Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 171



Only Noblemtl

171. Elf (4)

Hyunseong briefly gave the man information about the elves and the formation.

“Thank you. We should be leaving now…”

A man who mutters like that and glances at them.

I guess he’s asking me to step aside.

“Okay, let’s get going.”

Steel noticed the meaning and left the Awakened’s camp.

When they were out of sight, one of the guild members asked in an anxious voice.

“Is it okay to pass on information about elves like this?”

It was true that the elves had attacked them, but they had somehow managed to get them out of the maze.

“You’re trying to say that if you sell information like this, the elves might come after you?”

“…yes.”

Kangcheol opened his mouth and smiled at the guild member’s affirmation.

“If I had told you this much information in advance, you would have been caught a long time ago.”

The guys probably didn’t expect much information about the elves themselves.

The key would have been information about the maze.

“And, the information about that maze isn’t certain, right?”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

Hyunseong shrugs his shoulders and acts coy.

“I don’t know why you insisted on telling me that information, but since you did it, there must be a reason.”

That’s why when Hyunseong told them that he would give them information, they complied without saying anything.

-This guy is more capable than I thought.

‘The thing is, being the head of a large guild isn’t something just anyone can do.’

Hyunseong answered like that and explained why he had passed the information on to them.

Kang Chul strokes his chin with a serious expression after hearing the explanation.

“In short… if you take an elf hostage, there’s a chance that something big will happen, so they wanted to check if the guys were taking an elf hostage.”

“That’s it.”

“Then isn’t that a big problem?”

“yes.”

“however…”

The cautious voice of a guild member who was quietly listening from the side.

His gaze was fixed on Hyunseong.

“Where on earth did you get that information?”

Information about the 7th floor was extremely limited.

Especially if it’s information about elves.

He had been clearing the 7th floor for quite some time, but he had never seen an elf, let alone a shadow of one, during that time.

‘Because they live in hiding, unlike monsters that just wander around.’

Not only himself, but even among the Awakened players who are conquering the 7th floor, only a few have seen the elf.

Even in the Steel Guild, except for today, only one person, Steel, had seen an elf on the 7th floor.

However, the Awakened One, whose face has not even been revealed to me, speaks as if he has known about the elves for a long time.

Of course, I couldn’t help but be puzzled.

-You’ve given too much information.

‘but.’

It was strange that no one suspected his identity when he revealed this much information as if it were nothing.

I’m wondering how to explain it,

“I thought your skills were extraordinary from the time you first attacked… I see you’re a very famous Awakened One!”

“…her?”

A man looking this way with sparkling eyes.

I thought he would naturally ask me about my identity, but I let out a dumbfounded voice between my teeth at the completely different reaction.

“You’re hiding your identity to that extent… You’re saying that you’re someone that everyone can recognize just by looking at your face? Oh, I knew our guild leader had a wide network of connections, but I didn’t think it would be this much. It can’t be this woman, Sooyeon Lee. Oh, did you disguise your voice? Or is it the Mir Guild’s Shingeom Ahn Sungjin? Or is it someone from overseas? If so, your Korean is really good!”

“… … ”

A guild member who tries to deduce Hyeonseong’s true identity by beating drums and janggu alone, even though he himself doesn’t say a word.

Perhaps because the guarantor was Kang Chul, he seemed to have ruled out the very idea that he was a suspicious person.

Even Kang Han-na kept glancing in this direction and listening, pretending not to care.

“Guild Leader, if this is true, shouldn’t we step forward?”

“Huh? Yeah… What…”

Kangcheol is embarrassed by the guild members’ active appeal.

His reaction was as if he had never expected his guild members to be so cooperative.

Hyunseong looked at the sight and thought quietly to himself.

‘I guess it’s better this way.’

If things had gone as planned, I would have split up with Kangcheol and his party and gone back into the forest alone.

There was no reason to drag them along and it was a hassle to persuade them.

However, there was no reason to refuse someone who volunteered to help me.

“Then let’s go.”

Once the target was set, Hyunseong and his party immediately killed all signs and headed towards the camp where the mercenaries were.

However, the campsite is empty.

It seemed like they left right after they left without even properly packing their belongings.

“Maybe they thought we were secretly following them.”

They are after the bounty on the elf’s body.

Because I already said I have an elf.

He looked at Seol-ah and asked.

‘Can you find it?’

-No problem.

As we approached the forest, magical power spread out from Seol-ah like ripples in water.

The group followed Seol-ah’s instructions and went into the forest to chase the mercenaries.

The further inside I went, the more I began to feel disoriented and uncomfortable.

‘Coming in like this, I definitely feel something is strange.’

-I know there is a barrier, and the effect is maximized with the method you mentioned, so that’s why.

Originally, this type of barrier was best used to prevent people from recognizing that they had entered the barrier.

‘So the stronger the barrier becomes, the easier it is to feel it?’

-That’s right. If you had good skills, you could have hidden this naturally.

While listening to Seol-ah’s explanation, I followed the traces of the mercenaries who had gone ahead.

While continuing to track like that.

Kaang…!

A crashing sound echoes through the forest.

It seemed like I was slowly catching up.

Hyunseong and his party move through the bushes carefully, making no sound.

“If an attack comes, just block it and don’t counterattack.”

No matter how hard they tried to silence their presence, unless they were experts, they would inevitably be detected by the elves.

However, if we counterattack, the situation will only become more chaotic.

Anyway, the mercenaries will be so busy fighting the elves that they won’t even notice that they’re hiding.

and,

“Found it.”

The goal is finally in sight.

“Damn! I’ve seen arrows bend, but this is the first time I’ve seen one split!”

“Besides, these are magic arrows! If this continues, there’s no end to it!”

“What do I have to show to fight!”

As expected, the guys seemed to have a hard time just fending off the elf’s attacks.

Seol-ah, who had been quietly watching them, rang the sword as if she felt pitiful.

-What on earth made you come in here with such guts? With those skills, you’ll die in no time.

‘Because most people have desires that don’t match their abilities.’

He probably vaguely thinks that he is different from other people and that he can do it.

furthermore,

‘You didn’t chase me because of my skills in the first place, did you?’

-but.

The trump card they are holding.

That was what I came here to do to stop it before it caused any trouble.

“Hey, this won’t do! Bring that girl here!”

One awakened person runs somewhere in a hurry at the man’s words.

What he soon brought in was a woman whose hands and feet were bound in thick chains.

At that sight, Hyunseong forgot the current situation and asked Seol-ah.

‘Are you an elf?’

-That’s right.

‘okay.’

Her hair was disheveled and looked worn from having been held in place for so long, but that did not hide her beauty.

However, looking at the muscles revealed underneath, anyone would think of an Amazon or a Barbarian rather than an elf.

“Your back muscles look better than mine…?”

The muttering of a guild member next to me.

He trained his body without relying on the system even on a regular basis.

I thought I had a pretty good body even among the Awakened ones, but seeing the elf made me lose my confidence.

-If humans lived as long as elves and shot arrows for hundreds of years, would they become like that?

‘So that’s the real pressure muscle?’

Seol-ah looked at the chains that were binding the elf and rang the sword bell.

-I was wondering how you were capturing the elf… That’s a magic control device.

‘Magic Control Device?’

-The problem is that it prevents the use of magic power. It is used to capture prisoners or captives.

‘It’s too thick. Is that because it’s for elves?’

They say they became thicker to control more magical power than humans.

I thought that was the reason, but it didn’t seem to be that.

-I think they made it thicker so that the elf wouldn’t be able to physically break the chains and escape.

‘… … ‘

A body that has been strengthened by magic for a long time has incredible strength on its own.

-Is that his work too?

‘That guy?’

-I told you last time, that it seems like someone who knows magic is cooperating with the association.

Now that I think about it, I remember saying something like that.

-You’re quite capable. If you can make a magic control device that can restrain an elf… you must not be a poor skill.

‘Tsk, another annoying guy shows up.’

Are you saying that no matter how much you peel an onion, something strange comes out?

It can’t be helped since it’s a huge force that spans the entire world, but as someone dealing with it, I couldn’t help but sigh.

Kang Han-na and the guild members continued to look at the elf, wondering if it was a miracle.

And then, Kangcheol noticed something and muttered quietly as if whispering.

“The attack has stopped.”

As soon as the captured elf appeared, the ceaseless barrage of attacks suddenly stopped.

The mercenaries were worried that another attack might come, but they were also slightly smiling at the effectiveness of the prisoners.

“I told you I could communicate, didn’t I?”

“Holy crap, this actually works?”

“Hey, who did you get this information from?”

Those guys giggling amongst themselves.

Then, an elf appeared.

“Now you’re showing me that handsome face.”

“You have taken our compatriots. Release them. If you do so, we will let you out of here alive.”

“Hey, look at this guy. Even a thief should have a certain level of morality. If you were going to let him go here, I wouldn’t have gone through the trouble of catching him.”

The man, speaking in a slurred voice, put his arm around the bound elf’s shoulder.

An elf that just stands still like a doll without any reaction.

“… … ”

“In return, we propose to you. Drop your weapons and surrender. Then we will spare your lives.”

Even though you’re holding them hostage, do you really think such a stupid proposal will work?

The mercenary captain seemed to truly believe that elves were a race that couldn’t do anything if they took just one hostage.

-The harm caused by prejudice.

‘No, it’s just prejudice and nonsense, that guy is just stupid.’

The guy who was negotiating with you is dead and nowhere to be seen, and that kind of idiot is in charge of the team?

What a world where even someone with that kind of ability can get to the 7th floor.

It was inevitable that the world would remain the same even if a system was created.

Kwajik!

“Oh no, no, no.”

Vines stretched out from around the area to rescue the captured elf, but they disappeared in an instant.

“You have bad habits. Trying to rescue a hostage without any care. Should I cut off an arm to make you behave a little better?”

As he said this, the man took out the dagger from his waistband and held it to the bound elf’s neck.

When you prick it, a little bit of blood flows out.

“If you do any more useless things, I will kill you.”

“… … ”

“Put down your weapons and surrender. We won’t treat you harshly, not while you’re in our custody.”

“… … ”

The elf looked at the man quietly and sighed softly.

Then he placed his fingers on the bowstring and quietly muttered.

“sorry.”

With those words, the bowstring is pulled back in an instant.

The generated magic arrow was instantly shot between the eyebrows of the captured elf.