Episode 297. Pruina (2)
“Wow!”
The elf dropped his sword with a groan and fell down in front of me.
This is just the tenth person.
There was no benefit to me if I killed them, so for now I just hit them all in the vital areas and knocked them out.
I thought about waking up at least one guy and asking him why he was attacking me.
I quit.
The faith of elves is as strong and upright as that of most human knights.
So, unless they are subjected to quite severe torture, they will not open their mouths.
In that case, it would be better for me to check it myself.
I turned my head and looked inside the dark cave.
You definitely said prison, right?
You will be able to tell with your own eyes if it is a space to confine someone or if it is a space to confine me.
Did you walk about 200 steps?
Normally, the basic structure of a cave is that the further you go, the narrower the passage becomes, but for some reason, the passage in this cave gets wider as you go.
I feel like I’m seeing something big.
With that thought in mind, the moment I turned the corner, a strong wind blew as if to let me know that I had reached a wide point.
Soon the surroundings became brightly lit and the hidden view of the cave was revealed.
her. What is this?
There is only one thing located above a large space comparable to most military inspection halls.
A huge block of ice? Ice meteorite? Ice crystals?
Anyway, there was a huge frozen body in front of me that was jaw-dropping at first glance.
What made me doubt my eyes was another mysterious object contained within the frozen body.
Two horns rising from both sides of the head, with pitch-black skin that looks as if it were covered in dirt.
In addition, there are pointed ears that can be said to be a symbol of elves.
Among the categories of knowledge I know, there is only one word that can be used to describe this type of creature.
[Dark elf?]
Before I knew it, Kayram had materialized, sticking his face out further than mine and looking into the ice with interest.
[Why is he here?]
“Wouldn’t you know better?”
[Do you think I am some kind of history book? If you look into the past, you will find out everything?]
“I can’t say no. “Didn’t you say that you have dealt with these Dark Elves before with a master other than me?”
[well? Because it was such a long time ago. Let me point out one thing: it wasn’t with that other owner.]
“what?”
[I was alone at that time. Because it had completely invaded his body.]
Kayram smiled in a meaningful way for some reason.
-jump-jump-jump-jump-jump-jump-jump-jump-jump-bump
At that moment, footsteps were heard from behind.
It was the sound of one person’s footsteps, not many.
Well, at least that means it’s not the security elf that came to catch me.
No, this wasn’t even an elf in the first place.
“They say he’s an assassin, but it seems like his life skills are noticeably different from others.”
A mysterious being with a relaxed voice gradually approaches where I am.
Her face wasn’t revealed yet, but I could already tell who she was just by her voice.
The guardian who protects this ruthless elf territory.
In addition, the dragon is known as a servant of the goddess of blue water.
“Now I’m finally seeing you face to face. Heir to the God of Black Mist… … .”
Marian.
There were longer names after that, but I couldn’t remember them.
“Why does your face look like you know me? Have you seen me?”
“When it comes to dragons, I got tired of seeing them a while ago.”
She smiled strangely at my ambiguous answer.
Regardless of the fact that I knew her, she also called me her successor, so it seemed like she knew my identity to some extent.
“Did you create the previous situation?”
“I hope you don’t misunderstand. “I’ve just returned to Pruina, right?”
-Tap-tap-tap
How long had it been since we last spoke? I heard footsteps again from the way I came.
This time, not alone, but many.
Judging from the sense of urgency, it seemed like the security elves had come to catch me this time.
“It’s difficult to reveal myself in a situation where I don’t know what’s going on… … .”
Then suddenly light began to shine from Marian’s body,
“Maybe I should borrow your body for a while?”
Before long, it transformed into a small spirit form with a radiance.
Then he approached me without permission and hid under the hood attached to my cloak.
“What are you doing?”
“There is no need to be so cautious. “I just want to take care of you for a little while, since your sister has been taking advantage of me for so long.”
What does this mean again?
Sister?
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Are you really talking about Elise?
“Okay, let’s get out of here for now.”
Before I knew it, there was no time to listen to the explanation of the situation, and before I knew it, dozens of security elves were blocking me, pointing swords and spears at me.
* * *
“Hastia has disappeared!”
“That human kidnapped Hastia! “We have to chase that human!”
“Why on earth did you let a human into Pruina?”
Uneasy premonitions are never wrong.
I expected that I would not be welcomed by those elves, but things turned out to be much more complicated than I expected.
“You suddenly found yourself being chased as soon as you arrived?”
“Do you think that if they come forward and say something, everything will be resolved?”
“You can’t just expose me when you don’t know exactly what happened. “Isn’t it the rule that you assassins also act like that?”
If anyone hears it, they’ll think you’re part of an assassination organization somewhere.
However, what she said is not wrong.
Why did the elves attack me, why did they take me to the place where the dark elf was trapped, how did this dragon happen to be next to me, etc.
As of now, nothing is certain.
There’s one thing I have to do in that situation:
The task is to find Hastia.
Aside from accusing me of being a kidnapper, seeing as they said she was missing, I think Hastia probably sensed something strange and ran away.
“I don’t know what the situation is, but we have to save Hastia first, right?”
“If you know that, how about telling me where she might have gone?”
“I was already thinking of doing that. If you go out to the northern border of the village and go straight up, you will find my nest. “Let’s go there first.”
“nest?”
“I’m talking about my sanctuary. “There is no such thing as an egg, so don’t think anything strange.”
Who said what?
“What guarantees Hastia will be there?”
“The safest place in Pruina is without a doubt my nest. “She always told me that if danger came to her, she would take refuge in my nest, so it is highly likely that she would have fled there if she had left the village.”
I don’t really feel like it, but I have nowhere to go right now, so it would be right to follow her advice for now.
I immediately headed to the northern border of the village to avoid the eyes of the elves.
Although I escaped without any major problems, the strong wind that struck me the moment I left the village made me grimace.
Oh, it’s so cold.
-Whoa!
At that time, a red light suddenly appeared on the cloak, and heat began to rise throughout the body.
What is this? no way?
“You put a warming spell on your cloak. “It looks like you’re a lot more sensitive to cold than you look.”
I’m telling you this out of fear of misunderstanding, but I didn’t do it.
It was probably a spell cast by the woman who had been wearing my cloak so carefully all the way here.
Even though I didn’t ask you to, you did all sorts of things.
After leaving the village and heading north for about 20 minutes,
A huge, high ice cliff appeared.
A sharp chill wafted from the cliffs, which had been frozen and thawed by the cold for hundreds of years.
After following Marian’s instructions and walking about a hundred steps to the left, a huge entrance to an ice cave appeared.
It’s just big enough to fit a dragon.
“Still, you managed to come here without freezing in the cold.”
“It doesn’t seem particularly special to be said to be the safest place in Pruina, does it?”
“Not always what you see. Watch out above.”
As soon as she gave the warning to be careful above, a fierce snowstorm broke out on top of the cliff.
Recognizing the threat contained in the blizzard, I quickly got out.
-bang!
Soon, an unknown large body fell on the spot where I was just moments ago, and the raised eyes obscured my vision.
-Huung
A heavy fist flew towards my face beyond my obscured vision.
-puck!
I quickly raised my hands to block it, but the aftereffects of the impact sent my body flying back about five steps.
When the guy tried to run at me one after another without giving me a chance, he immediately took out Kairam and counterattacked.
-Shuuk
The guy narrowly escaped.
But I didn’t stop and wrapped his collar with the other hand that wasn’t swinging the sword.
“… … !”
The grip on his collar caused him to momentarily lose his balance and stumble.
Without missing the opportunity, I immediately threw my fist out.
-Whoop!
Just enough distance to fit a piece of paper.
I didn’t completely throw my fist, but stopped right in front of his nose.
As the snow cleared with the wind, I could finally see his face clearly.
“You, what about you?”
“The name… … Was it Garnian?”
“How did you find out about this place?”
A white elf who fell for the trick of Saint Nephrodite and briefly put Hastia and her family in danger.
It was Garnian.
Looking at his reaction, he also seemed quite surprised that I was here.
‘Sian!’
At that time, a familiar voice spread through my head, and I naturally withdrew my fist and raised my head.
As soon as I turned around, a familiar woman hugged me.
It was Hastia.
‘I’m glad you’re safe!’
She sobbed in a voice filled with tears and rubbed her face in my arms.
Really, who is worried about whom?
Following her, elves with familiar faces came out one after another from inside the cave.
* * *
It was Garnian who saved Hastia from being chased by the guards.
He said that when he heard that Hastia had returned to Pruina, he sneaked into the village and watched the situation. He found Hastia running away and brought her here.
“As soon as you came to Pruina, you experienced something truly unexpected. “I will apologize on your behalf.”
Roel came forward as a representative and expressed regret to Sian.
“That’s it. “Can you please explain why this situation occurred between members of the same clan?”
Roel let out a deep sigh and opened his heavy mouth.
“You had some friction with our security guards before you came, right?”
“there was.”
“The clan’s guards only acted as vigilantes who performed surveillance and guard duties in preparation for possible invasions by outsiders, and did not do anything like manage order within the village. But when we came back, something had changed. “There was a line of armed guards walking around inside the village, and they even seemed to be controlling the life of the clan.”
“Why do you do that?”
“Of course, as soon as I saw it, I asked the truth. But all that came back to us was arrests and threats. They asked us about our sin of neglecting Hastia among the humans, and asked that we leave the village if we did not cooperate with them.”
So, Roel said, they had no choice but to come to Marian’s Nest as an emergency shelter.
“Do they not know you are here?”
“You probably know. “But you probably don’t touch it on purpose.”
Roel then looked towards Garnian.
Xian also looked at him and asked.
“You are with the best warriors of your clan, what are you afraid of that prevents you from subduing them?”
“I committed a serious crime that put my family and Hastia in danger. “You can use your power to protect your clan with a body like this, but you cannot subdue your clan with that power.”
Although it was a bit plain, it was an answer that gave us a glimpse into his loyalty to his clan.
Hastia spoke with an earnest expression on her face.
‘It’s my fault. I think my absence has caused anxiety and confusion in others. So, let me go back and try to convince you. If you appeal sincerely, they will definitely listen… … .’
“It sounds good.”
Sian put a candle there.
“Don’t look away. You noticed it too. “What did those guard elves do to you?”
Hastia’s eyes shook greatly.
“What do you mean? “What did the guards say to Hastia?”
Hastia was unable to answer, so only her two hands, eagerly clasped together, were trembling.
The moment I was wondering how to answer,
“There’s no need to be so rude.”
Suddenly, a bright light rose from above Xian’s hood.
(Continued in the next part)
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