chapter 43
Chapter 43 – Change of composition (3)
Chapter 43 – Change of composition (3)
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A dark cave-like place with nothing, no one. In an empty dungeon once occupied by beast ants, a female elf with flowing blonde hair was left alone and confined.
The only light is a lantern that is changed periodically with meals. It is a bleak and dark place where the mind is exhausted even if one stays still. But she didn’t dare to, even though she could break through the bars that blocked her exit with her own strength.
When Leon brought Urea, he even covered her eyes, so she didn’t even know where she was. From her point of view, there was no point in escaping as long as she was dragged into her world, where she did not know where she was.
‘Divine Spirit.’
Of course, that didn’t mean Urea’s will was completely broken yet. She had just discovered that her existence, which shattered her own common sense and brought about the impossible transformation of the elves, was thanks to the help of a being they called a divine spirit.
Burying her face in her lap, she twitched her long pointed ears and flashed her blue eyes. Someone was coming here. It wasn’t a meal. Today’s meal was already eaten a few hours ago.
“What happened? Like you’ll never see it in your life, after driving it into this filthy pit.”
“Why don’t you just admit it? I actually don’t understand why Urea you hate me so much. Were all her affections and wisdom in her past false?”
Serenian clicked her tongue, sighing at her hostility. Urea, who looked much older than Serenian, flinched at the sigh and averted her eyes.
Of course, all the actions he had taken in the past were sincere. To Urea of the past, Serenian was just a cute little child.
However, for a long time, she could not admit that this hostility towards the young Serenian and her hatred were nothing but jealousy. The fact that she herself was corrupted too.
“I have nothing more to say. You must feel that way too. My already twisted heart won’t come back. It’s like our tongues that come into contact with salt or sugar and know it’s the right taste.”
“I don’t think so.”
Urea muttered self-mockingly and buried her head again, but Serenian rather opened her door and came inside her.
“And even if it is, there is nothing we can do about it. We need your strength now.”
“What, what?”
At this point, Urea was rather taken aback. However, Serenian, who had her eyes coldly open, didn’t stop and strode closer to her, grabbing Urea’s wrist and forcing her to stand up.
“I am ready to do anything for everyone.”
“Oh no!”
Then he slammed her against the wall with her thump. The bumps on her head and the pain in her back didn’t bother her. What did she do? She couldn’t even scream.
Urea shuddered as her momentum was suppressed by Serenian’s green eyes, her spark flashing right in front of her nose.
It was the first time she had ever seen her eyes. Urea’s eyes trembled as she realized that those eyes were those of a true leader who would do whatever she could to lead and take responsibility for the countless followers of her.
“Do as you say. Then, I will accept you again as a member of our team without asking about your mistakes.”
“My, what if I refuse?”
“…There are many ways.”
Urea tried to come back for the last time, but Serenian’s eyes, as if she could see through her, didn’t shake at all.
Through her eyes, Urea’s pride finally broke as she grasped that it was her sincerity. In a fit of rage and panic, she would have known that she was not like herself as she recklessly attempted her attack on Leon.
Serenian could definitely harm himself without hesitation if he made a mistake.
‘What on earth did he go through to change like this?’
Serenian quietly let go of his hand and took a step back, but Urea, feeling fear, got goosebumps and rubbed his forearm, where his handprint was clearly visible.
“Are you here?”
Shortly after that, Serenian took Urea, who had fainted, and the only place the two of them headed was a herb pot. Serenian had a grumpy face, as if he didn’t like the fact that he brought someone else here, but Urea was shocked to see a human man waiting there.
“But looking at the atmosphere, I am glad that the verbal persuasion worked well. I didn’t even need to use them.”
“I think so.”
He kicked and overturned a wooden bucket of water that was lying next to him. The water inside poured out and soaked the soil, but Urea didn’t know what it meant, so she just looked at it blankly.
On the other hand, Serenian let out a sigh of relief.
When she struggles with convincing her urea, when he says he’ll just get her hands dirty if things don’t work out. And she was regretting when she heard it and couldn’t stop it, but luckily things didn’t escalate.
“You asked me not to be ashamed of collaborating with traitors, you were doing something worse, Serenian. Isn’t this guy a human!”
“He is no ordinary human being. Since he is a priest who serves the spirits you may know, he is the representative of the spirits.”
At that time, Urea, who didn’t notice that she might have eaten enough water to fill her stomach, pointed her finger at Seunghyeon and shouted at Serenian.
Serenian answered without blinking as if it was a reaction he had already expected, and Urea was speechless when she heard that she was a priest of a divine spirit.
“As you said, my race doesn’t matter. Just put this on her wrist.”
He chuckled and threw something at Serenian. At first glance, it looked similar to a metal bracelet.
“An object that limits the wearer’s strength. Try it.”
The bracelet he gave you is none other than a restraining tool for hunters. Made using one of the body organs of a specific monster, it interferes with the flow of magical power flowing through the body, greatly weakening the power of criminal hunters.
I wasn’t sure if it would work for the elves, but he decided to try it and secretly got it and gave it to Serenian.
“Such vicious stuff…Cuh.”
Urea couldn’t resist and put the bracelet on his right wrist. At the same time, she felt most of the mana in her body hardened and gritted her teeth. Only then did Yurea become a state where even young boys and girls could not win.
Serenian ignored Urea who was glaring at him as if it were nothing and took the key to unlock her bracelet and hung it around his neck.
“What the hell do you want from me by going this far?”
“Use your communication skills for us,”
Serenian firmly said to Urea, who was almost crying. He was watching with interest, and he just smiled.
“What, what are you going to use that ability for? Can’t you feel how foreign this world is to you?”
“You will know when you see it.”
Serenian took Urea’s hand once more and led her to another place. Unlike when she was dragged here, where she had at least a little pride, the appearance of Urea being dragged away was as miserable as an animal being led to a slaughterhouse.
***
‘Anyway, did it work out?’
After Serenian and Urea left the herb pot. I immediately returned to reality and headed to the veranda.
In the worst case, I had to do what I had seen and heard before with my own hands, but fortunately that didn’t happen.
It’s the time when the sun is going down, but anyway, it’s dark inside the dungeon day or night. Urea, who was dragged under the eyes of countless other elves, has reached the entrance of the dungeon.
I moved the drone and followed them.
“—!!!! –!!!!!”
Is it because I followed you a bit late? Serenian was already showing Urea the monsters inside the dungeon. Frightened by the appearance of her giant insects, which she had never seen before, Urea, who caused her competition, struggled with her arms and legs, but Serenian as well as all the elves around her rushed to calm her down. Made it
“Is that the power of sympathy?”
The scene that unfolded after that was a bit mysterious. The face of Urea, who was dragged by an ant that the elves had infiltrated and secretly kidnapped and was forced to approach, gradually straightened and severely hardened.
The ant, which was struggling at the same time, also suddenly stopped her movement and snapped her antennae, knocking her on the head.
‘I can’t believe this really works.’
Soon Urea slowly reached out her hand, placing her hand on her oversized ant’s face.
Furthermore, the elves released the ants, as if telling the elves around them to remove everything that was suppressing the ants.
But even so, the ants did not struggle or escape.
The power of sympathy possessed by the minority elves also works for ants.
“—. ——, —-…”
Urea looked back at Serenian with a serious face different from the one she had before and began to speak at length. It will definitely be something important. Not only did Serenian’s face harden, but the other elves who were listening to it also widened their eyes in embarrassment.