Chapter 264: Invisible marauder

Chapter 264: Invisible marauder

When I came home the next day and logged in, I found Henri-sama and Nephi-san.

"We are sorry to disturb you. Takuto-sama"

"We're here today because we have something important to discuss with Takuto-san"

Ah, this is trouble. That's for sure.

"Did you know that the Young Tree Forest was liberated last night?"

"Yes, I heard about it from Ruin-san and the others"

"I see. We, the Beastmasters Guild, would like to finish the purification work as soon as possible so that we can summon it, but I'm sure you understand that it's a very difficult task"

Yes, I do.

"But there is a subrace that can pull off that difficult task. That is the elves"

I look at Setia.

"I can't do that!? If it's a high-ranking elf, it can probably afford to do that"

I think I just heard a terrible thing. The story goes back.

"We negotiated with the elves, but the condition that the elves put out was that they wanted to meet with Takuto-san and Setia-san...sorry, could you accept it?"

Request Quest Negotiation with the Elves: Difficulty B

Reward: Emerald

Negotiate with the elves and obtain the tree that will revive the Young Tree Forest.

See~ it's a troublesome request. And if I don't accept it, I won't be able to summon anything for a long time, which is a very bad thing that affects other players. Well, I'm glad for the reward.

"I'm fine with it. What about you, Setia?"

"I'm fine too. I'm sure they'll just nail us with the magic sword anyway"

I guess that's why they went to the trouble of picking us. I'm sure we'll be fine.

"I'm sorry, but I'm counting on you. The meeting place is in the Elven Forest. Can you spare some time tomorrow?"

Eh? Can we go to the Elven Forest? I'm in.

"Tomorrow around this time will be fine"

"I understand. Then I'll be waiting for you at the royal castle tomorrow"

Nephi-san will leave there, but Henri-sama will stay. I can kind of understand why.

"Umm...I have a favor to ask Takuto-sama"

"It's about Princess Sylphy, isn't it?"

"Yes...elves have the highest skill in medicine preparation. There may be a medicine that can cure her. So please!"

This girl really is desperate when it comes to Princess Sylphy. She doesn't have to come all the way here to ask me...

"I've been asked by King Gran, so you don't need to come all the way to ask for help. I'll make sure to ask"

"Ahaha...I know that, but I'm worried if I don't tell you directly"

Ah~, I can understand that. Did Henri-sama feel relieved? She returned to the royal castle.

Then, while I was doing my usual purification work, I felt murder intent.

"If you're going to hide, why don't you hide a little better?"

When I said that, an arrow was suddenly shot from an empty space.

No questions asked!

Puyosuke guards the arrow, but electricity is generated from the arrow and Puyosuke returns to death.

This is a magic bow!? And it's aimed precisely at Puyosuke's weak point!?

The only one who can fight properly is Sabik...and Sabik doesn't seem to be able to sense the enemy.

I'm not sure what to do...I thought to myself as I took a fighting stance.

Sabik...hide in the earth and stand by

Let's go! I name it.

"Mitsurugi Style, Human Body Defense!"

I then turned the fallen thief boss into a shield.

It's the worst!

I managed to escape to Freetia while the thieves were wiped out by Arrow Rain.

I thought there would be at least one more attack before that, but they didn't, as if rampaging near the walls of Freetia would be a problem.

I managed to reach Liebling while keeping my guard up. Lily and the others came rushing over to see me.

"What's wrong with you, Takuto?"

"While I was doing the purification work, I was attacked by those who made themselves invisible"

"Eh!? Are you okay!?"

"As you can see, I was fine, but Sabik and Puyosuke were killed"

Everyone became angry at my words. I wasn't sure what to do, but I told them the truth.

"It was probably the elves who attacked me"

"Eh!?"

Setia was surprised. However, there is no doubt from the reaction of the thief and the closure of his mouth.

"That's right...but why did the elf now aim for Takuto-sama?"

"I don't know that either. It is reasonable to assume that some of them do not think well of tomorrow's meeting"

"Elves are not supposed to like other beings, including humans, entering their forest. But I don't believe they would do something like this"

"Well...in any case, we've established that tomorrow's meeting is not going to end peacefully"

I would have liked to be allowed to spend my time in peace at least during the despena, but now that Sabik and Puyosuke have been killed, I'm not going to remain silent either. I've learned the signs of the attackers, so if I find them, I won't let them get away.

Name Sabik Yurlungur Lv3

Vitality 79

Magic Power 44

Strength 58

Defense 42

Agility 64

Dexterity 48

Skills

Bite Lv21

Coiling Lv14

Mow Down Lv3

Iron Wall Lv3

Deadly Poison Lv19

Heat Detection Lv13

Underwater Action Lv1

Lightning Magic Lv3

Water Magic Lv3

Earth Hiding Lv3Lv4

Praying for Rain Lv7

Water Breath Lv3

Resurrection Lv1Lv2