452 By the Raging River, Meeting The Rey of Eastern Mountains and the Representatives of the Surviving Races (2/2)

”I am the ruler of this kingdom. The Third Rey of the Eastern Mountain, Hieromano.” His eyes then landed on Mark. ”Are you their leader? I want to know the reason for you and your people to come into my territory.”

Hieromano exuded an aura of authority as he inquired for the purpose of the visitors.

Mark did not reply and made a rude gesture of looking away from the king. He did not plan to be rude, though. He was just signaling for Felenia to show herself.

The kind and queen did not mind the rude gesture. However, the soldiers among the Duendes seem to take that offensively. A high ranking one was about to call Mark for his rudeness. Before he could speak, however, he froze.

”Father, Mother.”

Felenia, who was escorted by Teremillio, went forward.

Almost all of the Duendes froze as they recognized Felenia. The shock was more apparent to the king and queen.

Hieromano still managed to keep his cool. Unfortunately, his wife did not. Before anyone was able to react, Malabinia had already turned into a fast blur as she ran towards Felenia while disregarding her safety.

The next thing Felenia knew, she was already in a warm embrace of her mother.

”My daughter!” Malabinia sobbed.

Teary-eyed, Felenia returned the embrace.

”Mother, I'm back.”

”Welcome back.”

Seeing their queen jump towards a potential danger, the soldiers were ready to attack at if Mark and his group made a single threatening move. It was unnecessary, though. Mark's group only reacted warmly to the scene. Teremillio's other wives even shed tears to see the reunion between Felenia and her mother.

Ignoring the mother and daughter, Mark turned to the king.

”We are here to gather information. Also, Felenia is worried about her kingdom. That is why we are here.”

And of course, while they believed the reason about Felenia, they would not easily believe Mark.

”What information?”

The king asked. This time, his aura was toned down. The queen was currently with the princess, at Mark's camp. They did not want to trigger them into making dangerous moves.

”Mainly, it's about how the outbreak reached this dimension. Also, about that thing that occupied the Sylph's Kingdom.”

Hearing the second part, the king and queen of Sylphs flinched.

”What do you mean by outbreak?”

The king of Duendes questioned once more.

”If you want to hear about it, its a long story. It is better if we find a better place to talk about it. Well, the most important thing is that the outbreak I'm talking about is about those.”

Mark then pointed on the other side of the river where three infected Sylphs could be seen rushing towards them. It seemed that these ones felt the fluctuation when the illusion was opened.

Seeing the three Sylph Infectas, the soldiers formed a defensive line in front of their king. Some were ready to use magic to intercept.

Mark, on the other hand, spoke.

”Amihan, capture those three.”

”Okay~!”

Amihan, who was hiding behind Chaflar, flew out to face the three Infected Sylphs.

The three Infected Sylphs started to throw clumps of air towards Amihan who shielded herself without problems. When she got close enough, she controlled the air around the three and encased the three in an invisible prison.

With the force of the wind trapping their bodies, the three Infected Sylphs could only growl. They tried to use magic to break the prison to no avail.

Amihan then flew back to Mark with the three Infected Sylphs hovering behind her.

This display shocked the group of creatures. Even more so for the King and Queen of Sylphs.

”Well, what do you people think?” Mark asked. ”Can we enter? I want to talk about these guys. We can exchange information.”

Information, that was what they really needed. Everything happened without any warning or chance to gather proper information, after all.

They felt the disturbance happening in the mortal world, since the start. And because of that, the only kingdom here that had a Spirit Tree, the Kingdom of Sylphs, sent some of their people to gather information. However, none of those they sent managed to return.

That was why these races were lacking the information they needed. After all, who would not want to know the cause of the catastrophe that they were facing at the moment? Furthermore, it was a catastrophe that could potentially wipe them all out.

”I would like to exchange information as much as you do,” Hieromano replied with a stern expression. ”However, I can't do that without hearing an explanation about those three.”

The King of Duendes pointed at Gifre, Logan, and Janette.

Mark then smiled.

”I know that you will ask that.” He said.

He already noticed that these creatures were wary about the three since the start. That was why he asked Amihan to capture these three Infected Sylphs.

”Aephalia, it's your turn.”

At this moment, these creatures witnessed a scene that made them question the Sylphs. It was because Aephelia displayed an ability that a Sylph never had as she gained control of the tree Sylphs. She even made the three Sylph dance, which made the audience stare agape.

”My Sylph here has the ability to control these creatures. That is why you shouldn't worry about these three, they are under our control.” Mark patted Janette's head which she voluntarily rubbed her head unto his palm. ”They won't make any trouble.”

What could the King of Duendes say after seeing that? Besides, Mark's group brought Felenia home. The reason for him to disagree was diminishing.

”Don't worry father, we can trust him,” Felenia added. ”We had been under his protection for some time already.”

Hearing that, the king finally gave in.

Hieromano then turned to the creatures behind him and spoke in a language Mark could not understand at all.

”Master,” Amihan whispered. ”That is the local language they use in these parts of the Spirit Dimension.”

”That's right,” Pefile added. ”Not everyone can communicate using Tagalog that humans in the Philippines are using. They have their local language and only a few can speak human language.”

”I see...” Mark murmured while the others also nodded in understanding.

In the Philippines, there were about a hundred and seventy languages known to be in use. It was not surprising for the Spirit Dimension to have a different language considering that it was a different world.

The creatures spoke for a few minutes. There seemed to be some disagreement according to Pefile and Amihan. In the end, the King had to resort to his authority over HIS territory to shut the opposition down.

Finally, he turned to Mark's group and said.

”Follow us.”