Chapter 618 Intervention From The Wicked

Chapter 618 Intervention From The Wicked

No one wants to die.

The Young Ones were by no means an exception to that.

They each had dreams and hopes-one of which was to meet the Oracle one day, and perhaps sacrifice themselves for Nature or their Sisters.

Dying had to be done after their purpose had been achieved.

Not like this.

As all the Elves pounded on the barrier, now desperately desiring to return to the haven they previously rejected, they could feel the tremors growing louder, and the growls of the Monsters drawing nearer.

It was a frightening scene, one where the Elves could see death approaching while being unable to do anything about it.

The truth was that the Young Ones had never had recourse to fight a Monster before. Such tasks were left up to the Elders.

And, even the Elders would rather avoid fighting Monsters than confronting them directly.

For example, the Elder in charge of them-Gratiana La Shanagari-would often navigate the forest with her Ranger Class senses, so they could spot Monsters a long distance away.

Avoiding these things was easy with Gratiana around.

Even in situations where avoidance was impossible, she would use her [Territory] Skill to shroud them, while also applying [Camouflage] to cover everything within it. Using that, they were always able to avoid the savage beasts.

But now... things were different.

There was no Gratiana to help them out, and the Young Ones were pretty low on Mana to properly fight so many Monsters.

"T-they look like A-Tier Monsters..."

"They ARE A-Tier Monsters!"

"We are gonna die here, aren't we?"

"Uwahhhhhh!"

The Elves knew their fates were sealed. Not even their Elder could kill so many Monsters, especially not if they spotted her first.

If their Elder couldn't do it, what chance did they have?

They were meant to be dependent and subservient. None of them knew any better.

"Seems like you are in a bit of a bind." A voice suddenly emerged from the other end of the barrier, and a man appeared there.

He had slick dark hair, with an eyepatch covering his left eye. A gentle, but somewhat cold smile graced his lips as he stared at the desperate Elves with a certain kind of grace.

The Elves knew they needed not ask those questions the moment they stared at the exterior of the barrier and found their benefactor standing outside its reach.

None of them felt any fear for him-neither was there compassion.

He was a vile beast who would have committed atrocities against them. Perhaps this was Nature's way of getting back at him.

"There's no way he'll survive that!"

"He can't handle so many A-Tier Monsters at once!"

"Why isn't he using the Half Breed vermin? She's the one who would do the heavy lifting fot him."

"He'll die at this rate..."

"If he dies, what happens to us?"

As clusters of words echoed among the Elves, they kept their eyes peeled at the human.

Somehow, deep down, despite not being supposed to, they all wanted to see the man emerge victorious.

Maybe it was to secure their survival, or perhaps it was due to the fact that he rescued them from certain doom. None of them were very sure.

But, the disgust they felt towards all humans suddenly didn't apply to him anymore. Did they trust him? No

Did they like him? Not at all.

But... did they still desire the best for him? Absolutely!

And so, with widened and innocent eyes, they all looked at Rey Skylar as he faced scores of Monsters on their behalf.

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'Well, this is quite the conundrum. Rey smiled to himself as he looked at the A-Tier Monsters before him.

The current scenario looked like something he would have planned right off the bat, but that wasn't the case at all. In fact, his real plan was being suspended because of this completely random and unexpected scenario.

'Where to begin...?'

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