I Picked Up the Abandoned Hero

71. Mistakes of the past

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“To summarize, the prosecutor came here.”

Arsel speaks as if the situation is a little messed up.

Furthermore, we cannot ignore not only that, but also the unidentified high elf that passed by a little while ago.

If you were to just feel the magic power, it would have to be at a level similar to that of Sion or Clen.

“It’s not a place where humans can easily enter…”

Stella could not believe that humans had entered this land.

So far, only a handful of humans have entered the Elven land, and most of those who entered have ended their lives here, except for Arcel.

So, for the most part, there was no one who could have known the road leading to this place.

Except for the elves who are exactly like Stella.

“First of all, we need to get out of here quickly. If we run into them, the situation will get complicated.”

The Kingdom of Hermod issued a wanted order to Arcel.

Probably that girl is also hostile to Arcel.

Furthermore, if it is the user of the holy sword, it will definitely have the power of a hero like Arcel.

It was difficult to deal with that girl in the current situation.

“For now, let’s be careful. I don’t think anything good will happen if we meet that high elf who just passed by.”

Of course, the dangerous one was the high elf just now.

I didn’t just judge it based on its appearance; my senses and instincts from my life told me that it was dangerous.

More than anything, those eyes had something deeper and darker than just calling them the eyes of a dead person.

“…Ah, nice to meet you. “You were here after all.”

“What?”

Suddenly, a high elf who passed by a moment ago appeared between Arcel and Stella.

The high elf, who seemed to have died a long time ago, looked at Arcel with a half-burned face and glared at Stella with his normal eyes.

There was not even a sign of them approaching.

Like the case of Zion, the high elves seemed to have a strangely faint presence.

“I don’t think you are the ones trespassing on this land, but what brought you to this sanctuary?”

Stella immediately tried to get out of here, taking Arcel with her.

But my legs didn’t move.

This seemed to be the same for Arcel.

Looking at it now, it seemed like the shadow of the high elf cast by the light of the torch was holding Arcel and Stella.

Maybe that’s why my body doesn’t move.

“Pretty human… What did you come here to do?”

The elf asked Arcel.

‘What is it? ‘It doesn’t seem like he’s particularly hostile to me.’

I didn’t feel any particular hostility in those eyes.

He asks without any malice or other thoughts, as if he were really asking why Arcel is here.

He was kind, as if he were treating an abandoned cat on the side of the road.

It feels similar to when I first saw Zion.

‘What is this ominous energy…’

Instead, I had the feeling that Arcel was not treated as an intelligent being just like myself, but was viewed as an animal.

That was the difference between Zion and this elf.

“Ah… I understand. I don’t know why humans are like that, but it’s because our ancestors have punished us inside our bodies. “You came here to find a way to solve it, right?”

“!”

The elf looked at Arcel and saw the faint glow of her chest.

With that alone, it seems like he has already figured out the state of Arcel’s body and the identity of the curse engraved on his heart.

“An ancestor’s curse? Could it be that the curse created by the person who led our elves here?”

“That’s right, he’s a young but smart elf. That is a curse that the Great Ancestor placed on the elves who committed the unforgivable sin. “A very terrible curse that burns away our long lifespan and our proud magical power…”

This time, I turned my attention to Stella.

But strangely, unlike when he was dealing with Arcel, his eyes were strangely rough.

“…Oh, I see. I said earlier that I saw something disgusting. “You were a child mixed with the soul of the filthy hypocrite Magus.”

Magus refers to the bloodline to which Stella and Sion belong.

He is a lineage that has held the position of highest elder for generations and was also the main culprit in accelerating the downfall of the elves.

“The Magus who killed us, the Magus who brutally murdered us, ah… Why is it like that? “He was a smart kid, but why couldn’t he understand us?”

“What are you talking about-“

The elf approaches Stella and looks at her with pitiful eyes.

Quick!

“What?!”

He tried to stroke his blond hair with his only intact right hand, but then grabbed his hair hard.

“You traitor! Dissembler! Murderer! Why are you still alive! Hurry up and get out! “To betray your own people for such a trivial reason and save the lowly beasts of the outside world!”

Soon, his gentle face transformed into a very angry one, and he let out a terrible scream that tore his eardrums.

The voice contained a mixture of tremendous vengeance and hostility that could not be expressed in words.

The resentment contained in that voice alone is enough to create a curse.

“Stella!”

“A dirty soul like you does not deserve to be an elf.”

Chaaa!

Afterwards, she seemed to rip Stella’s head out along with her spine.

The unreasonable act of pulling out her hair with bare hands.

Black blood sprays from the pulled out head and the elf smiles in satisfaction.

“Huh?”

“…Stella? How-“

“I don’t know, I don’t know how I got here either…”

But that wasn’t Stella.

The elf pulling out her hair was something else.

Without realizing it, Stella was next to Arcel, and she felt even more bewildered because she thought she was being pinned down.

[You’re such a cutie that it takes a lot of work.]

“No way, Alfred-“

At that time, an old map fluttered down in front of Stella and Arcel.

“Crow?”

The elf looked embarrassed when he saw the head of the thing he had pulled out.

He thought he had killed the disgusting descendant of a traitor, but the head he had pulled off was actually a crow’s head.

Furthermore, the crow seems to be no ordinary crow in that it is alive and well even though its head is pulled out.

“Caw! Caw! “Caw!”

But it is still too early to be surprised.

As the black blood dripping from the plucked crow’s head turns into black feathers, dozens of crows continue to multiply from those feathers.

Two crows from one feather, four crows from the newly appeared feathers of a crow.

It’s like watching a nightmare that proliferates infinitely.

“Ugh… Get away from me!”

“Caw! “Caw!”

When the number of crows reached hundreds, the elf tried to kill Stella again, but the countless number of crows kept increasing no matter how much he trampled on them.

Crows that rush towards an elf peck at their heads and stab their eyes with their beaks to prevent them from moving forward.

[What are you doing? If we don’t run away and fight in such a small place, we’ll all be buried alive, right?]

It seemed as if Alfred’s voice could be heard from there.

“…For now, let’s do as the demon says!”

“But the books inside, even if I don’t know about my body, may have a way to save the elves outside-“

In the end, Stella took as many of the jewels that the crow threw up and the books she could see and ran with Arcel.

As Alfred said, if you fight in a place like this, not only will you be buried alive, but there is no guarantee that you will win the fight.

“I guess that’s okay! For now, let’s live and see! They are already dead anyway! “Rather than that, avoid that crazy woman first!”

In the past, the elves had a record of exterminating even the powerful dragons, and if that high elf was an elf of that era, Arcel’s body would have to be intact to have a chance of winning.

In particular, some of the ancient magics created by elves were so dangerous that their use was prohibited.

Among them, there were some that had the risk of bringing about the end of the world.

“How dare you run away!”

The elf was not about to let the two escape.

The black shadows cut the crows into pieces and tried to cut down not only Stella but also Arcel.

“Ugh, I have to retreat first.”

In the end, Arcel seemed to have decided that he could no longer stay here.

I desperately needed the books I couldn’t get, but even if I did get them, it would be meaningless if I died here.

Kwazijic!

A shadow that cuts through the wall with the sharpness of a blade.

The shadow stretched out like a thick thread.

Maybe it was just my mood, but it seemed like sharp, pointy teeth were sticking out of the shadows, and those teeth devour and pulverize everything that touches the shadows.

This is probably why I had the illusion that I was being cut with a knife.

“Stella! You keep running! “I’ll cover you from behind, so make sure nothing else comes out in front!”

“I understand! But if it gets dangerous, run right away!”

“I know. “Don’t worry.”

Chaeeng-!

Arsel threw away the shadow that was chasing Stella with his sword.

‘It’s heavier than I thought.’

I only managed to hit one, but my hands were shaking.

Obviously, the shadow has no mass or shape, but it feels as if a heavy piece of metal has just been lifted.

At least we should take comfort in the fact that the elf was blocked by crows and could not chase after him right away.

“Damn it! “It’s coming from the front too!”

“What?!”

Stella, who was running in front, suddenly stops.

This is because shadows were already appearing from the front.

A time when I was in a situation where I was blocked back and forth, but I couldn’t even break through either side.

“Ugh? What is this light all of a sudden-“

A tremendous light began to emerge from the pile of books containing Stella.

“Turn your head over and close your eyes! “If you do it wrong, you could go blind!”

A bright light emanated from the jewel Stella was holding, making it difficult for her to open her eyes.

This gem would radiate light and illuminate scenes from the past or distant places.

Maybe they used that?

The light emitted from the gem lasted for about 10 seconds.

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The shadows could no longer follow the bright light as if the sun had appeared before their eyes and disappeared.

Anyway, since it was a shadow, it seems to be weak to light.

The shadows that had been approaching with terrifying force just a moment ago were no longer visible.

†††

“…This magic power.”

“What’s wrong with you all of a sudden, Grandma?”

While drinking coffee and waiting for the two people heading to the land of the elves, Shion noticed something strange and stood up.

Magic power that could not have existed in the first place.

Magic power that should have disappeared a long time ago began to be felt again.

They thought they had everything sorted out in the distant past, but it was clear that they had prepared themselves for a situation where they ended everything.

It’s really terrible.

Even if we knew that they were people whose lives were as tough as their long lifespans and who were very obsessed with them, it would be worth sticking out our tongues when they actually treated them so badly.

“It seems like an old woman who must have died a long time ago has opened her eyes. I thought she had burned everything with her soul, but it’s really tough.”

Shion clicked his tongue and said.

“A demon is naturally tough on giving his life once, so if you’re going to kill him, you have to destroy everything, both soul and body. For example, throwing it to the orcs as a meal.”

“That’s not what I’m saying. Anyway, I hope those babies come back safely…”

Honestly, it’s hard to have expectations.

In the first place, entering a land that had turned into such hell was tantamount to suicide.

So, he only listened to what he asked and did not recommend going there, but he went forward as if he was not a chosen hero and that such danger was nothing.

“Don’t worry about that, I’ve prepared everything.”

“I’m even more worried that you made preparations. “You couldn’t have really given your baby a bomb, right?”

“Honestly, I want to blow up this den of devils in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. “If that happens, all the things you need will be gone.”

“…You were thinking of giving me a bomb.”

“Of course.”

Alfred said with a wide smile.

If his grandchildren were that confident, he thought there was no need to worry about them.

Alfred has always done whatever he set out to do.

He even said in the past that he would do anything to escape the Demon King’s army, and in the end, he even succeeded in escaping by secretly handing the hero over to the Demon King.

Then there is nothing to worry about now.

Of course, this only applies from Zion’s perspective.

‘I guess even the outside world will become like my hometown.’

For others, especially Arcel, it was as if a very big worry had just arisen.

But there was one thing I didn’t understand.

‘Why did she come back to life? There is no way she could have woken up simply by entering her sanctuary.’

I couldn’t understand why she woke up and how she did it.

He died a long time ago, and even if there was a way to wake up, there is no helper who would do it.

Still, that magic power just now was definitely hers.

One of the 12 elders whom Zion directly murdered in the distant past.

An elf with a particularly twisted personality.

It was clear that there was some other reason for this.

For example, there was someone else’s intervention.