Adventurers Make Their Move, and Operation: Continental Reharmonization – Part 02

“There are over fifty soldiers outside, apparently.”
“So what? This passage is narrow. Worst case, we collapse it and block them out.”
“Don’t be stupid. Earth magic could open another tunnel easily enough. And do we even have anyone skilled in magic ourselves?”
“That’s what the Distant Girdle are for.”
“What did you say? The idiots who wandered outside and got spotted should take responsibility first.”

The atmosphere turned ugly. From the Man Gnomes’ perspective, there was nowhere to run in this village, this great cavern.

“Calm yourselves, everyone,” said one of the elders. “Those people are only a recon unit from a small nation called Jarazack, one of the member states of the Forestia Federation. They are not interested in us.”

“But Second Elder, now that they know this place exists, it’s only a matter of time before they come here.”

“Perhaps.”

“Are we going to war?! We don’t even have weapons!”
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