Chapter 24: Elf Village, Darlf (part 2)

" Why are you doing this to us?"

Khyaak...

<For the Lord>

<Ehyahyahya....For the lord>(This one is goblin.)

I nearly coughed up blood listening to the irritating voice of the ORC and GOBLIN praising my name while thrashing the Dark Elves in the village.

"Is this what you meant by peaceful talk?"

She was nearly crying by the time she finished her sentence.

" Sigh, Let's go to the village."

She replied while wiping off the tear.

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Ruins...

The whole Village was in ruins with everyone in the area still in trance. They only came out of a trance after looking at us entering the village through two broken trees that might have been the entrance to the Darlf village in the first place.

I was only able to glance at the dark Elves for some time before they disappeared from the area into the forest. Man, they were tall.

"Do I look scary or something?" I asked Lilith while pointing at my face.

She replied timidly.

Aargh....

I felt pity for the one who was getting brutalized by those two idiots listening to the scream laced with extreme grief.

" Lilith, Go and tell these two to stop whatever they are doing right now."

I wasn't going to run and pacify them as I was more interested in looking at the architecture that was different from those I had been seeing in the shelter I was living in.

Although most of the buildings were destroyed to some degree with unlucky ones razed to the ground, It was interesting to look at the way Elves lived on this planet.

Hence, while I was enjoying the scenery(Ruins), some Elves were getting manhandled by my recruits.

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" Ahem... Are you the lord of the newly established territory inside the Greyvile forest that has been hunting every Nightmare Hound for some time now?"

" Yes, I happen to be the one," I replied amiably to the oldest elf who had swollen eyes and a nose in front of me.

We were sitting at the table inside the magnificent hall that I had seen from the Village Crystal. The extravagance from yesterday was gone, only broken and cracked furniture remained in place of the once lavish hall.

"Were Lily, ORC, and Goblin really here for peaceful Discussion as told to me by Lilith?!." It looked like they were here to flaunt their power rather than return the Village Crystal stolen from the villagers.

After answering the old Elf did I glance at Nine other Elves who flinched noticing my gaze.

" Were they afraid of me?" I was amused by my own thought.

Everyone had a certain degree of injury with bruises and swollen faces, none were left from getting peacefully talked to by my three recruits. The one with the lightest injury was the Elf sitting in front of me while one was even fuming from his mouth while unconscious. I could even smell the strong scent of ammonia(PISS) permeating the environment to my surprise.

" Well, Anyone would have such reactions if they were manhandled by a towering ORC and a greedy Goblin for no reason under the command of a petite-looking young girl."

I didn't forget to give a side eye to Lily, the main culprit of today's event. She was hiding behind Lilith with a red face while playing with her hair.

" She looked cute though."

As for the ORC and Goblin, They were kneeling in front of the 10 elders while bowing their heads. Orc was still bigger than me even while kneeling making me feel speechless for no reason.

" Ahem.. So where were we!?" I coughed.

" We were talking about you being the lord of the newly developed territory inside the forest, My lord." The Oldest Elf replied.

" yes.. Yes..! I'm the lord of the newly developed territory inside the forest." What about it?

" We also have been informed about our Village Crystal being in your possession, my lord." he was fuming from the top of his head.

" Ohh.. you are talking about this crystal." I flung the glistening crystal in the air before catching it some inches away from the ground.

Sigh!!

They collectively sighed after looking g at my unruly behavior.

" So this was it.." I once again carelessly threw the crystal in the air before catching it a few inches away from the ground.

" Goblin, Here is the trophy you obtained after killing the Nightmare Hound." I threw it towards the Goblin who happily caught it before Gobbling down, storing it in his pouch.

" Ahh... It is still disgusting however I see him storing the things in his spatial pouch."

You...YOU Darn Monster. Give our Village Crystal back.

Every elf except the one that was talking with me raised the dagger strapped from their waist before coating it with the flare of darkness, their most powerful element. Every one of them was ready to battle to the death to protect the village Crystal that Goblin had ' Stored' in his spatial pouch.

The one who was the reason for angering the Dark Elves was happily humming something while kneeling on the ground beside ORC. He was enjoying the punishment rather than repenting for destroying the beautiful Elf Village that I was after.

"I wanted to beat that bastard till he turned Black and Blue." I could only sigh looking at the carefree goblin before finally gazing at the Old Elf that was sitting in front of me.

STOP!!!

"But Chief...! our Village Crystal." The others started murmuring while looking at the Goblin with furious gazes.

"I said Stop, You fools." He retorted back after listening to their murmurs with a flushed face.

The others flinched and stopped talking but their resentment became an all-time high in the process.

" Now I look at the old man properly, He had the most powerful aura amongst all the Elves in the dilapidated hall."

Well, him being powerful didn't have any effect on me but...I could feel it, the deep grudge and resentment from the nine Elves that were admonished by him.

" Feel the Divine Protection from the crystal, You scoundrels." He was literally spitting over them as of now.

"AHH... It is present."

"Haha... It is present. The divine protection."

" We are saved. MAY the goddess of nature protect our village for time immemorial" They even started worshipping the goddess of nature after feeling the presence of Spatial Film in their village.

"Well, The crystal was still intact inside the Goblin's belly. So, It was natural for the defensive mechanism to still be present for the protection of the village."

Now everyone was emotional. The deep grudge and resentment from earlier also vanished from the area as if it wasn't there in the first place.

" AHEM... I'm sorry to let you see the idiotic side of my children." He did a 90-degree bow after that.

CRACK... crack...

" Was it his back that was crackling like crazy?" I was amazed by his diligence in the matter regarding his kids. I mean our old man was even ready to bow down with such a problematic back.

" WELL, Let's stop with it and focus on the Village Crystal that my subordinate there found while hunting the Nightmare Hounds in the forest," I said while pointing at the Goblin that was kissing the Village Crystal with a greedy grin on his face.

( When did he even take the crystal out in the first place??)

" Hmph... FOUND in the forest while hunting. Does he think us as fools?" It was easy to guess the thoughts they had with my powerful lord's insight. ( Even I know my reason is outrageous, So what?? I had strength but they didn't.)

" SIGH... Are you guys doubting my words?"

" We aren't, my lord."

" But why does your expression say otherwise?" I questioned them with an 'amiable' smile I could make on my face.

ORC and Goblin had already stood up and were standing behind Lily and Lilith with a devilish(hideous) grin plastered on their face.

" Hehe... It's something we have no control over. You see, It's something you would call a congenital trait that we Dark Elves are born with."

"Yes Yes... Father is right. It is something we don't have control over." Nine distinctive voices were heard at the same time, further strengthening the claim made by the old elf.

PFFT....

"They are even more outrageous with their justifications." I was amazed by the shamelessness of the old elf and his nine children, the elders that were supposed to be protecting the ELVISH Empire from the monsters within the Greyvile forest.

I even had the urge to punch that old bastard in his face after looking into his sincere eyes.