Chapter 214: Elven Outpost Mission.

Chapter 214: Elven Outpost Mission.

Vilsom, Haitiri. Welcome. The moment we left the RV, a group of blond and green-haired men and women with long, sharp ears climbed down from the top of the trees at the edge of the forest. Equipped with bows, daggers, and magic rings while wearing similar-looking green linen clothes with chitin and bark armor covered up in a leaf cloak, this five-man group looked not only organized but also intimidating.

With Whisperia on her shoulders, Muraina greeted the saluting elves by waving at them. This casual response contrasted with her current outfit, exuding authority and experience as it reminded me of a ranger general.

Wearing dark green chitin armor over her green clothes, her black cloak would give her a rogue-ish aura if she were to wear the hood up. With a short blade and dagger sheathed on her hips, a green magic ring on her right hand, and an enchanted bow with a blue shimmering bow thread, Muraina looked pretty cool right now.

Hail, younglings, may spring bequeath your groves with new life.

As Murina spoke with the elves, I asked Tasianna for a translation, Vilsom, Haitiri?

Welcome, Stalker of Phantoms, I believe, Lady Hestia. Haitiri, should be Miss Murainas nickname, similar to Dame Yorshkas White Winged Dragoon moniker. She then pointed at the group of elves in front of us. It is elven wordplay on the Saelaris ranger faction, the Haireti the Forest Phantoms.

I knew Muraina was an archer, considering that Whisperia could grow arrows from its treant body and that the former showed her bow when we departed together. I had a feeling she was pretty capable from how quiet her steps were and the rumors the other hunters gossiped about her, so this shouldnt have come as a surprise to me. It wouldnt be weird to assume that she was, at the very least, an A rank like Farron and Yorshka just based on how old she was.

Only I, Saori, Tasianna and Ellaine chose to leave the RV, since Grimnir, for some reason, wanted to stay inside his smithy until we departed for the hunt. Once we knew where to go, we could call him.

As we approached the elves, though, their eyes flicked from Muraina to our group, specifically Ellaine. It felt awkward and our group stopped for a second before the elves returned their glares to Muraina, who seemed to have noticed it.Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

Dont act so cold, you five. Like I said in my letter, Krymdar wont be coming and I will bring in more appropriate allies to help.

But, Lady Muriana, the hu One of the elves wanted to say but Muraina interrupted him by wagging her finger.

Is one of the retainers of the missing Kargryx Meoschaera, Lady Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor, who was recently found. Do I need to say anything more?

The revelation struck the elves hard. Their stone-cold poker faces broke as their eyes widened and they let out an audible gasp before turning around and bowing before me. We apologize for our indiscretion! they shouted. They would have kept kneeling like that if Muraina hadnt prompted me to forgive them.

Once Muraina asked them to lead us to the outpost, she told Saori to hide the RV somewhere at the edge of the forest, since the path forward would be too rough for it to traverse. As such, we took the [Room] runes with us, taking advantage of our newly made mobile base.

As we were following the elven rangers, I asked Muraina a question. I wanted to ask this before, but why are you and these, uhm, Haireti showing so much favor towards me? I know the elves are allies with Kargryx and Loatryx, but they shouldnt be bowing that deeply to anybody but their own monarch, right?

Allies forged through blood, Lady Hestia, Muraina answered. All elven ancestry traces back to our homeland, the Island of Anduriol where the Ancient Elven Kingdom, Kelthun, is located. Since Miononbolax is located northwest from our home, as you might guess, dragons and elves have a history of falling in love and marrying each other in no small part thanks to how extremely long our respective lifespans are. Due to this relationship, many ancient dragons decided on becoming elves for their humanoid form.

Does this mean that the elves of today have draconic blood?

No, of course, not. But many dragonewts were born from this union, and, since we elves live so long, we have a culture of worshipping our elders similar to your young scales with your elder scales. We elves might not be Kargryxs vassals, but our alliance is deeply rooted, similar to our bonds with the levianewts and dwarves.

If some of these pairings were still alive today for example, my dragon uncles marriage with his elven wife then it would make sense that there would be such a friendship between the two races. It still felt weird that they would kneel immediately instead of just bowing, but it was whatever at this point.

As we went deeper into the woods, Saori suddenly mentioned that she could smell a variety of monsters lurking in this forest and asked the elven guides if she was allowed to hunt some of them for her garms and Shoyi. After they acquiesced on the condition she wouldnt hunt the forest empty, she disappeared into her shadow with her garms.

Jeez, and here I thought I was the one with [Battle Frenzy]

We eventually reached the elven outpost. I looked up, noticing the numerous tree houses with elven archers looking down at us, their hands holding onto their bow and an arrow each, ready to shoot at any time. As I looked closer, I realized that there were hard to notice vines hanging from one tree to the other, which the elves used to traverse through the trees faster.

There wasnt any trick or labyrinth which protected this place probably why the elven guide gave Saori permission to hunt but with how the elves could move around with ease and set up ambushes, this place would be hard to invade without resorting to fires. Considering how obvious this weakness was, I wondered if the elves had any measures against forest fires.

You three may leave as well, if you wish. The discussion wont just be about the Quest itself, since these rangers are part of my spy network. It will be pretty dry, Muraina stated.

Spies? Oh wait, now that I think about it, werent there half-elves in Griffonpeak? You didnt come to my concert, but did you send people to spy on it? I asked, remembering how I gained a few half-elven fans during my last few songs.

Murainas face made a not bad expression, visibly surprised that Id found that out. Wow, impressive. They should have been able to camouflage perfectly into the crowd. She praised me. To answer your question, they were some of the half-elves who live in the elven quarter of Griffonpeak. My neighborhood, and one I bought for visiting elves to stay at as well as any half-elves or any one of my people who wish to live in that city. They were there to inform me if you had any enemies.

Do I?

She shrugged. The fat drunk. Youll learn soon enough. After clapping my shoulders, Muraina left. I was a bit flabbergasted how that one guy was supposed to be an enemy when I simply wanted to delay the fan meeting after I cleaned up.

Wait, a moment, could that guy be a potential stalker?! Wait, am I gonna get my first stalker?! Uhm why do I feel like this is a success?

I shook my head to get rid of that idea. It sounded weird to be happy about getting a stalker when stalkers are a problem for every idol on Earth. I hoped this wouldnt cause me any trouble and that Murainas words were without substance.

As we now had some downtime, Tasianna and Elaine suggested for us to look around for any herbs or alchemical ingredients inside the forest. I declined, since I wanted to enjoy the feeling of walking through a forest in solitude. I was driven by some nostalgia here, since I havent done this ever since I met Saori in the Belzac forest.

After I left them, I suddenly craved something.

I feel like flying a bit.

Activating [Humanization], I pulled out my wings and poured some mana into them. Using [Air Walk] to help me soar up, I flapped my wings and flew up to the tops of the tree and through the leaf bed. Looking up at the sky and sea of leaves, I took a deep breath and enjoyed the sunlight touching my crimson scales.

A sea of trees . Haaaaaaaaaaaaa, yeah, this feels so much better. Flying really is the best. I flapped my wings once again and enjoyed flying for a bit longer, until I realized how small this forest was compared to the Belzac forest. It might have been my unwilling home, but that doesnt change the fact that it still was my home for quite a bit.

Rajah, how are you doing? Are you doing fine with your mother and siblings? Caszcur, how are you and the other lizardmen doing? Have you made it to Caedhul yet?

Memories of the friends I made in the Belzac forest came back to me. Caszcur, the lizardmen carpenter, became one of my fans and I havent gotten a notification of losing a beastman fan just yet. There was no guarantee, but I wanted to believe that hes happy and doing well with the levianewts.

Same thing with Rajah, the virigress cub that I adopted before releasing him back to the wild so he could stay with his mother and siblings. He was blessed by Aurena and also became my follower, so he shouldnt be in too much trouble either.

How on, arent Yorshka and Tamae going to the Belzac forest to train?! Oh shit, I forgot to mention Rajah to them! Please, dont meet Oh wait, Goddess Aurena, could you possibly give Rajah some way to communicate or show he isnt a threat to them?

No answer.

Scheie, shes busy.

At this point, I could only hope they wouldnt hurt each other if they were to meet. Actually, it might be better if they wouldnt meet at all. In any case, I hope to see those two again one day. Its likely that I will meet the lizardmen again once I visit Caedhul myself, but thats a long way off, since we still need to visit the dwarves and dragonewts before then. We arent even finished in Griffonpeak just yet either.

Which reminds me. I havent checked out the new milestone yet.

[The Light] was the blessing Aurena gave me to signify to the world that I was her champion. As a title, aside from giving me increased holy proficiency gain to level up [Holy Magic] faster, it also provided me with special holy spells and a severe weakness to dark elemental attacks. Compared to [Bearer of Kargrxymors Blood] or Saoris [Belzacs Successor], it seemed a bit too weak.

However, that was until I found out about the [Faithful Function], or the Fan System as I called it now. By gaining followers and reaching certain milestones, I could gain new skills, spells, or benefits. After the concert in Griffonpeak, I was able to reach the 2500 milestone for [Dark Weakness Removal].

I landed on the ground, took out some of Saori's black mana threads, and wrapped it around my arm. I then poured mana through it and I was just barely able to feel something tingling on my skin.

Nice!

The reason why I was excited about this was cause [Draconic Barrier] was able to protect me from the small dark elemental attack that the thread generated. Previously, due to my weakness to dark, water, and ice the latter two came from Kargryxmors title my [Draconic Barrier] wasnt able to protect me from those attacks and they pierced through my defensive barrier. As I couldnt feel any pain right now, I knew that my barrier was blocking the damage and the milestone had been successfully implemented.

Mana Eyes.

The Light

A title granted to a mortal recognized by the Goddess of Light, whose control has been usurped by the owner. Boosts proficiency gain of magics based on Holy Element. As a Champion of Aurena, the holder of this title may use the [Fans Overview] function to gain special benefits. This title also applies: [System Neutrality] [Dark Weakness Removal]

[The Light] used to mention how I was weak to dark magics and attacks and how I would feel uneasy inside caves or anywhere dark, but with the inclusion of [Dark Weakness Removal], those points were gone. I also had my parallel minds check on the upgrading [Dark Resistance] and how much it would cost, and they confirmed, it no longer requires obscene amounts of SP to level up anymore.

Seems like resistance training is back on the menu. I should ask Saori to shoot me and slice me with her dark spells now to level up [Dark Resistance] I sound so much like a masochist.

This brings me to the next milestone. Requiring 10000 fans to unlock, I really hoped this [Miraculous Grace] is worth the effort, otherwise Ill question what Aurena was trying to have me do.

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Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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