Volume 3 Chapter 5 Part1 (1/2)

Chapter 5 - The Beginning of the Revenge ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ (Part 1)

In a forest 10 kilometers away from the lake where their base camp is in

Today, Junpei and his coe

Surprisingly, there is also quite so the elf race

Following the circuin of this matter, was the war between humans and demi-humans that happened in the past

The human race invaded the territory of the deh numbers And when the situation where the defeat of the dereement was made, and the cease-fire condition was to deprive the dehts

Since then, the severe legal repression towards the demi-humans had started

And the best example for that was, the oppression of the rare species, elves

The elves who had beco because of the ruevity, and frohts to live and die were given to humans, and had an explosive decrease in their population

And in the recent years, they were finally designated as endangered species

With those circumstances, recently, there was finally a protection policy for the elves as resources that were draught out

The human’s side had tried and experimented to increase the numbers of elves, but in the end, the bottleneck was that their reproductive ability was absolutely low

There was once a case where 30 pairs of elves were prepared, they were stripped naked and for a year, they were given drugs and nutrition using the Mandragora and other dangerous drugs that would increase their libido and they were placed in a narrow roo They had been in terrible conditions in the le one who becanant

In the end, the situation right now is that, it was concluded that it is needed to abide the elves’ breeding season with the cycles of 250 years

Because of those circumstances, there were currently noplan created by the order of knights

Even if it is done, it would be after the investigating the size of the settlement and the expected nureat noble would co money their money to do it

And thanks to that, there was finally an end to the overhunting of elvesーー

Within the deep forest, Junpei as ation of the elves’ settle his back on the trunk of an ancient tree

「Hey, senpai」

On Junpei’s side, Sakakibara as also leaning his back on a thick tree answered

「What?」

At the night, during that dayーーJunpei hit it ith Sakakibara during a drinking session, and Junpei was then assigned to be Sakakibara’s chores attendant

Honestly, Sakakibara’s attitude towards his as being free and leisure to hi as his attendant was not that bad It was a lot better than being sent to other duties of miscellaneous jobs

「Senpai……how has it passed, since you’ve come to this world?」

「Four years……no, five years, I guess? And then, a lot of things happened……and that’s why I’ht now」

“As I’ve thought……”, Junpei thought

It looks like there was a difference on how time would pass between inside and outside of “that” labyrinth

From how Junpei felt it, only a month or several months had passed since he had come here, but tirow so much that they could become S-Rank adventurers……it seems like actually, 4 or 5 years had already passed

「That “thing” that could be seen there, they’re elves right?」

「Yeah, I guess so Looks like they’re in the raded species」

“Hmm……”, Junpei placed a hand on his chin

In front of the their nest by opening a hole in the tree, but they were now being chased by more than ten elves

The orcs received arrows on their backs and their blood had dripped away from their whole body, they had wounds all over their body

「Elves……aren’t they stronger than humans? At least, I can see that E-Rank adventurers wouldn’t be theirthe humans dominate them……?」

「They was a treaty was made, as the result of the war between the humans and the elves you know〜……you don’t know it huh?」

「Treaty……?」

Making an auous smile, Sakakibara curved his lips

「……intelligent orcs……you knohat that is?」

「It’s a jargon that deatory term for humans Well, for exaainst them directly And for elves, they can’t even show a rebellious attitude and expressions, or even talk back to nobles」

Sakakibara continued

「ーーusing their vigorous reproductive abilities, the hu all of the elves, we gained the rights to treat them as livestock Well, that’s about it」

「And so, this time is a fox hunt, or rather an elf hunt huh?」

「As long as that honorable noble is with us, the elves could only run away〜 If they would counterattack……their whole settlement……it would be a massacre」

「I see……」

「Well, living things, well……how can I say this, they should be happy what they have right? Well, that……it’s important It’s very iainst or not, the ones who you can’t defy and rebel against And so……you should look down on the ones you could look down to, and……exploit them to their limits, I think Just like how the elves treat the orcs……or how the humans treat the elves」

Junpei was looking at thethe head of an orc

Its brains were sround, the group of elves raised happy cheers

Looking at that scene, Junpei let out a light sigh

「Well……elves who hunts orcs to eat, being hunted by hu, it could be said that it’s a food pyramid……」

“By the way”, Junpei asked Sakakibara to change the topic

「Hey, Senpai?」

「You have too many questions you knoell, whatever I’ll be kind to you, since we came from the same place……and then, so, what is it?」

「That……what are they doing?」

Junpei and Sakakibara looks to the left

In there, there was the elf princess that was caught days before and a different feht before as well, and they were facing each other holding a sword

「They’re being forced……to kill each other you know〜……」

「Why is that?」

「The elves’ liver, do you know that it’s a evity?」

「I think I heard it before」

Sakakibara said while shrugging his shoulders

「If the elves are forced to kill each other, you know……it is said that the one who survives……their livers would be more effective」

「……and the authenticity of that is? I evity?」

「A thousand years before, you know, a senile old woion And then, it is really nasty, because it has now spread as the beginning of the holy church that spread across this world」

「Religion?」

「……you also caht?」

「Yes, that is true」

While holding his laugh, Sakakibara said

「Will you be convinced if I say, a cult becaion?」

“Ahh”, Junpei puts a fist in his palm