Chapter 615 - Cold Shoulder (1/2)

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Cheyenne felt that things would be better if the elves had chosen to save Jacques by confronting the young Master Felic due to their strength. How could the elves be such easy creatures to communicate with? If they seemed to be admitting their weakness now, no one knew when they were going to launch their revenge.

Cheyenne was really regretful for inviting the Tower of Dusk for this mission. Not to mention that they had not been contributing meaningfully to this journey, they were also the black sheep that were going to damage the relations.h.i.+p between the humans and the elves. It was a fact that the Malfa Family was worse off than Dark Blade who had a good relations.h.i.+p it the elves. Now that Felic had created this mess, how was he supposed to proceed from here?

As they had been old enemies, it was not difficult for Borg to guess Cheyenne’s anxiety. Yet, that did not mean that he had a composed mind, either. He had long gotten past the mood of watching a show. Now, he was starting to think about how to deal with possible issues that might arise regarding their partners.h.i.+p with the elves.

Before this, Borg had thought of a lot of consequences this conflict would lead to. Yet, he did not expect that it’d end this way. He’d thought that it would be easy for the elves to deal with a Legendary-mage. He’d thought that since the higher-ups were in the Legendary-realm, the elder elf would not have to step in to get rid of one young Legendary-mage.

It would be false to romanticize the elves as peace-loving creatures. Even if they were not creatures that would take revenge over minute matters, they were certainly not pushovers in front of any enemies, especially after had been through the catastrophe.

Knowing the elves, Borg was extremely taken aback by such a closure to the conflict. It created uncertainty in him about the partners.h.i.+p with the elves. It did not matter what was on the elder’s mind. Borg only knew that such a closure would deepen the hatred for humans within the elves. He was worried that the Dark Blade would also be implicated.

Regardless of what the others were thinking, Lin Li was rather satisfied with this result. Although he did regret not getting to kill that elf named Jacques, he knew that the punishment to take away the Heart of Nature was an extremely harsh punishment to the elves. He gave no attention to the onlookers as he walked towards Norfeller. He took out a potion bottle and fed it to Norfeller.

Then, he plucked out the seven arrows in Norfeller’s body and threw them on the ground casually. Norfeller’s wounds started to close at a speed visible to the naked eye. Norfeller opened his eyes and stood up before some of the onlookers could take their leave.

Lin Li and the completely recovered Norfeller waddled back to the Malfa Family’s campsite under the hatred-filled glares of the elves and the astonishment of the other people.

Cheyenne gritted his teeth. He could not understand why Lin Li had to create such a commotion when he had such a powerful potion with him! Why did he do that when that Vampire had been in zero danger!? Cheyenne was really worried that this would prevent them from finding the Immortal King’s treasures.

The sight of Lin Li’s back view left a bitter smile on Borg’s face. Why on earth did he do that? Would he be this at ease if he knew the true ident.i.ty of that elder? Borg was filled with regret. If he had predicted such a conflict, he would have warned him before him. That was the eighth elder of the Emerald Council! How could a commoner dare to offend him? It was akin to waging war against the whole Elven Kingdom!

However, Borg wasn’t aware that Lin Li was not a man who would let this matter slide even if he knew who the elder was. Although Norfeller was a mere Undead servant, he had an important place in Lin Li’s heart. The few people who Lin Li genuinely treasured would be Andoine who led him into the field of magic, Gerian who supported him in Jarrosus, and Norfeller who had always been loyal to him.

In fact, if Lin Li had been the one being targeted today, he would not have been so harsh on the elves. All the problems the Malfa Family had planted for him when they were in the Blackstone Mountains did not stop Lin Li from forming an alliance with them. It was a wise decision made to help the Tower of Dusk make progress in the long term.

Yet, such a rational person actually led a group of followers up the Dragon Mountains to eradicate the Syer Bandits with all his might when Black Clouds Town was invaded and people he knew died. Lin Li did not need to do such things to win people over. Furthermore, the contract he had with Norfeller was a blood oath. It ensured total loyalty from Norfeller no matter what he had to face.

This was his personality. He would not give a d*mn about the elves or the elder. As long as the people around him were harmed, he would ensure that the enemies paid the price.

Borg did not expect Lin Li to be so eager to act for an Undead follower when he had been slacking his way through their journey here. If he’d known better, he would not have agreed to partner up with this young man, but it was too late for regrets. What he thought he should be doing was to think of solutions to deal with the looming consequences. He hoped that the secret agreement with the Queldana Family would make the elves not create too much of a problem for them. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to locate the Immortal King’s treasures.

Borg’s and Cheyenne’s concerns were very quickly proven to be valid. It could be observed the very next day that the elves started to treat these human guests very differently.

Although the elves were innately arrogant and had been seeing themselves as the superior race, they did not delay in their response to any requests from the human beings. They displayed neither arrogance nor enmity.

But, ever since the confrontation happened, the att.i.tude of the elves changed.