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Elder
After they finished arresting the bandits, the group returned to Elder and handed the bandits over to
Hoffman Since Hoffman was the spiritual leader of Elder he should be able to deal with them
accordingly
Finished with their work, El Search Party headed to an inn to relieve their fatigue Everyone else was
resting except Add and Rena who sat together talking in the first floor’s lounge
“Let me talk to that idiot bandit boss alone”
“Ah, so you’re worried about the Nasod case after all?”
Add nodded silently to Rena’s deduction He couldn’t question Banthus on their way back because
he was unconscious the whole time
And…Add couldn’t do it in front of everyone since he was planning apply torture during his
interrogation He didn’t even need to ask for rest of the party’s opinion to know that they’d be
against Add’s method
‘They’re too soft…’
Rena smiled
“Come to think of it, this is the first tiht, just
leave it to big sis”
“Kukuk, how can you be so sure when it hasn’t even been that long since we’ve met?”
“Ah, but Add Haven’t you been reluctant towards us?”
Add was taken aback because Rena had said it so naturally He couldn’t answer yes or no
“Ah I’m sorry That was bit too harsh Hm, so what I meant was… Add, you are uncomfortable
with us right? Still, you like Eve but you also like Ara Oh irls don’t you?”
Rena smiled mischievously and Add frowned Were Elves always this mischievous?
“What do you want me to say?”
“Why won’t you like irls older than you lack the
charm?”
“Technically Ara should also be older”
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Add loosened up to speak his rin Add knew she was completely
fooling around… But it didn’t feel all that bad
“No, I didn’tany attraction towards Ara”
“Well ht? Ah, sorry I meant you think favorably of her as a
person right?”
She probably went out of her way to change her words because she was an elf Asides from Rena,
Eve was a Nasod, Raven asn’t here right now had a mechanical left arm, Ara was possessed
by soe and finally Add also had situation of his own that was comparable to the rest
of them
So in principle, the only ‘Pure hust the El Search Party was Elsword
“Just what are you trying to say? Kukuk, stop speaking in circles”
“H with everyone Especially, if you want to be with Eve more I
think it’s better for you to just express yourself more honestly”
“…Mind your own business Don’t meddle in other people’s affairs”
Rena made a helpless smile at Add’s stern reaction
“I know I’ tooNo matter what
happens, don’t do anything that would make them cry”
“…”
Could it be that she… Knew of Add’s plans? Add winced inside and stared at Rena but she just
continued to smile beautifully
While Add didn’t care too eous
appearance would catch anyone’s attention Her body expressed those very feminine curves and the
part about her was how she created an atmosphere that put people around her at
ease
Any guy would fall for her…
“If you can keep this one proht?”
“Kukuk”
Add thought for a while then nodded as he grinned He didn’t kno much Rena knew But
when Add decides to execute his plan, it would only be after he had made all the necessary
preparations
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An empty promise like this, it didn’t matter at all
“Alright, I’ll try to do that much as possible”
“Okay, I like kids that work hard”
Rena patted then pet Add’s head
She acted so naturally that Add ry as he stared blankly for a
while Then he finally frowned and pushed her hand away
“Don’t treat me like a kid”
“It’s because I’m proud of you Proud”
Rena continued to saze There was a saying
‘you won’t be able to spit on a sood example of this
You could say that she had the potential to ry If Eun from
before was an unreadable type because she was too suspicious, in contrast Rena had a strange
charuard down
What startled Add the most was that he wasn’t reluctant about this Add even felt that if it weren’t
for his ‘goal’ it wouldn’t be bad to obediently go along hat Rena said
“Stop wasting time and let me speak to that bandit But I’ll meet with him alone”
“Hether? There’s no word from Raven so far”
“This is et in my way”
And I won’t be able to torture
When Add spoke strongly, Rena resigned in disappointment and stood up Rena should easily be
able to negotiate afor him and Banthus alone
Then get the inforet Eve…
Add wasa satisfied smile when the door of the inn opened A person entered the inn
Middle aged htened when he found
Rena
“Huh? MrHoffman?”
Rena’s eyes widened as she was just about to go out to meet him Hoffman approached Rena with a
very nervous expression and spoke
“I have so to talk to you about”
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“I don’t knohat that is but I think I should listen to it as well”
Add spoke coldly while putting his legs on top of the table Add raised his arms behind the chair and
stared at Hoffhty expression
It was to get the higher stance on the conversation
“You wouldn’t say no right?”
“Who’s this boy…?”
Hoffant attitude and asked Rena Rena
answered without any hesitation
“He’s one of my comrades I don’t knohat you’re here for… But if you are about to make a
request to the El Search Party I think it would be best if we all listened together”
“Hmm, I think so too”
Hoffreement
In the bedrooinally meant for 3 people,
Hoff each other Hoff extra cautious of
his surroundings closing the s and checking the locks
“That’s enough, there’s no one listening except for us”
Add couldn’t bare Hoffman’s overly cautious attitude and used the Dyna mode In this
mode, Add will be alerted to any other presences nearby
“Alright…”
Hoffman sat and examined each of the El Search Party members Everyone besides Rena looked
like they were in the age of tens… Honestly, to Hoffman’s eyes they were bunch of kids
But they defeated the Banthus bandits and did look quite skilled A drowning man will pluck at even
a straw Hoffman decided he had no other choice
“Actually there’s a problem in this town”
“You mean the taxes?”
Renafrom Hoffman when they met before
“That’s right Wally, the lord of Elder castle is issuing unreasonably high taxes Market prices in the
town are aa miserable time”
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“So that’s why juices were so expensive”
Add ether with them was late in
showing her surprise and Elsword…see asleep
Hoffman diverted his attention away from Elsword and continued to explain
“Not only that…he’s forcefully taking all the young girls in this town to his castle”
“Ah, so did feel off…”
“What are they doing by taking all the girls?”
“Oh, I know! That’s… hmm”
The girls all reacted differently and aht hard for a
while then finally shouted with a shi+ne in her eyes
“Lavish obscene parties! I heard all guys like that! I heard they all want to have it!”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Eheuys are like that Not Raven, nor MrHoffman here”
Rena corrected Ara then looked at Add
“And of course not Add right?”
“…Kukuk, stop with the useless talks So they are taking all the young girls? The discontent
ast the citizens must be quite substantial”
Add had reirls in Elder’s streets earlier today
With so many people, Elder must have its own complicated issues as well
“So the lord is being ruling by tyranny Why co the lord to not
to be so bad?”
“The town’s becohters decided we
can’t live like this anymore We plan to overthrow the castle’s lord Wally”
Hoffman declared solemnly then he bowed deeply towards the El Search Party
“Please, lend us your strength”
“Kuku, obviously we’ll…”
Add laughed as he was about to decline when
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“Understood”
“Lavish obscene parties are enemy of women! I’ll defeat them for sure!”
“We’ll help much as we can”
The girls all agreed at once Elsas still sleeping
“Thank you! With your help, the citizens will also be able to bring out e!”
“Wait, I didn’t agree ye…”
Add as about to propose a counter opinion was irls
“Are you saying you’ll abandon the girls that were captured?”
“That’s so harsh MrAdd! We should obviously help!”
“H sis thinks that’s a bit harsh”
Add was startled when he was showered with differing intensities of criticisms If the more rational
Raven was here he would be able to help Add by giving a neutral opinion… But he was not here
Elsas still sleeping; he probably won’t be of any help even if he ake
No, since when did Add start relying on so on others to
get through obstacles
Humans always have to solve their problems alone by themselves
“Kukuk, I know you’re all worked up but listen to what I say”
Add was the only one here that could rein in the party right now
“Even if Wally is a tyrannical ruler he’s still the castle’s lord that’s been approved by the kingdom
Do you think it is right for us to punish him just because ant to? Shouldn’t there be a proper
procedure for these kinds of things?”
“Uuu, th, that’s…”
Ara ue back Add continued and turned to Rena this
time
“Since this is a big matter, it’s iht now”
“It you’re talking about Raven he will no doubt approve”
“But we still need a confir trivial”
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Rena frohen Add argued logically but she didn’t speak back After two consecutive victories,
Add turned to Eve as the only re opposition
“This is a et involved?”
“There’s none”
Add nodded proudly to hierously
close to getting involved in soed to stop them He felt proud
of himself
‘……but couldn’t I steal Eve’s Core during the ensuing chaos?’
A thought went through Add’s erous venture There was no
way to turn back if things got out of hand and Eve was to break
No, there was a way to turn back… But it ay too risky
“But even if this is athis be”
“What?”
“I kno painful it is to lose members of your own kind”
When Eve spoke decisively, Ara also stood up resolutely
“Abiding by the laws is iht! We have to rescue the people that were
captured soon as possible!”
“Hm, I’ll explain it to Raven later”
Rena also erased her doubts and turned back to the agreeing side Everything went back to point
zero after a single word froue back
This is other’s probleerous… Why would you even
volunteer for it? Even if theythe battle, they could become wanted
cri
“This is…”
When it looked like he couldn’t stop theave up and asked for confirmation
from Hoffman
“Fine, but before that, letout from him before
we do this”
“…If you mean Banthus, people came from the castle and took him into custody”
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“What?”
Add couldn’t believe what he just heard His calculation was off Of course, taking Banthus would
be the proper procedure But he didn’t think they’d take him away even before the day had passed
Wasn’t this a suspiciously quick response from the castle? As if they had already known the El
Search Party would capture Banthus bandits…
‘…I’ too much’
There was no way such a thing was possible in ‘This age’ Add grinded his teeth while clenching his
fist Then there was no choice left but to go to the castle directly and meet with Banthus
But from what he had heard so far, Wally the lord of the castle seereedy and impudent
person… There was no way he’d let Add meet with Banthus
In the end, Add will have to resort to force
“Da to be, I’ll turn the castle upside down along with that lord”
Add spoke in a sinister way but Ara ht smile in response
“MrAdd, so you also opened your eyes to heart of justice!”
“For you to be willing I’m a bit surprised”
“If you rescue the girls you’ll be able to get many thanks from them Maybe there will be some
pretty girls ast them?”
Annoyed, Add ignored the reaction froly
“So what’s the plan? You’re not going to tell ht?
Even if citizens of this toere to blindly rise up with swords and spears, there’s no way they’ll be
a oing to ask us to defeat them all for you?”
“O, of course not There’s a path that you can use to infiltrate into the castle I’d like your group to
go through there…… and rescue the captured girls”
Add wasn’t very convinced of Hoffman’s words but nodded
It seeht as well go meet with
Banthus during this job and torture him to make him spit out the truth
“Fine, then…”
“Yan”
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With a long yawn, Elsword opened his eyes while stretching his ar with his mouth
open widely, Elsword rubbed his eyes while looking around
“What? Is it time for breakfast already?”
“It’s still night And stop opening your htly”
Elsword ignored Eve’s nagging and stood up as he grabbed his sword
“Then let’s go”
“To where MrElsword?”
Elsword spoke without an inch of hesitation
“I heard there’s soo blow him up into bits”
“Yes! Let’s!”
“Eve is battle ready”
“Everyone pack your things”
When everyone stood up, Add muttered
“It’s late today, let’s sleep for tonight and leave toy”
Add didn’t approve of this at all but it was already too late to stop this flow of events
Underground Waterway
After accepting Hoffround Waterway so
they could infiltrate into the Wally’s castle
“Ugh, it’s so damp… and it smells really bad”
“It can’t be helped”
“Oh, look there’s a boot floating around”
The otherin front of them didn’t say
anything Well, it was also partly because Adddynamos so he
couldn’t get wet
‘…No e’
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At that roup looked like she was slowing
down…then she was noalking besides Add She whispered to Add so the others couldn’t hear
“Are you worried about so?”
“It’s nothing”
“……Hm, perhaps you didn’t want to do this after all?”
Add shook his head when Rena asked worriedly At first Add had thought this was a bothersome
task so he tried to stay out of it But now his thoughts had changed
“It’s because the events are turning out too strangely”
“What’s on your mind?”
“Banthus At first I thought he was just soer”
“How is it precisely?”
“When we caught hi for us to He was taken
away in no time that would have taken for standard procedures It was as if Wally had knoe’d
catch and bring him here”
“You think……the castle’s lord is suspicious?”
Rena asked after thinking deeply to herself but Add didn’t answer her Instead he increased the
output of his Dynamo to move forwards faster
Rena pointed out a logical fact But what Add was thinking about was ical
‘There’s no way’
It wasn’t possible He was just over thinking it Add started calculating again thinking about
everything that had happened so far
Someone kneould happen already and prepared beforehand…
Psh!+
At thatsound Shocked, Add looked
back to see that Rena was ai her bow
Could it be that she just tried to hit him…?
“Did…”
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While Add was busy being surprised at Rena’s sudden attack, Rena calmly fired another arrow The
arrow flying towards him finally woke Add up As he was about to switch into battle mode…
“Uwaah!”
He heard a scream from far away Rena’s arrows hadn’tfor a
target that was hiding far away
“Be glad Add You ht now”
Rena calmly fired an arrow and another scream was heard Finally everyone else noticed the current
situation and prepared for battle
“Everyone, be careful”
Rena erased the smile on her face and attacked without hesitation
“They’re faces we’ve seen before, they’re Banthus’ bandits”
“What?”
Surprised, Add exa hit by Rena’s arrow
He wore the same clothes as the people Add had seen in Banthus’ cave
They had surely captured Banthus and all hisinside the
underground ay that led into the castle?
“As for why… We should be able to find out by asking theht?”
Rena sain as she fired an arrow
“Uwah!”
“Aggh!!”
Banthus’ minions attacked rather boldly but they were no match for the El Search Party
“Ugh, the s worse…”
“A rat… Unpleasant…”
Rather than thein their way more Add
who didn’t have any dirt on hi able to float spoke in a stern voice
“There’s a group of bandits in front of us Looks like Banthus is there too”
“Well then, shall we go ask him?”
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“Before that…”
Add was about to speak but stopped Banthus who he had originally thought of as an insignificant
trash was turning out to be a rather persistent fellow… It was likely that he won’t reveal what he
knew easily
Add was originally going to torture Banthus alone but things didn’t go as planned and now he had to
with the rest of the party
“Are you worried about so MrAdd?”
“I’ll blow Banthus away in one hit!”
“…Nevermind”
Add trying to explain will just s more complicated Add shut his mouth and moved
forwards
Dyna had reported there were 20 bandits and Banthus waiting for
the on his side before he stood up
in surprise
“No way! How did you guys get here?”
“…Then why are you guarding this place?”
It would be correct to assume that their infiltration plan had been leaked… But Banthus didn’t give
ear and laughed out loud
“Kahaha!! They said so here but to think that someone
will be you guys This is great! I’ll get ot!”
Banthus held up his right arly, unlike before, his arm had turned into
a machine
“To call such a thing Nasod, I’m insulted”
“Ah, isn’t that the same as MrRaven’s?! What should we do?”
“What do you mean? We just beat him up”
“It’s not so I’d want in my collection… But let me rip your entire arm off”
The party talked leisurely to the But Rena, ould have
normally joined in on the conversation stayed quiet the entire time Then she suddenly spoke in an
extremely low voice
“…Then shall I start cleaning things up?”
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Rena fired rapidly without even looking at her targets Banthus’ ht each time
she shot Banthus was surprised by this sudden attack and tried to order his minions to attack…
“Charge!!”
But by the ti Rena had cleaned up all
thespeed
It was a display of skill that even sent chill down the spine of Add as on the same side Add
also had the skills to clean up all the bandits here without getting his hands wet But he couldn’t do
it this quick and efficiently
Drip!
It didn’t end with defeating all thedown both of Banthus’ cheeks
“Kuk”
After realizing the pain late, Banthus covered his cheeks with his hands and groaned in pain Anyone
could tell that Rena hadn’t raze on purpose
Rena murmured in a low voice when both enemy and allies were frozen by this atmosphere
“That’s nothing to gloat about… Having such a thing attached to your body There are also people
who suffer because of that”
Rena narrowed her eyes and aioing to
let it hit this time, Banthus’ face turned pale
Banthus had gained the Nasod Arm and had recovered some of his self confidence But Rena’s
unworldly skills with the bow… He didn’t ever want to face it
“That’s enough”
At that ht Add laughed in a low voice
when Rena quietly turned her eyes to look
“I don’t knohy you’re so angry but what are we going to do if you’re like this?”
“Hht Sorry”
Rena accepted obediently and lowered her bow Since Raven wasn’t here, Rena was currently the El
Search Party’s backbone and the leader… She needed to maintain as much composure as possible
A sigh of relief went through rest of the party when Rena withdrew her bow due to Add’s
intervention The party h battle experiences to know that…they were glad
Rena was on their side
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They also prory
The aard silence where Banthus was looking for a chance to run, Rena was keeping silent and
nobody else was talking continued Add frowned
This situation annoyed him somehow
“Hey, Elsword You go fight alone just like last time”
“What? Me?”
“Why? You afraid you’ll lose? Did you win last time by pure luck?”
When Add laughed wickedly, Elsword instantly got riled up and headed towards Banthus by himself
Banthus as totally terrified by Rena’s marksmanshi+p earlier frowned as he saord
approach him
He knew that the El Search Party was taking hihtly but it annoyed him
“How dare you…”
“If you e’ll let you go We’ll also give you funds to restart if you want”
Banthus was about to say so the now more improved offer(?)
Add held up his hand to show Banthus
“Instead, if you lose… Tellyou know What you did with the El you stole, and lots
of other things I have s I’d like to hear from you”
“Kahaha If it’s the El whereabouts I can tell you right now! I sold it to the castle’s lord Wally! I was
actually hired by him!”
Add who had suggested the offer was dumbfounded when Banthus revealed the information so
easily Well Add could have guessed that already by how Banthus who’s been taken by the castle
authorities was now guarding the Underground Waterway… But wasn’t there no advantage for
Banthus if he revealed this before they even fought?
But Banthus had already forgotten how scared he was by Rena He was now feeling extremely
confident
“You’ll become the first sacrifice for arm! Come at me brat!”
“Hey old guy, my name is Elsword!”
Elsword looked unsatisfied and swung his blade as he charged in first unlike last time
Having a larger stature was usually an advantage in ht) so there was
no reason for Banthus to back off froe
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“Kahahah”
Believing in the power of his new Nasod ar his sword in confidence
Elsword started his sword fight with Banthus Rest of the Search Party distanced themselves to
watch just like last ti as if she didn’t want to le
movement, Eve was more composed but she was the same as Ara
“Tch…”
Add clicked his tongue because he had done so that was not like him He just didn’t like the
aard silence fro better than he had
thought
Elsas unpleasant and unlikable to Add but he was a popular individual ast this party
Maybe popular wasn’t the correct term Shall he say Elsas the person of most interest in the
group? Add didn’t want to adaze towards
him
Even though he was the weakest, and to Add’s eyes was a mere simple and foolish child… He was
favored by the rest of the group
Unlike somebody else
“Tch”
Rena carefully canore Elsword and Banthus
clashi+ng swords
Then she started to speak hesitantly
“Um, I’m sorry I was…”
“Don’t apologize You’ll be ad that you made a mistake”
Add stopped Rena fro careful so that the others couldn’t hear When
Rena looked back with a startled expression Add tried to speak whatever that came to his mind
“There are only troublesoet so worked
up Just keep that in mind”
Rena seeh then nodded Her face was red She must have been embarrassed
that she showed herself getting so angry
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…Add was quite startled because he had never thought Rena would ever show a side like this Rena
was usually kind to everyone, was easy to speak to and tried to care for Add who tried to keep
hiroup She kne to handle Add very well
She was a beautiful and overwhel elf lady as kind to everyone
Honestly, Add was significantly fond of her and held her in high regards That hy Add was
unsure of how to deal with her now that she was showing such a weak side like this
But keeping silent ard too
“Its fine long as you don’t do it again Forget it”
“…”
Because of Rena’s gaze, Add was forced to squeeze out the words from his mouth They ords
he had alet it out But the die had been cast
“B, Because…… E, everyone makes… mistakes…”
“Pftt”
“…I didn’t say it to h”
Add pouted because Rena had burst out laughing It ard even for Add who had said it so
he didn’t have any strength in his reply
“Yes, sorry Add encouraged ”
“Hmph…”
Add folded his arhter and asked in an uncertain
voice
“Can you… keep this a secret from Raven?”
“…”
“I don’t orry him”
Add purposelyeye to Rena beside him
“I don’t knohat you’re talking about Everyone else will probably be the same”
Ara is slow but good natured so she wouldn’t go out of her way to mention past events Raven and
Eve were uncomfortable with each other so that’s cleared
Elsas an idiot so he wouldn’t even rery
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“Yes, Thank you”
“I didn’t do anything that deserves thanks Kukuk”
Add was ignoring Rena and atching the fight between Elsword and Banthus But his mind
wasn’t focused on the fight He was thinking of so else
‘…was it because of that left arm Nasod?’
Just like Elsword and Eve, Rena and Raven were also traveling together before they joined the
Search Party He didn’t knohat relationshi+p the two had in detail But it was rare for Rena to get
angry… It was probably because she couldn’t stand Banthus gloating about his Nasod arm
Because she was reminded of somebody else
“…Kukuk”
That’s so like Rena While Add was letting out an ah, the battle between Elsword and
Banthus was reaching its end
Clang!!
Banthus and Elsword’s blades ca This time they both