RISE OF EROS

Moving a little further away from Andrew and his surroundings, an interesting conspiracy was unfolding to the north of the continent. In the northern elven kingdom, one of the most powerful countries on the continent, a handful of shadows entered unnoticed.

This country is quite extraordinary, because thanks to the agricultural technology of the elves, most of its territory is forests. Although they are not very leafy, most of their territory is adorned with green.

Fruits, vegetables, and any food that comes from trees were never lacking in this country, because the land was not only rich in minerals for cultivation but, with the mastery of the elves in agriculture, crops were the only things that were not lacking in this country.

Despite these advantages, this country was not a fairy tale and wonders everywhere. Due to the environment, it is difficult to practice livestock farming and that is why most of the meat foods in this country were imported.

While it was not difficult for them to obtain them due to their abundance of crops that gave them a lot of money, it was still a deficiency, but the elves had become accustomed to these conditions.

They, like the Amazons, are one with the forest and prefer to keep their country this way. The other drawback of this terrain is that being so wooded, it is easy to enter the country without being detected.

Although it is difficult for other races except the elves and the Amazons to move through such a complex territory, it is not difficult for a small group and that was why the handful of abysmals who had fled from Vacilea had infiltrated.

Although it would be difficult for them to do the same as they did in Vacilea, since in this country, the elves are very predominant, which made the abysmals easily identifiable, this country was not their target at least not directly.

Ironically, next to the elven country, there was an immense meadow inhabited by beastmen. Since one focused on crops and the other on livestock, both nations had a harmonious relationship.

This is at least in business dealings because, behind closed doors, these two races are not very friendly to each other. Elves considered themselves a superior race, because of all races, they are without a doubt the most beautiful and have the greatest longevity.

Because of these characteristics, they have always considered themselves superior, although they do not publicly demonstrate it. It is for this reason that the abysmals came to this place.

Their objective is to sow chaos and what better place than where the most arrogant inhabitants of the continent are? Although their target was the elves, they only planned to use them.

The abysmals, led by Gusttat, were heading towards the meadow to incite a war between the beastmen and the elves. In their stay and journey across the continent, the abysmals have not only been hiding but also collecting information.

That is why they knew this information, and despite the apparent friendly relations between the elves and the beastmen, differences existed and they intended to stir up the waters in this way.

Thanks to the rebellion of the abysmals who attacked Vacilea, Gusttat understood that they could not go against their impulses of chaos and destruction. Although he and his companions had managed to suppress these desires and think with a cool head, he also knew that this would not last forever.

When they were on the lost continent they were able to maintain their sanity thanks to the well with the blood of the fallen god and only because of that did they manage to stay on the lost continent without being discovered for so long.
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Unfortunately, now that they do not have this source of corrupt and chaotic energy, their instincts of destruction emerged with increasing intensity and that is why Gusttat intended to start chaos before his companions lost their minds like the others.

His plan was simple, but he believed it would be very effective. They intended to pose as beastsmen and attack some elves on the grassland and thus incite the proud and arrogant elves to counterattack.

Although they had barely entered the elven country, the plan had already been discussed with the other abysmals, with the intention that they would know that there was an objective and try not to succumb to the desire for chaos.

Nobody was aware of this plan that was beginning to take root. The elves and beastmen were enjoying their normal lives, but a month later, the abysmals reached their goal.

On the border between both countries, several towns stood on both sides. The beastmen lived in tribes and buildings on the prairie were scarce; they generally used tents to live in strategic places on the prairie suitable for livestock.

On the other hand, the elves also preferred nature and created houses in trees in the forest. So, large cities were not very popular. It's not that they don't exist, just that they aren't common.

In fact, in both the beastmen grassland and the Elf forest, there is only one big city in each country and they are the capitals of their respective countries. If you compare them with other cities on the continent, they have nothing to envy, but in each country, there is only one.

It was for this very reason that the abysmals' plan was so easy to execute. Being villages, the inhabitants are few and that is why a few powerful abysmals like Gusttat and his companions were more than enough to destroy several villages.

The attacks were quick and deadly, but being so far from the capital city of the elves, they had not yet noticed. The abysmals were giving free rein to their instincts of destruction and had already destroyed about 4 villages and killed more than 200 elves.

It wasn't until a couple of weeks later that the elves realized that someone was destroying their villages and so they began to investigate. It was impossible to make the elves believe that the beastsmen were the attackers without proof and so they fabricated it.

They captured several beastsmen that lived near the border and after eliminating an elven village, they left the bodies of some beastsmen, as if pretending that they had fallen in battle.

Such a simple plan worked. Sometimes, it is not the most elaborate plans that work, because in war the simpler, the more effective. Just as the abysmals had intended, the elves believed that the beastsmen were attacking them.

For this, the elf king complained to the leaders of the beastsmen, but then something funny happened because the beastsmen also attributed the disappearances of their men to the elves.

Tensions increased and the entire continent was awaiting the imminent confrontation. It was not the first time it had happened, but it had been a few years since such strong tension had arisen.

Both sides blamed the other and war seemed imminent. Gusttat and his companions were happy because their plan had gone smoothly, but they underestimated the beastmen.

Among the beastmen, there is a quite powerful profession in divination and they were the shamans. While shamans exist in all races, beastmen shamans are exceptionally powerful.

Their abilities are similar to the abilities acquired by Candice, some are even much more powerful. It turns out that the most powerful shamans of this race have formed a group called the shaman council.

This group is very powerful and they can make quite accurate predictions if the conditions were met and it turns out that these conditions aligned when they investigated this matter.

Although the beastsmen are not afraid of the elves, they do not want a confrontation either, since no war brought benefits. It is true that if you win, you can get many things, such as land, resources, and wealth, but this is at the cost of the lives of many.

For the beastmen this is not profitable, so they approached the council of shamans to try to find a solution other than war. Unexpectedly, their divination discovered the abysmals.

They secretly communicated their findings to the elves and although the elves did not completely believe them, they were not intransigent. They know the strength of beast shamans very well, so they give them the benefit of the doubt.

The elves are also versed in many magics and rituals, so they decided to verify the information of the beastsmen with their own methods and although not as conclusive, they also saw signs of a third actor.

With this, the elves became serious and began planning together with the beastmen for a way to trap the abysmals. The latter had no idea that their plan had been discovered and that the new target of these two countries was them.

Gusttat and the other Abysmals had hidden themselves waiting for war to break out and suspected nothing as both races were gathering their armies. The abysmals were elated ready to cause even more chaos when the war starts, not knowing that it was all a strategy of the two races to deal with them.