VOLUME 2: CHAPTER 124 – ELF PRINCESS
Status
Race Goblin
Level 53
Class King; Ruler
Possessed Skills Ruler of the Demon Children of Chaos; Defiant Soul; World Devouring Howl; Sword Mastery A-; Dominator; King’s Soul; Ruler’s Wisdom III; Household of the Gods; One-Eyed Snake’s Evil Eye; The King's Dance at the Edge of Death; Magic Manipulation; Soul of the Berserk King; Third Impact (The Third Chant); Warrior's Instinct; Blessing of the Underworld Goddess; Guided One
Divine Protection Goddess of the Underworld (Altesia)
Attributes Darkness; Death
Subordinate Beasts High Kobold Hasu (Lv77); Gastra (Lv20); Cynthia (Lv1); Orc King (Bui) (Lv82)
Abnormal Status Blessing of the One-Eyed Snake; Protection of the Twin-Headed Snake
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Weaving through the dark of the night to approach the forest, Gi Ji Arsil saw the giant fields being cultivated on the other side of the walls. Gi Ji’s eyes opened wide. These were the same fields that Mattis once plowed at the Gi Village, but they were much bigger. Gi Ji did not fully grasp the importance of these giant fields, but he knew that their being here was not a good thing. On top of that, there were no trees past the walls. The land was being changed to fit the humans.
It had only been a meager 40 days since the king swore an oath with the humans not to fight, yet the humans had already changed the land to this extent. The ability of the humans to accomplish so much in so little greatly shook Gi Ji.
“As expected…”
The humans had no intentions of keeping their promise with the king; they would not wait until the promised time.
Gi Ji believed the humans needed to be weakened before they could set up a foothold here, but was this really the right choice? Gi Ji wasn’t sure. While Gi Ji was caught up in his thoughts, he heard the footsteps of a human clad in armor.
Gi Ji took out his dagger and stifled his presence.
“…Who goes there?” The soldier asked to Gi Ji, who was currently concealing himself.
Gi Ji did not have the time for doubts. If he just ran away like this, there wouldn’t be any point to him sneaking here in the first place.
He had to at least cross swords with the enemy.
Thinking that, Gi Ji decided to cut down a soldier first before running away.
As Gi Ji jumped out quietly, the soldier took out his sword. Sparks flashed as their weapons clashed.
“Identify yourself!” The man asked again.
Gi Ji’s surprise attack had failed. Cold sweat slid down his back.
“Enemy attack!” The soldier cried.
Sensing the human soldiers gathering, Gi Ji concluded that there was no point to further fighting.
It was unfortunate, but he had to retreat. Scouting out the enemy was one thing, but if he were to fall to the humans here, then he would truly be throwing mud on the king’s orders. Gi Ji made a run for it.
He weaved through the darkness, dodging the arrows that came his way, then he jumped for the stone wall. His hands raised him up, and within a single breath, he managed to get past the walls. But before he could get down, an arrow managed to find its way into his back.
Pain jolted through his body, but he didn’t have the time to writhe. He dragged his body back to the forest.
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The night was still dark when I decided to make my way back to the goblin camp. Along the way I felt someone watching me. When I turned around, there was no one, only the presence of a person under the countless shadows of the trees.
An assassin?
No, the killing intent is too weak. I wanted to move my body anyway, so I decided to run toward that presence.
“Who are you?”
Unsheathing the long sword by my waist, I gradually closed in on that presence. But then arrows came shooting at me from the gaps between the trees.
“Tch!?”
Shifting my body to the side to dodge the arrows, I ran toward the direction the arrows came from. I swung my sword to cut away the branches blocking my path. When the path was cleared, several more arrows came shooting at me. My eyes worked well even in the dark, but it was still a challenge to dodge arrows coming from the shadows of the leaves. The most I could do was knock down those arrows with my sword.
After knocking the arrows down, I felt the presence move toward the part of the forest where there were giant trees. I didn’t have a way to attack from a distance, so I had to near the presence first before I could win. I knew I was at a disadvantage, but I still pursued.
“—!”
There were countless trees between me and that presence. There was no guarantee the arrows would even hit me, but—
Sparks flashed as my sword knocked down another arrow. I couldn’t see the face of this mysterious person, but I’m starting to have an idea who this is. When the person ahead turned around for a moment, two arrows were nocked at the same thing. That was an elven technique.
“—Winds!”
When I heard a spell chanted, a strong wind came blowing from up ahead. When I looked up a small figure was flying.
Planning on running!?
“My body is like a cloud of dust!Accel”
I blew up ether behind me as soon as I saw my mysterious assailant flying.
Reach him!
I was about to swing my sword, but when I saw the frightened face of my mysterious assailant, I stretched out my arms instead and boxed the ears of the small elf, then I looked toward our would-be landing spot, which was a giant tree.
“Nu!?”
That’s not good! For a moment, the future of us crashing into the giant tree flashed through my mind.