Elf Tensei Kara no Cheat Kenkoku-ki

Book 2: Chapter 13-4: Threat

After we returned to the inn we waited for the items we had purchased to be delivered. By that time the sun was beginning to set.

The clothing store had brought the clothes the two girls had ordered yesterday as well as the semi-order made clothing I had ordered for the two of them.

They had brought along the change left over from the pre-payment, but I was pleased that the clothing for them had turned out so cute so I gave it to them as a tip instead.

Once we got back to Erucy Id give them these clothes as a present. The clothing was wonderfully cute so Im sure itd make them happy.

I used partial Samsara Recursion and activated my Item Box to store away all the goods before we set off from Erin.

We returned just like we had arrived. I princess-carried Lucy and piggy-backed Kuu as I ran.

After running about 40Km I could feel Kuu become suddenly unsettled on my back.

Kuu youre strangely restlessIt was similar when we were traveling here as wellis there something around here?

Kuu trembled for a moment at my sudden question.

Its nothing.

Kuu, you dont have to lie. I felt your uneasiness when we ran by here on the way but seeing as we were pressed for time I let it gobut this time I have some leeway to listen.

Truly it wouldve been best to deal with this on the journey towards Erin, but we had to accomplish our objective quickly so I simply ignored it. However, no matter what I wanted to deal with Kuus worries as much as I could.

..umm, its nothing much butthe village were Big Brother and the rest ran away too is around here. Its a small village with various races living inside it

I see, I can completely understand why she was feeling unsettled.

You want to check on their safety dont you Kuu?

Yes, indeed. But wed have to take a detour so I think we should just keep moving.

I couldnt see Kuus face from this position, but I was sure she was making the same smile she usually makes when shed forcing herself.

Once I imagined that painful expression I couldnt pretend to be ignorant.

Kuu guide us. Id like to give my greetings at least once. During the war with the Empire it might be a great help to have communications with them. Also theres some specialty goods that Id like to buy. Ive made the decision that it is necessary for me to show my face as the Leader of Erucy.

Is it reallyokay?

Of course. So go ahead and point us in the right direction.

Cyril-kunthank you. Its this way.

As Kuu guided us we moved further from the main road as we entered deeper into the forest.

Once we emerged from the trees into a large clearing we were able to catch sight of a village.

This is the village that my brother and the others planned to escape to. We have had good relations with them in the past. Plus since they are close to Erin we can save up money to buy food if were careful. This was decided by my father and brother.

I listened to Kuus explanation before putting them both down and checking the area.

This is strangeits far too quiet.

I dont feel the presence of people. Theres something up.

Just in case I used Perception Expansion to check further.

What.the hell?

In a blind spot from where we stood was a Fire Fox girl with her heart torn from her chest. Furthermore it was a fresh corpse. Not even a day had passed. By expanding Perception Expansion even further I could sense that it wasnt just one or two corpses

Who could have done this? If it was the Empire then they would have killed the men, but kidnapped the women.

As I was thinkingsuddenly I sensed something charging towards us at insane speeds.

It was even faster than when I used my wind magic to move.

Ha!

The thing that came attacking from behind swung a long sword at me.

Im sure it was meant to be a surprise attack, but I was able to see it.

I relaxedly took my time to dodge..but I couldnt. The sword was held in a stance that could attack quickly a second time and reap my life if I chose to dodge. I had no choice but to block it.

Che!

I held my knife in a reverse grip and slanted it to slip my opponents blow to one side.

It was the perfect way to deal with an enemys power. It was an ideal deflection. The opponents blade struck my knife and was forced to slip down and strike the ground with a thunderous roar as it stabbed deeply into the earth.

Even so I heard a cracking sound as my own arm was fractured and nearly snapped.

Even after perfectly turning it aside I received a percentage of the impact.

It was unbelievable, but with only those few percent of force my opponent was able to break my arm.

However, that didnt even matter. What mattered was this showed an opening in my opponents defenses.

I sent a high kick towards their defenseless temple. The knife hidden in the tip of my boot shot out. It was a perfect strike blended with all my bodys force as well as Body Enhancement magic.

My kick made contactmy enemy shook slightly. However, the knife was smashed without stabbing my enemy and I felt a dull pain run through my ankle.

Body Enhancement magic? But I dont feel any mana reaction. It feels like pure defensive power coming from internal magic power.

I couldnt help but doubt my own eyes. A defense like this that depends entirely on internal magic power has a decidedly weak effect on outside phenomena. Even if I put all of my power to use to try and accomplish the same thing, I would be completely unable to break the knife using such defenses.

To make this possible my opponent would need at least 32 times greater magic power than I currently posses. There was only one living creature that I could think of that could posses such might.

Huheven after I came to cut you down you survived. You even managed to make a cheeky counterattack.

This beingthis young womanlightly pulled her sword out of the ground and looked at me with a fearless smile.

She was dainty young lady. She couldnt have been taller than 150cm. She had shoulder-length black hair in a casual hair style. She wore no armor and wore clothes that could make you think she was a simple village lass.

Around her neck was a warm looking muffler. I felt I had seen something similar before. It was a beautiful golden fluffy muffler..

Big Brother.Thats Big Brothers tail! Thatthat cant be.Nooooooooooooooo!!!

Kuu screamed desperately as she pointed to the muffler fit smugly around the young ladys neck..her brothers tail.

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