Chapter 269 - Enemy of Our Enemy (2/2)

This was the Dark Prince’s most prized escape technique. He could produce two completely indiscernible images of himself and had never failed him before. At least, that was what happened before he met Link.

Link paid no attention to the three images. Instead, he once again cast the Titan’s Hand and grabbed the area in the center of the three images. He then exploded the fire elementals within it without hesitation.

Argh! A cry of pain shot through the air. The Titan’s Hand had caught the real Dark Prince!

The reason was simple. The three images formed by the Dark Flower Blossoms Skill were all fakes. The real Dark Prince would be forced to stay in the original position for around 0.2 seconds after casting such a complicated Battle Skill.

If someone did not know about this trick, this Battle Skill would have been the perfect skill to use for escaping purposes. However, once someone had discovered its true form, this 0.2 seconds would be fatal to the Dark Prince.

The Titan’s Hand then brought the Dark Prince back to Link’s side. He was now barely hanging onto life.

With a thought, the Remnant of Death weapon on the Dark Prince’s hand was transferred to Link. After observing it for a moment, Link said regretfully, “It can only be activated using a special Battle Aura. It won’t be of any use to me. Forget it; the material is still good. We will disassemble it and use them for other purposes next time.”

He then stared at the Dark Prince held in the air by the Titan’s Had before saying, “Walter?”

This was the Dark Prince’s name.

Walter then sighed as he said, “Since you recognize me, I don’t wish to live anymore. Please give me a quick death.”

The human race and the Dark Elves were deadly enemies. They would not end a fight without one party dying. There was nothing left to say.

Link then shook his head and said, “That will be going too easy on you. You are here for the same reason as us. Both of us want to get our hands on that woman, but along the way, you have also protected her multiple times. She seems to be your friend and probably would not bear to see you die. I can use you to coerce her into giving me information.”

Upon hearing Link’s words, Dorias was slightly puzzled. What did he mean by here for the woman? Didn’t they track the Undead Warriors down all the way without knowing what exactly was happening?

He was just about to clarify things with Link when he felt a pinch on his back. He then had the sudden realization that Link was trying to trick information out of this Dark Elf.

Walter indeed thought that Link already knew the situation and sneered, “You have gotten the wrong idea. Alloa is my enemy. I attempted to kill you only because you are Link.”

Alloa? Link gasped. Alloa. Human and Dark Elf mixed blood.

In the game, she first served the Dark Elves and subsequently joined the humans after the Dark Elves started summoning demons from other dimensions.

Her magic talent was merely ordinary. Even in the late game, she merely just reached the strength equivalent of Legendary. However, she possessed amazing talent in terms of insight and observation skills, a talent that even put Eliard to shame.

Hence, she had another alias called “the Maiden of Truth.”

In the game, Alloa was of great help in their fight against the dark forces. Before her death, she cast her final spell, Ripples of Destruction, in an attempt to stop the demon army from heading South.

Destruction Ripple

Ungraded Rank

Forbidden Curse

Effect: By taking advantage of the flaw in the principles governing the World of Firuman, it creates waves of destruction ripple in a hundred-mile radius that can eradicate all beings in Firuman with the exception of Divine Gears!

The official site of the game had also created a detailed cutscene for the explosion of the spell. Link had witnessed its power first-hand, and he could testify that even a Legendary spell did not possess even a thousandth of its prowess.

The game company even created a special documentary titled the “Fall of the Maiden of Truth” due to the popularity of this scene.

Using the power of the Destruction Ripple spell, Alloa destroyed the entire demon army in one blow. Almost 50000 high-level demons were reduced to nothingness, though she had also disappeared without a trace. No one knew her whereabouts till this date.

Link did not think that the Maiden of Truth would betray the Dark Elves so soon in this timeline.

After he heaved a long sigh of relief, Link felt something moving in his field of vision. Upon closer inspection, he realized that it was the message for the completion of the quest. A new mission then appeared.

Mission: Rescue

Task: Help Alloa regain her freedom.

Reward: None

Alright, this was the first mission that would offer no reward at all. However, simply from the fact that Alloa had created an immortal body, she was worth saving.

Link believed that he would benefit greatly if he saved Alloa.

He then looked at Walter and asked, “Since she is an enemy, why wouldn’t you kill her… you won’t answer my question, so let me guess. She must have found something peculiar that you want. Therefore, you people want to force her to hand it in. Am I right?”

Walter then sneered, “Even a fool would realize that.”

Dorias was infuriated. If Link was a fool, then what would that make him? He pressed his paws against Walter and said, “Link, let me end him!”

Link the shook his head, “No, he is Dark Elf royalty. He will be useful. Take him to the Northern Fortress and hang him on the castle wall. I believe the Dark Elves’ expressions will be fun to watch.”

“Damn it, kill me now! Kill me!” Walter started struggling while he bellowed.

Dorias then gave him a hard smack on the head to knock him out.

Link then dismounted from Dorias’ back and said, “Dorias, bring this guy back to the Scorched Ridge. He is important, do not let him get away.”

“No problem at all. What about you?”

“The enemy of our enemy is our friend. I am going to save her,” Link said.