Chapter 142 (1/2)

Although he was very much surprised at Link's revelations, Grinth's ician like him; he didn't show any of his emotions on his face

After listening to Link, he turned towards the corpses behind him and noticed the dark purple blood on them This was an irrefutable characteristic of Dark Elves and taking Link's detailed explanation into account, there was no doubt that the cala

”Ira,” shouted Grinth, calling for his assistant, ”bring a teae! Make it quick!” Fear had begun to creep up on him now

Once his assistant was gone, he then turned towards Herrera

”Moira, it's not safe here,” he said ”We must escort the prince back to the royal palace and…I suppose your disciple should co as well”

Grinth had fully acknowledged Link's strength by now He would be glad to have him with the company as they escorted the prince back to the palace as he could act as an excellent guard Moreover, this young man was the direct witness of the attempted assassination and had even saved the prince's life Grinth was sure that the king would like to ure when he heard of the details of the incident

To this request, Herrera and Link naturally agreed

Soon, the carriage stopped at the edge of the ruins of the street Grinth's people surrounded Prince Philllip and escorted hiht to the palace

The guards then surrounded the carriage all along the journey as Prince Phillip, Herrera, Grinth and Link sat inside For extra protection, Grinth had cast a powerful Level-6 defense spell around them as well

They then traveled all the way to the palace without any incident As they entered the palace gates, a notification popped up on the interface

Mission: Rescue (First Step Completed)

Player received 60 Omni Points

Mission's Second Step: Exposing the Dark Curtain, Current Progress ⅔

The reward for the second part of the mission was the ress and discovered that he would've received the anticipated reward had he killed the third Dark Elf It's a pity the soed to escape

There should be ht Link, as a way to comfort himself I've done my best and it's too late to catch up with her now, anyway

After arriving at the palace, the security guards were taken over by the heavily aruard Grinth disappeared into one of the e the royal security affairs Link and Herrera, on the other hand, were lead to a sitting rooht want to meet them

Soon after settling down in the sitting roo Leon's order, though it had nothing to do with Link but was instead an order for the reputed Magician Herrera to join the Royal Council As an unknown young Magician, Link would have to wait a little longer, alone in the sitting room

And so, Link was left there all alone in the vast eotten his presence there Still, Link was above letting such thoughts bother hihts to the apparent disregard the courtiers had shown to his reputation

He clearly understood that only people who had gained the king's utmost trust and confidence could join the Royal Council at this tiency The hest capabilities, qualifications and reliability While it ht be true that he had shown exceptional capabilities so far, he had still risen too quickly and had basically no established position in society He hadn't even ain the king's trust at the moment

As he was starting to get bored waiting, he took out his sketches of the Flaan to work on them

It was intended for the black-dressed woed more than a feords between them and Link didn't even know her naic spell in front of hio—he still wanted to fulfill the proiven to her

Never ht I'll just keep my distance from her from now on

Flame Blast was a Level-4 spell In order to fix it to a bracelet he must create a bracelet with an intricate structure and pattern This wasn't a si that forgot the flow of time

Just as he was engrossed in his work on the sketch, Link suddenly heard a sound of soft footsteps beside hiaze towards the source of the sound, he saw Prince Phillip standing not too far away, staring at him

Prince Phillip was only an insignificant ame because Link had never even encountered hi conored hiame Or maybe, it was just not his time to shi+ne yet Anyway, Link's impression of the prince was completely blank before he met him today

In reality though, this person was a high-born royal prince of the Isle of Dawn, so Link hurriedly bohen he noticed hihness”

As he bowed, Link began to find the prince's presence there a bit strange Link was only a norer son of a e, so there was no reason for the prince to come find him here himself Link had assumed that after he was escorted safely back to the palace, thehere?

When Link turned around, he saw a hint of guilt on Prince Phillip's near-perfect face