Lord of The Karmic Armada
Chapter 37: Scheme of the Mad Devil (4)

Chapter 37: Scheme of the Mad Devil (4)

First Elder said to Hansel still coughing slightly, "Hansel, you should not have done that." "You fool, you should have gone after the human and killed him."

Looking beyond his shoulder the First elder could see it,

Snap,,,,,,,Snap.......Thump.....

The human had broken free and he jumped to the ground with a loud stomp. Hansel took a deep breath and said, "I know. But I couldn’t let you die, my friend. First, my daughter died. If I even lost you as well. I..."

First Elder interjected in anger, "We were all supposed to die in the end anyway, that was our decision, you were the one who was supposed to escape the forest. No matter the price."

"Even if you die or all of us must die, it will be at the hands of the Fae folks, not this wretched human and we will not die without making them suffer as well." stated Hansel in a resolute tone.

The First Elder reluctantly nodded and said no more as he stood up while surveying the surroundings, All other tribe members were standing 10 meters ahead while looking at them with bright red eyes and a wicked grin on their faces.

He then looked to the crucifix to look at the human who now was free, Hansel did the same his vigilance was at its highest. But neither of them could find the human there. Just then the voice of the familiar sinister laughter rang in their mind.

"Mwahahahaha... ahahahahahahahaha haaaaaaahahahaah!"

Both turned back immediately, right there the human was sitting on the tribe leader’s luxurious seat, his sword was pinned to the ground while one hand of his held onto its hilt. He had one foot resting over another, his posture was arrogant, his face was disdainful, and his laughter was sinister.

Both of them narrowed their eyes. The same question rang in their ears, "when did he get there?"

Unlike before Hansel did not give into the fear of his emotions or let his emotions control him, the worst that could happen had already happened. He was not afraid of the human but rather the fact that if the human could heal from such injuries once or if he could do that multiple times then that would be truly troublesome.

The human had already taken control of all the dark elves and there was nothing he could do about that now, at least Hansel had saved the First-Elder that was his saving grace, and the fact that he now had his trusted companion alongside him served to give him more assurance.

First Elder’s thoughts were the same, the worst that could happen had already happened. The only choice now was to kill the human, nothing more nothing less.

"Human, do you think this changes anything?" sneered Hansel.

Valtar tilted his head slightly as he looked at them with a chuckle and he snapped his fingers for some reason then said, "Do you think it doesn’t?" Just as he said, the sound of banging doors can be heard from one side.

Bang...Bang....Bang...........

After a few powerful bangs, the door broke and then light footsteps could be heard 9 dark elves who were in a battered state and looked more dead than alive came into the hall and slowly waited and stood beside Valtar. These 9 were among the 11 dark elves Valtar killed after entering the dark elven tribe’s area including the Third Elder. Now even the dead Third elder was standing right beside Valtar like he was the King’s knight protecting the king alongside 8 more 2nd stage dark elves.

First Elder’s expression grew ugly even Hansel had a deep frown on his face. The Dark Elven tribe in its entirety did not have many members but their average strength was quite high. They had a total had 51 members including the Tribe Leader.

The elder turned in the opposite direction of Valtar and took a deep breath, he said, "I will take care of the ones behind and you care of the Human as well as the 9 others, they’re dead don’t hold back."

Two of them would take 2 sides fighting shoulder to shoulder.

Hansel could not help but think 9 Elves were with the human, including the human himself there were 10 of them. Behind him are 28 of their tribesmen, 2 of them need to face a total of 38 people and most of them are their people.

Unconsciously Hansel blurted out the words, "HOW?"

Valtar hearing those words, was surprised for a moment then he held his chin with one hand and put on a thoughtful expression.

Hansel added, "Was it the Fae queen who gave you such methods?" Valtar looked at him and smiled, "What do you think? You already know the answer."

Hansel gritted his teeth while pointing his sword at him, "Even so human, you will still die by my hands for the sins you have committed and no one can save you from me today."

’Indeed, darkness is a major weakness for the Fae folks, Even they cannot provide him with such methods’ thought Hansel internally. It seems the human’s identity is not so simple.

Valtar’s classic smile vanished and he could not help but think back to how it all led to this.

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Right after devouring all 11 dark elves cores while the Tribe leader was searching for Valtar vehemently. He was racking his brains to find a solution to his precarious situation. For him, at that moment All roads led to a dead end. (Chapters - 27, 28)

His Karmic Intuition skill was warning him badly that he would die if he faced the Tribe leader. Afterward, while he was spying on the living underground area of the elven tribe where the meeting was happening the First Elder was giving a speech. At that time the bodies of the 11 elves he killed including the Third Elder’s body were locked in a room just beside the main hall of the tribe.

Valtar first paid attention to whatever the First-Elder had said, then to everyone else’s voices trying to get as much information as possible, anything that could be used to his advantage, to his dismay he could not get hold of a single crucial information or anything that could be of help to him at that moment. Even the 2 guards standing outside were also listening attentively to the discussion of the meeting. What infuriated Valtar even more was that they had already accepted Valtar as dead, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

After the main discussion was over, the two guards outside were chatting amongst themselves. They both were young males who seemed to have a crush on Elmyra, At first, they both expressed their hatred towards Valtar by cursing him nonstop for killing the princess. Valtar couldn’t care less about that, even babies on earth cursed other people better than these good-mannered morons let alone a man of culture like him.

However at a certain point, their discussion took another turn,

First guard, "Damn it, if only I was there. I could’ve saved the princess and you know hehe." Second guard, "Hmph, if even the princess was killed what do you think your weak ass could do?" First Guard, "So what? Even if I couldn’t save her, at worst I could just hide far away, when she’s dead and the human’s gone, then I’ll let out all my frustration on that beautiful body of the dead princess at least. hehe..."

The moment Valtar heard these words he clenched his teeth so hard on the possessed body that his teeth were about to shatter. He barely held in his fury.

The second guard who was the more rational one, even he had a lustful expression on his face for a moment as his mind wondered unknowingly, then he shook his head and said, "Stop messing around you fool, If any of the elders hear this, you might as well be burned on the crucifix."

First Guard, "Elder? Heh, there’s no one to hear us but the dead bodies. In fact, who knows if the human did not do exactly that. No man can resist the princess, what if he fucked her body after killing her."

Valtar could not tolerate this bastard anymore, "Screw it, Even if things go to shit, I’ll kill this bastard at least." But the next words of the Second guard made him pause abruptly.

The second Guard gave the First guard a furious slap as he said, "One more word, and I will tell the elders everything and if the Human did such a thing, and if the human really did commit such an act, the Tribe Leader would find that out in an instant, The distinct scent of the princess would linger on the human."

He added in a grim tone, "Then as per our tradition, he would be brought back here alive, The tribe leader will torture him till he begs for death and loses all sanity, Then he will be burned alive in the Eternal Dark fire."

Then the First Guard shuddered for a moment, "That’s right, for any sexual activity with another race, both must be burned in the Dark fire while tied to the crucifix."

The Second Guard looked at him and sighed, "That’s right the Eternal Dark Fire is also one of our core weapons against the Fae folks, it’s a weapon that can burn the soul of an existence. So, anyone burned by it will die the most painful death beyond mortal comprehension."