Hakai No Miko Volume 1 Chapter 63 (2/2)

This was a ti the elven skill in archery that had been widely spread across the Seldeas Continent

As one eration, but the elves let their babies hold onto toy bows and they are given bows to train with as a present once they reach the age where they gain the ability to understand what's going on around thes until the tiht by the i everyday with her father as teacher

For elves that was a short time, but in reality it was cole hurow up into adulthood The basics, which were carved into Eladia while training for those many years, still dwelled within her

“… Understood, Father”

Eladia fixed her aiht thump was audible

At first everyone didn't understand what kind of sound it was But, once they strained their eyes, they saw the scarecrow's body quiver faintly with one arrow stuck right in its middle

“… Ooh!”

Admiration leaked out of everyone's htly right above the previous arrow Souhtly off However, with the next shot arrows piercing the scarecrow's throat, forehead and head, they understood that the previous arrows pierced the heart and the solar plexus

Souma, who isn't well-infor, but because he didn't know just how aeable about archery a those he knew

Shahata answered him with a resentful look,

“Sir So about the difference between the light of a candle and the radiance of the sun”

If it was such a distance, hitting the scarecroouldn't be difficult for Shahata But, as expected, precisely ai at the vital spots up to that point was iht that he had reasonable skills himself, Shahata dropped his shoulders in a crestfallenthat, Souma admired it with “To such an extent?”

At that point, Eladia, who had finished shooting the arroalked over and gracefully bowed towards Sou you such crude skill With this, this is the best I can do”

“Is that bow bad?”

Sou it as if she would be able to show him even better results if she had a better bow

“No Isn't that a good one for a human bow? But, once you experience an Elven Bow, you will always feel dissatisfied with anything else”

“Elven Bow?”

“Those are bows that are handed down a us elves I'd like to make one if we have time, but this time I have no other option but put up with this bow”

A strong conceit could be sensed in Eladia's words I guess she's quite confident in that Elven Bohatever it was Having his interest aroused due to that, Souma asked for no particular reason,

“Hee What kind of bow is it?”

“You are interested in it?” Eladia's eyes shonethat's not allowed to be taught to others by all means, but if you insist on it, Lord Soyoh!”

It was a strange voice that came out because Dvalin forcefully sed his surprise down

Dvalin was probably the only other person in this place that knew the value of an Elven Bow

The range and power of shooting arrows also depends on the archer's skill, but the tension and elasticity of the bows that are co boith a rather high tensile strength if one tries to raise the the range and power in a very si bow

However, for the elves, who hunt in the forest, the bow is a daily tool Carrying such a lengthened boithin a forest overgroith foliage and vines would be very inconvenient

Accordingly the elves enhanced their bows by i them

What came out of that process was the bow called Elven Bow

In contrast to the bows of this era that were created by using just one kind of luether several materials such as metal, and the horns, bones, skins and tendons of ani materials with different levels of hardness and elasticity, they regulate the tension and elasticity of the bows, and it has reached the point where the different coth that will be put into the bow

Due to the devising of the combination of materials and the bow's shape, an Elven Bow is a super-weapon that has the size of a se equal or even beyond that of a longbow

It was only natural that the hu with the Eet their hands on themethod of that Elven Boever, the production process of the Elven Bow is a secret of the elves All human craftsmen, who tackled its manufacture, failed

It's said that thereupon the E, who knew the production h torture However, nonever disclosed the secret The ehly raped the elven king's queen and princesses in front of hi Finally the elven king used a ap in his surveillance and threw himself out of a , and thus protected the secret of the Elven Boith his own life to the bitter end

Souma, who didn't know about those circumstances and the value of the Elven Bow, showed a modesty characteristic for a japanese

“Err, well, if it's such i method, you don't have to force yourself to tell me”

Due to that, Dvalin, who had pricked up his ears to the lih

Dvalin, a dwarven craftss about the Elven Bow

Even with all the boasting of the skilled dwarven artisans, one thing they weren't able to make in this world was the Elven Bow

They disassehly investigated those Using the saree that one wouldn't be able to tell it apart from the real bow, and yet, no matter what they did, they weren't able to reach the power output of the real Elven Bow for sole dwarven artisan put aside his pride, and after piling up old and silver treasures, he asked the elven king to teach hi answered like this:

“Would you feel like teaching lass if I piled up the salass is a secret for the dwarves they would never share with others

It's said that the dwarven artisan left dejectedly while unable to return a single word to the elven king

After Eladia slipped a chuckle due to the disappointed Dvalin, she changed her expression and deeply bowed her head towards Sou as boorish as testing you, Lord Soma”

Due to these words Souma realized that he was tested whether he would flatter the elves in order to get the information about the secrets of the Elven Bow out of the offended and only smiled wryly Not only that, Soury due to Eladia's rudeness in his stead

After that he once again praised Eladia's archery highly

That wasn't just because he had been taught about the greatness of her ability by Shahata

It was because Eladia is a master archer and a beautiful elven woman She was exactly like a character out of the fantasy novels which Souma had repeatedly read in modern japan It couldn't be helped that Souet excited with such a person in front of hi eyes owed to his childish excitement, Eladia reflexively revealed a smile

What sweet person he is

Eladia was truly astonished of herself for harboring such emotions towards a human

“So, is it possible for me to be employed as archer?”

Of course there was no way for Souma to refuse that request The result was that the elves were added to Souression, but another day even Souma was allowed to draw a bow as a test

However, despite Eladia drawing the bow easily, South he put into it

“A bow is not only about strength It's soh he was told so, Sou desperately, but at last it reached the bow's lio of it Because his way of draas a totalin who knohat manner It eventually bounced off Gara around that area

After co Sou,

“So, but you shouldn't be a nuisance to your surroundings, okay?”

Sou ashamed

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Eladia, who received Sou a bundle of bows in her hands

Although Eladia was clad in a soue mood that she would be broken at the time when she left, she ran back with an expression full of life Her sisters were surprised wondering just what had happened to her

Eladia simply explained Souma's intentions in front of the bewildered wo you ant to regain their stolen freedoside me!”

Of course no one raised an objection

The elven women, who stood up with bows in their hands, started toback the tiaining their archery sense that had started to dwindle in the many years that had passed, they started to train while even forgetting to sleep and eat Seely unable to be satisfied with the bows that had been used by Bolnis' guards, they borrowed tools from the dwarves and re unsatisfied with those as well, there were so bows and arrows is nice and all, but are you guys alright?”

It was natural for Souma, who visited their workshop, to be worried As far as Souma knew, the elven women continued to train and make bows and arroith al their best, but it was obvious that they would collapse if they went on like this

However, Eladia shook her head slightly

“I' you to be worried, Lord Soma But—”

Eladia turned her eyes towards her sisters erebows and arrows

“Please look at theirls are currently very happy It's because they can touch a bow, although they thought that they would never again be able to touch one, and they can ht that they wouldn't be able to irls do as they like for now”

Once he was told so, Sou

‘Certainly, the faces of the elven wo vividly Their appearances already aren't those of sex slaves who only live with their raw pessiht by their own volition

“Pleaseyour favor, Lord Soside her 200 sisters Although they had the overwhel the northern wind in their back, they repelled the archer battalion of Holiving the opponent the leeway to shoot their own arrows

The elven women at this ti ashamed to reveal their faces on the battlefield because of their stain of having been sex slaves

This was so that they did the sa to Souma's instructions for the first time After this it became a custom for them to always conceal their mouths with a black cloth whenever they stood on the battlefield

Even though they were slandered for being the “『Divine Son of Destruction』's prostitutes” later on, at the same time, their loyalty and superior archery, which was feared by the surrounding countries, became the archetype of the “Black Elven Archers”

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Once his momentary shock passed, Darius collected hi by the movements within the eneainst our archer battalion, I estimate that the nuht be elven archers, there's absolutely no need to be afraid of them if it's such a s soer number than those within the enee-scale reinforcements, it should have been noticed at soht so, I guess there will be an ahtly more than expected In that case this battle will reach its conclusion as long as we defeat the ene itself within the ene around and being afraid of an a er

“It will never end like this! Tell the heavy spear infantry battalion! Advance and trample down the enemy camp!”

“I shall repeat the order! Tell the heavy spear infantry battalion! Advance and tra heard Darius' order, the alloped towards the heavy spear infantry battalion A short tiiiside the beats of the drums

At last the prided heavy spear infantry started to move in a dense formation