Chapter 375 - Aragu Empire (1/2)
Chapter 375: Aragu Empire
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Mysterious forest
Dwarf Riel held two battle axes and muttered to Link, “These are the poorest elves I’ve ever seen. Master Link, do you know what they’re talking about?”
They were indeed poor. Not only were they thin as bags of bones, but their clothes also couldn’t cover their bodies. Some only had a piece of hide while others just wrapped leaves around their waist. The one who jumped out was in the best state. Other than the fur hide, he also had a metal spear and a damaged metal ring around his neck.
Link activated the Dragon King’s Fury magic sword in preparation. “I can’t really understand. I think it’s a dialect, but it seems they’re here to rob us. Milda, can you understand?”
Unexpectedly, Milda nodded. “They’re speaking the ancient elven language, a really ancient one. I’ll cast a Consonance Spell.”
Consonance Spell
Level-2 Secret Spell
Effect: The receiver of the spell will instantly learn the elven language.
(Note: Spell unique to the elves.)
She lightly tapped Link and Riel with her want. Two thumb-sized balls of light melted into their bodies. A few seconds later, they could understand the screaming of the elven robbers.
“Brother, I think they’re Magicians!” an elf whispered to the leader.
“The leader seems to be from Aragu. From his clothes, he looks to be a noble,” another robber said.
The leader lost confidence. He waved his spear and said to Link, “My friend from a faraway place, I’ve decided to let you go this time. Leave your wealth behind and go.”
Link was curious about this world; they seemed to all be really powerful. For example, these robbers were extremely thin, but from their auras, the weakest was at Level-4. The leader was even at Level-6.
That wasn’t too strong, but they were robbers in the lowest class. If there was an elven kingdom here, the strongest would be impossibly powerful.
The leader was losing patience but didn’t dare act brashly. Brandishing his spear, he urged, “Hey, say something. Are you gonna give or not?”
Link thought for a moment and quietly took out a few dozen coins. He squeezed them and cast an enchantment, melting all the coins into a fist-sized block of gold. Then he flicked his finger while activating the Magician’s Hand. The gold slowly floated towards the leader.
“We are just travelers from a faraway place. Coming here was purely coincidental. We want to know the specific situation inside. Who is the king? Who does this land belong to? Are there any cities nearby? If you answer, this gold is yours.”
Gold was clearly also the currency in this world. When it appeared, the elves all stared unblinkingly at it. It seemed that gold was quite valuable.
When the gold flew beside the leader, he reached out to take it. But there was a soft sound and the gold stopped moving. Link had used Spatial Restraint and added 1000 Dragon Power points, making the spatial frequency very high.
The leader grasped the gold to tug it back. But no matter how he tried, the gold wouldn’t move. It was like it was stuck there. He activated Battle Aura, and his body shimmered. He used all his might, and his face turned black and red. He even yelled loudly, but the gold still wouldn’t move. He hung all his weight from the gold, but it wouldn’t even budge.
The trick was marvelous and incomprehensible.
The other elves looked at Link with terror. The leader seemed to sense something. He shuddered a bit and let go from the cold. “Friend, is that for real?” he pushed on. “If I answer the questions, this gold will be ours?”
He didn’t mention the robbery anymore. Only an idiot would try to rob someone so powerful.
“Of course. After my questions, this is yours.”
“Okay, okay, I’ll tell you now. We’re in the Great Beast Forest as you can see, everything is huge. But we’re at the edge, so it’s not that dangerous. Go east from here for 30 miles, and there’s a small town called Spring Leaf Village. The lord is the Bloody Butcher Balha. The Spring Leaf Village is a small place of the Aragu Empire… Oh, right, let me tell you, we’re in the Aragu Empire right now. There’s no king, just an emperor. The emperor is Calagu XVI. He lives in the City of Gold.”
The robber rambled on. Link’s group learned a lot about this world.
“You said that this gentleman looks like an Araguan noble,” Milda said. “What do Araguans look like?”
The leader looked at Milda and was mesmerized. However, he was scared of Link, so he quickly looked away. Then he said fiercely, “The Araguans are similar to us from Lagu, but their ears are different. They have round ears like this gentleman. They enslave us Laguans!”
With that, he turned to Link and said, “Sir, I must remind you that your slave is too beautiful, like the moon in the sky. You should cover her up, or else people will come to take the moon. It’ll be really, really troublesome then.”
Link didn’t expect that the elves would become slaves. It was so interesting.
Milda didn’t find it odd though. She covered her face with a veil and then put on a hat. At the same time, she whispered an explanation to Link. “In our historical records, the ancient Araguans were extremely powerful. They ruled over most races in the continent. In addition to my face, the dwarves and Yabba were all slaves. I think that not only did we teleport, we also time traveled. We’ve returned to ancient times.”
Link had this feeling too, but it was all a guess now. He needed more information to prove it.
“What year is it?” he continued asking.
“Year?” The leader was confused.
“Epoch. What epoch is it?” Link tried again.