's bow and arrow battalion marched forward in two orderly columns, and two mothmen flew over the front of the troops, they were the sentinels in charge of reconnaissance.
Roth the Scaly Demon and Becky of Wales followed the Mothman on a centipede, while Nami rode her Patronus Nicol at the end of the group.
"Sister, you come with me!" Nami beckoned to Charelle, who was still in place. After confirming that the big guys had set off, Charelle smiled and nodded to Nami. She flicked her wings and jumped onto Nicol's back and sat down behind Nami.
In the end, in order to escort the Scaly Demon's deputy Sirot to meet and appease his people, and to conserve their strength, they first advanced eastward on slow foot, so that they could meet the Scaly Clansmen who were rushing back halfway. According to Charelle's deference, they may have joined the Scaly Clans 40 kilometers east of the Mana River Valley. The most likely location for the encounter with the Hit-Man is on the way back to Mushroom City from the Mana River, so the main Moth-Man force will need to conserve most of their physical strength to deal with potential conflicts and ensure the safety of the large force of the Scaly Demons to withdraw to the Mana River.
On Nicol's back, Nami has the mission of helping the kind scale demon clan, and she feels a little nervous and excited at the moment. Behind her is also her sister guarding herself, but this time her sister is Xia Lei'er, the moth man she just met. Nami was a little anxious at first, she wasn't used to her sister's absence from Naling, after all, she had never tried to leave her dearest sister. Besides, she was a little worried that she wouldn't make a mistake without her sister by her side to guide her on this mission.
Xia Lei'er sat behind Na Mei and found that she didn't seem to be as active as she imagined, as if she was in a daze. Charelle guessed she might be missing her sister's spirit.
"Sister!" Charelle cautiously tested Nami.
"Huh?" Nami closed her lips tightly, and looked back at Xia Lei'er with a pair of big eyes that were a little distracted.
The angel in front of her, her beautiful face and sincere eyes, will not hide her emotions at all, she is like a child. Xia Leier could feel through her beautiful eyes that she missed her own sister in her heart, and she couldn't help but be moved by it in an instant, and felt sorry for her. Xia Leier can understand the feeling of being alone and blending into a strange group, so she takes the initiative to find a topic to chat with Nami to divert her attention. Thinking that the possible future war would be due to the feud between the three races of the Kalle Grassland, Charelle told Nami the story between the Mothmen, the Het Ant-Men, and the Scale Demons, so that Nami could at least understand this history.
Mothmen, Scaly Demons, and Echant-Men have been threatened by the large carnivore Unicorn for generations. Many years ago, the three races formed an alliance in order to fight for more rights to exist and peace, and with their joint efforts, the allies completely drove the unicorn dragon that had dominated this land away from this grassland. The three races naturally won the vast living space of the entire Kalle steppe. As a reward for their victory, they naturally both gained abundant land resources and arable land, and developed rapidly with each other. What they have always celebrated is the long golden period when all three races coexisted peacefully, and it was a beautiful time to remember.
It is a pity that in recent years, the king of the Hetters, Schalle, has gradually changed, and is no longer the bright and upright king of the past. Due to the rapid growth of the population of the Ant-Man, the Arable Land of the Blue Song Kingdom in the north is relatively poor, so the Blue Song Kingdom proposed to exchange land with the Moths and the Scale Demons. We can all understand that, after all, this is the home that our three races worked so hard to get back in the day. But they went from the exchange and lend-lease they had initially offered to the slow encroachment on the borders of our homeland.
The productivity of the Mothmen is on par with that of the Hittermen, but the total population of the Mothmen is not as good as that of the Hittermen. The first conflict between the Mothmen and the Ant-Men took place half a year ago, and this time it was also over the land. In this conflict, the Moths lost large tracts of fertile farmland that were well watered only in the Shirahime Mountains, and Charelle lost her sister Taya.
Sister Taya, Charelle's dearest and most beloved person, was killed by a fatal injury caused by a fatal fall on a rock caused by a Hit-Man in this conflict. Xia Lier can never forget the reluctant eyes of her beloved sister when she was dying, she admired and attached to her so much. In Tagu's eyes, Charelle is her protector.
Therefore, it is very stupid and irresponsible for the scale demon to choose to flee in the face of the oppression of the Hettmen. Even though the scale demon fled to a new place to re-establish its homeland, it was not sure that it would be able to reclaim enough farmland, and it was difficult to sustain it by hunting for aquatic products and slowly cultivating new farmland. After all, there is no other place to provide such a superior grassland, surrounded by natural barriers, no need to worry about the invasion of wild animals, and cultivate and produce with peace of mind.
The scale demon chose to leave the Kalle steppe where his ancestors lived a fatal mistake. Their only way out is to unite with the Mothmen to defeat the Hit-Ant-Men, defend their territory, and establish clear boundaries with the Hit-Ants. We must use force to defend our rights and interests from the invasion and oppression of the Antmen. Right now, the war they had been preparing for months had been in the air, but due to the temporary change of the Scaly Demon, the alliance between the Moth and the Scaly Demon had fallen into passivity, because the war could be triggered at any time. In fact, in recent years, the three ethnic groups have overtly and covertly stockpiled more weapons and military materiel in the midst of large and small disputes and conflicts. In addition, the Antmen are tasked with guarding the northern border between the Kalle steppe and the Maka Heights, and they have been strengthening their military power all year round.
After listening to the story told by Xia Lei'er, Namei's heart had already been thrown out of the clouds, and she was deeply attracted by the story of the Mothman and the Ant-Man, it turned out that the honest scale demon and the unyielding Moth-Man had been subjected to the oppression and threat of the Ant-Man. From the tone and eyes in Charelle's voice, Nami could feel that she was desperate to defeat the Ant-Man and win this war, and defend the common home of the Mothman and the Scaly Demon.
Nami realizes that the presence of herself and her sister may be a hope of victory for the poor scale demon and the strong mothman in front of her. She suddenly realized that the sincere eyes of Charlais and Roth showed more than friendship to herself. Thinking of this, Nami finally realized how important it was for her and her sister to support the scale demons and mothmen. Nami was secretly determined to help them defeat the Ant-Man.