The High Elf and the Sword Princess (11)

After that, preparing to set everything in motion required traveling not only through the forests within the Kingdom of Rudria, but also through those in the surrounding countries, and it ended up taking about half a year.

I felt sorry for the elves who had to spend all that time as slaves, but if they were to be rescued, it had to be done all at once. Otherwise, those left behind might be killed to destroy the evidence.

That was why we couldn't act rashly until we had arranged the elves' migration, confirmed the whereabouts of every enslaved elf, and prepared for their rescue.

Now that all the preparations were finally complete, I was in a forest within a marquis's territory, in the central part of the eastern region of the Kingdom of Rudria, said to be the most fertile land in the country.

Yes, this was where an elven settlement had once stood before being attacked and annihilated by the private soldiers under that marquis's command.

I had considered over and over how to attack the territories of the nobles involved in enslaving elves.

For example, I could borrow the power of the water spirit I had befriended before and flood every river in the east, submerging the entire region.

Or I could use the power of the wind and fire spirits to create fiery tornadoes in the capital cities of each noble's territory.

I had considered all sorts of options.

The plan to flood the eastern region was rejected because its effects would not be confined to the east...