Chapter 99 (2/2)
Once Hifu is cut by a shuriken
The bowstring, which reeled violently due to being snapped, injured the ar the bow and let the arrow drop with a plop
“I don’t like your guys’ attitude That’s why I won’t accompany you” (Hifumi)
“The likes of a hua-sama!?”
Hifury voice just like before while shedding blood from his arm
“First, I don’t know that guy There’s no point in obeying an unknown guy, right?” (Hifumi)
“Think about the truth of the hs
“Ah right, then you ht as well try with force, how about that?” (Hifumi)
“I told you Do you believe the likes of a huainst elves!?”
The elf, who healed his wound with ic, drew the knife at his waist
However, what caic
“That’s so I’ve already seen” (Hifumi)
Hifu wind blade from the side with his palm
Making a sound of pan as if being repelled, the wind blade scatters
“W-What have you…”
The elf, who released ic from the rear, floats an expression of shock
“I see You guys are even able to use healinga wand” (Hifumi)
Couy, who called himself one of the demon race, didn’t use a wand either, Hifumi remembered
As Hifu Hmm, I see, he is mercilessly attacked by the elves’ spells
Not using fireattention to the forest’s trees
He slips through the fired wind blades and pellets as if whirling around in a dance
“Stoparound”
Once Hifuot hold of the knife, which was thrust out by the elf, with his fingers, he turned over his wrist abruptly and stole the knife
And then he threw that knife
The knife deeply penetrated into the left eye of an elf, who just noas about to fire a spell
The instant the dead elf collapsed, the elf, who had his knife stolen, died with a single slice of the katana as well
“4 left” (Hifumi)
Once he sees the sudden turn of events, shi+ku drew back while being unable to stand up due to surprise and fright
“What’s up? Where did your vigour froo?” (Hifumi)
“Hii…”
Once shi+ku ave a short scream
“W-Wait!”
In order to cover for shi+ku, who had a tear-filled expression, the feic, stood in the way spreading bot her arms
“It’s our defeat! Can’t you please overlook the youth…?”
“That’s fine” (Hifumi)
While answering, Hifumi suddenly started to run
Passing the fe shi+ku sideways, he presses onto the two male elves, who stood further back
“Eh?”
The tho had been sniping Hifu with Hifu in front of them
Hifu in a reverse shoulder slash (T/N: Can’t explain it well but i one of theht shoulder doards)
“If you don’t attack, I won’t kill you But…” (Hifumi)
Hifu elves, which are dumbfounded
“If you are hostile, I will cut you” (Hifumi)
Due to his words shi+ku’s body is tre foam from his mouth
Sighing, Hifu but scared, shi+ku is unable to answer
Instead the elf woman replied that she’s 16 years old
“This child is an orphan and I’ care of hiize as well Please, forgive him”
“If that’s the case, will you listen to my request as his foster parent?” (Hifumi)
The elven wo a young ine it However, she has no strength to oppose him either
“U-Understood…”
“Then I leave the guiding to you” (Hifumi)
“He?”
Hifumi, who sheathed the katana he wiped with a paper, dusted off the dirt from his hakama
“It’s the way to the location of the de quickly” (Hifumi)
“Y-Yes!”
Once the elf womanher shoulder, she tearfully abandoned her comrades’ corpses as they are and walked in front of Hifumi
“For us this forest is a place that gives us blessing It’s also a graveyard for the sake of welco us in our last moments”
The elf woman, who introduced herself as Puuse, explains the reason why it’s a grave taboo to dae the forest
“The act of da the way of life as elf, is e are taught fro an adult Even a child that has no parents is no exception” (Puuse)
Puuse is walking while carrying shi+ku, who finally lost consciousness
Losing both parents as child, shi+ku was raised by his grandfather since then, but a few days ago that grandfather died as well
“Well, I understand you calling it a blessing, but what do you raveyard?” (Hifumi)
“The bodies of the elves, who grew up in this forest, begin to petrify once they reach a certain age If that happens, they snuggle up to a tree, they decided the assimilated with tree” (Puuse)
“That’s why this forest is also called a graveyard by the elves”, Puuse says
“… Soo I saw a finely-made wood-crafted doll of an elven elder” (Hifumi)
“Those were probably the reed elf” (Puuse)
“I don’t know Why do living creatures turn into wood?” (Hifumi)
“That’s so ti I know” (Puuse)
Moreover, with their bodies beginning to turn into plants around the age of 100, the elves will stop to rated into a tree in approxievity, Hifumi held
As their growth is fast, they will grow taller until the height of an adult in around 12 years, though their physical ability falls behind
As Hifumi is puzzled about this mysterious mode of life, which was very different from their appearances, Puuse shyly asked him “Is it fine for me to ask you this time?”
“Why are you heading to the demon race?” (Puuse)
“It’s because they seem to be powerful I have an objective beyond that as well” (Hifumi)
Even Puuse, who listened, understood that it was a non-co else, but she didn’t ask any further
At this ti fused with the arbour, floated within Hifumi’s mind
“I decided Let’s go to your village first” (Hifumi)
“W-What’s your goal?” (Puuse)
“So from the story just now is on ht? I found so I want to ask him” (Hifumi)
Noassimilated into a tree is weird, Hifumi assessed
Even though it’s a fantasy world, it’s stuck in ree with it
“I still have time There’s no problem to at least drop in on the way For that reason, ill change our destination” (Hifumi)
Puuse wasn’t able to decline that