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Dwarves – 2>

Dwarf. It was a term referring to the dwarven race, commonly found in fantasy novels. They were known to live deep in mountain ranges and known for their excellent metal handling skills. When Earth and Hater were connected for the first time, dwarves became known to humankind just like the elves.

“But after the Great Fusion, their appearance of partners between elves and dwarves couldn’t be confirmed. Elves appeared as an advisor and supporter of humanity, but not as peers. Dwarves, and the other intelligent races, have kept themselves secret.” Jia Han, the high school girl who had been slightly depressed to not hear news about the goblin fallen, told me this.

“So the dwarves that appeared this time are unusual. Were any of them humans in the past, or are they like the elves? I need to know why they’re appearing now, and how it’s related to the dungeon outbreaks.” Erkindra’s thoughts on the matter were obvious. They worried about nothing but how the dwarves were accepted by humanity. If there was someone among them who was once human, it would get more complicated.

Would they be accepted into the new human society? If that happened, it would go no further. They would gain a companion against the threat of the elves, and the dwarves would as well. Elakatra viewed everything other than themselves as disposable; the dwarven race would be no exception. But if humans couldn’t accept them… I’d like to believe that it wouldn’t happen, but it was hard to, given how I had seen the way they treated the fallen.

‘No.’ I thought that would go too far. It was too different to compare them to the fallen.

“Should we pick up speed a bit?”

“More than this?” I stopped running down the empty mountain path. When Cain’s thumping footsteps stopped, everything went quiet. I activated my Belkena Spell, casting invisibility on all of us. Following that, I activated Lunatic Trickster to set a trap that would spread the effect to people around us when magic or a skill was activated.

“Go.” With Ubiquitous, the surrounding environment changed in an instant. Thanks to the trap, all of us were able to move together.

“What is that?!”

“It’s magic. Continue.” Though it had improved, moving more than three kilometers at once was too difficult. Going from Seongbuk-gu to Incheon took me twenty-eight uses of Ubiquitous.

“Uh, how is this possible? It took us only three minutes…”

“I know. Go.” We were only at the entrance of Namdong-gu, Incheon, but I already could feel an extreme flow of mana. I looked back, but none of the others seemed to notice it.

“Cain, I apologize, but I have a favor to ask.”

[Ask. My will moves according to the will of the captain.]

“…” Jia Han stared at Cain, the gears turning in her head.

“I wasn’t really paying attention to it, but that’s Cain Russell, right…?”

“Yes.” Perhaps she had also received a request from my sister to look into how we treat Cain. Perhaps she was trying to justify how I used my power to save the fallen. However, for Jia Han’s honor and pure heart, I decided not to show I knew of her secret mission.

“So you said that you were sick of it!” A rough crackling sound filled the air, two minutes after we continued moving.

“We’re not hostile to you.”

“What are you talking about? They’re inhabitants of the underground, an evil to be eliminated.” I knew the owner of the voice right away. It must’ve been Elakatra. Mireina also noticed it, touching her ears anxiously.

“What if they scold me? They’re scary.”

“They’re an enemy, but we’ll take care of them.”

“If Fate says so, then it must be true.” If only those with a peaceful mind like Mireina were more common among the elves, things would be much easier. I sighed and hurried my pace. At a glance, it was surprising to see the situation hadn’t exploded yet.

“Hm…”

“Unbelievable.” The surprise of the Elakatra was natural. We arrived on the scene, landing in a vacant lot without any interference among the gathered people. It looked to originally have held a large department store that had collapsed.

“Who are you?”

“The guild Rebellion, from Seoul, Seongbuk-gu.”

“Seongbuk-gu? That would take at least twenty minutes…” It seems that Erkindra’s information handling ability had reached a special level. It was a worthy alliance, after all.

“Leave. What happens in Incheon will be solved here.”

“No.” There were a whopping two Elakatra here, followed by hundreds of people. In the middle of them were the dwarves. They were just as I had read about, probably only about a meter tall at best, with arms covered in thick muscle. They were also armed to a fair degree.

“Did you say you’re Rebellion?” A younger-looking male Elakatra spoke up, wearing that same red scarf. His outfit resembled a merchant’s more than a warrior’s, but I intuitively noticed that he was disguising himself. It was meant to give humans a sense of comfort, the idea that they could trust this man for help.