Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 169



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169. Elf (2)

Red liquid flowing from the enemy’s cheek.

The man wiped the blood flowing down his thumb and pulled out an axe from his waistband.

“Ugh!”

Magical power burst out from the axe that was swung with a short scream.

It was a terrifying force that could even cut down trees, not to mention firewood.

Tsupat!

As I swung my sword, the magical power disappeared without even reaching my target.

A guy who flinches and shakes his shoulders at the unknown phenomenon.

Let’s swing the axe again,

Kiiing!

The magic power added to the rotation and rushed towards him.

‘This looks a bit dangerous.’

The ability to evade attacks without blocking them.

Then the trees and bushes behind them fell to the ground with a creaking sound.

Hyunseong looked at the sight and clenched his teeth at Seol-ah.

“You seem quite different from the elves I know. Have you done anything to the elf?”

-… … ? No, why are you tripping me up again here?

“Well… there’s a precedent, right? You wouldn’t say you don’t know about succubus work, would you?”

If you did it once, there’s no reason you can’t do it twice.

Seol-ah, who is shaking her sword as if she won’t give up.

-That was back then! I said that elves were like that from the moment they were born!

“okay?”

At her words, Hyunseong’s eyes narrowed in suspicion.

Because Seol-ah has never lied until now.

In that respect, a considerable amount of trust has been built up.

“Then why are elves like that?”

Elves in fantasy are said to be a wise and good race, mostly of slender build, beautiful, and who love the forest.

But he seemed more belligerent than kind, more solid than slender, and, although he loved the forest, he seemed to care little about its destruction.

“The only thing that matches is their looks.”

If you posted on a community or something asking for body evaluation, you’d probably get countless comments telling you not to exercise or things like that.

The tips of his ears were slightly pointed, but since his appearance was so outstanding, that was not even noticeable.

Seol-ah, who was listening to Hyun-seong’s explanation, let out a voice of disbelief.

-No, being wise and kind is not a reason to be kind to your enemies.

“… … ”

That was right.

Because Hyunseong and Kangcheol’s group were their invading enemies right now.

If you show mercy when dealing with your enemies, you are no different from a fool.

-Besides, how could all races be like that? It’s just that elves don’t interact much, so I’ve only seen those kinds of people.

“Then what about the skinny one?”

-Elfs mainly use bows, but do you know how hard it is to just pull a bow? A bow is a weapon that requires strength, not agility.

“I know that… but don’t you usually use it to strengthen your muscles with magic power?”

-Does your ancestors fill you with the magical power to strengthen your muscles? Their magical power isn’t infinite either.

That was also true.

Because as living beings, there is a limit to the magical power we can possess.

Unless you can use your magical power indefinitely, it’s better to train your body for emergencies.

“What does it mean to love the forest?”

He says he loves me, but he destroys everything.

The elves had just broken down more trees than Hyunseong had cut down in the bushes.

-Loving the forest isn’t like loving the forest as if it were your lover, it’s more like an attachment to your hometown. If you can’t catch the enemy anyway, who knows what will happen to the forest?

“indeed.”

-It’s just that humans only saw a part of elves and built up that image.

I was speechless at the thought that it was so orthodox.

Hyunseong quietly looks at the elf again.

I remembered Seol-ah saying before that elves are the ideal evolutionary goal from a human’s perspective.

‘I think I know why you said that.’

From the physical part to the magical part.

There was a difference even in the basic figures.

Moreover, they have a long lifespan and do not age easily.

‘It doesn’t even seem like a big penalty.’

At this point, I thought that it would be a disadvantage to not evolve.

As I was thinking like that, the elves started to move.

A guy who moves around with his fingers on an empty bowstring.

Shh.

As he pulled the bowstring, magical power began to gather from his fingers.

The gathered magical power took the shape of an arrow,

Boom!

Clang!

It flew towards Hyunseong, piercing through the atmosphere.

Although only one arrow was fired, there were more than one arrow heading towards him.

Squeak!

As I cut the ground diagonally and stepped on the sill, the ground lifted up, creating a solid barrier.

Kwakwakwak!

Some arrows were stuck in the wall, but a few pierced through the wall and reached their target.

Boom! Boom!

The shock wave that occurred when the sword energy fired by Hyunseong collided with the ground caused a strong wind to scatter into the surrounding area.

An elf who quietly looks at Hyunseong as his attacks do not work at all.

“It’s not just a simple skeleton.”

“What, you noticed?”

Hyunseong laughed, his teeth chattering.

This robe was no ordinary full-body robe.

It was a robe that Seoian made to hide the situation inside.

Because the structure was such that the bones could not be seen from the outside unless they were revealed, no one had discovered it until now.

-Because he’s an elf too.

It seemed like he could ignore and see through that level of magic.

“Why are skeletons walking around with humans?”

“Well, why do you think that might be?”

“So you have no intention of telling me?”

“That’s right, there’s no need to tell me. Right?”

“That’s right.”

The elf’s eyes shine sharply and he tries to rush in again.

However, due to Hyunseong’s subsequent words, the action had no choice but to be canceled.

“So, how about we stop here?”

“…What does that mean?”

“I mean it literally. We just happened to fall into this forest. There’s no need to see any blood.”

-You don’t have any blood.

‘That’s what I’m saying. Besides, you don’t know whose blood you’re seeing, right?’

-That’s some scary confidence.

If it was an opponent I couldn’t communicate with, I would have just done my best to defeat them and leave the forest, but I could communicate with the elf in front of me.

You can’t even tell how many opponents there are, and above all, this is the elves’ home ground.

Continuing to fight without knowing how much support would come was tantamount to suicide.

‘If there are four people with this level of skill… no, if there are more than three, it might be difficult for me too.’

The elf who had been listening to Hyunseong opened his mouth.

“Did you accidentally fall into our trap?”

“I don’t know if you’ll believe it, but this is where I ended up when I came through the portal. I was trying to get out when I got attacked here.”

“… … ”

The elf fell into silence for a moment.

It seemed like he was judging whether Hyunseong’s words were true or not.

And then he sighed softly and summoned his magic.

I thought they were going to fight again, but a gentle breeze blew past and the surroundings became silent.

-The attack has stopped.

It seemed like he had accepted my wishes.

It seemed like it was true that elves were good.

I can’t believe you’re so quick to accept the words of the person you were just fighting with.

-Elf’s have good senses.

‘Are you saying that you have a gut feeling that what I am saying is not a lie?’

-Right, since there’s no proper evidence, you can only judge by feeling, right?

‘Oh my gosh.’

-That’s why most elves only tell the truth.

Even if you lie, there’s a high chance you’ll get caught.

The characteristics of the race were established as culture.

While they were talking like that, an elf came up to them and opened his mouth.

“I’m sorry. There have been so many intruders lately, I thought you were one of them.

“Intruders?”

“Yes, humans who came out of the portal.”

What the elf is talking about is probably the Awakened members of the Association.

They seemed hell-bent on capturing the elf at all costs.

Not only do they set up camp right in front of the barrier, they even periodically hire mercenaries to capture elves.

“I don’t know the currency, but they say a corpse is worth 5 billion, and a captured animal is worth 10 billion.”

“… … ”

Even for an Awakened Person on the 7th floor, that amount would be enough to make them turn their backs.

“It looks like the money is really rotting away.”

-If you were to say that the money needed for human evolution is cheap, you’d think it’d be cheap.

“Humanity is a piece of shit.”

I’ve never seen a decent guy who says things like that.

He may talk nicely, but in the end, he just wants to live a long life.

In that respect, aren’t the Blood Cult guys more honest than the Association guys?

‘Because from the beginning to the end, those Blood Cult guys are just people who shout for the destruction of the world, saying that humans are a harmful thing.’

-The crazy ones are the ones who follow their own rules the best.

‘By the way, 10 billion…’

Hyunseong glances down at Seol-ah.

After hearing the price, I realized once again that Seol-ah is incredibly expensive.

A whopping 10 elves, no, after the seal was released, it was 200 billion, so 20 elves.

Then suddenly, a thought passed through my mind.

‘Isn’t this the peak now…?’

If another seal is released, we don’t know what will happen, and there is no more room to go up.

While I was thinking like that, did I feel something?

Seol-ah asked in a sharp voice.

-What were you just thinking?

‘…nothing.’

It’s useless to just like that.

To change the subject before pursuing the question further, I asked the elf.

“Then can we just leave now?”

“okay.”

“How do I get out?”

“I can’t reveal my secret to an outsider, so I’ll cast a one-time spell on you.”

The magic used by the elves somehow had some similarities to the magic used by Seoian.

It seemed like even elves had that level of skill.

“Can my colleagues do it too?”

“okay.”

Hyunseong put his robe back on and headed towards where Kangcheol was.

The attacks have stopped, but the three are on guard in all directions, as if they thought they might attack again at any moment.

As Hyunseong approached the elves, their expressions turned shocking.

“If you leave here quietly, I won’t attack you anymore.”

“…i get it.”

Kangcheol nodded without asking or questioning anything.

It’s a shame that one of the guild members who was trying to conquer the 7th floor died, but if we talk about it here, it won’t end in words.

If they continue like that, they will not be able to avoid the same fate.

“Please.”

“Okay, then… let’s never see each other again.”

“… … ”

I wondered what kind of greeting that was, but from the elf’s perspective, it was the best thing to do, so I could say that it was an appropriate greeting.

Even if I just let you go, if we met again, there was a high chance that we would become enemies next time.

A refreshing magic energy surrounded the surroundings.

The elf cast a spell and disappeared into the forest.

“First… let’s get out of here.”

Awakened ones who move according to the words of steel.

Whether it was due to the influence of magic or not, there was no more wandering in the forest.

Because the bushes were opening up a path as if telling us to go this way.

How many times have I followed the path that the bushes opened up?

“Stop.”

A thick voice coming from the forest.

Where the sound came from was a male Awakened person.

Looking at him, I remembered what the elf had just said.

‘Come to think of it, didn’t you say that there was a camp set up nearby?’

Meeting that Awakened One means that you have now escaped the barrier.

The refreshing magic that had been lingering around had also disappeared.

I thought I had overcome a difficult time, but

“What are you guys doing coming out of there?”

It seemed like I was faced with yet another problem.