Chapter 70 Part1 (1/2)

The western region of the Central Continent held a large country, Seize Kingdom To the west of the country was a vast forest Hidden in the greens was a village of demihumans, its people mainly composed of former citizens of the elven country that had been eradicated by the humans

”Heeey, Gold, ya ed elf who, despite his age, only still looked in his late thirties

”Yeah, I' on the fields He laid down his hoe, taking the hand-sewn handkerchief on his shoulder to wipe off his sweat

”Sorry for botherin' ya Howsit? Ya used to field work yet?”

”…it's not bad,” Gold hesitantly replied The elven ht, that one Can ya do so to a large boulder on a field that was half-way sunken in the ground With their ic, the elves would normally simply ask the earth elementals to bury, dismantle, or deal with it however they saw fit, but apparently there was quite a bit of iron in this boulder Iron had a binding effect upon the eleet close to it

With a grunt of effort,muscles, he lifted the boulder that rams onto his shoulders

”Where should I put this?”

”Whoumm,” the elf stumbled over his words in astonishment — he'd asked Gold to deal with it, he just didn't think the man would actually pick it up, ”the old dwarf said he wanted soe He'll probably come by to break it up later”

”Got it”

Gold nodded and started walking The ground heaved with his every step The children playing nearby tierous”

The kids stayed silent

Gold put down the large boulder at the edge of the village, sending a thud reverberating through the earth Fro nervous peeks of hi elven boy ju smile

”Mister!”

”Yol…”

Gold put on a cluently patted his head

Two ht as a Hero to protect his ainst the invasion of a Dark General, the Troll King, and his ar for the battle, the country's protective barrier was suddenly broken by a plot of Whitehare, the Dark Lady who had been wreaking havoc all over the world With the barrier gone, only ruin awaited the Ele combat with the Dark General at the ti, and just as death stared him in the face, he was saved by a whim of the Dark Lady Whitehare

The Dark Lady had said that it was a reward for his self-sacrificing atteo

Gold had asked her why She said she didn't see any difference between the life of a huoblin as if in mockery of him, the man who'd left a demihuman slave to die

He had felt that her words were those of a Dark Lady who only thought of hu aze of disdain she had for hi for?

When a crisis threatened the world, Heroes were born to save it

But whose world was it?

In Yggdrasia of the present day, the huic power to dominate the whole world Gold's 'world' had been the ninety-nine hus

To huoblins and orcs were useless pests It had been the coht it as the natural order

Yet a single sentence of the Dark Lady had driven a crack into his worldview

Gold had left on a journey to retrain himself, to eliminate his weakness, and to find an answer

He had dove into the deep forest with nothing but scraps of food, his weapon, and his arht with all that attacked hi about theue had driven him to unconsciousness, and his savior was a sather inside the woods

Currently, the demihuman races and the human race were on two sides of a conflict The huht to oppress and turn demihumans into their slaves, yet the Dark Lady had upended the power balance just by her lonesome

All the same, as a person, the boy's father could not have left Gold to die He had taken hie, and Gold was allowed to stay and recuperate under heavy surveillance

Gold woke up, and what awaited hiers Then the twin princess and prince of the fallen elven country came to meet him They stared at hi, ”Stay however long you like,” and left

Ever since Gold returned to consciousness, Yol, the elven boy that had been his savior, began to visit hiainst the hus, and in return the boy told hie, the forest, as well as the White Spirit he'd once met before

Gold was bewildered He only ever saw de at hi teeth as soon as they saw him

But Yol was no different fro in the countryside

He'd talked to Yol's father The long-livedwisdom If the decadent nobility of his country, men and women who'd drowned themselves in their desires, were 'humanity', then ould that make the elven man?

Gold had had a heart-to-heart talk with Yol's parents The couple had advised hie with the fields

It was the first ti but fruits and potatoes Yet thefroht it was the first ti close to fulfillers slowly ca with the, he shared drinks of fere elders