Chapter 142 (1/2)

Chapter 142: The Gift from the High Elf Prince

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Although he was very much surprised at Link’s revelations, Grinth’s mind was calm. That was usually the case for a powerful Magician 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 calamity was the Dark Elves’ doing.

“Ira,” shouted Grinth, calling for his assistant, “bring a team of guards here immediately and go get us a carriage! 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 come along 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 meet such an important figure 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 him into the carriage and they headed straight 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 mysterious Glyph of Soul. He checked his current progress and discovered that he would’ve received the anticipated reward had he killed the third Dark Elf. It’s a pity the swordswoman managed to escape.

There should be more chances to pursue her later, thought 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 armored members of the king’s guard. Grinth disappeared into one of the many buildings in the palace complex to arrange the royal security affairs. Link and Herrera, on the other hand, were lead to a sitting room in the palace. Grinth had mentioned that the king might want to meet them.

Soon after settling down in the sitting room, a messenger came in to inform them of King 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 empty room. It seemed as if everyone had forgotten his presence there. Still, Link was above letting such thoughts bother him. He waited there patiently, giving no thoughts 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 time of emergency. The members of this esteemed council had the highest capabilities, qualifications and reliability. While it might 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 met the king himself, so it would be impossible for Link to gain the king’s trust at the moment.

As he was starting to get bored waiting, he took out his sketches of the Flame Blast enchantment bracelets and began to work on them.

It was intended for the black-dressed woman. Although they hadn’t exchanged more than a few words between them and Link didn’t even know her name at this point—the woman had even used a taboo dark magic spell in front of him not too long ago—he still wanted to fulfill the promise that he had given to her.

Never mind, he thought. 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 simple task at all, so Link was quickly immersed in the planning 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 him. When he turned his gaze towards the source of the sound, he saw Prince Phillip standing not too far away, staring at him.

Prince Phillip was only an insignificant minor character in the game because Link had never even encountered him in his previous life. This might be because the gaming company ignored him, as he played no important roles in the main plot of the game. Or maybe, it was just not his time to shine 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 bowed when he noticed him in the room and addressed him respectfully as “Your Highness”.

As he bowed, Link began to find the prince’s presence there a bit strange. Link was only a normal Magician now and he was only a younger son of a minor Viscount. Their disparities in rank were huge, 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, the mission would be over and they would have nothing more to do with each other. So what was the prince doing here?