Chapter 288 Slight Movement

The beating pace of Elmon's heart dictated to Orun that he was hesitant, afraid and desperate.

He had a lot of messed up emotions going through him, thus making it hard for Orun to get what he wants.

Orun filtered off the beating pace that was useless to him, and listened further in to know what it all meant.

Like bringing all those emotions together into one and making sense of it by tracing it to a particular source.

That is what Orun intended by focusing more on the beating pace of Elmon's heart.

"I will ask you again, did you do this".

Orun asked him a second time because he was finding it difficult to discern Elmon's thought through reading his heartbeat alone.

His heartbeat was expressing a lot of emotions at once and that did not make it any easier for Orun.

By being direct with his question will have Elmon focusing his attention on said question.

If he answers it or not is not what really matters because Orun already has him where he wants him to be.

The moment he thinks about that question, his heartbeat will flow in a way similar way to the emotion he felt when he heard the question.

It is through that emotion that Orun will be able to get the results that he needs from Elmon.

Elmon could not answer as he still had his head facing the floor, unable to look at Orun or Dilya the Elven queen.

"Just as I thought".

There was no need for Orun to hear it from his mouth himself, the way his heartbeat fluctuated when Orun asked the question had done the job on telling him exactly what he wants to know.

"We are not alone".

Orun said, turning his head in several direction like he was in search of something.

"Lord Orun".

Orun's behavior drew the attention of the Elven queen who was questioning his actions.

Like a dog, he was sniffing the atmosphere with a trace in sight, at least that is what it looked like to Dilya.

Orun left the black haze still hanging on the wall and he traced the scent of what he really wanted to catch back to Elmon.

Having his nose close to Elmon's body, Orun intensively sniffed all around him before sniffing Elmon himself.

"Lord Orun I really don't thi!".

His actions were getting more indecent before Dilya who was present, and there was only so much of it she could stomach.

She was about to caution Orun for His actions when from behind him, came a hand with a widened palm aiming for the back of Orun's head.

Before the hand could touch Orun's backside, he was quick to change location from standing in front of the hand to having what owned the hand stand in front of Orun.

An ominous looking being that does not even classify itself as a breed belonging to the monster kind.

He questioned if the gold plates on its body was fixed in or if it was just the skin color that looked so expensive.

The hazy aura radiating out of his body did not do it any help in making Orun have a positive view of it.

That wasn't all Orun did when he positioned himself to stand at the back of the hand's owner.

Orun had his hand coated in flames and pointed directly at the neck of the creature.

A slight movement from the creature was all the justification that Orun requires to be able to do real damage to it.

"I am going to ask you just once. Your answer will be the deciding factor on what to do with my hand".

Orun said, placing the flame hand further and seeing to it that it touched the gold plated skin of the being he could not call a monster nor a beast.

"Who the hell are you".

It most certainly was not an elf because it's appearance does not fit with the memo of an elf.

And Orun is also aware that it was not a friend of the elves because if it was, Dilya would have said something the minute she laid her eyes on it.

Not a friend of the elves, appeared at a place where two elves were killed and one other was about to commit blasphemy to the Elven kind?

An awful lot of coincidence mixed in to portray a conclusion that is not looking too good for whoever the being before him is.

Orun asked him the who it was question so he could have it's attention on it, and from there Orun will use his heart sensor to get a read on it.

The who are you? Is a question with branches attached to it. A friend, an enemy, an ally, a person on the neutral side?

It brings about such questions in one's mind when they are asked who they are.

Depending on what their answer is, it is bound to portray itself through the pace of the heartbeat based on what choices is made.

That is Orun's aim, but it appears that said plan is not going as well as he sketched it out in his mind.

After he asked the question, Orun tried to get a read on the heartbeat of the being.

Weirdly enough for him, Orun was unable to get anything out of it as far as reading the heart rate goes.

It was as if the being had no heart so to speak of, and it's current body is only but a replica of its true embodiment.

Orun to confirm if his suspicion was right or not, Orun proceeded to slashing the being on the shoulder by bringing down the palm that was aimed on its neck and directing it to the left shoulder that was the easiest for Orun's palm to get to.

His palm penetrated into the gold skin of the being, and Orun retracted it before making his way back to where Dilya was.