Chapter 107: Dark Elf

Chapter 107: Dark Elf

In the game the demi-humans known as the elven race, are a special species.

They use the power of nature to fight.

They are skilled in the art of swordsmanship, hunting and, above all, magic.

Among them there are some anomalies, the first of which are called the half elves.

A cross between humans and elves, just pronouncing that is repulsive to it.

It is unknown why Amy is a half elf unlike in the game where she was a pure blood. That's why her hair is blonde.

But... there is something worse than a half elf, something so repulsive that they prefer to leave it as a horror story.

Something that only arises when a great elf manages to fall into depravity, a state where they turn their back on their roots for a resentful state known as "Avenger mode".

And its name was... dark elf. Something that in the game only happened with enemies who hated humans.

The sword saint Christina became one, therefore, she is an enemy of humanity who will never let go of her resentment.

The village was on fire.

"No!"

"Run!"

"Help!"

The reason for that was because a fire started out of nowhere.

Likewise, someone was cutting people down... the one responsible for it was Christina.

She had become a dark elf as well as the bearer of the sin of lust.

A man was running with his wife, her hair was pulled by a great force.

"No! Darling, help me!"

"Dalia!"

Christina who had a hold of the woman's hair, became angry at the sight of her husband trying to save her.

He confronted Christina using a broom.

"You... monster. Let go of my wife."

Christina's black eyes didn't show her resentment, but her white teeth did.

"Do you love this woman so much?"

"Then be together in the afterlife!"

She threw the woman at the man, after catching her, Christina pierced them both with her magic sword.

After stabbing the couple, she went straight to another.

That couple had a little girl.

Christina got angry again and grabbed a large rock from the ground and threw it at the little girl.

The rock was about to hit her, but her father got in her way.

He went flying and after he hit the ground her family went to help him.

"Honey!"

"Daddy!"

The wife used her magic power to help her husband while their teary-eyed daughter watched as Christina approached.

The expression on her face was just like a wild animal.

"This is your family huh?"

"You left me for this woman, didn't you?"

"... You prefer a black-haired woman over mine, don't you? Are you that disgusted by the sight of me? To the point of having a daughter, how despicable you are."

Christina was speaking incoherent nonsense.

It was unknown why she was saying that, but she gave it no thought as she raised her sword.

The girl stood in front of Christina.

"Get out! I won't let you hurt my daddy! Get out, you monster!"

Christina heard those words and the anger inside her only increased.

She quickly brought her sword down slashing the three of them.

She walked in search of her next victim as she muttered.

"Unforgivable."

"It is unforgivable that you are happy and I am not."

"I'll make sure you suffer the same kind of pain as those bitches."

"My resentment against you will never be assuaged, you damned traitor!"

It was impossible to stop a seething Christina.

We arrived at the village and found a very unreal image.

The place was on fire and people were fleeing like flies.

Everyone was screaming while helping others.

Some were injured.

"This is horrible, what the hell happened here?"

"Amy, can you put out the fire?"

I looked at Amy, but she was for some reason stunned.

This is the first time she's seen a fire?

I grabbed her shoulder and she flinched.

"Is something wrong?"

She looked confused.

"No... it's nothing."

"... Okay. Amy, I repeat, can you put out the fire?"

She looked at the flames.

"I can, but it will take time, there may be injured people under the rubble."

"We must help them."

I said that and they all agreed.

"I am the princess of this country and it is my duty to help the citizens."

"The food in this place is very good. I don't want anything bad to happen to the cooks."

"A misfortune like this is not something anyone wants to witness."

Even the guy tied up said.

"Let me help, with this at least I will be able to show my regret in the situation."

I said to Leila.

"Hey, and this guy who is he?"

"He's the blindfolded puncher. He's an enemy of Leila's, but Leila doesn't hate him anymore because Leila beat him."

"..."

"Shall we release him?"

"Right now my life is at stake, if I ran away I'd just make everything worse."

Leila gave me a sign of absolute trust.

"Leila trust that he won't escape. I'll break a rib just in case."

"No. Don't break my ribs, I already said I won't run away."

"Losers say anything so they don't look bad."

She released him and I sighed.

"Let's deal with this quickly."

"Yeah."

We split up and went to help people.

The moment they parted, Amy floated to go higher in the sky.

She had a memory.

(What was that?)

In that memory she was seeing a forest on fire.

There were people screaming for help, tears streaming down their cheeks.

But that wasn't the weird part.

Amy had never been in the forest before and besides from her point of view, she was looking down on everything from a high place.

She mumbled.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

Amy didn't understand that memory.

(Why did that pop up in my head when I saw it?)

When we split up, Livie went with Leila, Amy went on her own and that guy went in another direction.

I went to an area where the flames were growing in intensity.

I saw several people running.

For some reason they were with cuts on their bodies.

I asked a woman who was running carrying a man.

"What happened here?"

She crying said.

"A monster. A monster appeared out of nowhere and started attacking everyone."

She ran away. I looked at all the people running from the same direction.

Since it was a monster that was the culprit, I had to stop it.

My body is still strong and I don't feel tired, I can defeat it.

I ran around looking for that monster, but I couldn't find it.

I searched the debris looking for trapped people and only a few had victims.

When I lifted a roof, I found a family.

I thought they were dead because they had cuts on their bodies.

But the wound was not physical, that is, they were cut by something, but not hard enough to pierce the skin or flesh.

So what happened here?

I asked the girl who had just woken up.

"Hey, are you okay, what happened here?"

"A monster... with long ears and dark skin."

Long ears and dark skin?

A rabbit, perhaps?

No. A monster rabbit isn't big enough to attack.

Come to think of it, where could Christina be?

She must be awake by now or still unconscious.

The family said her body hurt, but it wasn't serious.

I saw them leaving and then an explosion happened behind me several meters away.

A man went flying.

He was crawling on the ground.

Behind him a strange figure was approaching.

I activated my Raijin to help him.

I kicked the strange shadow in the face.

For some reason despite touching its body, it didn't move.

"What do you think you're doing?"

I heard a familiar voice.

I stepped back several feet and when the smoke finally cleared I observed something impossible.

"Christina!"

Christina stood in front of me with an appearance impossible to imagine.

She was a dark elf.

Dark elves were enemies of the game, I never gave them any importance because I never encountered an NPC who was female.

But... this is surreal!

"Telling them you love them when they know it's a lie! That's why I hate men!"

"I'm jealous of those women who can be happy with their partners no matter what! While I only seek my own happiness and I'm rejected by everyone!"

"No one is my ally! No one is my friend! No one is aware that I too am a woman like any other!"

Tears were falling to the floor.

Christina was pouring out her heart.

"I... I ask only to be loved, is that impossible?"

"I don't ask for riches or fame. I'm just asking for someone to love me."

"To come home and be greeted with a hug, to ask me how I did, to be interested in me and then to tell me that he loves me."

"... That's all I ask for, I don't care about anything else except being happy."

The sadness in Christina's eyes was of the real Christina.

Her heart was so wounded that she briefly regained her mind to expose her thoughts.

As she wept, Razel lost consciousness for a moment.

(This place is...)

I see. The beatings Christina gave me brought me to this place.

I looked in a certain direction and found Astraea standing there.

"Razel, let me take care of this. That woman is undoubtedly strong, if I were to face her I should seriously go for it, the worst thing is that I can feel the sin of lust is in her."

"The sin of lust?"

"Yes. Unlike my sin of sloth which was based on my desire to die, or the sin of envy of Zoro for wanting to be free."

"The sin of lust is based on emotions, just as the sin of anger, gluttony and greed is based on what your heart hides."

"That woman really wants to be happy, as a woman, her happiness is based on that little bubble called family. I don't know her past, but the sin is manipulating her emotions so she doesn't know herself what she wants."

"If we don't stop her now, her emotions will be out of control and she will become a beast without reasoning."

"By the way, the sin of pride just like mine and Zoro's are based on suppressed desires."

"So hurry up and change with me."

"No."

"I beg your pardon?"

I stood up and smiled at Astraea.

"Christina is angry because she doesn't accept herself as she is, she reminds me of a certain boy who also thought he didn't deserve to be happy."

"That's why, I want to save her and if you go out, she won't be able to save herself."

"I will use my own power to bring Christina back to her senses."

Astraea sighed.

"Fine. Do what you want, but, act fast. Her mind right now is unbalanced so she can still be saved."

"Save?"

"Yes. Once the sin attaches itself to you, it will leave you just like a tick to an animal, contaminated."

"That's why you had to defeat me, my body couldn't be saved nor that guy's, this possession had to happen recently. So she can be saved."

"Once this is over, there will only be four more left."

"I promise to save Christina and defeat that idiot."

With those words I said goodbye and saw Christina in front of me crying.

Razel looked at the sadness in Christina's eyes.

He murmured.

"What beautiful eyes."

Both the crying and her tears stopped instantly.

"... What did you say?"

"I said your eyes are beautiful. They look like shining pearls that you only find in the depths of the sea."

Christina blushed at hearing that. She immediately went on the defensive.

"You're lying! These repulsive eyes aren't pretty, they're grotesque."

"No. You are beautiful already."

"Beautiful!"

Little by little Christina's strength was weakening.

Razel took advantage and with one hand embraced her.

"Christina is really a very beautiful woman. Not to mention that it's true that I like your body, sorry to say it like that, but I'm honest."

She was almost in a state of disconnection with reality.

"N-No. I-It's okay... it's natural to be attracted to someone's physical appearance... do you find my body pretty?"

With his other hand, Razel embraced her.

"I'd be lying if I said I never felt attraction to you when I saw you. You are a very famous and respected woman, and no doubt with a body to rival Barbara's, I would be happy to have the two of you at the altar one day."

Christina's ears went up and down from embarrassment.

"Something like that... I've never had a problem with harems. So, if my husband has one, I wouldn't see a problem with him having more mates and sharing you, I'm not a possessive woman."

Razel moved closer to her and Christina looked away from him.

"Christina, I want to have by my side, you wouldn't be the first elf I have with me."

"Th-That girl, Amy, she's certainly beautiful, wouldn't you hate it if your children were half elves?"

Razel's embrace was stronger.

"Amy is my woman, I will never turn my back on my women let alone my children. I will love them all as they all have my blood and are part of them as well. Therefore, if you have my children, I will love them all."

Christina had no strength left, she was completely at the mercy of Razel's words.

"I-if you want... I can gouge out my eyes so you won't suffer shame"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Razel looked firmly at Christina.

"You are perfect just the way you are, the imperfections are what make you who you are. Hating a part of you is bad as it shows that you don't accept yourself as you are."

"Christina, I want you to accept yourself as you are, if you want to be with me, you must not hate your eyes."

Christina was crying, she just nodded and her head placed it on his chest.

At that moment, Christina cried.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

He put his hand on her head and then that happened.

A mysterious mist appeared in Razel's subconscious.

There stood Astraea behind the fog.

She grabbed it with one hand and then proceeded to devour it.

In less than a minute the fog was gone.

As she licked her fingers she said.

"I don't remember feeling its presence when I woke up, where could this thing have been hiding?"

The fog had disappeared, but the color of Christina's skin was still dark.

She was crying like a little girl.

Then... it started to rain.

The flames of the place were going out as at the same time helping the wounded.

Razel looked at the sky and said.

"It really took her time to do it."

Amy looked down at Razel from the heights.

She was about to summon rain, but she saw Razel being beaten up.

When she wanted to help, Razel said a few words to Christina.

That made Amy a little jealous.

"You certainly are quite the womanizer."

She smiled, it was all over.

Or so it was supposed to be.

She quickly heard a whisper.

"I found you. The source of the great power I felt."

Amy looked around and saw no one, but that mysterious voice was still speaking to her.

"I always thought you were dead."

"That's why I looked for a replacement for you, but to imagine that idiot just tricked me, it was my fault for believing it."

Near her a mysterious black mist began to form until it created a sphere with an eye in it.

It was a big red eye like fire.

The voice came out of that sphere.

"I'm really glad to see you alive, Amy."

"Or should I call you by your real name, Number 58?"

Suddenly, a strange memory came to her mind.

She was in a white room, someone was stroking her head and placed a tag on her arm, it had a bar code next to it in large letters the number 58.

Amy looked into that person's eyes.

They were red.

She began to tremble.

"What..."

More memories came into her head.

Syringes.

Screams.

A strange green liquid surrounding her body.

And mostly, someone holding out her hand.

"Nice to meet you, my name is"

Amy put her hands to her head as she shook it desperately.

"No... you're wrong."

"My name is Amy..."

"That's true... but it's not how you think it is."

"I'm glad to see you. Since I now know you're alive, therefore, that girl is no longer of any use to me."

The black sphere gradually disappeared.

"One day we will meet again, and it will be when 'paradise' is reached."

"So long... number 58."

The sphere disappeared completely.

Amy was still trembling.

She clutched her arms and said to herself.

"No..."

"I'm Amy."

"I'm Amy no one else."

"... So you're alive, huh?"

The location was the Arklight Empire's inner palace.

A concert was being held for a few select people.

One person was smiling in a terrifying manner while covering its eye.

Removing its hand, it was guided to its mouth.

"You really did it Linhard. You saw my face like an idiot, it's been a long time since I've felt like someone was making fun of me."

"Would you like more tea to enjoy your dessert?"

"Yes, please."

As the maid poured tea for that person, this person thought.

(I guess it's time to speed up my goal.)

(Number 58... Amy... you really are a box of surprises.)

And just like that, that busy day ended, and a new dawn came. But...