Chapter 28 learning from the elvers 1 (1/2)
as Mars woke up and went outside the cave the sun had just risen and he was also slightly surprised seeing all of the elvers was up and about, they seemed to be working on making a hut, that was about 100 square meters, out of the wood Mars had stacked next to the cave and the floor was already mostly done and they were working on the walls of the hut when Rex saw Mars and signaled to the other elvers that walked over and lined up in front of Mars before Alvin stepped out and introduced himself with smile on his face
”i'm Alvin captain of the 6th barrier forest patrol team, i have heard from Rex that your name is Mars?”
Mars was slightly taken back from the energy Alvin was showing despite it being just after sunrise on him being injured but still managed to give a slight nod
”yes my name is Mars, i'm the living god of energy”
hearing Mars Alvin lit up a little more before he
”i see i that case, Mars i am very sorry about calling you a human attacking you i hope you can forgive us this mistake”
as Alvin spoke he bowed down along with the rest of the elvers and stood in silence as Mars was little dazed by the change in his attitude from yesterday, and a little influenced by his dragon instincts Mars felt some joy in having people bow for him but pulled himself together as he gave a smile and spoke in a light tone
”it's fine i forgive you... have you heard from Rex about my conditions?
as Mars forgave him Alvin and the rest of the elvers raised there heads before Alvin spoke again with a slightly apologetic smile
”...no not yet”
”i see... in that case i will restate my terms for your surrender”
Alvin, Chloe and Isabel looked a little tense so Mars pointed to a tree stump and had them sit down while he stood
”fist term you or your people will not intensively harm me or Victoria, second term you all will provide me with knowledge and answer my questions, third term you will all help me in crafting, hunting and building some things if i should request it”
hearing Mars sate his 3 terms Alvin felt like it was a little light pries for their lives and asked Mars after thinking for a little while
”...what happens if we break those terms or run away?”
hearing Alvin's question Mars gave a wide smile and opened his arms while he started to transform shocking the elvers as they quickly pulled back and reached for their swords before Mars spoke loudly almost yelling at them with a smile that showed his teeth that grew sharper from transforming
”sure you can try to harm me or Victoria, the all mighty administrator forbid you succeed for if any of you hurt Victoria i will cleanse this continent for your ENTIRE RACE!”
as Mars yelled out he slipped into a battle stance and prepared for a fight before he spotted something made him fall over and roll on the ground in laughter
”hahahaHAHAHAHA---”
looking at Mars's erratic behavior the elvers was slightly confused as he went from treating genocide to rolling on the ground laughing loudly less than 5 seconds before Chloe got a little angry and yelled at Mars
”what's so funny!?”
hearing Chloe's angry voice Mars laughed even harder and for almost a full minute the elvers looked at him rolling on the ground before he finally stopped and sat up while he dried the tears in the corner of his eyes as he looked at Chloe holding back laughter
”sorry sorry, it's just you talk about running away when you don't even realize your have already been trapped, the other have an excuse but you there young elf i thought you would have learned
something from yesterday's hunt”
as Chloe heard Mars talking about the hunt from yesterday she froze and started to tremble as her face paled as Alvin noticed Chloe's situation he yelled at Mars
”what do you mean yesterday's hunt!?”
seeing Alvin fume Mars gave a teasing smile while his transformation was coming undone before he spoke
”why don't you turn around and find out?”
Alvin fist gave a slight glance behind him before turned around as what he saw captured his attention completely, sitting in the trees and on the ground where more than 10 black panthers they all looked alike and all had cold dark eyes that was emitting formless pressure watching the elvers every move as Mars spoke again with a lightly teasing tone
”you are free to try and outrun Victoria, if one of you manage to escape i will let all of you go as a sign of respect”
now not only Chloe but also Alvin and Isabel was turning slightly pale only Rex looked mostly calm as he knew Mars the best but there still was a slight layer of cold sweat on his face, all of the elvers looked before Mars spoke out in a light tone and released the tension
”okay that's enough Victoria, i don't want them to pass out”
a few seconds after Mars spoke the formless pressure that was pressing down on the elvers disappeared like the morning dew as the shadow decoys all dissolved into dark smoke and disappeared and Chloe's legs gave out as she sat down on the ground still slightly trembling, Mars clapped his hands and woke Alvin from his daze before he spoke again with a slight smile
”sorry about that, now have you decided if you want to follow my terms?”
Alvin looked at Chloe that was sitting on the ground then to Isabel that was slightly pale but still gave a slight nod, then he gave a glance to Rex and also confirmed with him before he gave a sigh and spoke looking slightly defeated
”...okay we accept your terms”
hearing Alvin accept Rex gave an approving nod before he mumbled in a praising tone