Chapter 56 (1/2)

Chapter 56

Chapter 56

My name is Binyë, I was a proud member ofthe Ellin forest tribe My ancestors told us that ere expelled froo, banished to our current world This was an old tale which occurred long before I was born

For many years my people have tried to find their way back hoo a clue was discovered about the World Tree It was a chance to return to our homeland All the scattered Elven tribes united under one banner, and marched on the so called Pit We were even accoon and her four children who have long been the protectors of our people

My role in all this was only to care for the weak and elderly, by Elven standards I was still relatively young

None of our people had ever considered defeat to be an option Only the young aone to confirainst such action, but no one listened

Unfortunately the result of the battle was quite gruesoed to escape with their lives Most had died at the hands of the powerful Lich turning to dust Only the few that had died by other on They then ed to escape but were for the most part easily captured by human slavers

Although the rest of us tried to rally and save our brethren, we co and enslavement expedition was launched

Hue oftime

They who had built their glory and civilization thanks to our guidance, had now turned on us They attacked our villages and enslaved our people whether we resisted or not

Their reason was this

“ You are a bunch of low lives for daring to attack Necropolis”

It was a siht on by the wondrous new products which Necropolis had unleashed on the continent Revolutionary foods, ihest quality but the prices were still co the the Elves in order to have the chance to trade with Necropolis was both a justified and lucrative cause

Overnight my former human friends had become enemies, it was already much too late for our species With the exception of soh-Elves, most of my people had been captured Even our forht, having been exhausted from the recent war

I was no exception, although I had originallyon run I was put in shackles by the humans

One day a guard had come to my slave merchants’ place of business and proclaimed

“We come with a royal order to conscript all Elven slaves”

There was little different between our lives as slaves and those of convicted felons We were treated as beasts and our future was bleak I couldn’t blah I ed to stay somewhat positive

I had shared ues, but he responded to me

“It’s because you’re a little girl who knows nothing of the world Your hope is the privilege of the ignorant”

Although I had becoht

“You have all becoet ready to move”

It was a declaration dom’s officials, and we had proes They herded us like animals and many of us didn’t survive the trip Still, these deaths e nu

es for as far as the eye could see, I wondered if it was the entirety of my people

“Have you heard the rumors? There are monsters in Necropolis!”

“I’ve heard rumors that they feed on Elves!”

“Why did our leader try fight against the King of the Pit? Even the dragon’s couldn’t e!”

Sighs were let out here and there However, unlike them I still held some hope I had seen the wondrous products created by Necropolis during ured that a city that could produce such wonderful things couldn’t been so barbaric

I still held hope that Necropolis would be a heavenly city for artisans, that could craft and produce food better than even us Elves ever could

It was nighttime e had arrived on the outskirts of the city

“From here on out we continue on foot”

Jelgluk

The slaves were brought down froes one at the time and put in shackles so they couldn’t escape

Looking up, I couldn’t believe my eyes

A village in the Elven forest always had a natural beauty to it The cities of anized in comparison, but still had a homey feel to them, the imperfection of the humans

However the city before me was the likes of which I had never seen A stone tree birthed froht The rock woven together to create a masterpiece

I was not the only one who gaped in a out in shock at the beauty before us

“Quickly! Get a ames”

Shuffle

We were all waddling along, staring at the gorgeous sight therefore moved very slowly Our overseers were unhappy with our slow speed and ere flogged often

Although it was painful, our thoughts remained on the majestic city before us None of us could believe that the people who built this place were barbaric enough to feast on our flesh

“How nice would it be if we could live in that city?”

Although Elves held an affinity for nature, it was i made out of stone and e our attraction to it

“If the city is so beautiful I wouldn’t mind be a slave so much”

Many of us had spent the last few years hunted and on the run A fate which was even worse than that of a slave, that is ere so accepting of our fates

We walked for quite so to what appeared to be the royal palace

It was a grandiose construction with towers so high they seemed to pierce the heavens

The drawbridge rose and ere escorted into the main courtyard and waited there as thousands of us came in Finally, the last had arrived and we had all but filled up the place