Chapter 195 - The Way Back Home (XIII) (1/2)

”Are there any signs of the group carrying the target baby our lord requires to acquire?” one of the elves currently sitting on top of the walls asked.

”I don't know. They suddenly disappeared after a few moments. It seems they have already noticed us.”

”Damn, those humans are indeed sharp. Not only that but I heard one of the deserters are also with them.”

”Oh, you mean the goblin. Yes, it was true he was with them. I personally saw that filthy goblin with them and this time, he has formal armor It seems he decided to join forces with the humans. The nerve of that bastard.”

As they were talking about the recent events, one of them saw something on the ground. Since they were up above the walls of the village, they have vantage points on what was on the ground.

”Hey, isn't that...” he pointed it out and the other elf also noticed what he just saw.

”Let's go and take a look. I needed some backup.”

The two leap above the walls into the branches of the trees than to the ground. There, they managed to confirm a few bodies on the ground. It was some of their fellow guards.”

”Sh*t! They are all dead! Quick! Inform the others!” the one who inspected the corpse ordered to the other. However, he received no response from the other guy. He turned to look why he didn't respond and saw that his comrade's head was no longer there on its neck, only his body remained standing.

”What the...” before he can even say anything, his vision suddenly gets haywire as if he was hurled by something. He rolled to the ground for a while and turned to look at what happened. He wanted to get up but then realized that he cannot do that anymore. He saw his body was also there currently crouching, but missing his head. That's when he realized he didn't get hurled away, his head was decapitated instead.

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”Who would have thought taking out the dead bodies of the two guards from earlier would be capable of killing all of the other guards who are currently on the walls?”

Due to their nature of inspecting things first before giving out a warning, I used this to my advantage to attract the guards and alert them to dead bodies. They were too effective that all of the guards on the walls were killed in the process.

After creating another pitfall, I tossed all of the dead bodies of the elves and closed them, effectively burying them. Too bad, I can't loot them. Their equipment is too poor and even if I did loot them, they are just too useless that they are even not worth being fed to my Versatile Weapon. Not only that, they don't drop anything aside from Experience points which are pretty small that it only amounts to 1,000 exp per kill.

It was not worth it but since it was just a quest, I didn't mind how small the amount I receive, as long as the main quest progress, that is enough for me.

Now that the guards are gone, time to eradicate the others. Climbing and scaling the wooden walls of the elven village is not hard and even though they are spikes, they don't pose any threat to me that I can easily dodge them by simply avoiding them. They are not that complicated and they are just a log with a sharpened end.

Many of the elves are asleep in their homes, which makes this much easier. The only one who is still awake is all of the soldiers outside. I scouted first the area where the elves were positioned and mentally remember them.

It took me a few jumps from the roofs before I managed to complete my survey. Currently, there are 16 people still alive and are still outside the village. Aside from that, the hearts that the elder mentioned and one of my targets to complete the quest are also some of the things I also scouted. From what the elder marked on the map, all of the marks have a heart. However, he missed a few of them since they were hidden in plain sight. Most of them are outside the village while I spotted one heart currently inside a building.

It was a wooden building and has two guards in the doorway, while the inside is the heart that has been hidden. It was pretty obvious since these hearts pulsates every time and it releases some sort of miasma every time it is in its inflated state. The building that was guarded by two elves is currently releasing it periodically. They can hide it from others but not for me.

As for the elves that have been captured, I have no idea where they are. They might be somewhere deeper in the village but other than that, I still have no idea where they are located. Only exploring this place fully will allow me to see where the other elves are.

With every single target scanned down, time to begin the slaughter. The very first victim I targeted is those less inconspicuous from the others, which is the one near the shed. Two of the elves are currently moving some boxes which are some of the supplies. I spotted a few boxes with weapons and some of them are food supplies.