Tensei Shite High Elf ni Narimashitaga, Slow Life wa 120-nen de Akimashita - Ch. 39

[finalm]

As a Norwegian, I say give Sweden what they justly deserve!

Yeah, right. You guys just want an excuse to board your longships and go medieval on everyone's asses again!

 

[Squidco42]

Now that's really clever if you think about it. He can make it clear to Zweeden what the elves are truly capable of, and at the same time, avoid the possible repercussion to the elves by using the "war aid" excuse.

Personally, if I saw a mountain range that grew overnight around my city, my first thought isn't "oh hells yeah, free fortification! Let's go!".
My first thought would be "oh fuck oh fuck, they have someone in their camp that literally control the earth and bury us if they wanted to. We are fucked. Who did we anger?!"

 

[kn4ll]

Yeah, right. You guys just want an excuse to board your longships and go medieval on everyone's asses again!

We would've if the plague didn't vanquish two thirds of the population. The world would've bowed to us
Instead Great Britain ended up with taking that position in history. It's not fair, we wanted to be the evil colonialists

 

[finalm]

Or you know...raise the mountains OVER the city and bury it forever.
With that much power in his hands, Aesir is really trying to put a light touch on things so that Elves don't become some sort of boogeyman.

The very existence of a race of individuals that each can topple an entire country is already plenty boogeymanish. I'm guessing that his peers are hinding away in hopes that the world forgets the exact extent of their powers or at least let it fade to myth. He's just singlehandadly given said world a nice wake up call. I see no real way things can be peaceful in the sort term now. Those countries, while frightened out of their minds right now, will attempt to get their hands on something that could counteract the high elves, likely leading to widespread conflict. After all, can you imagine living in a world where some isolationist group of largely unknown beings could just one day snap their fingers and erase your entire nation, with you having nothing to discourage them from doing so? It's the kind of unknown that drives people nuts, turning them into reckless fanatics. The best thing the elves could probably do now if they want peace, is to abandon isolationism and work to integrate themselves as tightly into human societies as possible, so that they are no longer viewed as some unknown force.

 

[finalm]

We would've if the plague didn't vanquish two thirds of the population. The world would've bowed to us
Instead Great Britain ended up with taking that position in history. It's not fair, we wanted to be the evil colonialists

No you didn't! The Vikings were hardly interested in conquest. That would require doing boring stuff, like governing rather than turning up once in a while to pillage. You guys really just wanted to rip and tear

 

[VooXoo]

Elves can see spirits, but very few of them can borrow spirit's power. It also depends on the spirits' mood, as they generally don't care about the lives of mortal races except a few individual they favor, so there's no automatic alarm like what Acer has.

Re-read the start, after a couple years I had forgot the details, the nobles used armies, razed forests to the ground and captured elves that could talk with the spirits but were too shocked from the attack to react, then drugged them to keep their brain in a state that couldn't ask the spirits for help.
Is in chapter 5, more than 2 years ago so it was a muddled memory.
It happened because top nobles drunk on power wanted a beautiful fairy race as a trophy, MC had to make humanity remember why that was a terrible idea, exactly like in this chapter.

 

[TetraSky]

Is he realizing he likes Irena or something, with the ways things are worded at the end of the chapter...

 

[Lady_Luck]

The ending made me kind of depressed because I suddenly remembered this:

Spoiler: Image from chapter 11 page 11

I feel like when that inevitably happens, it will break him even more than Kaeha's death did

 

[VooXoo]

The ending made me kind of depressed because I suddenly remembered this:

Spoiler: Image from chapter 11 page 11

I feel like when that inevitably happens, it will break him even more than Kaeha's death did

I don't think so, he is more ready than he was at the time, I think it would make him go berserker if is a violent death, but if is from old age he will accept it, she still looks young but we don't know how half elves age after hitting the adult state, could be slow, all at once or simply die one day, given how long it took to W to leave the infant state I think that is slow aging through their whole life and it will be centuries in the future, nothing to worry about now.
She is the oldest friend he got, so it will affect him when it happens, even if she tried to kept a professional distance as she sees him as superior being (that technically he is) and their interactions are very sparse (the ones we see).

 

[Mivy]

Irena is just amazing love her maybe she can be a wife?

 

[Strela]

Irena have 20 caravans now?? But if what she said about how Elves combat capability was low was true then those Caravan might have been easy target for raiding right? I wonder how they protected it as that caravan is now symbol of Elves sovereignity now.

Re-read the start, after a couple years I had forgot the details, the nobles used armies, razed forests to the ground and captured elves that could talk with the spirits but were too shocked from the attack to react, then drugged them to keep their brain in a state that couldn't ask the spirits for help.
Is in chapter 5, more than 2 years ago so it was a muddled memory.
It happened because top nobles drunk on power wanted a beautiful fairy race as a trophy, MC had to make humanity remember why that was a terrible idea, exactly like in this chapter.

They can see and talk, but spirits were not obliged to help them. Normal elves tend to be just slightly better than human in magic and most likely worse in other combat aspect. Aesir is a high elf and he not only able to see spirits and interract with them, he also can request anything from them including enabling catastrophe. The difference is massive, normal elves are easy to handle as most of them aren't combatant nor can they request the spirits for the same phenomenon that Aesir could produce.

 

[AnotherDuck]

No you didn't! The Vikings were hardly interested in conquest. That would require doing boring stuff, like governing rather than turning up once in a while to pillage. You guys really just wanted to rip and tear

For our part, it was more about trade. As far as down to Miklagård, selling muscle. And founding several Russian cities. So maybe we should take their ideas about Ukraine and take back what's rightfully ours...

 

[nielspeterdejong]

Irena have 20 caravans now?? But if what she said about how Elves combat capability was low was true then those Caravan might have been easy target for raiding right? I wonder how they protected it as that caravan is now symbol of Elves sovereignity now.

They can see and talk, but spirits were not obliged to help them. Normal elves tend to be just slightly better than human in magic and most likely worse in other combat aspect. Aesir is a high elf and he not only able to see spirits and interract with them, he also can request anything from them including enabling catastrophe. The difference is massive, normal elves are easy to handle as most of them aren't combatant nor can they request the spirits for the same phenomenon that Aesir could produce.

Well I think you are half correct. From what I can tell, it seems that every elf has some affinity towards using the spirits for combat, whereas only few humans can become mages. However, like you said, most don't usually use it for combat and instead just use it for peaceful ways. Then someday bam, the humans have gained knowledge on how to fight elves (spoiler, they got it from human kingdoms in the west), and started burning down forests with their armies. The Elves living in these villages got surprised (as they lived isolated lives), and ran away confused, while the human armies rounded them up after ambushing them. Then they used that drug to keep their minds numb, and keep them as slaves.

Keep in mind that the humans can just keep throwing bodies at them, so even though they are individually much stronger than a human, especially seeing as how they live much longer lives which allows them to gain more experience, the humans can usually just keep pressing on with standing armies that work in formations and have better open field tactics. Though when the elves are prepared and aware of the dangers that the humans pose, they can easily ambush them and use their spirit arts to decimate human armies. Like a rock, paper, scissors thing. Elves are peaceful, and live isolated lives, so not all of them use the spirit arts for combat. However, the forests with elves in them do not become breeding grounds for monsters because the elves are still very powerful, and they still have members who are able to use the spirit arts with devastating effects. In fact, it is mentioned in this series how a mage or any other traditional magic user cannot hope to hold a candle to an elf when it comes to magic. That is, of course, provided said elf has been working on his or her innate talent with the intend to use their spirit arts as a weapon. They have the talent and potential, yet due to their very long lives there is often no need to "rush things" for them, which is a theme that is also mentioned in the Frieren series.

From what I can tell, it goes like this:

Mystic (person who can directly affect nature like the spirits can) > Spirit arts (the spirits can shape nature freely, with the elf asking them and the spirits responding better based on the experience and talent of said elf) > Magical arts (using chants or mental strength to cast spells that alter the world around them using mana).

 

[alexandergc]

The very existence of a race of individuals that each can topple an entire country is already plenty boogeymanish. I'm guessing that his peers are hinding away in hopes that the world forgets the exact extent of their powers or at least let it fade to myth. He's just singlehandadly given said world a nice wake up call. I see no real way things can be peaceful in the sort term now. Those countries, while frightened out of their minds right now, will attempt to get their hands on something that could counteract the high elves, likely leading to widespread conflict. After all, can you imagine living in a world where some isolationist group of largely unknown beings could just one day snap their fingers and erase your entire nation, with you having nothing to discourage them from doing so? It's the kind of unknown that drives people nuts, turning them into reckless fanatics. The best thing the elves could probably do now if they want peace, is to abandon isolationism and work to integrate themselves as tightly into human societies as possible, so that they are no longer viewed as some unknown force.

Pretty sure that humans think Elves and High Elves are the same species.
So to them, Aesir is just a ridiculously strong elf.
Or perhaps, they think that the elf commune had to combine their power to do that, because Aesir himself isn't a known factor.

If humanity knew that a single Elf could break the earth...it would cause the problems you mentioned for sure.

 

[BanzaiYuri]

Time for some high elf x elf hand holding, cuddling and maybe even smooching >

 

[finalm]

For our part, it was more about trade. As far as down to Miklagård, selling muscle. And founding several Russian cities. So maybe we should take their ideas about Ukraine and take back what's rightfully ours...

Wasn't that what they called Constantinopole? In that case I'd imagine they did more slave trade there than mercenary work. It was a big hub for that kind of business and pretty central to Viking culture.

Anyway, I was of course being facetious about the conquest thing, there was quite a bit of territory they expanded into, though fragmented and always coastal, with the exception of Kievan Rus. In any case, if you're going to be taking back "ancestral" lands, then take the Poles along for the ride - I'm pretty sure they'd happily get themselves into Moscow again.

 

[finalm]

Pretty sure that humans think Elves and High Elves are the same species.
So to them, Aesir is just a ridiculously strong elf.
Or perhaps, they think that the elf commune had to combine their power to do that, because Aesir himself isn't a known factor.

If humanity knew that a single Elf could break the earth...it would cause the problems you mentioned for sure.

I hadn't considered that. Though given that regular Elves are common in human-held lands and the existence of High Elves is common knowledge among them, it would be strange for kingdoms to not be aware of them, or at least treat the notion as a myth (which would gain credibility after that stunt).

 

[AnotherDuck]

Wasn't that what they called Constantinopole? In that case I'd imagine they did more slave trade there than mercenary work. It was a big hub for that kind of business and pretty central to Viking culture.

Yeah, but we called it Miklagård (although that's the modern way to spell it, not what they did). That city has had a lot of names. And yeah, slave trade happened quite a lot. With the muscle part I mostly referred to the Varangian Guard, but that wasn't the only place.

In any case, if you're going to be taking back "ancestral" lands, then take the Poles along for the ride - I'm pretty sure they'd happily get themselves into Moscow again.

In these times, I'm pretty sure there are a lot of European countries who'd like to get along for that ride. Maybe not the politicians in charge, but a lot of soldiers.

 

[Kathartes]

From what I can tell, it seems that every elf has some affinity towards using the spirits for combat, whereas only few humans can become mages.

It's not "using" but "asking." When borrowing spirit's power, it depends on the spirits themselves wanting to respond or not. Beside the high elves who they love unconditionally, spirits only favor a few individuals regardless of race (such as the case of two children on grassland). The only advantage that elves have over humans is their ability to see spirits, but it still doesn't help if the spirits don't feel like helping -- or in many cases, it boils down to miscommunication. It's like talking with a foreigner who doesn't speak your language through a bunch of gestures, you never know if other party truly understand you.

I'm guessing that his peers are hinding away in hopes that the world forgets the exact extent of their powers or at least let it fade to myth.

The high elves simply don't concern with what other races doing. They have one grand mission which is to keep the world functioning, so everything else is just inconsequential trifles.

 

[finalm]

It's not "using" but "asking." When borrowing spirit's power, it depends on the spirits themselves wanting to respond or not. Beside the high elves who they love unconditionally, spirits only favor a few individuals regardless of race (such as the case of two children on grassland). The only advantage that elves have over humans is their ability to see spirits, but it still doesn't help if the spirits don't feel like helping -- or in many cases, it boils down to miscommunication. It's like talking with a foreigner who doesn't speak your language through a bunch of gestures, you never know if other party truly understand you.

It's certainly been said that the elves merely ask the spirits to lend their power, but there was never an occasion (even anecdotal) when one was denied. There's not even any baseline scenario when that might happen - the MC is pretty confident he'd be able to split landmasses or raze entire countries, meaning he's quite sure the spirits will comply with such intent. At this point one can just consider this the high elves own power.

The high elves simply don't concern with what other races doing. They have one grand mission which is to keep the world functioning, so everything else is just inconsequential trifles.

I don't recall them having any such duties. They are're a "primodial" race tied to the world's creation, like the other other ones, but as far as I remember they don't do anything related to that. They just are. It has however been mentioned that enough turbulence in the world might awake the dragon and that would mean the world ends. So if they really are concenred with that, they better get off their asses.