Advent of the Archmage - Chapter 370

Chapter 370: Hehe, I’ve Seen Through His Strength

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Lund was killed in a single whip!

The Dark Elves on the city wall were stunned into silence.

A few seconds later, someone shouted, “He’s only a single person! There’s nothing to be afraid of, kill him!”

“Let’s go!”

“We’ve got 40,000 men!”

The ones shouting were ghouls, and immediately after that, they rushed towards Link. Initially, there were only three people in the charge, but soon, there were over 40 ghouls trailing behind.

In reality, the ghouls on the city wall numbered over 2,000. However, it was because of the threat of Link and his Demon Slayer Whip loomed over them. After all, this was someone who could go toe to toe with the wielder of the Divine Gear! Who would dare to easily approach?

The ghouls that rushed forward were hot-blooded and reckless. Typically, a ghoul’s strength was about Level-6. They also dashed forward very quickly. Before the tracker was invented, the ghouls used to guard the perimeter of the Black Forest, preventing all scouts from getting into the black forest. They were quite fearsome.

When 40 ghouls charged at the same time, even a Level-8 Warrior could not face them head on and win easily. It would be necessary to use the terrain advantage and engage in hit-and-run tactics to deal with them.

However, Link did not retreat. He just stood calmly there.

Three seconds later, the ghouls had surrounded Link. They came from all directions. Some climbed the walls to get behind him, others flanked him while some charged him straight from the front.

This was the way to deal with Magicians. To prevent the Magician from annihilating all of them at once, it was necessary for them to split up and attack from multiple sides.

However, they still underestimated Link.

As the ghouls arrived before him, Link pointed his Burning Wrath of Heavens wand at the floor. A Spatial Sphere the size of a sesame seed landed on the floor. When the ghouls reached within two feet from him, the Spatial Sphere suddenly exploded.

“Shackles!”

With Link as the center, a white misty semi-circle formed around him, 60 feet in diameter. This enveloped all the ghouls that had rushed forward.

The ghouls were originally rushing forward quickly, but once they were enveloped by the mist, they slowed down instantly, moving inch by inch towards Link. From outside, it appeared as though the 40 ghouls were locked in place.

This Spatial Shackles cost Link 300 Dragon Power points and was equal to a Level-7 skill. The ghouls were only at Level-6 and had no way of breaking free.

Then, Link drew the Dragon King’s Wrath magic sword, strolling forward. As he walked round, he casually stabbing into the heads of the ghouls he passed.

The Dragon King’s Wrath magic sword was incomparably sharp. The ghouls’ skulls could put up no defense against Link. Link did not even need to put in much strength but merely poked his sword to slice into their skulls.

Fifteen seconds later, every single ghoul had been stabbed by Link. Link walked to the edge of the Spatial Shackles field. All the ghouls were still suspended in the air, in a charging position. In fact, they were still moving forward ever so slightly. However, the one thing that had changed was that their eyes were now listless, as they were now all dead.

Snap! Link snapped his fingers, canceling the Spatial Shackles spell. Crash, Crash. The 40 ghouls fell from the air like kites, smashing into the ground. Their bodies trembled slightly, as though they hadn’t completely died, but there was already no hope for them.

The whole process of casting the Spatial Shackles spell and killing the ghouls cost Link 300 Dragon Power points. In the 15 seconds that he took to kill the ghouls, his Dragon Power had already recovered.

Therefore, killing these 40 ghouls was as simple as breathing for him.

This was a terrifying existence.

The Dark Elves glanced at each other, at a loss. As Link took one step forward, they subconsciously took one step back.

Then, one Dark Elf Commander stood up and shouted, “Warriors, he is a Magician. His Mana is definitely limited. Let’s all charge together! Archers keep shooting at him, waste his Mana!”

Twang twang twang. Sounds of bowstrings releasing reverberated out as the arrows filled the air like rain, heading for Link.

Link waved his wand lightly to his side again. “Shackles!”

Whoosh. In the next instant, a space of about two feet around him rippled, and the arrows struck into the space. All of them immediately stopped in mid-air. The scene resembled arrows being stuck in a training puppet.

Link walked towards the Dark Elves while waving his sword around. Every single one of the arrows he sliced through fell to the ground like trash.

It was truly a joke to use normal arrows on a Level-8 Magician like Link.

“Quick, use the anti-magic arrows!”

The Archers immediately changed to using anti-magic arrows. However, these arrows met a similar fate to the normal arrows. To a Spatial Magician, arrows that were designed to penetrate normal magic barriers were completely useless against them.

Huff, huff. The Dark Elf commander panted, trying to calm the fear in his heart. Three seconds later, he raised his sword and charged Link. “Warriors, charge!”

This commander was a Level-6 Warrior. The Battle Art exploded out from his body, enveloping the sword and causing it to glow brilliantly as he charged Link.

He knew that he was going to die, but he also knew that when facing a Magician, the army cannot break down in fear. That would be the worst thing that could happen.

As long as the Warriors continued charging forward, that might provide them a chance to reverse the situation!

As the commander of the army, he had to be the first to make the sacrifice!

The ghouls followed behind him, and the Dark Elves also started charging at Link from all directions.

They couldn’t believe that a 40,000 strong army would be unable to kill a single Magician.

…

Link had rested enough. He took a deep breath, focusing his thoughts and pointed the magic sword in front of him. “Demon Slayer!”

Whoosh. A 300-foot-long crystal red whip appeared, wrapping around Link over ten times. The body of the whip was covered with zigzag thorns. Each thorn shone like a bright red crystal. Viewed in the darkness of the night, it would look like flickering fireflies.

However, this spell which was a beautiful as fireflies also had destructive power incomparable to fireflies.

Each point of light was an attack point. Although it looked small, its power was terrifying.

As the ordinary Dark Elf soldiers were hit by the whip, it was as though their bodies were hit by a siege hammer. They were flung back far away. As they flew back, they coughed up thick mouths of steaming hot blood. By the time they landed on the ground, the Dark Elf soldiers were completely dead.

That was not all!

Each time the fireflies hit somebody, there would be a fiery red aura that exploded out in all directions, covering an area of 600 feet, looking like a fog.

This fiery red fog was also terrifying. Those who were enveloped by it felt that it was burning hot. At first, it was scalding, causing their skin to blister. It was still tolerable, but soon after, even their armor and weapons started to heat up and turn red. It became unbearable.

The fireflies exploded continuously, and every Warrior that tried to approach Link was knocked back. Meanwhile, the red-hot fog in the air got thicker, causing the temperature to rise.

Finally, some of the Dark Elf soldiers cried out. “No, I can’t breathe!”

“My eyes, I can’t see!”

“My clothes are on fire!”

Various voices shouted out in agony, as the fireflies continued exploding. The red-hot fog in the air continued to become even denser, causing the fortress walls to seem less like a battlefield and more of a slaughterhouse.

Two minutes later, Link had used up 5000 Mana points. Every 10 Mana points could form one thorn on the Demon Slayer Whip, possessing the strength of a Level-2 spell. These fireflies could block the majority of these attacks. Through the two minutes, he had unleashed over 400 attacks with these fireflies.

As for the stronger ghouls, Link used Spatial Shackles to deal with them. He was surrounded by a Spatial Shackle from the start. Anyone who broke through the whip would find themselves shackled. Link would simply stab through their heads with a sword, killing them.

Therefore, no one was able to get close to Link.

There were 400 firefly explosions, all of which were wide area attacks. The resulting damage from the area attacks was ten percent of the main firefly attack. Four hundred of those added together was equal to being attacked by 40 fireflies.

Orida Fortress was huge, however, within 600 feet of Link, there were over 30,000 soldiers caught in his attack. Some of them had detected the danger and escaped earlier with their lives. Yet, there were many others who were determined to kill Link at all costs, throwing their lives in the process.

Whatever the case, two minutes later, the city wall was completely silent.

Link cast a Light spell, causing a weak light to shine over the battlefield. Everywhere that the light shone on, there were piles of steaming corpses. From far away, there was also the patter of footsteps. They were very disorganized and were gradually going further away. They belonged to the escaping Dark Elves.

Looking at the carnage on the city walls, Link estimated that he had killed over 35,000 Dark Elves. A large portion was killed from the area attacks by the Dragon King’s Wrath magic sword.

After walking one round around the walls, Link sat down on a pile of arrows. Beside his feet lay many corpses. There were some corpses that belonged to humans, but the majority were Dark Elves. Streams of dried blood ran along the floor, and the air was filled with a stench of gore and barbequed meat. It was strange and grotesque.

Link felt like he was truly a slaughterer.

Having killed so many, it burdens the heart. Link said to the sword spirit.

This is war. However, my previous owner, the Storm Lord rarely attacked weaker opponents. He said that it felt meaningless. Of course, not many dared to provoke him. I believe that after this, weaker opponents would not dare to provoke you anymore, the sword spirit replied.

Link nodded his head. Indeed, he found it completely meaningless. This was a simple slaughter, and he killed so many that he had become numb.

He felt like all he needed right now was a hot cup of wine and a good rest. He decided he wouldn’t eat barbequed meat for a long time.

…

In the Black Forest.

Lawndale stared dazedly at the Dark Elves that had returned alive.

Every single one of their clothes was in tatters. Their skin had many burn scars. Their expressions were completely dejected, their eyes were wide open, and tears streamed down their face. What’s more, they panicked at the slightest sound. They were evidently frightened to death.

“He’s not a human! He’s a god, a fire god!”

“We couldn’t even approach him! Arrows couldn’t hit him!”

“Even the Lady of Darkness isn’t his opponent. We were just like chickens to him!”

“He has some kind of body freezing spell.”

“Commander Lund was killed in one hit by his whip.”

Countless recounts of their terrifying experience made Lawndale speechless.

Romand’s expression was completely sullen. Out of 40,000 Dark Elves, only 5,000 had made it back alive. That was completely brutal.

It was his suggestion that the Dark Elves continued the attack. Now, it dawned on him that his suggestion had sent all those Warriors to their grave. Simultaneously, he had destroyed the future path of progress for the entire Dark Elf race.

After this defeat, they no longer had any strong Warriors. If they wanted to survive within Firuman, they needed to retreat to the Dark Realms and lay low for a hundred years. Otherwise, they would not be able to recover from this.

His mouth twitched. “It was just in an instant. Furthermore, there was no high-level spell used. How could he kill so quickly?”

The black-haired girl was still laughing. Out of the slits of her eyes, she looked at the two dejected Dark Elf commanders. “Oh dear, that was a mistake. Now that all the Dark Elf soldiers are dead, what should we do?”

Lawndale was dazed and forlorn. He had just buried the future of his Dark Elf race. It was a huge blow. As he heard the princess, he said listlessly, “Your Highness, you don’t have to say these useless things.”

He didn’t even have the energy to get angry.

“Oh wells, you guys are too pitiful. I won’t make fun of you trash any longer. In my opinion, Link must have used some powerful magic weapon. You fell into his trap! I won’t say any more, lest I make you cry. I’ll teach him a lesson for you. Hehe, I’ve already seen through his strength!” The black-haired girl said.

While she spoke, dark purple scales appeared on her skin, covering her whole body. Her skirt also became stiff, turning into armor made of numerous purple pieces. Because the girl was small, the armor looked petite as well. However, it still gave off an imposing and savage aura.

On every corner of the armor, there were also spikes. This was especially so for the shoulder area, which had plenty of spikes. On top of the spikes were stuck many skulls. Two sharp horns stuck out from the helmet forehead.

Petite but savage, together, they created a feeling that was hard to describe.

In her hands appeared two curved sabers. The blade edge sparkled, flickering with deep blue flames. The air around the blade occasionally sparked with electricity.

All of these transformations happened in an instant.

Finally, in the small but savage helmet’s eye area, two purple flame-like eyes lit up.

A metallic voice sounded from inside the helmet. “You, you, and you, the three of you, come with me. We’re going to kill.”

She was still prudent, and selected three Level-8 high-level demons to assist her.

“Yes, Your Highness!”

Chapter 371: Really Can’t Beat Her

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Orida Fortress

Within 600 feet of the second ring of walls, all buildings were slightly hot to the touch. All wood had burned down, and the ground was charred.

The charred blackness stretched to 100 feet before the top citadel before stopping. If the humans hadn’t retreated, they would be in the same state as the Dark Elves now.

Surrounded by the army, the pressure was great. Link couldn’t keep the Dragon King’s Anger effect from accidentally hurting his own soldiers. He sat blankly on the oven-like wall for a while. Gathering his senses, Link walked towards the citadel. The Dark Elves weren’t a concern anymore, but the demons had retreated. They were unhurt now, so he had to quickly reorganize the fortress’ defense.

After a few steps, Link felt something. He turned around.

It was around one in the morning and the night sky was like ink. The prairie before the fortress was even darker. He couldn’t see anything.

Night vision.

Link wiped his eyes lightly. His vision immediately turned gray-white and the night scenery became clear.

Five black shadows charged towards the fortress. They were quiet and extremely fast. The smallest shadow seemed to slow herself down so the others could keep up.

Her armor was extraordinary and familiar, especially the two blue scimitars in her hands. Two purple demon eyes (a type of gemstone) were embedded in the hilt.

Seeing this, Link gulped. Without thinking, he turned around, poured Dragon Power into his sword, activated the Dragon King’s Fury magic sword, and started sprinting towards the citadel!

He knew this demon; he’d never forget her in his entire life!

In the game, she appeared in the later part. Instead of being in a storyline quest, she appeared in the wilderness around the time of Celine Flandre’s appearance.

At that time, Celine was plotting against her father. She created missions to test the players’ abilities. They were also the prerequisite missions for the Nozama storyline quest. One of the missions was called “The Lord’s Other Daughter.” The player had to kill a demon named Saroviny.

The game recommended players to form a team for the mission. But at that time, Link was already well-accomplished in magic. He had a bunch of Epic Legends and was confident to the max. Regular bosses were nothing to him. He called on a Warrior and Priest from the guild and set out.

The three found her in a remote riverside mansion. The first time they met, the black-haired girl was planting flowers in her garden.

Link remembered that when she saw them, she clapped lightly and had a human slave bring over clean water. After washing her hands carefully, she smiled and asked, “Only you three?”

At that time, they were all young men. They were high-spirited and the top players of the game. Without saying anything, they started fighting immediately.

One second later, their souls returned to the cemetery together.

The Warrior was the one who took the hits in the guild. He was killed instantly, and the Priest didn’t even have time to heal him. Just as Link was about to cast a spell, the girl streaked like lightning. There was a flash of a sword, and his world turned black and white. Half a second later, the Priest was there too.

The three thought the game system had purposely raised the enemy’s difficulty. After checking the records though, they were impressed. It wasn’t that her difficulty was high. They’d fallen into the demon’s trap!

While approaching the mansion, they were secretly marked with a death mark. It was a tiny spell, hidden but easily removed. If they didn’t remove it, the enemy could use the mark to semi-teleport. The damages would increase by 300% and could break through armor.

They obviously died within seconds after falling for this.

After being resurrected, they went to take revenge on full alert. This time, they lasted for three seconds before all dying. Not giving up, they went back and died again after three seconds. The enemy had tons of tricks and never repeated the same one.

Finally, they admitted defeat and went offline.

This was Link’s most frustrating and humiliating experience in the game. Even worse, a passerby player saved one of the recordings and posted it on the Internet. After that, they became national laughingstocks.

Thinking back, Saroviny’s tricks were actually quite simple, but she had an indescribable ability. No matter how careful you were, she could make you fall for the trap.

Later in the game, many players went to find Saroviny, but they were all defeated. Even a team of 1000 couldn’t ensure victory. Nine out of ten times, they would lose. The remaining time, it would be a win with great costs and Saroviny still wouldn’t die. At most, she would be forced to escape into a storyline quest and turn into another terrifying boss.

Finally, a player accidentally found a bug. They could bring Celine to Saroviny’s side and use Celine’s strength to defeat Saroviny.

In reality, Link could tell from Saroviny’s appearance and aura that she was only a step away from the Legendary level. She also had four pinnacle Level-8 demons by her. Only an idiot would stay there. He obviously ran away.

He ran all the way to the citadel when a voice said, “Master, you’re back. How are things?”

It was Kanorse with Nana beside him. They’d come to welcome Link.

“I defeated the Dark Elves, but the demons are unhurt… Hurry into the citadel and close the door. Big demons are coming, hurry!”

Link rushed towards the citadel, Kanorse and Nana following behind him.

The citadel was a giant metal thing. The portion on the ground was a semicircle 150 feet in diameter and three floors tall. However, this was only the tip of the iceberg. The biggest part was underground. There were five floors below ground, each floor being extremely spacious. The tunnels reached in all directions, practically emptying the entire mountain.

Storing 20,000 soldiers inside was no problem. There were only 13,000 soldiers left now. They easily fit inside the citadel with the exhausted Magicians.

The strength of the citadel was unparalleled. The door that Link had just passed through was two feet thick, 30 feet tall, and 15 feet wide. It was entirely built from sheet metal and fine gold alloy. It weighed more than 200 tons. The inside was also carved with many magical runes.

These runes were not ordinary either. The Orida Fortress survived more than 2000 years and was fortified every generation. Three hundred years ago, Bryant personally fortified the citadel, adding a shockingly durable Level-10 defensive magic seal.

“Hurry, close the door! Close it!” Link cried.

Crack, crack, crack. A few herculean Warriors used hinges to close the door bit by bit.

Link estimated it would take half a minute to completely close. It was too slow, so he activated the Dragon King’s Fury magic sword again. He walked to the door and shoved it.

Boom! The heavy door shook. Under the shocked scrutiny of everyone present, the door closed at twice the speed.

Ten seconds later, it closed with a boom. With another boom, the gate dropped down. Link quickly found the magic seal’s activation rune and poured in Dragon Power.

With a soft buzz, the energy accumulated over the centuries was activated. Mana flowed through the entire citadel. A beam of golden light extended over the gate, quickly covering the citadel’s inner and outer walls.

This light was special. At a glance, it was like a flawless film, but at closer inspection, one would realize it was formed by countless beehive-like cells. They were independent but connected intricately.

Apparently, Bryant was inspired by the Yabba magic shield but added many innovations. The Yabba saw this, and all shook their heads, impressed.

Link finally took a breather.

No matter how powerful Saroviny was, she couldn’t break into the citadel. Currently, the only way to do so was to wait until the citadel’s saved energy was used up. There was a great amount of energy though. Link calculated that it could last at least three months.

…

Outside the citadel

When Link entered the citadel and prepared to close the door, Saroviny just arrived at the first wall of the fortress. She didn’t know Link had retreated. She continued walking in carefully.

“Be careful. That guy might make a sneak attack.” She hid behind the four high-level demons, not going forward until safety was confirmed.

They were demons and had seen countless bloody scenes. But inside the fortress, they still gasped involuntarily when seeing the mass of dead Dark Elves.

Saroviny sniffed lightly and whispered, “It’s the smell of a flame spell. It’s only around Level-3, but the Dark Elves didn’t escape. They were packed on the wall and died in such an organized manner… What a bunch of failures!”

“Your Highness, he’s gone. From the footprints, I think he went towards the citadel,” a demon reported.

Saroviny flinched. She listened closely and seemed to think of something. Running towards the citadel, she cried, “Hurry, hurry, that guy is going to hide!”

The demons sprinted, but when they reached the citadel, they saw the golden glow envelope it all.

“Your Highness, the citadel is sealed. The enchantment is very strong!”

“Shut up! You think I’m blind? This is a Legendary enchantment left behind by Bryant. We can’t go in,” Saroviny said, annoyed. She was in a bad a mood—a really bad mood!

“What should we do?”

“Surround them!” Saroviny sneered. There were more than 10,000 people inside the citadel. Eating and drinking was a great cost. Even if the Magicians inside could create some magic food, those couldn’t be eaten too often. Problems would arise soon. “I’ll see how long they can last!”

Chapter 372: Searching for Reinforcements

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

On the tower balcony

The core members of the alliance were already here. They looked through the legendary yellow enchantment, observing the demons surrounding the fortress. Their faces were all pale.

Link pointed at one figure and said, “Look, see that black haired girl? She’s the daughter of Lord Nozama. Don’t be tricked by her petite looks, she’s just a hair away from reaching the Legendary realm. If we were out there, give her enough time, and she would be able to easily kill everyone here.”

Saroviny was an Assassin, at the same time, she knew some very useful high-level spells. Link suspected that she was had the same gifts of foresight as Celine. Engaging in guerilla battles with these types of enemies was the worst possible nightmare.

Everyone’s faces were pale.

Among them, the strongest was Link, at mid-Level-8, followed by Kanorse and Nana who had also reached Level-8. They were already strong beyond compare in Duke Abel’s opinion, but they still could not compare to the demon army whose commanders were a step away from the Legendary realm.

Legendary Warriors!

Just the thought of it made one tremble in fear. Who would dare confront these people?

“That’s not all,” Link continued. He pointed at the demons surrounding Saroviny. “This, this, and this guy, they all have Level-8 strength. I believe that out of the 230 high-level demons, thirty percent of them are over Level-8. That’s about 70 demons. Besides that, they have 60,000 low-level demons! It’s quite impossible to fight!”

Although a Level-8 demon was not able to obliterate an entire army like Link had done, against the human armies, they definitely would not face any obstructions. If they weren’t locked down in fights but free to roam the battlefield, they could easily kill thousands of people.

Demons like that, they had over 70!

Just these 70 were enough to obliterate all the soldiers in the fortress. There was no need to talk about the 160 Level-7 demons and the 60,000 demons who were all around Level-5.

It was only in the late phase of the game that players were able to deal with such a force of demons. Only when the true Light Army alliance was formed with the Legendary experts from the various races did they have a chance to fight back against these demons. Everyone’s faces were white as a sheet.

Kanorse said, “They’re trying to siege us!”

“Evidently,” High Elf Princess Milda sighed. She had long since woken up but had only gotten an hour of rest. Her spirits were far from recovered, and she looked fatigued.

Duke Abel was similarly forlorn. He didn’t bother looking at the demons outside the fort but reported some figures, “Within our fortress, there are 12,900 people. We have 50 tons of stockpiled rations. If we want to maintain our current fighting strength against the demons, we will consume one ton of food every day. At most, we will last two months.”

Princess Milda offered, “I have some seedlings… Forget it. It’s not going to work. The fortress enchantment has prevented any form of energy from entering. There wouldn’t be enough sunlight and water.”

Dwarf King Riel stroked his beard in habit. “In other words, we’re still going to die. Either we die starving, or we die in battle.”

Link glanced outside the enchantment. Saroviny could feel his gaze and turned to stare back at his direction. She smirked and waved her fist at him. It was extremely adorable, but it made one’s heart clench while looking at it.

With no mood to continue looking at the enemy, everyone turned back to return inside the tower. They had no mood to even discuss a strategy.

Link was in the best condition among them. He focused his mind and went to one of the great halls.

Although the fortress was said to be able to accommodate over 10,000 people, it was still rather crowded. The great hall was filled with people, especially injured soldiers who were lying down in the corner. The air was thick with the scent of blood, urine, and sweat, and it was extremely pungent.

As he walked in, Link saw a small figure in the corner. Her face was covered in wounds, and her hair clumped together with dried blood. She was leaning against a wall and clutched in her hand was a musket covered in blood and dir. Her head rested on a gunny sack filled with some items, and she was obviously fatigued.

It was the Yabba woman, Melinda. Initially, when the attack on Orida Fortress first began, she was grouped with the Yabba people and Link couldn’t find her. He was pleasantly surprised to find her still alive.

There were many cuts on her little face. Because there were few priests, and most were busy tending to soldiers with heavier wounds, she had not been able to receive any treatment.

Link’s feelings were complicated as he looked at her. She fidgeted, changing her resting position. As she moved her body, her eyes were shut tightly. A tear dripped down her face. This tear dropped instantly moved Link’s soul, causing him to shudder involuntarily.

This was just an ordinary Yabba young woman. Her country was invaded, her parents killed, and after arriving at Orida fortress, her clansmen were essentially all killed. At the moment, there were only about ten other Yabba people resting beside her.

After pausing for a while, Link softly said to a soldier beside him, “Help me fetch some blankets and lay them on the floor in my room. Let these Yabba people rest in my room.”

“Yes, sir,” the soldier obeyed.

Link turned to look at the human soldiers around. Essentially, all of them were injured. Some were lying on beds, their eyes blank. Some were softly crying or calling out. The priests were running around tending to injuries, and although they had completely used up all their divine power, it was evidently still not enough.

Link also saw Annie. She was injured but still in good shape, able to run about to help with work.

When the soldiers saw him arrive, they looked at him with hope. There was one soldier who was still very young. The signs of youth still marked his face. He was probably only 18 years old. His injuries were very severe, and he was on the brink of death. Trembling, he stretched out his hand, struggling as he said, “Sir, help me… save me!”

Link was helpless. His Dragon Power could assist people in recovery, but it could not bring the dead back to life. It also could not cure fatal injuries.

Link walked over and knelt on the ground. He grasped the soldier’s hand and said comfortingly, “Don’t be afraid. You will enter the kingdom of heaven. There, there will be no pain or darkness, no fighting…”

Halfway through his words, Link felt the hand he was holding lose all energy. The soldier had passed on. Even then, his eyes were wide open, hoping to be saved, hoping to live on.

Link solemnly closed the soldier’s eyes, and wordlessly stood up.

No! We cannot simply wait to die! Link knew he had to do something.

These soldiers had gone through a baptism of fire and blood. Given enough time, they would be able to grow into powerful Warriors of humanity. As long as they had enough time!

He needed to go and get reinforcements.

Link turned and went up to the hall on the second level. He was going to see Duke Abel.

…

“What?”

“I heard that there is a secret passage under the fortress?” Link asked.

The duke responded blankly, “You mean to have us retreat through the passage? I don’t think that’s possible. Ten thousand people will create too much noise and will immediately be discovered. On the plains…”

“No, I plan to go out alone and bring a few experts with me. Kanorse has to stay, but King Riel, Princess Milda, as well as Nana can accompany me. The four of us will go out to search for reinforcements.”

Kanorse would have been a great help, but his importance to the army was too great. If he left, Duke Abel, being the only Level- 5 himself, would not be able to defend the fortress on his own.

It seemed to him that looking for reinforcements elsewhere was the only way. Duke Abel pondered for a while. Then, he turned to face the bookshelf. “The secret passages under the fortress are very complicated, like a maze. I have no idea where the magic door truly is. Hold on, let me look through the maps.”

He went to the bookshelves and flipped around. Finally, he pulled out an ancient scroll. “Got it!”

He opened the scroll on the table and pointed at the passage. “Originally, the passage was not complicated. However, since ancient times, this fortress has been renovated over ten times, and each time, there were some projects that were never finished, making the place very complicated. Let me see… let me see…”

Ten minutes later, the duke slapped his head and handed the scroll to Link. “It’s very messy, here, take a look.”

Link took a look at the scroll. Immediately, he frowned. This wasn’t even a map. It was just scribbles and scrawls on the parchment. Some places were faded, and other portions of the map had holes bitten out of it by worms.

After looking at it for half a day, Link roughly understood the structure. “According to the map, Orida Fortress was originally a dwarven mountain fortress. Later on, they abandoned this fortress, and it was taken over by humans. On top of the original structure, they built Orida Fortress. Later on, additions were added until we have today’s final fortress. There is a magic door in there in the basement level five, and it should not be hard to locate. It’s not actually hard to find, but the problem lies in after finding it. This magic door leads into the dwarven tunnels that crisscross and go everywhere. My God… I can’t even see that part clearly.”

The duke’s heart rate increased. “So, how is it? Is there a way out?”

Their entire fate now rested on whether Link could find a way out and bring back reinforcements. If he couldn’t, then they were finished. Eventually, the fortress would run out of supplies, and that would surely result in a miserable and chaotic end!

Link replied with a firmness that could cut through iron. “I will definitely find a way out. Even if I can’t, I’ll just blast my way out.”

After that, Link went to find High Elf Princess Milda and Dwarf King Riel. After explaining his plan, they agreed. This was their only way now.

…

“Okay, time is precious. Let us go now. We’ll leave secretly, Duke, while I’m not around, say I am researching a new powerful spell.”

“I understand,” Duke Abel nodded.

Link released a Traceless Spell, and the four of them vanished from sight. They followed the stairway done into the underground, walking for over ten minutes through numerous intersecting passageways. Finally, they found where the magic door was located.

It was a simple spell formation made of a single rune. Link understood how to use it in one glance. “Stand on it, please,” he instructed everyone.

The three others stood on the rune stone, and Link got on as well. After locating the activation rune, Link channeled his Dragon Power into the stone. A few seconds later, the four of them felt the world spinning, a feeling which lasted for five seconds. Then, the feeling vanished, and they were back on solid ground.

Thump. Dwarf King Riel sat heavily on his bottom. He cursed continuously as he got up. “Damn magic door, it nearly destroyed this old ass of mine.”

Nana landed stably, while Link and Princess Milda cast a levitation spell on themselves to land lightly.

Dwarf King Riel felt that it was really unfair. He rubbed his buttocks as he complained.

“I hate magic,” he grumbled.

Link started to look around the surroundings. He found that he was in a large underground passage surrounded by stone walls. On the stone walls were embedded crystals. Drip. Drip. Water dripped from the ceiling. Wuuuuuu. The wind howled as it blew through the cavern.

Dwarf King Riel looked around as well. Then, he patted his chest and said, “These passageways are built in the style of my race. We are probably in the heart of the mountain. Without a map, outsiders will very likely lose their way, but for me, it’s no problem. Follow my lead.”

Naturally, the dwarf would be most familiar with the dwarven passages. Link and Princess Milda exchanged a glance and followed closely behind King Riel.

They walked for over half an hour. Half an hour later, the group of them were still circling around the passages.

“King Riel, why are we still stuck in here?” Princess Milda could not help but ask suspiciously.

Dwarf King Riel’s reply was full of pride. “Don’t you worry, there’s no hurry. My people’s tunnels are very complicated. I’ll need to walk through a few more tunnels to familiarize myself first.”

Link did not say a thing, but he had a feeling that this dwarf was not very reliable.

After another half an hour had passed, Riel stopped in front of a stone wall. He pulled his beard roughly, grunting and sighing, “Why is it like this? This is wrong! This was definitely the way out. What’s going on?”

Princess Milda immediately frowned. “You’re lost?”

“Lost? Nonsense! How could I be lost in my own home? I’m just a bit confused, but I’m sure I will find the way out!”

Princess Milda shrugged helplessly.

Link couldn’t say anything either. He had to protect King Riel’s face. He said, “How about this, let us select a tunnel that looks to be going upwards and follow along that path. What do you think, King Riel?”

Dwarf King Riel’s face was downcast as he said, “Hmmm, these passages are too old, and the style has changed a lot. Sir Link, let’s do as you suggest.”

…

In the demon camp

Not half an hour after Link left, Saroviny suddenly stood up with a start. She said to the demon beside her, “Hey, I feel that something is not right. Do you think Link would have gone out to look for reinforcements?”

The demons looked at their princess blankly. Reinforcements? That would still require them to sneak out of the fortress and the demon barricade. Considering that they’ve guarded it so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak through, how could the other party get out?

“Hey you dumbasses, you’re useless! The fortress is sure to have some underground passage. All of you go out, search and check if any rats are sneaking out from around here.”

Saroviny’s orders were very clear. The demons nodded at once, replying, “Yes, Your Highness.”

As the demons dispersed, Saroviny sat down and rubbed her chin. Her two black eyes stared at the distant tower, unblinking. “Hey little rat, oh little rat, where will you crawl out from?”

Chapter 373: The Derpy Dwarf

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Look, there’s light ahead,” dwarf Riel called. He sped forward.

He was so excited after being in this mine hole for two hours. If news of him getting lost in a dwarf mine hole traveled back to Moria, the dwarven capital city, he would be so humiliated.

Yes, he must tell Master Link and Milda to keep this a secret.

Link immediately cast a traceless spell and said, “Don’t run out when we get to the exit. We need to see where we are.”

“No problem,” Riel replied. He gained momentum as he ran and quickly passed the corner.

Milda couldn’t help but shake her head and chuckle. “This guy is so funny. He’s so old but still acts like a kid.”

Riel had been serious, but after they became more familiar with each other, he began relaxing and showing his derpy side.

Link didn’t find his personality strange. In the game, he’d met too many funny dwarves. If you stayed in a dwarf’s inn, you’d see many interesting things. For example, a dwarf once lit his beard with his pipe and poured hard liquor on it. His entire body had lit on fire.

A dwarf had run under a dragon’s stomach to research the dragon’s gender. Another dwarf used a magic gun to hit at a fly on food and ended up smashing all the food on the table. There were many similarly shocking cases.

Anyway, one had to be prepared for all types of situations when with a dwarf…

Dammit, I jinxed myself!

Just as Link was about to speak, there was a cry from outside the tunnel. It was a tragic cry and made one’s guts clench, involuntarily close one’s legs, and cover one’s crotch.

Just as Link and Milda exchanged a glance, not sure what happened, Riel scampered back. As he ran, he called, “Oh no, ack—there’s a demon outside, and he saw me.”

When the guy ran over, Link saw that his head was covered in black mud. There was also a disgusting smell that made him nauseous.

“What exactly happened?” Milda covered her nose and cast a cleaning spell to get rid of the “mud” on Riel’s head.

As Rield walked deeper inside the tunnel, he said, “The tunnel opens up skyward. When I went there, a Fodor Flaming Demon was taking a dump. I think he ate some bad food. That guy was like a spray gun. I wasn’t paying attention, and it got all over me. I even swallowed some…I was so pissed! I slammed my hammer on his ass. I’m sure he’s injured now, but more demons will run after us later. Let’s run…ugh….ack…it’s so disgusting!”

“Ugh!” Milda ran with Riel. She just wanted to throw up.

Link’s throat felt uncomfortable hearing this too. Pushing down his urge to vomit, he asked, “Demon feces are poisonous. How are you feeling now?”

“Ah, poisonous? No wonder my stomach hurts now…Ah!” Riel missed a step and tripped. He fell down and couldn’t climb back up. His face was black as if he was heavily poisoned.

Link hurried over to help him. Milda continued holding her nose. She pulled out a bottle of Elf Nectar and gave it to Link from afar. “Here, feed it to him.”

Pulling out the stop, Link poured the green liquid into Riel’s mouth. As expected of the sacred antidote, Riel started vomiting violently after drinking it. Mouthfuls of stinking black liquid spewed from his mouth. After throwing up three mouthfuls, he was finally clean.

Riel was a Level-7 Warrior and was very strong. He wasn’t poisoned deeply and had the antidote promptly, so he recovered after resting for half a minute.

He shook his head and took out a bottle of liquor. Rinsing his mouth, he put the liquor away and breathed deeply. “Thank you, Your Highness,” he said to Milda. “Those demons are so f*cking disgusting.”

“Enough, let’s go now!” Milda had had enough. She’d thought this dwarf was like a kid, but now, she thought he was an insufferable bastard.

Seeing that Milda was upset, Riel shrugged. “I’m the one who drank it, and I’m not complaining. What are you angry about…alright, I’ll stop talking. Let’s go. I saw many demons patrolling outside. They seem to know our plan.”

He led them deeper into the mine hole. Link, Milda, and Nana followed.

As they ran, Nana asked curiously, “Riel, what does demon poop taste like?”

“Nana!” Milda yelped. She was going to have a breakdown.

“Nana, stop talking,” Link commanded.

“Oh.” Nana didn’t say anything else.

Riel didn’t know what it tasted like. He ran powerfully without speaking. Dwarves had a weird and funny personality, but they were naturally sensitive to cave tunnels. He memorized it all after one trip.

The group quickly returned to the cave along the original path. Finally, Riel stopped before a black tunnel. “We didn’t go down this road. I have a feeling that it’s very, very deep and might lead to danger. Are you sure we should go in?”

Milda looked at Link, who nodded without hesitation. “Of course. The demon general is very strong. If we run into her, we’ll die.”

“Alright, follow me.” Riel didn’t dare face someone about to enter the Legendary level. He widened his eyes, picked up his battle axe, and went into a defensive posture. He walked towards the deep, dark cave.

…

On the other hand, the Fodor Flaming Demon’s cry traveled far. After a while, a team of demons hurried over. When they arrived, the Fodor Flaming Demon was already dead. His stomach had been torn open by a hit form below. His guts were everywhere, and it was tragic.

It was clearly a sneak attack.

There was a two-foot-wide crack beside him. A demon crouched down and sniffed strongly. “Uh…it smells like poop…and…sniff…it should be a dwarf’s scent. Those rats are hiding under these rocks!”

“You found the rats?” asked a lovely voice. It was Saroviny.

“Your Highness, a dwarf appeared here and killed Lomen.”

Saroviny walked over. Seeing the feces on the rock, she wrinkled her brows. She took out a handkerchief to cover her nose and started investigating carefully.

“A dwarf had indeed tried to come out of here… The footprints on the rock are very deep. He’d used power and stomped hard… He’s quite strong, should be a Level-7 Warrior. This should be the dwarf’s King of Mountains… I can feel that Link is with him.”

Saroviny laughed. She stepped back and said to the Fodor Flaming Demons beside her, “Make the hole bigger and get rid of all the waste. I don’t want to smell a thing. Then you and you shorter ones go in with me. We’re going to catch the rats!”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

The Fodor Flaming Demons immediately started working. They used their claws, Battle Aura, and feet to attack the rocks. For them, the hard rocks were as soft as dirt.

After a few minutes, the small crack was many times wider. Finally, it revealed a tunnel around ten feet tall and six feet wide. The two Saroviny had chosen were Dimensional Demons. They were only about seven feet tall. The hole was big enough for them.

“Alright, let’s go in.”

…

Booms came from behind them. Link and the others exchanged glances and saw shock in their eyes.

“They’re coming. We gotta hurry!” Riel quickened his steps. Link easily caught up while Milda was a bit slower. She activated the Cheetah’s Agility spell for herself. However, she still hadn’t recovered and looked exhausted.

Link saw it unintentionally and felt a twinge. “Nana,” he said, “carry Princess Milda.”

“No need…alright.” Milda had refused instinctively, but she was honestly too tired. Her vision was blurry. She knew that holding on stubbornly would only slow down the team, so she nodded and accepted.

Nana picked her up and continued walking.

Link was at the back of the group, wiping their footprints clean.

They advanced. The further they walked, the more spacious the tunnel became. It became darker as well, and they couldn’t see the path clearly. But strangely, the wind grew stronger.

It wasn’t blowing from within the tunnel. Instead, it was being sucked in from behind them. The further they walked, the stronger the wind became.

Woo, woo. The wind whistled, almost making them lose their balance. It felt like a hand pushing them forward.

Suddenly, Riel yelped. He missed a step and lost his balance. Woo. A gust of strong wind came just then and blew him a few feet ahead. That wasn’t all. He continued falling down. It was so dark, and they couldn’t see anything.

“Light spell!”

Whoosh! A ball of light appeared, illuminating the tunnel. Link found that there was an underground cliff up ahead. Riel had been blown off the cliff.

Seeing that Riel was about to disappear from his line of sight, Link hurriedly cast a spell for him. “Levitation!”

But it didn’t work!

Riel kept dropping at an incredible speed. He struggled and yelled, “There’s wind! The wind keeps blowing down! Oh, Glorious Lord, I’m gonna die!”

Chapter 374: Mysterious Realm

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The wind from the cliff was extremely strong. Under the light from the light spell that Link had cast, they could see small wind ripples. These all pointed to the base of the cliff, as though there was a vortex sucking them in from there.

Watching as the dwarf Riel was slowly getting further and further away from them and that the demons behind them were catching up, Link bit his lip and said, “Milda, go on, we’ll jump too.”

He had never come to this place before when he played the game, but he had seen something similar on the game forums.

On the discussion boards, it was said that beneath Orida Fortress was a dwarf cavern. If you followed along one specific path inside the cavern and followed it till the end, you would reach a place called the Wind Vortex.

This vortex was a naturally occurring vortex. By going through it, one could reach a place known as the Hidden Realm.

As for what was in the Hidden Realm, the writer did not give many details. From his description, after entering the Hidden Realm, players would appear in mid-air. As for him, he had died in mid-air, killed by the birds in the Hidden Realm. The adventurer had been Level-5 at the time. The only thing he knew was that the birds’ levels were all indicated as a question mark. This meant that they were at least three levels above him.

He attempted to respawn in the Hidden Realm after dying. However, he could no longer find the Wind Vortex. Therefore, he could only respawn in the graveyard.

After him, many other adventurers also attempted to find the Wind Vortex, but none had succeeded. It, therefore, became a legend.

On the discussion boards, the player had included a map. However, the vortex shown on the map was nowhere as big as this one.

In the game, it was just a small vortex. According to the player, after jumping down, a levitation spell was activated on his body, and he gradually floated into the vortex. Over here, not only was the wind insanely strong, the jump was much bigger too. What’s more, there didn’t seem to be any levitation spell appearing.

The light spell illuminated the surroundings, allowing Link to see the not-too-distant stone wall. It was almost pitch black inside this pit, and every now and then, violent wind blasted out from the darkness as if it were reminding them that below it was empty space.

This truly was another underground space.

Link leaped forward, angling himself towards King Riel. Nana followed closely behind. In mid-air, Link waved his wand at King Riel and cast, “Spatial Shackles!”

Riel momentarily stopped in mid-air. Link grabbed Nana’s hand and instructed Princess Milda, “Hold on tightly!”

Then, he released a Vector Throw behind him. Whoosh. Energy blasted out from behind him, causing him to increase speed, reaching Riel’s side.

Under the restraints of the Spatial Shackles spell, Riel was stuck in a very funny position. He had assumed he was going to die, and in the last moments before his death, he had retrieved his alcohol flask, intending to finish the rest of the alcohol before dying. The alcohol was still flowing into his mouth when Link reached him.

Link grabbed the dwarf’s thick hand, flinging the alcohol flask aside. Then, he canceled the Spatial Shackles spell.

Riel looked at Link and was so moved that he started crying. “Waaaah, Link, Milda, waaaaahh. You guys are truly my best buddies, when I fell off the cliff, you guys actually jumped off to accompany me in death. Waaaah, to have such friends like you, it’s all worth it. My life has been worth it!”

Link was speechless.

Princess Milda couldn’t take it anymore. “Dwarf, there has never been a Magician that has fallen to his own death before!”

“Hmmm, eh what? You mean, I won’t die?” Riel suddenly realized what was happening. He immediately started clapping. “Hahahaha, I’m not going to die! That was such a fright! Where’s my booze, I’m gonna drink to celebrate!”

His hand was feeling around his belt for his alcohol flask, but it was nowhere to be found. Link had long since thrown it away.

Link couldn’t be bothered to deal with him. After falling for another short distance, he shouted, “Careful! We’re reaching the bottom!”

It was still completely black ahead of them, just like a black hole. The light from the light spell was useless in lighting up the way. The ripples in the air dude to the force of the wind were becoming even stronger, and the wind that blew past their faces was like a sharp knife, cutting deeply into their skin. Link immediately cast a Level-2 protective barrier on everyone.

Two seconds later, the four of them disappeared into the black hole. Just before they disappeared, Link heard a clear voice from behind him.

“Don’t run!”

He turned back to look and saw a vague black figure sticking her head over the top.

Shit. It’s Saroviny. She’s caught up!

Meanwhile, the four of them entered into the black hole, and it seemed like time had stopped for them.

Link embraced Nana and Princess Milda in one hand, while in the other, he grabbed on tightly to the dwarf Riel’s arm. In that instant, he felt like his mind blanked out. Besides the feeling of constantly falling downwards, he could not see or feel anything. Neither could he move his body. At some point, the light spell also winked out.

This feeling was like a ghost crushing you while you slept at night. It was very frightening.

That player’s description was nowhere near as frightening as this. Who knows if this vortex will lead to the same Hidden Realm as in the game.

After falling for an unknown period of time, Link could vaguely make out some light in front of him. It got brighter and brighter until finally, the four of them appeared high up in the sky. Beneath them was an endless sea of clouds, while above them hung the brilliant sun. Birds flew through the clouds like fish swimming through the sea.

This was exactly as was described in the game.

Link let out a sigh of relief. It seems like he had entered the Hidden Realm.

He immediately cast a levitation spell onto everyone, letting them descend slowly from the sky.

“What is this place?” Riel asked in surprise.

Princess Milda pondered for a moment, before saying, “I believe we have reached the world of Aragu!”

“Aragu? As in the disappearing continent?” Link asked. He was shocked. This was a name that was not unfamiliar to him. He did not know of this place in the game. Rather, it was during his time in the East Cove Higher Magic Academy, when he was flipping through the library archives out of boredom that he came across this name. It was in a book called The Continental Adventure Guide.

In the book, it was said that in the ancient past, Firuman was a lot bigger than it was now. At that time, there was a strong and knowledgeable race, known as the Aragu. They occupied Firuman’s most beautiful landmass, creating an incomparably strong magic empire, producing many illustrious, famous magical works.

However, amongst these magical works, there was one incident that happened. In the midst of that incident, the magic went out of control, and the resulting explosion caused the Firuman continent to break apart into many smaller pieces.

After the incident, Firuman was split into many pieces. The current Firuman continent consisted of the largest piece. The Isle of Dawn was another small piece of land that broke off. According to legend, there was another large piece that drifted off towards the east. Because of the treacherous sea waves and wind, all adventurers that had gone out in search of this continent had lost their lives. In the end, none had brought back concrete evidence of another land.

No matter what, after that incident, the Aragu people and their empire disappeared. The only traces they left behind were stories in the history of some of the tribes in the current Firuman continent.

Link had always treated this as a myth and did not pay it much heed. Princess Milda, however, was a High Elf. The High Elves were an ancient race, and Princess Milda would not talk nonsense without having any basis for her words. Therefore, Link still trusted her words.

Princess Milda surveyed their surroundings, picking up some clues. She pointed to some of the birds flying through the crowds, saying, “Look there, at those birds. Their wingspan is over 30 feet long, their beaks are bright red, long, and sharp like a spear. No such bird exists on Firuman now. However, I’ve seen fossils of this kind of birds in the museum on the Isle of Dawn. Based on the research by historians among my tribe, these red spear birds lived over 100,000 years ago and were extremely ferocious birds of prey…”

“Hold it, you said, birds of prey?” Link immediately interrupted. He remembered that in the game, the other player had died from being pecked to death.

Princess Milda also realized Link’s concern. They were about half a mile from the nearest cloud. The red spear birds had yet to notice them, but at the rate they were descending, they would soon encounter the birds.

The dwarf rubbed his forehead. “I hope these birds don’t give us too rough a welcome. My old bones can’t take it anymore.”

As Riel was starting to feel a headache coming, they heard a sharp voice coming from above them.

“Don’t run! I’m gonna get you!”

Link looked up and saw Saroviny just above their heads, rapidly catching up to them. What made matters worse was that Saroviny had a pair of dark purple wings extending out of her back. Needless to say, these wings were inherited from her father’s fallen angel bloodline.

Fortunately, amidst all this misfortune, Saroviny had come alone.

Yet, even this was enough to give Link a hard time. He did not dare to get tangled up with her. Making use of the distance between them, he did not hesitate to use a Dimensional Jump to get further away.

Whoosh. A column of white light appeared, and Link and the others vanished from their original spot. A moment later, they re-appeared below the cloud. From there, they could see dense forests covering the land. At the same time, the red spear birds had noticed them.

Caw, caw! Immediately, the red spear birds chased after them.

Link had no time to play with these birds. He immediately activated another Dimensional Jump to teleport to the ground.

The forest here was very different from that on Firuman. The trees here were extremely tall and thick. Every tree was at least 30 feet wide, reaching a height of 600 feet. Even the grass and vegetation were ridiculously huge.

Beside where they landed was broadleaf grass. The grass was, in fact, bigger than a banana leaf by about three times. The way it drooped down made it look like a natural shelter.

“What kind of shitty place is this? Look at this worm, its teeth. It could almost bite off my entire leg!” Riel whined, using his war hammer to smash a worm the size of a cat.

“Look up, the demon is being attacked by the red spear birds!” Princess Milda pointed out.

Link saw it too. As Saroviny chased them through the clouds, the red spear birds also noticed her and started to pursue her.

Link’s eyesight was excellent, and he watched how Saroviny drew out her knife to slash at the red spear bird. As her blade collided with the bird’s beak, it let out a harsh clang sound, causing sparks to fly out. However, the beak was not damaged at all. After being dazed for a moment, the red spear bird immediately resumed its pursuit of Saroviny.

Link had no time to admire the strength of this predator. “This is a good chance, she won’t be able to escape for a while, let’s use this chance to get away!”

The four of them ran through the mysterious forest. After a few minutes, Saroviny was no more than a black speck in the sky. It wasn’t because Link’s party was traveling quickly. Rather, Saroviny was chased far away by over ten red spear birds.

This was truly a frightening place.

Link kept his senses on full alert as he slowed down his pace. As they passed another giant tree, all of a sudden, ten people appeared out of the vegetation.

Their clothes were all tattered, as though they were simply wearing rags. They were thin and gaunt and had sharp noses, looking almost like humans, but possessing sharp ears like those of elves. It was perhaps more accurate to describe them as elves rather than humans.

After jumping out, one of them pointed a long spear at Link, speaking in a strange language that consisted of lots of howls.

Link could not understand, but the system helped him translate what the other party was saying.

Basically, this was what was being said. Dear friends from afar, you came from a distant place and met with me. This is the grace that the lord has showered upon me. I must reciprocate this grace. Therefore, I will use all my strength to destroy you and take all your possessions, enjoy your women and beat up your children!

“Isn’t this simply robbery?” This was Link’s first time hearing such eloquence prior to a robbery.

Link could understand what he said about women, but as for children…?

What children? Don’t tell me, it’s Riel?