Departure!

—-Hump- heheh!

Alpha held Lumin close to her chest, seated on the small rock while the rest of the elves watched with excited looks on their faces.

'Damn! This girl is really trying to kill me—'

The Blop tried to slip out of her hold, all proved to be futile in the end.

"Lord Lumin, how was your slumber? Do you need anything? Food? Water?" Lyra asked, standing in front of the other elves.

He looked at her, and then he noticed it.

'Why…does she look different, prettier? Wait, hell, they all look different!'

[After the Outcast Elves evolved to Verdeliths, their physical appearance and energy level took a huge upgrade.]

'I see..'

Lumin finally responded to Lyra,

"...You don't have to worry about all that, I'm fine, so, what have you all been up to while I was asleep?"

"Beta tried to make sure the others survived, they were running out of fruits, so I killed off most of the monsters in the area, but still, Beta doesn't understand why they refused to eat what she had brought for them." Beta shook her head, her back resting on the wall.

'Killed monsters?'

"That is only because we can't eat those kinds of meat Lady Beta~" Ruxy uttered nervously.

Pfft!

Beta looked to the side with disgust, "Beta told you she doesn't care anymore, you can eat whatever you like".

"You just had to make her upset." Melfi gave Ruxy the side eye.

"Ehhh? But it's true though, can you eat an Orgre? I think not." Ruxy restored.

The Blop felt lost in their argument, which was normal since he wasn't around to understand whatever it is they were arguing about.

"Hey, Alpha." He whispered.

"Yes, My Lord."Alpha whispered back.

"What type of monsters has Beta being killing? I just want to make sure I'm not mistaken."

"Monsters? Well, anytime she goes out she usually comes back with different kinds of blood on her…hmmm"

Alpha placed a finger on her lips as she tried to remember, "Goblins, plant monster, and other monsters, alot of them like that. But she stopped when no one ate what she was hunting."

—--Crack!

'Ahhhh, this fool has caused an all out war with random monsters! The families of the monsters she killed will most likely be looking for her, she might as well be the most wanted woman in The Forest of disaster… ahh, these girls!' Lumin yelled.

The Blop suddenly slipped out of Alpha's grasp and walked forward a bit.

He didn't need to say a word, the rest of the elves had already kept quiet and focused their attention on him, including Beta, who was smiling ear to ear.

"Uhm, it has come to my attention that Beta has been going around causing mischief in the forest, attacking those monsters unprovoked is not something that should be practiced."

As Lumin said this, Beta's cheeks turned red and she immediately looked to the side.

"But it's my fault for not stating that out, anyway, worse case scenario, she might have already had a bounty on her head, and if that's the case, there's one thing I want you all to always remember, while you're under me, its best to remember not all tradition and culture will be acknowledged, that includes the one man for himself habit. If one of us is under a bounty, we are all under a bounty."

They all listened attentively, for them, that was the first law, Lumin, as their leader had issued to them.

"So if that is already being understood, just know, we may or may not be under a bounty, better safe than sorry. We are going to leave the forest as soon as possible and move to a more secluded area, so pack the necessary things we need and get ready for departure."

Yes, Lord Lumin!

They all responded.

'Chances are I may be wrong, and the monsters might not be on the lookout. But my senses are picking up on dangerous level of deaths, that's enough for me to understand the situation… today, we are leaving this place'.

×××[]××××

While the elves were getting ready to depart from the cave, Lumin stationed himself at the top of a small hill, just right beside the cave.

Here, he could get a good bird eye view of the forest they were currently in.

'So? What do you think? Have you been able to gather the necessary information?'

[Affirmative, a few kilometers from here, you should arrive at a sovereign land close to the Belmont empire.]

'That's the little you can afford now uhn? Oh well, I'm sure I'll get more the closer we get. Sovereign land means it hasn't been claimed by any political means, quite the luck I have.'

He looked to the side of the hill, to see Lyra pulling out a huge bag filled with all types of equipment.

'I guess they are ready… say system, my Blop brothers, are there more of them around here? Other than the dungeon that is.'

[Blops are known to only exist in the deepest parts of dungeons, finding one outside a dungeon is extremely rare.]

'Right, I expected that much anyway, I still have four Blops with me. Once I acquire a humanoid body, I should be able to do the same thing I did to Alpha, just for them. The humans I acquired should be enough, but — they are only body parts, going to be hard to form an actual body with that.'.

[Negative.]

[Given the right procedure and time, I should be able to repair the tissues and muscles in a crafted mana, easy to be mimicked and used to replicate a human body.]

Lumin stayed quiet for a while.

'You freaking smartass. Honestly I'm not surprised you can actually do that— sigh! And here I thought I'd have to wait another year or so.'

[Do you want me to disregard the plan?]

'Nah, keep it, once you're done and it's successful, inform me.'

[Understood.]

"Now then–" Lumin turned around, and there, stood Beta and Alpha

"My Lord, everyone is ready to move now, we are waiting for you… hehe, I'll pick you up now so we can go." Alpha didn't waste any time before picking the Blop up.

"Uhn, let's go."

"Beta wants to hold the Master too."

"Go get your own Master." Alpha said as she walked away.

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