Chapter 86 - Encounter after Discovering (1/2)

Ch. 86: Encounter after Discovering

Although Feuille had told them that his village was two hours away, it seemed that it was indeed in elven standards, as around double that time had passed until they arrived at something like a village.

The way there wasn’t an easy one, where they continued to see things fight each other, with the winner eating the loser. As they continued to see such bloody sights, Feuille’s face had gone from blue to pure white, while Loren and Lapis had disgusted looks on their faces.

“These animals keep attacking us too. Who knows what would’ve happened if Shayna wasn’t with us.”

If Shayna hadn’t been using her energy drain around them, they might’ve been attacked by many more things.

If some of them were bugs, both Loren and Lapis had no way of dealing with them, so they might’ve had to retreat.

If they were unlucky, they would’ve fell right then and there.

‘Onii-san, I can keep going so leave it to me.’

Shayna, who was floating in the corner of Loren’s sight, said as she puffed out her chest, but Loren was very thankful to her.

“So, is that the village you live in Feuille?”

Across the trees and shrubbery was an open space.

There were fences as tall as a person, and on the other side was a few buildings made of logs.

They were still in the undergrowth so it was slightly dark, but they could see sunlight pouring in on that spot.

“Yes! This is my…”

“I see. This is, huh…”

Feuille started to answer in a light hearted voice, but stopped when he heard Loren mutter over him, and looked up at him, looking towards the village from the shadow of a tree.

Not having the time to notice Feuille’s reaction, Loren, who was looking over at the village, asked Lapis, who was looking at the village as well, in a small voice.

“How is it?”

“The question is so vague I can’t specify an answer.”

Hearing Lapis’ response, Loren gave her a hard look.

Noticing it, Lapis shrugged.

“What do you mean by how it is?”

“How the village looks. What do you think about it?”

“It’s too quiet and I don’t see anyone.”

Hearing her words, Feuille looked back at his village.

Usually there would be armed adults at the entrance, as well as adults that patrolled the fence, and on the other side would be children and their parents.

But right now, he couldn’t see a trace of anyone.

Worry started to build up inside, as he thought maybe something had happened to the village, and he wanted to run in there as fast as he could, but both Loren and Lapis continued to stay within the shadows and didn’t show any signs of moving out.

“Umm…Loren? Lapis?”

“I know what you want to say. I know that, but…”

As Feuille tried to ask them until when they were going to be hiding there, Loren answered him, scratching his head.

Feuille’s eyes widened in surprise, as he felt a refusal to go any closer if he could in his words.

“This is obviously strange. It’s still the middle of the day, but we can’t see anyone. It’s like screaming that something happened.”

“I agree…Loren! Above you!”

Lapis, who agreed with Loren’s muttering, suddenly let out a cry of warning, as if she had seen something.

Loren, immediately reacting by swinging the great sword he had been holding in his right hand, drawn, but when he discerned the thing that was the cause of Lapis’ warning, he released his left hand from the grip of the sword and blocked his face.

From above his covered head, the thing that attacked bit into his arm, and at the same time, wrapped its arms and legs onto Loren’s body.

“You’re kidding, right…”

Taking a good look at what bit him, Loren couldn’t help but let out a mutter of disbelief.

What had attacked him from above silently, without him noticing until Lapis had warned him of it, was an elf with disheveled hair.

The elf which bared its teeth and was biting onto his arm was male, and from its physique, he could see that it was still a boy.

The elf boy breathed heavily, let out a growl like a beast, and started putting more strength into his jaws, trying to bite off Loren’s flesh, but his bites were shallow, as his teeth couldn’t get through Loren’s well-built muscles.

But blood still flowed from the places where his teeth tore through his skin.

“Did elves eat people?”

Being hesitant about punching or crushing the elf boy away as he did with the forest wolves in front of Feuille, Loren stuck his great sword into the ground, and started peeling him from his left arm.

But although Loren should’ve been stronger, the elf boy was a lot stronger than he expected, and wasn’t able to peel him off, and both struggled to do what they were doing.

“For crying out loud. What are you doing to Loren?”

Lapis grabbed the collar of the boy with her right hand and pulled.