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Chapter 248: Last quest on Erok. Part 6.

Chapter 248: Last quest on Erok. Part 6.

Meanwhile in the elven kingdom...

A dense pressure fell on everyone present in the room. A minute ago when the elven king was busy celebrating the safety of 10 years, a group of men came inside his private room and announced something unpleasant.

The king who was busy playing with women suddenly broke a glass of whisky and kicked the woman who was sitting above his wrist.

"Is this a joke?" He angrily yelled at him and threw a bottle full of wine at him. Luckily, it wasn’t aimed towards his head so he didn’t have to move or dodge to save his face.

The elven king approached the man who bought some absurd information and grabbed his face with a firm grip.

"A royal knight is telling me that, he failed to do his job? Not only that, someone from the human realm has kidnapped the sacrifice on the way? Don’t tell me I have to believe all that shit..."

A silence enveloped the entire hall after the echo of the king’s voice died down.

"I..I’m sorry, my lord. I don’t deserve any forgiveness."

With a swish of his hand, the head of the royal guard fell to the group. After a minute, his dead body became soaked with vibrant red blood that came out of its headless neck.

The other royal knights were still kneeling before him.

The king rubbed his face in worry and right at that moment, a group of people came inside his private room. They were other lords of the House of Royals.

There were even former king who were above 400 years, his wife, the pope, a former royal commander and the present king’s mother.

Even though a king is above all law, the lords of the royal house were something he cannot control. He was chained to the house because the elf lives an incredibly long time. Their maximum life expectancy is 1200 years.

Compared to their age, the current king was given the crown earlier than previous kings.

Resulting in the current king becoming the youngest king who rose to power at the age of 120.

But he was still immature so the house of royals was founded to look after the king.

And that exactly was going on in the king’s private room.

The father of the king looked at the blood of a young aspiring knight and clicked his tongue in disappointment.

"Son, explain what is going on."

"F..father..why are you here?"

"Why am I here? You know that answer way better than I do. Why isn’t the barrier reforming?"

"B..barrier...Oh Yes. Some human has kidnapped the sacrifice in the process..."

"Humans, you say. And how is that possible? This ritual is a confidential matter of our kingdom. We never have granted any access to any human to enter here. The great lord’s den is right inside our territory. It’s impossible for a human to enter."

"Then, how do you explain the disappearance of the sacrifice?" The king complained.

"Explain? Do you think I came all the way here to give you an EXPLANATION!!"

The former king’s voice echoed throughout the spacious room.

"Raymond, if you can’t find the sacrifice in a day, I will have no choice but to sacrifice your daughter."

"FATHER!!"

"Enough! You’ve gotten so ignorant since that day I gave you the crown for a stupid bet. But I had explanations for you because you weren’t a fool. Seems like I was the one who was expecting too much from a stupid son like you."

"I am telling you that it was the humans who did it!! If you don’t believe me! Check that knight’s memories!!"

The former king didn’t want to play along with his son anymore but his instinct was telling him something was wrong. So he approached the kneeling knights and touched one of their heads to check what happened back there.

Seeing the result, his body started to tremble in rage. He saw it. He saw a man, a human to be precise, came out of nowhere and took the sacrifice without using any force.

But for some reason, his face was blurry and his voice was too. The only thing he could see was a human with golden hair come and took the sacrifice right in front of the dragon lord’s den.

"H..how is this possible...we Elves are more powerful than humans. Our magic, our strength, even our lifespan surpasses them and yet, a human came and took the food that the dragon lord was supposed to eat?"

A scary grin appeared on his spotless, fine face that had no hint of imperfection and commanded, "Prepare for war. We are going to annihilate the human realm once and for all. And yes, bring the princess. Prepare for the sacrificial ritual once again. I won’t tolerate any excuses."

"FATHER!!!"

SLAP!!!!!

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"Lord Viktor, was that okay to change their memories? They are most likely to prepare for war. This country will face a great disaster."

Viktor looked at the sleeping elven girl on a soft bed. After she received her power, she small body immidately fell asleep. So he felt safe to talk about other things in front of her.

He didn’t react to his question at first because Yir knew why exactly he changed their memories. But still, he decided to answer.

"So I can fake my death in front of the heroes. I will accept the quest without wasting any time and will be gone for 20 years. But my question is, are you still going to accompany me?"

Yir nodded his head and replied, "It’s my order to aid you until you finish your quest. It’s all for the sake of my Lord’s inner peace. He trusted me with this noble job. And I can’t afford to lack in any way. By doing this, I hope my lord can show me some positive signals."

Viktor narrowed his eyes and recalled some ’dark past’ memories. It was when Yir proposed to him for his hands.

"You’re still hanging onto that, Yir-_-?"

"Hanging onto what, my lord?"

"You want to date him, don’t you-_-?"

"...."

"Sigh...I get it now. But he is not into men, Yir. It’s unless and a waste of time to hang on."

"I am not a man nor a woman, my lord. Archangels don’t have a gender. We exist right in the middle of the line. Wait, isn’t that the same as gods and demigods? Aren’t you too, a gender-neutral being-_-?"

"I’d rather die than turn into a woman-_-. I don’t mind not existing if there isn’t any chance to live but to become one."

"You are a very determined person, my lord-_-."

"So you don’t mind turning into a woman for him, huh? Are you sure he’s gonna like it? He’s a hot-headed person, you know. He just acts like a little kid in front of me."

"I know, my lord. I like that side of his."

Viktor then looked back with a disgusted expression on his face and said, "You need therapy, Yir. You’re acting like a girl who’s in her teenage, obsessed with toxic handsome men."

Yir then showed an indifferent look and served his breakfast before leaving.

’Hah... But I’m glad that they are not as fast as humans. Even if they wanted to propose, it will take them a few million years just to make a decision.’

Viktor looked at the plate full of various types of fruit and stabbed his fork in the ordinary one’s piece. Leaving the best for the last, he finished all his food and finally, he stabbed on the most delicious one.

It was his way of eating. Saving the best for the last bite.

"Yum... these fruits are best because they are kept fertilized by mana stones instead of natural substances such as soil. In a few thousand years, those trees will produce mana fruits after genetic changes."

He then put down his fork on the side of the plate and looked at the time. It was past 11 am.

’I bet the emperor of Romos had already received his gift from the elven king. And the sacrificial ritual must be over by now. I can sense the new mana barrier outside which must be the art of the dragon’s. He must’ve crushed the princess’ body and made it into a meatball to power the barrier magic circle crafted deep inside his house.’

’The elven king must be furious because he had to sacrifice his one and only child for the sake of the kingdom. The future of the Romos is dark. Elves are far stronger than humans so they already have an advantage in this war. But they are forgetting that there are 6 heroes and a former hero who’s still living with his party, ruling the entire world in secret. If the lords of the house get the news, they will surely get involve . And I am pretty restless to see whose side they are going to take. Elf or human... I better prepare my popcorn and wait for my turn to drop a bombshell on the dragon’s home. I value my life the most so I don’t give a damn about some mortals.’