Chapter 121 - Try Me!

The elf couple who had seen a human suddenly barging into their room was terrified. Their first thought was whether their children were still alive or not! Their gazes collectively turned toward the direction of their children's bedroom, and when they glanced in that direction, they froze.

There, standing right in front of another room, they could see a man with a silver mask over his face.

The elf couple had heard time and again about such a person wearing a mask who was ready to kill children, and now when they saw the masked man, they had only one thought in their heads: Just when did the dhampir girl escape? As soon as this thought flashed in their eyes, their limbs trembled.

But thankfully, this elf couple wasn't as blind as others. Even though these elves were brainwashed into thinking that the dhampir girl was the murderer, there was no way she could suddenly increase her height just like that.

So should it mean that the dhampir girl had chosen someone else to complete her task secretly when she was locked in the prison?

Then the couple glanced at the human servant and their gazes became colder. It must be that this human was her right hand who had perhaps arranged these things under the dhampir girl's command! Then didn't that mean the murder actually had a group of people who would work behind the scenes even if the dhampir girl was locked in the cell?

The couple's expressions became grave in an instant. They glared at the human with all their heart thinking him to be loyal to death to someone as vile as that dhampir girl!

Zion, who noticed such a gaze, understood what was going on in the heads of those elves, but he didn't care about it anymore. As long as he could make sure to uncover the mask of the killer in front of these people, it would be good.

But the point was, would the masked man let him do it so easily? Nope. That man was cunning and knew how to deal with such situations. He would have thought of how to handle such situations well, so when he looked at the masked man's calm face, his lips pursed. It seemed as if his deductions were spot on again.

Then it should mean this man could do anything at the moment to shut off the mouths of these elves.

Just as this thought came, he raised his sword toward the masked man and said in a cold voice, "You're not allowed to do anything to them."

The man sneered and leaned back on the wall. "What if I want to? What can a human-like you do?"

"Try me."

After hearing this strange conservation, the couple felt something was off about the way they were thinking. Technically, if these two were in the same team, shouldn't they get along with each other? What were they doing, trash-talking like this?

Soon after this, the two men started fighting again. At first, they were only fighting with weapons. No magic was involved, and the masked man was even using a pipe he had picked up from somewhere, but as the human's skills went beyond his imagination, the masked man's expressions became grave. Then he chanted a spell to fill the weapon in his hand with Qi, which made things even more difficult for the human.

From that point on, even though Zion knew how to fight well, he wasn't able to find a chance to even get the slightest opening. All he could do was dodge and defend against the enemy's attack. At first, he was calm even when he was defending. After all, he had learned under Lia Vanne, who was herself the most darker and fiercer warrior of all times. But as he continued, he found himself to be in a deadlock while fighting with this masked man, and couldn't do anything beyond protecting himself against the other's attacks.

Even though the elf didn't seem to have been any powerful as compared to the elf queen, this man still had sword-fighting skills. After ten minutes of fighting, Zion's forehead was covered with sweat, while the masked man still seemed to be in a good situation.

At this time, even the elf couple could tell that the human wasn't in the wrong, and all the rumors about the dhampir girl were probably fake. Otherwise, why would the human dare to go against his own masters in today's world? The only reason why this human was still continuing to fight and stop the masked man was because of his loyalty and desperation to prove that his master was innocent. Even the fact that this human woke them up by knocking on the door was strange, and now when the couple thought about it, they realized that they were blinded by rage and blamed everything on the human.

They both cast their sympathetic gazes on the human. They never thought they would be sympathetic toward a human in this lifetime!

Perhaps they could do something to help these people. At least, they would be able to refute the rumor if nothing. But just as they were about to sneak away to a safe spot, they noticed an energy ball coming in that direction.

The elf couple was stunned and froze on the spot.

In this kingdom, the elves had different levels of power, and this elf couple was even lower than the people belonging to the first level. That means, they had no power to attack or even protect themselves. Technically, the elves would be evaluated whether they could learn to use magic or not after reaching fourteen years of age. Of course, it depended on whether the particular elf teenager could show a spiritual root during the test or not. If they did, they would be sent to the school where they learned about different levels, and rise above at their own pace. Still, it couldn't be sure that all the elves had the same pace while rising to another level depending on the number of spiritual roots they had. The more roots appeared during the test, the higher were the chances of getting stuck in the future levels.

This elf couple had also taken this test when they were both fourteen years old, and the spiritual roots didn't appear in their veins. That meant they weren't eligible to learn how to use magic. But since they belonged to a wealthy family, they could still live in the capital.

They had thought they could continue to live on like this the entire time, but who would have thought that they would die all of a sudden?

This was the last thought they both had when the energy ball attacked them both.